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23rd October 2009, 05:20 AM
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| Beam Me Up Scotty  Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Australia, New South Wales
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| Re: Book Hauls! Hit the local op-shops today and managed to get some interesting(?) reading for a total of $10.... SYZYGY by Micheal G Coney. I really enjoyed The Hero Of Downways, so had to get this. Wanderers of Time by John Wyndham Terrors Edited by Charles L. Grant (horror anthology) Stark by Ben Elton From The Earth To The Moon by Jules Verne The Lucifer Comet by Ian Wallace 98.4 by Christopher Hodder-Williams Night of Light by Philip Jose Farmer The Last Wave by Petru Popescu (not Sci-Fi though had been recommended to read due to an apocalyptic theme) The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells Watership Down by Richard Adams |
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23rd October 2009, 08:21 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sweden
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| Re: Book Hauls! The Big Knockover by Dashiell Hammett(with my fav PI in fiction) The Getaway by Jim Thompson James Bond Omnibus 2 (Casino Royale, Live and Let Die & Moonraker) Let The Right One In by John Avjide Lindqvist - a good impulse buy when i was in Arlanda Airport. |
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23rd October 2009, 11:51 PM
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| Where matter vanishes...  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Maryland
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| Re: Book Hauls! Not exactly a haul, but received The Elves of Cintra (Terry Brooks) last night in the mail. An Ebay conquest for $8 US new hardback, incl. shipping, and getting ready to dive in..... |
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24th October 2009, 01:56 PM
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| Sophomoric Mystic  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Greater London
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| Re: Book Hauls! Have just ordered Restless Nights by Dino Buzzati, a collection of the famed Italian writer's short stories. This is OOP and pretty hard to get hold of at a reasonable price, so I was shocked and elated when I saw it going for sale online for only £12. |
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26th October 2009, 01:53 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Devon
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| Re: Book Hauls! "Altered Carbon" - Richard Morgan. Part of my quest to aquaint myself with more modern authors. "The Sword of the Lictor" - Gene Wolfe. Volume 3 of the book of the New Sun series. "Midnight Sun" - Ramsey Campbell. Part of my quest to find my kind of horror. "Something Wicked This Way Comes" - Ray Bradbury. Part of my quest to read the entire Fantasy Masterworks series. "When the Sleeper Wakes" - H. G. Wells. I just liked the sound of this one. |
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27th October 2009, 02:33 AM
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| Moderator  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia, Victoria
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| Re: Book Hauls! Quote:
I know because I was looking at them over the wekeend in the City bookstore and thinking should I buy this? Dino Buzzati - NYRB Cheers... | |
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27th October 2009, 04:00 AM
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| Moderator  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas
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| Re: Book Hauls! Have received a copy of Poe's The Journal of Julius Rodman which I ordered some time back. I've only had occasion to read this once, in a rather hurried fashion, so it didn't leave the best impression. However, with my current rereading of all the Poe I can, I thought I'd give it another shot... and found that I could get a rather nice copy for a very decent price (under $5.00); so, rather than try to get it through ILL at this point.... |
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27th October 2009, 01:22 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sweden
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| Re: Book Hauls! A fellow Zelazny fan from goodreads send me 6 RZ books + 1 Donald Hamilton spy book. The Last Defender of Camelot by Roger Zelazny Changeling by Roger Zelazny Madwand by Roger Zelazny Coils by Roger Zelazny Roadmarks by Roger Zelazny Unicorn Variations by Roger Zelazny MURDERERS ROW (Matt Helm Series) by Donald Hamilton Feels like i have made a big hual and dont nead to buy RZ books for a while. |
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28th October 2009, 01:09 AM
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| Stuck Inside a Cloud  Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Belfast
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| Re: Book Hauls! Quote:
I read somewhere that Analog wouldn't publish his late-career stories because the then editor didn't like him. Shocking to have such a great history of books behind you and then find yourself frozen out.  | |
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28th October 2009, 01:28 AM
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| Beam Me Up Scotty Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Australia, New South Wales
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28th October 2009, 01:31 AM
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| Beam Me Up Scotty Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Australia, New South Wales
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| Re: Book Hauls! Quote:
It really is a shame that he was shunned like that just because the editor didn't like him. I think the editor needed a swift kick out the door! | |
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28th October 2009, 03:16 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sweden
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| Re: Book Hauls! Culture and Customs of Somalia by Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi Somalia: A Country Study (Area Handbook Series)by Helen Chapin Metz Intrested about reading about my nomadic ancestors before the colony days changed our history. Learned that the arabs us called Berberi and the Samal(Somali) is almost 2000 years old in the same country. |
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