Book Hauls!

The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe:
841pp, h/b, £4.99,(!) remaindered at Borders.:D
 
As part of my last big haul of book buying I got....:D

Sandman Endless Nights * I now have Vols 1-10 plus Dream Hunters.
The World Of Null-A A E Van Vogt
Downward to The Earth - Robert Silverberg
As part of the giant space opera of Peter F. Hamilton * Recommended by Rane Longfox : The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist & The Naked God

And the following World Fantasy Award Winners...

Bridge Of Birds - Harry Hughart
The Jaguar Hunter - Lucius Shepard
The Wall Of The Sky, The Wall Of The Eye - Jonathan Lethem
Black Juice - Margo Lanagan
Perfume - Patrick Suskind
 
This time it's true. I'll be picking up the occasional book or two but nothing like those large hauls. I am looking forward to reading them now...:)
 
Smaller haul....:)

Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson
Collected Stroies (100 plus) - Arthur C Clarke
Tales Of The Cthlulhu Mythos incl. Smith, Derleth, Leiber and Bloch
The Prestige - Chrisotpher Priest * Winner of the World Fantasy Award
Neverwhere A Graphic Novel - Neil Gaiman

See I'm getting better....;)
 
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Today I picked up...

Glory Road - Robert E Heinlein *Written immediately after "Stranger"
The Best horror from Fantasy Tales Magazine

Tommorrow I'll be picking up some more World Fantasy Award winners....
 
GOLLUM said:
Today I picked up...

Glory Road - Robert E Heinlein *Written immediately after "Stranger"
The Best horror from Fantasy Tales Magazine

Tommorrow I'll be picking up some more World Fantasy Award winners....
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What happened to holding back on the hauls? :p
 
Friday I went with some colleagues to have a few beers, in order to say goodbye to someone quitting and moving somewhere else. I talked to her a bit and she recommended Flowers for Algernon to me as she had recently read it and it had really enjoyed it.

Thinking of that on top of the countless number of times I've seen people in here speaking highly of it, I went to look for it Saturday.

First I went to Vibes and Scribes, but they didn't have it. I found The Blood Rites by Jim Butcher, though. The first line caught me "The building was on fire, and it wasn't my fault" and it seemed both funny and interesting, so I bought it, not realising that it's the sixth in a series, but I've already made another thread about that.

Secondly I went to Eason where they didn't have it either, but they did have Heart shaped box by Joe Hill and I bought it.

Finally, I went to Waterstones where they did indeed have Flowers for Algernon, so I bought it.
 
GOLLUM said:
Smaller haul....:)

Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson
Collected Stroies (100 plus) - Arthur C Clarke
Tales Of The Cthlulhu Mythos incl. Smith, Derleth, Leiber and Bloch
The Prestige - Chrisotpher Priest * Winner of the World Fantasy Award
Neverwhere A Graphic Novel - Neil Gaiman

See I'm getting better....;)
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Yeah, but Cryptonomicon is equal to about any three normal-length books, Gollum. Great book, though. :D
 
GOLLUM .... it's still a haul nevertheless.

I did like reading The Prestige and surprisingly liked the movie as well though if I had to choose I'd go with the book.

Ooooh you got the Neverwhere graphic novel too. :) Just got that a tiny while ago and it's really well done. Loved the artwork. There's also a mini-series and I liked that as well, though it's got some bad reviews.

Am curious what you think about Perfume and Bridge of Birds. I like Hughart's books though they are not so easy to come by.
 
suupaabaka said:
What happened to holding back on the hauls? :p
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OK I admit I'm a book addict...:D

A rather largish haul today..

Coldfire Trilogy - CS Friedman * Recommended by Tad Williams
Collected Short Stories - Roald Dahl
The City Of Dreaming Books - Walter Moers *Sounds a bit like Shadow Of The Wind
Blurb: The author of 13 1⁄2 Lives of Captain Bluebear transports us to a magical world. Optimus Yarnspinner, finds himself marooned in the subterranean world of Bookholm, the City of Dreaming Books, where reading can be dangerous and where ruthless Bookhunters fight to the death.

Following World Fantasy Award Winners:
Angry Candy - Harlan Ellison
Thraxas - Martin Scott
Only Begotten Daughter - James Morrow
WatchTower Book 1 - Elizabeth A Lynn
Books Of Blood Vols 1-3 & 4-6 - Clive Barker
On order...
Glimpses - Lewis Shinner

From a second hand bookshop in the City:
Jem - Frederick Pohl SF Masterwork
The Way To Babylon - Paul Kearnry
The Fresco - Sherri S Tepper
Vacuumn Flowers - Michael Swanwick
The Frankenstein Omnibus edited by Peter Haining incl. Protoypes, The Films and Archetypes.

From Amazon...Tooth and Claw - Jo Walton *World Fantasy Award winner
 
Ooooh, I was going to read 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear, but I gave it to a cousin for their birthday instead - have you read it Precious? Recommended?

And where on earth do you keep all these books?:eek:
 
Rane Longfox said:
Ooooh, I was going to read 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear, but I gave it to a cousin for their birthday instead - have you read it Precious? Recommended?

And where on earth do you keep all these books?:eek:
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Nope, I took it from the shelf, read the blurb and was sold on that. It's also lavishly illustrated. Never read Bluebear, sorry LOL!

The pic I had of 3 shelves full of books now imagine 4 shelves and another half shelf in the adjoining cupboard.......:)

I'm going to WroldCon Japan this year so I'll probably bring back a suitcase or two of books EEK!!...:eek:
 
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