Book Hauls!

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by nixie

Is it on general release somewhere Jay? last I checked its not due out in the UK till Feb

I'm guessing you'll find the resident Book Meister has an advanced copy but I'm sure he'll all tell us how he managed to get his hands on such a hot item LOL!...

[nixie]

Some people have all the luck

[GOLLUM]

Yeh tell me about it....

[Jay]

Is it on general release somewhere Jay? last I checked its not due out in the UK till Feb

My understandingiis that it has a shipping date in the U.S. of January 1, and a release date (as the norm) some 2 weeks later. I think your right about the U.K release. A bit off-topic I have to say that this one of the few occasions that I like the U.S. cover treatment better than the U.K.'s.

Getting this copy was more of a pain than normal, as (again to my understanding) the first batch of review copies had some print issues/errors that the author didn't want sent out on a wide basis for reviiew The few he did have been to people he trusted (not me) that would not hold it against him in the review process.

I started seeing more people state they had the copies and ultimately felt jealous enough to go directly to the source to beg.

[Marky Lazer]

Richard K. Morgon - Market Forces

[Mark Robson]

Recently bought all of the Roman Mysteries that are in print to date - starting with The Thieves of Ostia, right through to The Fugitive from Corinth (10 Books). I chatted to the author, Caroline Lawrence, who quite aptly described them as Enid Blyton meets Gladiator! This is a good summation. They are a great set of books for the younger readers, but secretly I'm enjoying reading them to my 6 year old.

A word of warning. These books push the boundaries of blood and gore for young ones to the limits. I'm having to change some of the descriptions as I read for my little girl. The first book is all about someone who is going around Ostia chopping the heads off dogs!

[hedgeknight]

Just visited R. Scott Bakker's webpage and read the prologue from his first book - one word: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Oh, sorrry - dozed off...AGAIN!
IMO Bakker is trying too hard to impress his readers with complicated names and spellings and fancy fonts and mindless rhetoric, and for old hats like me, it's a wasted effort.
-g-

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by hedgeknight

Just visited R. Scott Bakker's webpage and read the prologue from his first book - one word: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Oh, sorrry - dozed off...AGAIN!
IMO Bakker is trying too hard to impress his readers with complicated names and spellings and fancy fonts and mindless rhetoric, and for old hats like me, it's a wasted effort.
-g-

My advice is stick with it and you may well find yourself changing your tune mate as I found the books quite thought provoking actually...

Then again one man's meat is another man's poison....

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

Just received these:

1. Black Brillion - Matthew Hughes
2. TheShadow at the Bottom of the World - Thomas Ligotti
3. The Translation of Father Torturo - Brendan Connell
4. Gunning for the Buddha - Michael Jasper
5. Spotted Lily - Anna Tambour


And also a couple of comic tpbs:

Showcase Presents: Green Lantern Vol. 1
Swamp Thing: Dark Genesis

[Brys]

I just got the following:
The Borribles trilogy - Michael de Larrabeiti
Guards!Guards! - Terry Pratchett
Darwin's Radio - Greg Bear

Pretty varied, as you can see.

[Sibeling]

Kurt Vonnegut - Breakfast Of Champions (not really sci-fi, I know)
Terry Pratchett - Going Postal

[hermi-nomi]

Last bought Terry Pratchett's 'Going Postal' and 'Thud'.
Before that I bought ... Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel, before that ... J.K Rowling's 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince'.
I have got some of the Ninth Doctor Who novels and am looking to buy the rest as soon as I am able :-)

[Jay]

Crytsal Rain by Tobias Buckell
Summer Isle by Ian R. Macleod
Nocturne by Jus Neuce
Shapers of Darkness by David B. Coe

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by Brys

I just got the following:
The Borribles trilogy - Michael de Larrabeiti

OH, I read the Borribles in my teens and recall that I quite liked the books at that time. Unfortunately I can't remember much of them these days. I will be interested to read your opinions of the books.

[GOLLUM]

OK this book haul was from last month after I decided to use part of my $100 gift voucher from Borders Books I received from a client...

Viriconium - M John Harrison part of the Fantasy Masterwork series - Superb stuff.

The Hidden Stars - Madeline Howard, one of the forum's resident authors. I've only taken a peek but I like what I see so far.

The Locus Awards - 30 years of the best in SF and Fantasy in MMPB. Authors include Ted Chiang, Neil Gaiman, John Crowley, Gene Wolfe, Ursual K Le Guin, George RR Martin, James Tiptree Jr., Greg Egan, Johh Varley, Bruce Sterling, Octavia E. Butler, Lucius Sheppard and Connie Willis to name just a few. Read bits and pieces but plan to tackle these over the New Year.