Book Hauls!

[Rosemary]

Another discount sale at the bookshop! Bought Destiny, Book three of Trinity by Fiona McIntosh. I also got a copy of Priestess of the White, Book One of the Age Of The Five by Trudi Canavan. I haven't read any of her books, so after a quick look at the first page and a couple in the center of the book, decided to give her stories a try. I also bought three children's books as birthday gifts. Deltora Quest 3 by Emily Rodda, 'The Worst Witch To The Rescue by Jill Murphy and The Butterfly In Amber by Kate Forsyth.

[Hedrigall]

Lately I've spent my money on...

(At second hand bookshops)
The Regulators by Richard Bachman
Desperation by Stephen King
Dzur by Steven Brust (though I'm still only up to Athyra)

(Online)
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian
A Sea of Words by Dean King
The Red Wolf Conspiracy by Robert Redick

[DeepThought]

Originally Posted by chopper

i gotta say there's nowt wrong with poirot. the short stories are often quite good fun.

Oh no, its not that chopper, I know for a fact that Poirot is one of her finest creations; in the same vein as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous Sherlock Holmes stories and they are classics to boot. Its just that as weird as it may seem, I haven't read *anything* out of SF&F genre, the only one exception being a few stories of the latter; Doyle's cold eccentric detective (which I borrowed from a friend). Even when trying classics I specifically look for (and read only) ones which has at least some bit of fantasy/supernatural/weird element to it, even though its obvious that in doing so I'm filtering out a lot of good stuff (of Shakespeare's I've only read A Midsummer Nights Dream and The Tempest), but I can't help it. But this time I'll definitely give a few Agatha Christie's Hercule Piorot stories a try.

Cheers, DeepThought

[Shamu]

My list:

The Name of the Wind ~ Patrick Rothfuss
Poison Study ~ Maria V. Snyder
Cast in Shadow ~ Michelle Sagara
Cast in Courtlight ~ Michelle Sagara
Heaven's net is wide ~ Lian Hearn
The High King's Tomb ~ Kristen Britain
The Blood King ~ Gail Z. Martin
The Awakened Mage ~ Karen Miller

I've bought the following but I'm waiting to receive them(from Amazon):

Fire Study ~ Maria V. Snyder
Cast in Secret ~ Michelle Sagara

[Talysia]

Just picked up Anne McCaffrey's The Ship who Sang in a charity shop for only £1. Quite pleased with that.

[Thadlerian]

Finally! The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin! Many times read, but never owned until now. The SF book!

Also, Iain M. Banks: Excession.

[Thadlerian]

James Blish: Cities in Flight.

[elvet]

I've ordered:
Cycle of Fire Trilogy by Janyy Wurts
Hidden City by Michelle West
Dragon Star trilogy by Melanie Rawn
and just recieved the Book of Words trilogy by J.V. Jones

[Lady of Winterfell]

The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory

[LyannaWolfBlood]

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon

You can't get better than a Pullitzer-prize winning novel about comics .

[nomadman]

Just ordered:

The White Hands and Other Stories by Mark Samuels
The Blue Star by Fletcher Pratt
The Island Under the Earth by Avram Davidson
The Doors of his Face, Lamps of his Mouth by Roger Zelazny
The Best of Fritz Leiber by Fritz Leiber

[The Ace]

Trawling the charity shops, got 6 of Anthony's "Incarnations of Immortality," and a Dozen Simon R. Green for £10. Dead Chuffed.

[chopper]

i'm doing Oxfam in Nether Edge tomorrow - drove past & saw massive racks of books.....i'll let you know what i find.....

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by nomadman

Just ordered:

The White Hands and Other Stories by Mark Samuels
The Blue Star by Fletcher Pratt
The Island Under the Earth by Avram Davidson
The Doors of his Face, Lamps of his Mouth by Roger Zelazny
The Best of Fritz Leiber by Fritz Leiber

Quite nice set, that. The Blue Star is by no means Pratt's best, but it deserves more mention than it gets. Not as complex as The Well of the Unicorn, but rather meaty, nonetheless. The problem is that it is also not quite as successful as a forward-moving story; it shares some of the same faults as Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus, I'd say... though both are very much worth reading.

As for the Davidson -- that one remains one of my favorites of his work, along with The Phoenix and the Mirror....

[chopper]

Tad williams - Memory Sorrow & Thorn - all four volumes, paperback, slightly dog-eared
A nice book on ancient greek architecture and artifacts
AD&D Players Handbook, first edition, vgc!

all for £12!


nice one Oxfam!