Book Hauls!

[HoopyFrood]

A "largish haul" he calls it! Mind you, after some of the epic buying you've declared in this thread over the past, I suppose that was quite moderate buying

And there's M.R James popping up again. Has he always been this popular or is it that thing of once you notice one red car, you see them everywhere....

Really enjoying the M.R James collection, though.

[Hari Seldon]

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.

I will definitely give you my feeback once I get through them. Still waiting on the third book. I picked them up after hearing all the praise in the Historical Fiction forum. It was this or Cornwell's Saxon books... so I picked up this series.

[j. d. worthington]

Received the two other Mabbott-edited Poe volumes: Tales and Sketches: 1831-1842 and 1843-1849....

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by 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....

Who me? Never.....

Yes I was lucky to come across this gentleman who sells books al fresco style in town. He's got a greart array of classics esp. Wordsworth edns.

@Nesa: Yes room in the library is still OK but I've had to rearrange things a little.

@Hoopy: Yes that's just a small entree, wait until I get to the main course....

Cheers all...

[murphy]

Arrived at my house in the past few days:

Bloodring by Faith Hunter
The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker
Dark of the Moon by John Sandford
The Wolfhunt by Gillian Bradshaw
Living with the Dead by Kelley Armstrong
Fortune & Fate by Sharon Shinn

[dask]

All right, a thread I was born for. I love book hunting, especially bargain book hunting. Last week on Halloween the local library had a book sale. I walked away with: The Surly Sullen Bell by Russell Kirk (short story collection); Gone South by Robert McCammon; Great Detective Stories edited anonymously; The Mammoth Book Of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits edited by Mike Ashley (near perfect condition trade paperback for a buck!). Today at Goodwill I scored Shadows 4 edited by Charles L. Grant (notable not just for a Robert F. Young story but also a John Shirley and William Gibson collaboration) and The Incredible Umbrella by Marvin Kaye.

[j. d. worthington]

Some very good things there; congratulations!

[dask]

Originally Posted by j. d. worthington

Some very good things there; congratulations!

Thanks. Yeah, I fared pretty well this time. Can't wait for next weekend for some more bargain hunting. Book collecting, like coffee, is what I live for.

[D_Davis]

Time and the Gods - Lord Dunsany
The Terror and Other Stories - Arthur Machen
Eyes of the God: The Weird Fiction and Poetry of R. H. Barlow
Professor Dowell's Head - Alexander Beliaev

[Fahim]

This was last week and I've already read the book but I keep forgetting to list books here when I get them
Nation - Terry Pratchett

[Nesacat]

With the book vouchers I got for my birthday I went shopping over the weekend and here's the small haul (tiny compared to GOLLUM ):

Modern Japanese Stories: An Anthology - Edited by Ivan Morris
Night Shivers: The Ghost Stories of J.H. Riddell (Wordsworth)
The Witch of Prague & Other Stories - F. Marion Crawford (Wordsworth)
Now & Forever - Ray Bradbury
The Japanese Fairy Book - Yei Theodora Ozaki
Beowulf - Caitlin Kiernan
Dream Angus - Alexander McCall Smith
Beastly Tales - Vikram Seth

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by D_Davis

Time and the Gods - Lord Dunsany
The Terror and Other Stories - Arthur Machen
Eyes of the God: The Weird Fiction and Poetry of R. H. Barlow
Professor Dowell's Head - Alexander Beliaev

Time and the Gods very interesting one of my newest book.



I can recommend The Hoard of the Gibblins and The Sword of Welleran as good stories to start with as someone who is also new to Lord Dunsany.

[Overread]

Nasuicaa volume 1
And already finished - I have to seek out the other copies online (not a single bookshop stocks them - manga is not "in" at the moment its all graphic and marvel - as a result of the recent hollywood films

[soulsinging]

i've gone wild the last few days:

tad williams- memory sorry & thorn (ordered the whole thing on amazon)
scott lynch- lies of locke lamora
cormac mccarthy- blood meridian
philip pullman- his dark materials (love this series)

going this weekend to grab:

brandon sanderson- elantris

[peterwilliam]

Waiting for the three Brent Weeks books to arrive, as well as The Deed of Paksenarrion (omnibus), by Elizabeth Moon.