Book Hauls!

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by Connavar

Thanks Nessie but i checked that site already. Someone here recommend it to me before.

They dont sell second hand books, they link to abebooks which i already use.

I wouldnt use it for new books either,my real bookstore price are only few swedish kronor more expensive. I rather support them to make the little extra on me so they can survive. I have around 200 new in print books and all from them.

GRRR...tried to send PM to you but your inbox is full!

Anyway as usual Cat beat me to it.....SIGH. That was the site I was referring to.

Cheers....

[Nesacat]

My most recent book haul is books to replace old/battered copies and/or lost/missing ones:

The Shining by Stephen King
Salem's Lot by Stephen King
Beloved by Toni Morrisson
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Shadow of the Wind (paperback lending copy) by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

[GOLLUM]

Nice haul Cat....

You've arguably got the best of King there and you already know my interest in Morrison and obviously Zafon.

Cheers...

[AE35Unit]

Jekyll and Hyde was a great read Nesa. Absolutely no relation to any film I've seen,much better!

[Nesacat]

I think my favourite King books are IT, Salem's Lot, Shining and Cycle of the Werewolf. I love his short stories. My copies are rather the worse for wear and age and having been in storage. Hence the new ones.

I have not seen a Jekyll & Hyde movie but I do like the book. Mine is falling apart with being re-read and lent out so I thought I would replace it.

[AE35Unit]

Originally Posted by Nesacat

I have not seen a Jekyll & Hyde movie but I do like the book. Mine is falling apart with being re-read and lent out so I thought I would replace it.[/COLOR][/FONT]

Oh i have,and is always played as a horror a la Frankenstein,when really the story is closer to say Jack the Ripper.

[J-Sun]

Originally Posted by dask

I remember his name for a while being plastered on the cover of every other issue of Asimov's and Analog. He any good?

Second-hand impressions follow:

Yep, he was a Scithers discovery - kind of the first Big New Thing for the then new magazine. And, at that time, it was a lot easier to cross magazines between Analog and Asimov's. His biggest splash was "Enemy Mine" which won awards and was turned into a movie. I think he acquired a reputation as being of indifferent quality and heavily overhyped and his career took a dive (perhaps with personal issues, too). Then he seems to have made a bit of a comeback with newer stories in Analog that were quite popular.

First hand, I've never read a book of his but I think he's most highly regarded as a story writer. Even there, I've only read a handful of stories. Of those, "Enemy Mine" is well worth reading but not the award winning classic it was made out to be - humans and aliens are at war and a representative of each species crash lands and are abandoned on the same primitive planet. Traces of Cherryh's Brothers of Earth or the TNG "Darmok" episode in sense or two. His latest series of "Jaggers and Shad" comic SF detective stories are fairly light but can be quite entertaining. Overall, I've found him worth reading when I run into him, but not worth seeking out. However, if you don't run into him and are curious, I suppose he could be worth seeking out.

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by AE35Unit

Oh i have,and is always played as a horror a la Frankenstein,when really the story is closer to say Jack the Ripper.

Actually, the Rouben Mamoulian film is fairly faithful to the story (it is really too short to be called a true novel), and well worth seeing. It still remains rather impressive on various levels....

[dask]

Originally Posted by AE35Unit

I had Circus World in hardback a while ago and from what I can remember the stories were quite enjoyable.

Originally Posted by J-Sun

Second-hand impressions follow:

Yep, he was a Scithers discovery - kind of the first Big New Thing for the then new magazine. And, at that time, it was a lot easier to cross magazines between Analog and Asimov's. His biggest splash was "Enemy Mine" which won awards and was turned into a movie. I think he acquired a reputation as being of indifferent quality and heavily overhyped and his career took a dive (perhaps with personal issues, too). Then he seems to have made a bit of a comeback with newer stories in Analog that were quite popular.

First hand, I've never read a book of his but I think he's most highly regarded as a story writer. Even there, I've only read a handful of stories. Of those, "Enemy Mine" is well worth reading but not the award winning classic it was made out to be - humans and aliens are at war and a representative of each species crash lands and are abandoned on the same primitive planet. Traces of Cherryh's Brothers of Earth or the TNG "Darmok" episode in sense or two. His latest series of "Jaggers and Shad" comic SF detective stories are fairly light but can be quite entertaining. Overall, I've found him worth reading when I run into him, but not worth seeking out. However, if you don't run into him and are curious, I suppose he could be worth seeking out.

Thanks for the input. Just checked my card catalog and I actually have one of his books, MANIFEST DESTINY. I'll give it a try sometime and see how it goes.

[pyan]

Originally Posted by J-Sun

I've found him worth reading when I run into him, but not worth seeking out.

Yes, I'd agree with that as being a fair summing-up. I enjoyed both books, and if I see the third in the series, Elephant Song, at a reasonable price I'll buy it: but I'm not going to be scouring E-bay for it or anything.

[Hypnos164]

Crooked Little Vein - Warren Ellis - I like his comic work, lets see how this goes
The Shotgun Rule - Charle Huston
Best Served Cold - Joe Abercrombie

[AE35Unit]

Originally Posted by J-sun

. Of those, "Enemy Mine" is well worth reading but not the award winning classic it was made out to be - humans and aliens are at war and a representative of each species crash lands and .

I love that film but never got round to reading the novella. I had it in a Mammoth Book of Science Fiction but can't find it!

[HoopyFrood]

Went to my favourite bookshop for the first times in ages today. Came out with Deathstalker Legacy by Simon R. Green. Having seen him at two FantasyCons, I'd been meaning to get something of his for a long time...

[Fried Egg]

The Dragon in the Sword by Michael Moorcock
Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore
The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe

[Althain's Warden]

Cheers Hypnos I didn't know Best served Cold was out yet, knew it was soon though. Just ordered it off amazon, can't wait