Book Hauls!

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by D_Davis

Great!

Taking a little break from the horror right now, but I'll get back to it soon.

I also just got my copy of Ligotti's Songs of a Dead Dreamer.

I think you'll enjoy James' blending of wit and dry humor with the very effective (but often indirect) eeriness in his tales... not to mention the bits of genuine scholarship that run throughout.

Speaking of which... you do know about James having translated some of the Apocrypha, don't you....?

M. R. James - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[D_Davis]

Originally Posted by j. d. worthington

Speaking of which... you do know about James having translated some of the Apocrypha, don't you....?

M. R. James - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I knew I heard his name outside of the realms of weird/horror fiction, but I wasn't sure where. This must be it. That's fascinating.

I'd like to read more about James.

[AE35Unit]

Just received from Bookmooch:
M.R.James,Collected Ghost Stories.(Wordsworth Classics) I used to have this book but it got lost in the move 7 years ago.

[HoopyFrood]

There's a veritable epidemic of M.R James' book at the moment, then.

Read the first story last night. Loved it.

Anyway...A Woman Killed With Kindness by Thomas Heywood was my recent purchase.

[Connavar]

I went to my bookstore and came home with :

The Demon Princes volume 1 by Jack Vance
Demon Deathchase (Vampire Hunter D book 3) by Hideyuki Kickuchi

Orders:

Bran Mak Morn: The Last King by Robert E. Howard
The Birthgrave by Tanith Lee
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
Death Masks by Jim Butcher

It speaks volumes for Harry Dresden books that i couldnt help but getting them while i wasnt sure i should spent that much this month. I went in only for Vance,Tanith Lee,REH.

Vampire Hunter is bought by my lil sister who gave money to get it for her.

[Hari Seldon]

Just picked up the first two books of the Conquerer series by Conn Iggulden.

Been on a real Alternate History kick lately so I picked up some of Eric Flint's Ring of Fire series. Reading the first one 1632 and realing enjoying it. Also have a bid on a bunch of Harry Turtledove novels.

Also just picked up Patrick Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind.

I recently bought and read The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie and thought it was fantastic. It was very fresh and enjoyable. Can't wait to see what is forthcoming from him.

[Clansman]

Originally Posted by Hari Seldon

Just picked up the first two books of the Conquerer series by Conn Iggulden.

I have been eyeing that series for a while. Make sure you post in the Historical Fiction sub-forum when you're into it, please? I could use some feedback before I shell out my hard-earned dough.

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by Clansman

I have been eyeing that series for a while. Make sure you post in the Historical Fiction sub-forum when you're into it, please? I could use some feedback before I shell out my hard-earned dough.

He is the most popular Historical fiction writer these days and yes i may be biased as a big fan of his but he is worth atleast a try.

No one imo does historical important characters and their caotic times better.

Wolf of the Plains makes the steppes and the mongol way of life come alive vividly. Its very historical correct too compared to his Ceasar series in that its based more on what they know about Ghengis Khan.

[Clansman]

Thanks Conn. I'll give it a try soon. Just picked up at the 2nd hand shop, in hardcover, 1st editions:

Mistress of the Empire, Raymond Feist and Janny Wurts (now I just have to find Daughter of the Empire and Servant of the Empire in hardcover);

Hood, by Stephen R. Lawhead;

A Song For Arbonne, Guy Gavriel Kay (replaces the one that got damaged in a flood in 1994, at last!).

[Omphalos]

Just picked up a copy of Gunn's The Immortals for a buck.

[Allegra]

Speaking of M. R. James, I just ordered his biographer Michael Cox's second novel The Glass of Time which is the sequel to his stunning debut The Meaning of Night - a fine pastiche of 'Victorian sensational fiction'. Anyone likes Wilkie Colins will enjoy that book. It may not have much Colins' subtle humour but darker, more passionate and complex. It's one of the books that haunt me long after I finished it.

[GOLLUM]

OK, this is a little disturbing but I had a long weekend due to yesterday's Meblourne Cup horse race. As a result I visited several bookshops in town including the open air stalls with my contact at Andrews Books as purchased the following largish haul:

Nichoals Nickleby, Pickwick Papers, Old Curiosity Shop & Selected Short Fiction (incl. travel dialogues and short stories) - Charles Dickens
Shirley & Tales Of Angria - Charlotte Bronte
Portrait Of A Lady & The Bostonians - Henry James
Penguin Book Of First World War Stories
Niebelungslied
Wayward Bus - John Steinbeck
Armadale - Wilkie Collins
Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Neil Gaiman
Horror Stories Of Robert E. Howard - Del Rey publisher
Powers (final of the trilogy) - Andre Norton
Arkham Asylum - Batman 15th anniversary Edn. *Graphic Novel

Tales Of Mystery and The Supernatural *Wordsworth collection:

A Night On The Moor & Other Tales Of Dread - R. Murray Gilchrist
Bell In The Fog & Other Stories - Gertrude Atherton
Crimson Blind & Other Stories - H.D. Everett
Phantom Of The Opera - Gaston Leroux
Witch Of Prague & Other Stories - F. Marion Crawford
The Shadow On The Blind - L. Baldwin & L. Galbraith
Night Shivers - J.H. Riddell
Bishop Of Hell & Other Stories - Marjorie Brown
Oriental Ghost Stories - Lafcaido Hearn
Children Of The Night The Vampire In Literature - Ed. D.S. Davies
The Werewolf Pack The Werewolf In Literature - Ed. Mark Valentine
The Haunting Of Toby Jugg - Dennis Wheatley
Collected Ghost Stories - M.R. James
Ghost Stories Of Henry James - Henry James
Uncanny Stories - Mary Sinclair
The Beetle : A Mystery - Richard Marsh
Temple Of Death: The Ghost Stories Of A.C. & R.H. Benson

Well that should keep me busy for a while, I can still hear J.D. breathing excitedly...

[j. d. worthington]

Now, now, Mr. G -- don't you know it's unseemly to gloat....?

There are a few titles there (in the Wordsworth series) I've not seen yet, but I may look them up.... Congratulations on the haul... you've got some very, very good reading ahead of you....

Meanwhile, I received a piddling two books in the mail today:

Strange Tales, by Hans Heinz Ewers (edited by Steve Flowers, and having quite a nice representative group of his shorter works)
Exit Into Eternity -- Tales of the Bizarre and Supernatural, by C. M. Eddy, Jr. (not exactly a great writer from what I've seen, but of interest to me from the Lovecraftian angle....)

[Nesacat]

You've got quite a neat little haul there GOLLUM and some great reading ahead ... the caverns under The Misty Mountains must be running out of space. Enjoy.

[rowengaurd]

Has any body else been waiting for the 3rd instsallment of the god slayer chronicals, by James Clements, I swear i have been waiting for nearly 3 years for this to some out the first 2 books shadowfall and hinterland were amazing but i'm starting to feel a little robbed!!