Book Hauls!

[AE35Unit]

Been spending me birthday money,found in a second hand book stall, Left hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin and finally Tau Zero by Poul Anderson,been on my wishlist for ages that one!
Also a nice big book by Arthur C.Clarke, the Snows of Olympus,speculations on the terraforming of Mars with colour pics made with Vistapro software. All for £10.50!

[Fried Egg]

Good haul their AE35Unit. I'm sure you'll love "Tao Zero" and hopefully "Left hand of Darkness". I say "hopefully" only because it is quite different, very soft SF exploring themes of gender and it's effect on society.

[Diggler]

I got my books in. Most are in very nice shape. I'm very happy with Time Out Of Joint, which is an original Belmont PB See the cover here

I'm off to a big secondhand book sale tomorrow (YAY!) and will probably come back with anywhere between 10-50 books

[AE35Unit]

Originally Posted by Fried Egg

Good haul their AE35Unit. I'm sure you'll love "Tao Zero" and hopefully "Left hand of Darkness". I say "hopefully" only because it is quite different, very soft SF exploring themes of gender and it's effect on society.

Yea I'm in two minds about that Le Guin book. I've not read any of her books and I think I'll read one of her SF books that I have first (City of Illusions and Planet of Exile are sat on my shelf too)
My other half might enjoy the Left Hand of Darkness tho!

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by AE35Unit

Yea I'm in two minds about that Le Guin book. I've not read any of her books and I think I'll read one of her SF books that I have first (City of Illusions and Planet of Exile are sat on my shelf too)
My other half might enjoy the Left Hand of Darkness tho!

Just to fill you in, all of those Le Guin books are part of what is known as her Hainish Cycle of Novels (taking place in that "universe" ). I've got the complete set and am hoping to read the entire series over the holidays.

I have read Left Hand Of Darkness and thought it was one of the best SF books I've seen dealing with the study of social structure/society. It won both the Hugo and Nebula awards when it came out. It is essentially considered a classic of SF and one of Le Guin's greatest novels.

Here's a list of the Hainish novels in publication order.
Rocannon's World
Planet of Exile
City of Illusions
The Left Hand of Darkness,
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia,
The Word for World is Forest
Four Ways to Forgiveness
The Telling

There's also numerous short stories she has written in this universe but I don't have them.

Hope that provides a useful context.

Night all....

[AE35Unit]

Originally Posted by GOLLUM

Just to fill you in, all of those Le Guin books are part of what is known as her Hainish Cycle of Novels (taking place in that "universe" ). I've got the complete set and am hoping to read the entire series over the holidays.

I have read Left Hand Of Darkness and thought it was one of the best SF books I've seen dealing with the study of social structure/society. It won both the Hugo and Nebula awards when it came out. It is essentially considered a classic of SF and one of Le Guin's greatest novels.

Here's a list of the Hainish novels in publication order.
Rocannon's World
Planet of Exile
City of Illusions
The Left Hand of Darkness,
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia,
The Word for World is Forest
Four Ways to Forgiveness
The Telling

There's also numerous short stories she has written in this universe but I don't have them.

Hope that provides a useful context.

Night all....

Yea i was aware of that but thanks for the reminder! One doesnt have to read them in the right order though right?

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by AE35Unit

Yea i was aware of that but thanks for the reminder! One doesnt have to read them in the right order though right?

Well I haven't read many of them myself yet but I understand that YES, it doesn't matter too much what order you read them in as they don't all contain the same set of characters but are rather set in the same Universe.

Cheers...

[AE35Unit]

Thanks Goll! she may well be my next Discovered Author!

[Fried Egg]

Originally Posted by AE35Unit

Yea i was aware of that but thanks for the reminder! One doesnt have to read them in the right order though right?

Actually, I would say that they each stand alone and have very little bearing on each other attall other than being set within the same universe. The common thread between them is little more than a framing device to be honest.

[ktabic]

Only a small haul this month
Capacity by Tony Ballantyne and Stealing Light by Gary Gibson
And that's probably it for this month.

[jojajihisc]

Originally Posted by GOLLUM

I have read Left Hand Of Darkness...It won both the Hugo and Nebula awards when it came out.

As did The Dispossessed with a Locus Award thrown in for good measure. I am reading The Lathe of Heaven right now and it is my first Le Guin book but I will surely be reading more.

[Diggler]

Went to a small book sale today. Got a ton of books, which you'll see below. The highlight of my journey is a First Edition of Ian Fleming's Goldfinger (Jonathon Cape). Minus D/J, but in very nice condition! I got all of these books, including Goldfinger, for $20

Sci-Fi/Fantasy

The Practice Effect by David Brin (F/E PB)
Children of the Dust by Louise Lawrence (had been searching for this)
Endworld: Capital Run/New York Run by David Robbins
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (think I already have this?)
And Eternity by Piers Anthony
Moon of Three Rings by Andre Norton
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
The Canopy of Time by Brian Aldiss
The Grand Wheel by Barrington Bailey
New Found Land by John Christopher
The Tripods Trilogy by John Christopher
The Underpeople by Cordwainer Smith
The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner (been searching for this)
The Stone that Never Came Down by John Brunner
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Patchwork Girl by Larry Niven
Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon
More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
A Talent For War by Jack McDevitt
Tunnel in the Sky by Robert Heinlein (H/C 1969 reprint)
The Outposter by George R Dickson
The Year of the Quiet Sun by Wilson Tucker

Horror

Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
Morningstar by Peter Atkins
Jaws by Peter Benchley
Warhol's Prophecy by Shaun Hutson
Where Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clarke
Sacrament by Clive Barker

Anthologies

A Taste of Blood edited by Martin H. Greenberg
SF.27 edited by Kenneth Bulmer
Nebula Winners edited by Frank Herbert

Fiction

1941 by Bob Gale
Schindler's List by Thomas Kenealy
Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray
Darkness Be My Friend by John Marsden

[dask]

Great haul!

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by Fried Egg

Actually, I would say that they each stand alone and have very little bearing on each other attall other than being set within the same universe. The common thread between them is little more than a framing device to be honest.

Yes from what I understand that's pretty much spot on.

@Diggler: That's quite a haul you got there....you're taking over my mantle of bulk purchaser I think....

[AE35Unit]

Possibly my last haul of 2009-certainly from Bookmooch.com anyway!
Vertigo by Bob Shaw | LibraryThing