Book Hauls!

[the smiling weirwood]

I recently found a signed first edition of the Orson Scott Card novela , "A War of Gifts."

I also picked up Mainspring and Escapement by Jay Lake. I highly recommend both.

[GOLLUM]

Picked up...

After Dark - Haruki Murakami
The Warden - A. Trollope *Part of Barchester Chronicles
PG Wodehouse collection incl. Golf stories, Jeeves, Drones club incl. several other characters...
Voyage Of The Argos - Apollounius Of Rhodes.

[Nesacat]

Ah tell me what you think of After Dark GOLLUM ... I liked it very much indeed and thought it much better than Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, which I'd read just before.

[dask]

I don't buy too many new books anymore but after I finished my laps at the mall this morning I rushed over to Freddies and picked up 326 pages of super-science fiction written by one of the best practitioners in the field: The Trouble With Aliens, short stories by Christopher Anvil, edited by Eric Flint. Finally, no more fumbling through old sf mags hunting for these gems.

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by Nesacat

Ah tell me what you think of After Dark GOLLUM ... I liked it very much indeed and thought it much better than Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, which I'd read just before.

Shall do...

[GOLLUM]

Dance, Dance, Dance - H Murakami
Age Of Unreason Quartet - Greg Keyes

[citri]

I got cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson and still haven't gotten around to reading it. I am amazed at how long this thread is.

[sassy1]

i bought Running With The Demon by Terry Brooks. I've read and loved his Shannara and Landover series' and was rather pleased to find more Brooks books I haven't read lol.

Also got Acorna's Search by Anne McCaffrey, cos I read the first 4 Acorna books and thought I may as well carry on, and The Fledgling Of Az Gabrielson by Jay Amory, just because I thought it looked good

[murphy]

Arrived in the mail:

The Empress File by John Sandford
Empire of Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by citri

I got cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson and still haven't gotten around to reading it. I am amazed at how long this thread is.

Dont' be....

OK, day off I got...

LOTR Reader's Companion - Hammond & Scull *Fully annotated including history of changes and various correspondence. Can't wait to read this one.

Selected Writings Of E.A. Poe - Ed. G.R. Thompson Norton Critical edn. *Heavily annotated collection of some of Poe's best known/loved stories and poems incl. intros to each piece, substantial extras including correspondence b/w POE and contemporaries, 14 critical essays and other fascinating tidbits. For $20 Aus ($12 US) this was a bargain.

The Firework-Maker's Daughter - Phillip Pullman
Erewohn - Samuel Butler *Penguin black classic, Utopian ala Moore's work.
Tower Of Fear - Glenn Cook *Seperate novel set in black company universe.
After The Quake - Haruki Murakami
Scarlett Pimpernel - Baronness Emmuska Orczy

Not too shabby I think....

[Nesacat]

And of course GOLLUM you have to tell me how you go with After The Quake ... it's quirky and I loved it.

Firework-Maker's Daughter is pretty good too though my heart belongs to Pullman's Clockwork for some reason.

[j. d. worthington]

Received my copy of Richard L. Tierney's The Drums of Chaos.... Lord, it's been a long wait!

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by Nesacat

And of course GOLLUM you have to tell me how you go with After The Quake ... it's quirky and I loved it.

Firework-Maker's Daughter is pretty good too though my heart belongs to Pullman's Clockwork for some reason.

I didn't know about Clockwork. Are there any Pullman books you haven't read?..

When you say quirky, most of Murakami's work is that isn't it?...There seems to be plenty of chat that he could be headed towards a Nobel prize, that would be something wouldn't it!

Cheers...

Last night I got....

Return Of The Crimson Guard - Ian. C. Esslemont *Malazan novel.

[pyan]

Originally Posted by GOLLUM

LOTR Reader's Companion - Hammond & Scull *Fully annotated including history of changes and various correspondence. Can't wait to read this one.

Highly recommended, Gollum - all sorts of details dragged into the light of day.
Be prepared for a good few definitions of words that you already know, and you might expect the average JRRT reader would as well, though (chafed, fiddlesticks, uplands) - but I suppose it's difficult to strike the balance for all the potential readers of the book.