Book Hauls!

[Winters_Sorrow]

Just got my sweaty mitts on Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow by David Gemmell and Atlantis by David Gibbins.

[GOLLUM]

Just make sure you don't get the pages too wet, otherwise the ink might run..

PS I have a similar problem when DROOLING...

PPS Enjoy the read WS!!...

[Taltos]

From a book shop today (managed to behave and stay away from there for a looooooong time):
Steven Brust - Phoenix Guard
Steven Brust - 500 years later
Raymond Feist - Shards of a Broken Crown
Robert Heinlein - Star Beast
Robert Heinlein - Between Planets
Robert Heinlein - Tunnel in the Sky
Roman Glushkov - Povod dlja paniki (Reason to Panic)

[knivesout]

Splurged on a bunch of Philip K Dick books, in those spiffy new Vintage tpb editions:

Martian Time Slip
We Can Build You
The Cosmic Puppets
The Shifting Realities of Philip K Dick: A collection of literary and philosophical writings

[Jay]

Splurged on a bunch of Philip K Dick books,

I love PKD! My next project is to extend a cabinet for PKD works!

Start sometime this month for my search for early prints.

[knivesout]

I've got first paperback editions (don't know if they even went hardback back then) of Ubik and Valis, which I'm inordinately proud of. 2 of my fave PKD novels, too!

[Jay]

I had to go into the personal database of my collection -

I've got first paperback editions (don't know if they even went hardback back then) of Ubik and Valis, which I'm inordinately proud of. 2 of my fave PKD novels, too!

I have a first print of Ubik in HC (1969) - I bought that in January.

I have a limited editon of Valis (1987), part of a boxed set, signed by PKD. I think that's the first time it was put into HC - the first editon I think in softcover is 1981 (which I don't have) - is yours earlier?

[knivesout]

Yep, I've got that 1981 edition. Autographed copies are a little out of my reach though!

[Jay]

Just got Sanity and the Lady by Brian Aldiss, The Periodic Table of Scirnce Fiction by Michael Swanwick, The Last of the O-Forms and Other stories by James Van Pelt, and Rocket Science by Jay Lake.

[Thadlerian]

Looking for Jake, by China Miéville, a short story collection which includes The Tain.

[littlemissattitude]

My library system occasionally weeds its collection and sells the books it doesn't want anymore. Yesterday, I happened to check the for-sale shelves and came up with four sf/fantasy novels that looked interesting:

• Rivers of Time by L. Sprague De Camp (paperback)
• The Seeds of Time by John Wyndham (a British edition of a short story collection printed in 1979 but first published in 1956
• Children of the Maker by Lucy Cullyford Babbitt (a young adult fantasy, first edition hardcover)
• End of Exile by Ben Bova (the third volume of a trilogy, but a first edition hardcover from 1975)

Paid a dollar for the lot.

[cyborg_cinema]

Originally Posted by littlemissattitude

My library system occasionally weeds its collection and sells the books it doesn't want anymore.

...those can be the best book sales.

[Jay]

Just got:

The Twisted Root of Jarfindor - Sean Wright
Travel Light - Namoi Mitchison
Carmen Dog - Carol Emshwiller
Mothers and other Monster - Maureen F. Mchugh

[Jay]

Just got Myths for the Modern Age: Philip Jose Farmer's Wold Newton Universe, from Monkey Brain, and Outsiders a anthology that include Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, Caitlin Kiernan, and Joe R. Lansdale among 22 stories.

[Rosemary]

I thought I did very well with my purchases -

In one 2nd hand bookshop I bought David Edding's Books Two and Three of The Elenium. Book One I have placed on order. They were AU$9 each but I managed to bargain down to $6.

In another 2nd hand bookshop I finally found Janny Wurts' - The Circle of Fire Trilogy - well Books Two and Three - Storm Warden was missing, so that is on order as well. Not so fortunate with the price this time - she drove a hard bargain - finally got them for $8 each.