Book Hauls!

Gollum, you're totally missing out if you don't know Saramago. Brilliant writer. Another one you really can't go wrong with. Just pick any of his books.

About Calvino, I don't know if you're aware, but there are two versions of the Cosmicomics, at least in Brazil. One's called The Complete Cosmicomics or something like that. It has further texts than the regular one. I haven't read that version though. I've only seen it in bookshops recently.
 
Thanks Addy, I didn't know that.

Today I bought and you can blame Nesa for this....;)

The Cave - Jose Sarmago
Blindness - Jose Sarmago
The Double - Jose Sarmago
The Stone Raft - Jose Sarmago
All The Names - Jose Sarmago

And in the post arrived....

Invisble Cities - Italo Calvino
Mother London - Michael Moorcock
Galveston - Sean Stewart *Winner World Fantasy Award
 
GOLLUM ... you're definitely in for a treat. Invisible Cities is amazing and I just finished The Cave, which is a lovely, lovely book. My first Saramago was The Gospel According to Christ and I've been hooked ever since.

You've got Blindness so you'll be needing Seeing next. :p All The Names is one of my favourites as well.

Over the weekend, between book sales and Brian Ameringen of Porcupine books I got:

Nefertiti: The Book Of The Dead - Nick Drake
Moravagine - Blaise Chandras
The Book Of Imaginary Beings - Jorge Luis Borges
Malay Magic - Walter William Skeat
The Teachings Of Don Juan - Carlos Castaneda
The Diary Of Lady Murasaki - Translated by Richard Bowring
Writings On Irish Folklore, Legend & Myth - W.B. Yeats
The History Of Love - Nicole Krauss
Skulduggery Pleasant - Derek Landy
The Curse Of Salamander Street - G.P. Taylor
King Of Shadows - Susan Cooper
Long After Midnight - Ray Bradbury
Quicker Than The Eye - Ray Bradbury
Wildwood - Frances Gordon
The Secret Of Crickley Hall - James Herbert
 
HMMM...a first class haul there Nesa. I've read Invisble Cities before but a long time ago, so I'm looking forward to seeing if it holds the same magic the second time around...:)

Today as part of my preperation for the Hugo Awards and Worldcon 2007 I bought...

Glasshouse - Charles Stross *Hugo Award nominee for best Novel

I plan next on solely reading the entrants for this year's Hugos for best Novel, Novella and Novelette categories. Phew, I got some concentrated reading ahead of me.....:eek:
 
Yesterday I ordered...

Evening's Empire by David Herter
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
Point of Dreams by Lisa Barnett and Melissa Scott
Prince Ombra by Roderick MacLeish
The Usurper's Crown by Sarah Zettel
War For The Oaks by Emma Bull
Wolf Captured by Jane Lindskold
 
Godmother Night is good. I've liked Rachel Pollack ever since I read Unquenchable Fire. Have fun with Dorian Gray GOLLUM. It's a great read every single time. And my tail is still fine. You're skating close but you're not there. ;)

Yesterday in the post from Porcupine Books I got:
Ascending Peculiarity - Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey
The Silver Locusts - Ray Bradbury
The Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury
Druid's Blood - Esther M Freisner
Too Long A Sacrifice - Mildred Downey Broxon
The Satan Sleuth No 1: Fallen Angel - Michael Avallon
The Death Of The Dragon - Sakyo Komatsu
The Compleat Werewolf - Anthony Boucher
Or All The Seas Were Oysters - Avram Davidson
The Island Under The Sea - Avram Davidson
The Bird's Nest - Shirley Jackson
Life Among The Savages - Shirley Jackson
The Awakeners - Sherri S Tepper
 
Whoa another great haul Nesa!

This evening's post brought....

Jerusalem Poker (Vol II of the classic Jerusalem Quartet) - Edward Whittemore
30th Anniversary DAW Fantasy *To go with the SF one I have.
 
Recent purchases:
Scott Lynch - "Red Seas Under Red Skies"
Tim Powers & James Blaylock - "On Pirates"
Charlie Stross - "Missile Gap"
 
Just couldn't resist this in passing, just bought...

The Anthlogy Of Colonial Australian Gothic Fiction (1859 - 1932) - Edited by Gelder & Weaver
 
Today's post brought.....

Difficult Loves - Italo Calvino
Jack Faust - Michael Swanwick
Altered Carbon - Richard K Morgan
Letters From Hades - Jeffrey Thomas
Nile Shadows (Book III of the Jerusalem Quartet) - Ed Whittemore
The Well At The World's End - William Morris
 
Major haul before summer holiday:

Lankhmar and
Thieves' House by Fritz Leiber
Searoad by Ursula K. Le Guin
Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Shadow and Claw (first half of The Book of the New Sun) by Gene Wolfe
The Gunslinger (first book in the Dark Tower series) by Stephen King
 
Not much of a haul but I picked up The Skinner by Neal Asher for a couple of quid from a charity shop at lunchtime. Woohoo.
 
Yay I just got Renegade's Magic by Robin Hobb through :) can't wait to read it - she's my favourite author!!!
 
Thadlerian said:
Major haul before summer holiday:

Lankhmar and
Thieves' House by Fritz Leiber
Searoad by Ursula K. Le Guin
Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Shadow and Claw (first half of The Book of the New Sun) by Gene Wolfe
The Gunslinger (first book in the Dark Tower series) by Stephen King
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Thadlerian can you give me some more details Thieves House don't know that one unless it was renamed by a publisher.:confused:
 
Chances are you already have the stories, WWD - it's one of those damn compilation/best of books.

From Amazon.com: Thieves' House: Tales of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (Borealis Legends): Books: Fritz Leiber,Sherilyn Van Valkenburg,Mike Mignola

This collection contains ten stories in the "Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser" series, seven originally collected in Swords Against Death, two originally collected in Swords in the Mist, and one from Bazaar of the Bizarre, as follows, with dates of original publication:

Thieves' House * Unknown Feb '43
The Bleak Shore * Unknown Nov '40
The Howling Tower * Unknown Jun '41
The Sunken Land * Unknown Feb '42
The Seven Black Priests * Other Worlds May '53
Claws from the Night ["Dark Vengeance"] * Suspense Fll '51
The Price of Pain-Ease * ss Swords Against Death, Ace, 1970
181 * Bazaar of the Bizarre * Fantastic Aug '63
The Cloud of Hate * Fantastic May '63
Lean Times in Lankhmar * Fantastic Nov '59
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Thadlerian said:
Major haul before summer holiday:

Lankhmar and
Thieves' House by Fritz Leiber
Searoad by Ursula K. Le Guin
Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Shadow and Claw (first half of The Book of the New Sun) by Gene Wolfe
The Gunslinger (first book in the Dark Tower series) by Stephen King
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I've got all of those except the one by Banks so I'll be interested in your thoughts on them.....
 
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