Book Hauls!

I was in my bookshop today just to buy a Barry Eisler book but come out with three others i wanted too.

The Number Of The Beast - Robert A Heinlien
Tales Of The Dying Earth - Jack Vance (Fantasy Masterworks series)
The Last Assassin - Barry Eisler
Nightwatch - Sergei Lukyanenko



Ah it feels good to own my first Heinlien book. Starship Troopers made me a fanboy of his and im gonna collect his work and hopefully be even more impressed by his other works.​
 
Today I got...

Harrowing The Dragon Collected Short Stories - Patricia McKillip
The Forever War - Joe Haldemann SF Masterwork

Graphic Novel
Batman : The Dark Knight Returns -Frank Miller
 
I just ordered The Keeper by Sarah Langan for my dad, and I'm gonna get the first few books in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. For some reason I only have the 8th in the series, and I couldnt possibly read that one first, could i?
 
sassy1 said:
I'm gonna get the first few books in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. For some reason I only have the 8th in the series, and I couldnt possibly read that one first, could i?
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You shouldn't really read any of them if you can possibly help it... but there we go:(

I finally bought a book! For the first time in months! Saw Joe Haldeman's The Forever War in a book sale for 50p, so I had to grab that!
 
Got stuck in another series yesterday, I read the first book in the pelbar cycle, by Paul O Williams, and now I just had to order the rest. :)

The Ends of the Circle
The Dome in the FOrest
The Fall of the Shell
An Ambush of Shadows
The Song of the Axe
The Sword of Forbearance

 
Recently recieved;
war of the flowers (hb), otherland vol 2 (hb), dragon bone chair (hb), green angel tower (hb) - tad williams (all 1st eds picked up at a boot sale for £2 each =D )
legends from the end of time (hb), the russian intelligence (hb) - Moorcock

Awaiting delivery of;
Gifts (hb)- Le Guin
Voices (hb)- Le Guin
Sword in the storm (hb) - Gemmell
Book of the mad (hb) - Tanith Lee
The black unicorn (hb) - Tanith Lee
Phillip Pullman trilogy (pb)
 
Popped into a W.H Smith's today for the first time in ages. They haven't got a fantastic SFF section (mostly books from series, like Hobb and Jordon, which I'd rather buy cheaply from second hand book shops in case I don't like them). They did have a buy one get one free deal, though, and I was determined to leave with a book, so I picked up:

The Secret of Crickley Hall by James Herbert
The God Delusion by Robert Dawkins (a random purchase, but looks interesting)

It's getting the point of too many books and not enough shelf space, now, though. I don't think I can fit anymore on, and I still have about thirty to bring back from university. Some reorganistion might be needed (woop!)
 
Philip K Dick
Our Friends From Frolix8
Now Wait for Last Year
Martian Time Slip
Clans of the Alphane Moon
Galactic Pot Healer
Confessions of a Crap Artist
Selected Literary and Philosophical Writings

Gene Wolfe
Fifth Head of Cerebrus
Urth of the New Sun

Jack Vance
The Dragon Masters
The Dying Earth

Paul Coehlo
The Alchemist

Many thanks to the lady who donated 500 books to a local charity shop.
 
HoopyFrood said:
The God Delusion by Robert Dawkins (a random purchase, but looks interesting)
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Should always be read in tandem with The Dawkins Delusion, imho. Both are completely over the top in their "facts" but if you read both, it's much easier to see the middle ground.
 
<Many thanks to the lady who donated 500 books to a local charity shop.>

I think if went into that shop when they were there I would need a taxi home and be a lot lighter in lieu of beer tokens.:) :)
 
I got a very good bargain for one of Ursula Le Guin's book - The Birthday of the World and other stories.
 
Who's Wee Dug said:
<Many thanks to the lady who donated 500 books to a local charity shop.>

I think if went into that shop when they were there I would need a taxi home and be a lot lighter in lieu of beer tokens.:) :)
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For some reason they are only putting them out a few at a time, it took 4 visits overa fortnight to pick those up. Its annoying me thinking of whats getting away when im not there.
 
Had a very productive day today...:)

I bought...

Planet Of Adventure tetralogy - Jack Vance
The Armageddon Rag - George RR Martin
Expiration Date (Companoin novel to Last Call) - Tim Powers
Solstice Wood - Patricia McKillip
Cygnet (incl. The Sorceress and the Cygnet & The Cygnet and the Firebird) - Patricia McKillip
The Dancers At The End Of Time - Michael Moorcock *SF Masterwork
Duel Terror Stories - Richard Matheson
More Than Human - Theodore Sturgeon
The Sandman Book Of Dreams incl. Willimas, Wolfe, Clarke and Ford - Edited by Neil Gaiman

Second hand...
Earth Abides - George R Stewart *SF Masterwork
Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon *SF Masterwork
Star Maker - Olaf Stapledon - *SF Masterwork
A Case Of Conscience - James Blish
The Night Of The Wolf (4 novellas) - Fritz Leiber
Ahead Of Time Short Story Collection - Henry Kuttner
The Best Of Cordwainer Smith - Edited by JJ Pierce
Ringing The Changes - Robert Silverberg Collected Stories

That should keep me busy for a while...;)
 
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