Book Hauls!

[kcs_hiker]

and finally, in the mail (I had nearly given up on them, writing them off as a bad Ebay seller)



came in a slipcase

[Addy]

Originally Posted by kcs_hiker

and finally, in the mail (I had nearly given up on them, writing them off as a bad Ebay seller)



came in a slipcase

Ooh, those look fine. I just ordered the trilogy too, but in an omnibus.

[Nesacat]

Now that things have finally settled down and I've managed to organise some of the new books, here is the haul for the past several weeks and they come to me thanks to several people including GOLLUM and Morpheus:

Science Fiction & Fantasy:
The Coyote Road Trickster Tales edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Time And The Gods by Lord Dunsany
Darker Than You Think by Jack Williamson
The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson
Three Hearts And Three Lions by Poul Anderson
The Emperor Of Dreams by Clark Ashton Smith
The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham
Chocky by John Wyndham
Adventures In Unhistory by Avram Davidson
Heaven's Net Is Wide by Lian Hearn
M Is For Magic by Neil Gaiman
Dark Alchemy: Magical Tales From Masters Of Modern Fantasy edited by Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois

Fiction:
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
The Photograph by Penelope Lively
After Dark by Haruki Murakami
Walking On Glass by Iain Banks
Slight Confessions by Alice Hoffman
The Water Room by Christopher Fowler
The Interpretation Of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld

Graphic Novels:
The Arrival by Darren Shan
The Complete Moomin Comic Strips by Tove Jansson
Murder Mysteries by Neil Gaiman & R. Craig Russell
Elric: The Making Of A Sorceror by Michael Moorcock & Walter Simonson

Non-Fiction:
The Lore Of The Land: A Guide To England's Legends by Westwood & Simpson

The four Cthulhu Mythos books that have been translated into English from Japanese are as follows:

Laws Of The Hidden Gods edited by Asamatsu Ken
Vol I - Night Voices, Night Journeys
Vol II - Inverted Kingdom
Vol III - Straight To Darkness
Vol IV - The Dreaming God

[CatBar]

Originally Posted by Taltos

Yesterday bought all four of the Isaac Asimovs R. Daneel Olivaw & Elijah Baley books in one tome.

Would this be some exclusive scifi book club's edition 'Robots and Murder' by any chance - and with a good jacket-cover by Matt (some Polish surname like Stawicki?)?

Seems like, annoyingly, I can't get this in England and would have to try for it by Amazon from the US?

[Urien]

Just bought:

Fight club by Palanihuk
Lisey's story by King
Reaper's Gale by Erikson
The Voyage of Sable Keech by Asher
Polity Agent by Asher
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction (ten novellas) edited by Asimov, Waugh and Greenberg.

Should keep me going for a few weeks.

[gully_foyle]

Wasting time this morning waiting for a toy store to open I found a rarely visited 2nd hand bookshop was open and made a great score.

Neuromancer William Gibson
Nightwings Robert Silverberg
Revelation Space Alastair Reynolds
Starburst Short story collection by Alfred Bester, including Fondly Fahrenheit, which is highly regarded, so I'm looking forward to that one.

[Teresa Edgerton]

Not exactly a book haul, because I just ordered the books today, but Dover is in the middle of a 60% off sale for selected books and I've ordered some fine old classics by Onions, Dunsany, LeFanu, and Meyrink. (Awaiting their arrival with much anticipation.)

For those who might be interested:

Science Fiction and Fantasy

[bruno-1012]

Very sad but I've just received a boxed set of 10 Doctor Who stories based on the new doctors.

Wouldn't normally have bought these but couldn't resist at £10 for the set.

[Rosemary]

Another bargain for me! A new copy of 'Lady of Hay' by Barbara Erskine for just $AU 5
Jennifer Fallon's 2nd volume of the Tide Lords series, just released, cost me only $AU 15
Looking forward to reading Jennifer's new book and re-reading Lady of Hay.

[Cerberus]

Over the past 2 weeks I've bought a few, this is just some of them

Making Money - Terry Prattchett (bought today)
The Secret of Crickley Hall - James Herbert
Labyrinth - Kate Mosse
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel - Sussanna Clarke

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by Teresa Edgerton

Not exactly a book haul, because I just ordered the books today, but Dover is in the middle of a 60% off sale for selected books and I've ordered some fine old classics by Onions, Dunsany, LeFanu, and Meyrink. (Awaiting their arrival with much anticipation.)

For those who might be interested:

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Congratulations, Teresa! Yes, they've been running this off and on for a bit and, had I the money, I've seen several things I'd love to invest in. Sadly, for the foreseeable future at any rate, book-buying is not going to be on my list of things I'm able to do....

[Teresa Edgerton]

John and I are somehow on different Dover mailing lists, so I didn't know about this particular sale until he brought it to my attention.

We also get their catalogues (frequently) by US mail, but when those arrive it's a little easier to be wise, because ordering the books requires a little more effort and the question of whether or not we can actually afford them has more time to creep into our brains.

In this case, John showed me the page ... and within minutes all was lost (or gained, depending on how you look at it).

[Reiver]

The Dreamers series by David & Leigh Eddings
Hood by Stephen R Lawhead
Renegade's Magic by Robin Hobb
Spirit Gate by Kate Elliott

Reading the Elliott one just now and it's starting off well although I can't help thinking of McCaffrey except with eagles and not dragons! But I've only just started so I'll wait a bit longer before forming an opinion and she is an author whose work I like anyway!

[locke]

Recently read and thoroughly enjoyed Scott Lynch's Red Seas ..., also loved Philip Reeve, children's author but I don't care if it's good, Starcross, sequel to Larklight. these are really worth a read if you like good old Jules Verne type adventures, they're set in an alternate Victorian England with space travel. Also quite enjoyed Robin Hobb's Forest mage, I'm a bit behind on these and find this series quite hard to get into. Loving Fiona McIntosh, so does my hubby, just finished the Trinity trilogy excellent page-turners. I'm one of those underpaid booksellers, but I do get advance copies sometimes and have two huge tomes to get through at some point, David Bilsborough's The Wanderer's Tale, which is out so has anyone out there read it yet and is it worth a read? Also Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind, Gollancz are pushing it as the next big thing...
Also if you haven't read Alan Campbell's Scar Night do so now! Quite different, but very Gormenghast-esque.

[Teresa Edgerton]

Originally Posted by locke

Also if you haven't read Alan Campbell's Scar Night do so now! Quite different, but very Gormenghast-esque.

Yes, we discussed it during the late Book Club. I thought it was wonderful, too.

A trip to amazon informs me that Larklight has just come out in paperback over here. Since I like Reeve, I'll have to look for it, the next time I'm allowed near a bookstore.