Book Hauls!

[Rosemary]

Originally Posted by Rosemary

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.

Oh dear, I had to go back to the bookshop as Deltora Quest 3 has already been read by one of the twins, so my eldest would have found it far too easy to read. In it's place I purchased 'Dragon Flight' by Anne McCaffrey. I do hope she enjoys McCaffrey's books as much as I do.

[gully_foyle]

Down Below Station by C.J Cherryh
The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C Clarke
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (finally found it second hand)

[D_Davis]

The Unlimited Dream Country - JG Ballard
Grey - John Armstrong
Sirius - Olaf Stapledon
Big Time - Fritz Lieber
The Best of Walter M. Miller Jr.
The Shadow at the Bottom of the World - Thomas Ligotti

[j. d. worthington]

Well, my roommate gave me a lovely old two-volume edition (complete with slipcase) of The Dialogues of Plato, which was quite unexpected and is much appreciated....

[ravenus]

Picked up the following 2nd hand and for quite cheap:

The set of 4 Hitch-hiker (Douglas Adams) books in a card-board slip-case. The case is a little worn but the books are in decent condition. Skimmed through it a bit and it reads like Pratchett lite in a futuristic setup.

Black House (Paul Theroux). Supposed to be a horror book, lessee.

Of Love and Other Demons (GG Marquez). Marquez can be really good sometimes...and at least this book is short so I don't have too much to lose

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl). Am stretching my luck here but I recall liking the Gene Wilder movie a lot so...

[Shamu]

Magic Study - Maria V. Snyder
Empress - Karen Miller
Magic lost, Trouble found - Lisa Shearin
Magic Bites - Ilona Andrews

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by ravenus

Picked up the following 2nd hand and for quite cheap:

The set of 4 Hitch-hiker (Douglas Adams) books in a card-board slip-case. The case is a little worn but the books are in decent condition. Skimmed through it a bit and it reads like Pratchett lite in a futuristic setup.

Black House (Paul Theroux). Supposed to be a horror book, lessee.

Of Love and Other Demons (GG Marquez). Marquez can be really good sometimes...and at least this book is short so I don't have too much to lose

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl). Am stretching my luck here but I recall liking the Gene Wilder movie a lot so...

Let us know what you think of D. Adams.

By the way its Pratchett that reads like Hitchhiker in fantasy form

[Aleksei]

Bought these today.

The Softwire: The Samiran Caretaker on Orbis 2 - PJ Haarsma
Firefly Island - Daniel Arenson
Empress of Mijak - Karen Miller
A Dark Sacrifice: Book Two of the Rune of Unmaking - Madeline Howard
The Stars Down Under - Sandra McDonald
The Bromeliad - Terry Pratchett

[Taltos]

Bought Charles Stross The Jennifer Morgue - last Tuesday and after reading 1 chapter went back to store and bought The Atrocity Archives and Glasshouse as well. Now again trying not to buy any more books ... right, like that's ever going to happen

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Connavar

By the way its Pratchett that reads like Hitchhiker in fantasy form

Ah well, the order in which I reached them

[kcs_hiker]

Sharpe's Rifles Bernard Cornwell
The Physics of Nascar Diandra Leslie-Pelecky
The Icewind Dale Trilogy by R.A.Salvatore

[Nightmare]

The Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
Perdido Street Station - China Miéville
Dies the Fire - S.M. Stirling

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by j. d. worthington

Well, my roommate gave me a lovely old two-volume edition (complete with slipcase) of The Dialogues of Plato, which was quite unexpected and is much appreciated....

AHA.wait till your read my PM then....

[Jen526]

This is my *first* book haul since last November, which is probably a record for me. I've been making an effort to not buy too many books until I get the TBR pile down a bit and/or have some bills paid off, but the book-shopping withdrawal was getting intense, so...

Kushiel's Chosen - Jaqueline Carey
The Born Queen - Greg Keyes
Myth-Chief - Robert Asprin
Twilight - Stephanie Meyer (I don't usually care for vampire stories, but this came highly recommended by a friend, so I had to at least give it a shot.)

Then I went a bit crazy and placed pre-orders for the Subterranean Press editions of both Gardens of the Moon (got a whopping $46 off @ Amazon) and The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox (only the regular edition, not the leather-bound, at least).

[Lady of Winterfell]

I assume you have read Kushiel's Dart Jen? I have read Kushiel's Dart and Kushiel's Chosen, just haven't gotten around to getting the rest of the books (yet) But quite enjoyed them.