Book Hauls!

[speedingslug]

Just got the Dan Brown papers backs

Waiting for Robet Jordan, Steven Donaldson and Terry Goodkind to do their next books.

[Rane Longfox]

Dan Brown and Terry Goodkind? Ouch...

Found pretty much the only bookshop in Cairns, and bought:
Al Reynolds - Century Rain
China Mieville - The Scar (read this one already, but its such a good book, I wanna read it again)

[Rosemary]

Not too bad a day in the bookshop...

A new revised edition of A Prince of the Blood/Raymond E. Feist, the original edition I had read a long time ago and a new copy of Warlord, Volume 3 of The Hythrun Chronicles by Jennifer Fallon for only $AU20

[BookStop]

Ok- these aren't specfic at all, but I just got hooked on Patricia Sprinkle's A Thoroughly Southern Mystery series. The first book is difficult to find at the cheap price I like to pay, so I had to head to the library to read it, but I bought all the rest! They are so charming.

[j. d. worthington]

I must admit that, since moving back to Austin just over a month ago, I've been very lucky on that score. Not too many contemporary sf/fantasy books, but quite a few classics in the field, as well as a lot of really neat older books. Most of these were going for ridiculously low prices: a 6-volume set of the works of Washington Irving published in the 1880s; a 9-volume set of Bulwer from the same period ($5 each); and an 1824 set of the Newgate Calendar; not to mention some oddities such as Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land by "An American" from 1841 (this last was a 2-volume set they were selling for $1!!!), and a host of horror anthologies. The prize, though, was getting a 1795 edition of Johnson's Idler for a price I could afford; now that really made my day (week, month, year...). This was the best book haul I've had in a long, long while.

[Marky Lazer]

I have to say, every now and then this thread depresses me. Some people buy way too much books! People should send me books for free!

[Winters_Sorrow]

Free, my precious?

Marky cannot have the preeecious books

To keep on subject, I recently purchased (deep breath)

Crystal Singer Omnibus by Anne McCaffrey (read 'em before but need to again!)
The Black Company by Glen Cook
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson
The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker
Harlequin by Bernard Cornwall
The 49ners - Graphic Novel by Alan Moore

[GOLLUM]

Just received an early birthday present in a single volume edition of Lian Hearn's Tales Of The Otori set in a samurai-style era of Japan. I've covered these before but I'm very happy to have received this HB copy with a beautifully illustrated dust cover....

[j. d. worthington]

Sounds neat. Is he any relation to Lafcadio Hearn?

(And, if you don't mind my asking, when exactly is your birthday?)

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by j. d. worthington

Sounds neat. Is he any relation to Lafcadio Hearn?

Well I've read little of Lafcadio Hearn but interestingly enough Lian Hearn is a pseudonmym of an author whose real name I don't know. It's certainly partly named after the famous Lafcadio Hearn. Here's an interesting interview with the author where this is discussed.

http://www.sfsite.com/07b/lh180.htm

I've PM'ed you in reply to your last post on various details.......

Over and out....

[Kettricken]

Just ordered a few books on the internet:

- R. Scott Bakker - the darkness that comes before
- Guy Gavriel Kay - the lions of Al-Rassan
- Patricia McKillip - the forgotten beasts of the eld
- George R.R. Martin - fevre dream

Bought 'a storm of swords' part 1 and 2 by George R. R. Martin in Dutch translation and 'the shadow of the wind' by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

Must hide some of these books for my boyfriend, otherwise he starts complaining again I buy waaaay to many books.

[j. d. worthington]

Oh, boy, have I been there!!!!

[murphy]

Originally Posted by GOLLUM

Well I've read little of Lafcadio Hearn but interestingly enough Lian Hearn is a pseudonmym of an author whose real name I don't know. It's certainly partly named after the famous Lafcadio Hearn. Here's an interesting interview with the author where this is discussed.

http://www.sfsite.com/07b/lh180.htm

I've PM'ed you in reply to your last post on various details.......

Over and out....

It seems these books have been optioned by Universal Studios for Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy, who are associated with Stephen Speilberg. If they make the picture, it should be good.

My book hauls just arrived today and include

The First Betrayal -- Patricia Bray
Doppelganger -- Marie Brennan
Last of the Wilds -- Trudi Canavan
Echoes of Honor -- David Weber
Curse the Dark -- Laura Anne Gilman
Black Powder War -- Naomi Novik
Staying Dead -- Laura Anne Gilman
Warring States -- Susan R. Matthews
The Clan Corporate -- Charles Stroll
Widdershins -- Charles de Lint

Should keep me busy for a while.

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by murphy

It seems these books have been optioned by Universal Studios for Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy, who are associated with Stephen Speilberg. If they make the picture, it should be good.

Then again if Spielberg gets his hands over it maybe not....

[murphy]

Originally Posted by GOLLUM

Then again if Spielberg gets his hands over it maybe not....

What don't you like about Spielberg? I always thought he was one of the better producers.