Book Hauls!

[Teresa Edgerton]

Two eagerly anticipated sequels, one from the bookstore, one from amazon:

The Lamplighter by D.M Cornish
Iron Angel by Alan Campbell

[murphy]

Just arrived.

HC copy of Storm Front by Jim Butcher. Love the dust cover on this one.
Immortal Prince by Jennifer Fallon

[Lady of Winterfell]

Originally Posted by Who's Wee Dug

The Dragonbone Chair is good it may take you a little while to get into it due to the fact you get a lot of background info for the first 200 pages or so, then it just flies.

That is ok with me. After finishing Erikson's Gardens of the Moon, I am ready for a book that actually gives you some background info up front.

[GOLLUM]

Just bought....

Conan Chronicles - Robert Jordan
Year Of Our War - Steph Swainston
Behemouth - Stephen Baxter *On recommendation from Nesa, contains all 3 Mammoth books.

Teresa, it will be interesting to know your thoughts on Iron Angel, I'm yet to receive my copy AND who is DM Cornish? I feel I should know this author????

[Teresa Edgerton]

Originally Posted by GOLLUM

AND who is DM Cornish? I feel I should know this author????

You probably should, since you like to keep up with Australian authors. According to the book jacket, he lives in Adelaide.

His first book, Foundling starts out rather Dickensian in tone -- which is how it drew me in -- but from there it goes off into fabulously original territory.

Here's a link to his website:

D M Cornish.com

[GOLLUM]

Thanks, I thought the name rang some kind of bell. I shall check it out...

[BookStop]

The new Dean Koontz Odd book just arrived - yay! I shall read it tonight (sorry Frankenstein, again you are cast aside for another book - maybe tomorrow?). I really hope it is charming and wonderful like the first book, although I'm betting it will be more formulaic like the other 2. Either way I'm excited to read it, and had to beat my oldest daughter off with a heavy stick this morning so se wouldn't abscond with it to school.

Teresa - I almost got away without checking out the Cornish website. Now I feel compelled to track down not only the first book, but maybe even the second as well. Thanks.(sarcasm not intended to be dripping)

[Amalthea]

Mythology by Edith Hamilton
I love the old tales, the ones that all modern fantasy finds it's roots in.

[j. d. worthington]

Received a replacement copy of Dark Valley Destiny: The Life of Robert E. Howard, by L. Sprague de Camp, Catherine Crook de Camp, and Jane Whittington Griffin....

[j. d. worthington]

The mail just came, with the following:

Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories, ed. Rex Collins
The Haunting of Toby Jugg, by Dennis Wheatley
A Night on the Moor & Other Tales of Dread, by R. Murray Gilchrist
Return from the Dead, sel. & intro. by David Stuart Davies
The Devil Rides Out, by Dennis Wheatley

[Teresa Edgerton]

Originally Posted by BookStop

I almost got away without checking out the Cornish website. Now I feel compelled to track down not only the first book, but maybe even the second as well.)

Even though the plot of The Lamplighter began to develop along rather familiar lines near the end, it was more than redeemed by the bizarre setting and quirky characters. (The series has a hefty dose of worldbuilding though!)

[BookStop]

Originally Posted by Teresa Edgerton

it was more than redeemed by the bizarre setting and quirky characters. (The series has a hefty dose of worldbuilding though!)

Sounds like it's my cuppa. Besides, I know who to blame if I hate it

[j. d. worthington]

Another batch of the Wordsworth set arrived today:

The Bell in the Fog & Other Stories, by Gertrude Atherton
The Bishop of Hell & Other Stories, by Marjorie Bowen
The Crimson Blind & Other Stories, by H. D. Everett
Aylmer Vance: Ghost-Seer, by Alice & Claude Askew
The Power of Darkness -- Tales of Terror, by Edith Nesbit

[Switchback]

Hawkwood's Voyage - Kearney (finally found it!)
The One Kingdom - Russell

[gully_foyle]

Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
I am Legend by Richard Matheson