Book Hauls!

[elvet]

Interesting choices but can I recommend Morgan's Altered Carbon? It's probably his best SF work to date and a recognised classic.

*NB He's also written a fantasy novel Steel Remains, which I have.

I loved Steel Remains so much that I figured I'd try some of his other works. Unfortunately my choice was limited to that one book (Black Man)of his in the SF section.

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by elvet

I loved Steel Remains so much that I figured I'd try some of his other works. Unfortunately my choice was limited to that one book (Black Man)of his in the SF section.

OH..that's a shame as Altered Carbon is a real classic. I think I may have a copy of Black Man and I gather it's pretty good but I haven't read it myself.

Any hope for the Masterwork series?

EDIT: Here's a link I posted.... SF Masterwork series continued...

[elvet]

Any hope for the Masterwork series?

Well, I'm just getting my toes wet, but there's a few authors I recognize on your list that I could make more of a splash with .
I'm going to get Altered Carbon on my next internet buying spree. I'l save Black Man for afterwards. Thanks for the suggestions, usually great as always.

[dask]

Book or magazine? Who knows; who cares? Think they're great. First two Galaxy SF Novels, found them at an antique dealer yesterday. Couldn't leave for home without them.

[GOLLUM]

Recently I picked up....

All Souls - Javier Marias

The following three books complete the journey of Huysmans' alter ego Durtal begun famously (or infamously) in the classic novel La Bas (The Damned).
En Route - J.K Huysmans
The Cathedral - J.K. Huysmans
The Oblate Of St. Benedict - J. K. Huysmans

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by elvet

Well, I'm just getting my toes wet, but there's a few authors I recognize on your list that I could make more of a splash with

One of my aims in 2010 is to try to complete (in order) the entire SF Masterwork series to date. I have a number of the Fantasy series also to complete.

[AE35Unit]

Originally Posted by dask

Book or magazine? Who knows; who cares? Think they're great. First two Galaxy SF Novels, found them at an antique dealer yesterday. Couldn't leave for home without them.

Oh me like!!

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

I look forward to hearing your thoughts on All Souls as and when you read it, GOLLUM. I've only read Down There and of course Against Nature by Huysmans; which editions of his other books have you purchased?

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by knivesout

I look forward to hearing your thoughts on All Souls as and when you read it, GOLLUM. I've only read Down There and of course Against Nature by Huysmans; which editions of his other books have you purchased?

Just those I listed here (above) and they are the Dedalus European Classic series. Interesting enough looking covers. I got them second hand from that weekend book market I mentioned to you.

I have Penguin black classic edns. of Down There (La Bas) and of course Against Nature.

The All Souls was also a second hand copy published as part of the Harvill (Harper Collins imprint with the graphic of a leopard outline) classics series, like NYRB a truly excellent series/set of over 100 books I can also recommend to you.

I'll certainly post my thoughts here on All Souls once I have read it...

Offf topic: Spoke to my book guru friend again today regarding W.G. Sebald. Not unexpectedly he's read everything by Sebald both non-fiction and fiction and says they are equally excellent. In his humble opinion Austerlitz (which I coincidentally also purchased there recently for a song) is Sebald's finest work. I hope to read that too in the coming months.

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

Austerlitz is a very fine novel too, and indeed Sebald's nonfic and poetry are well worth a read as well. Although I disagree with some of his opinions in the nonfiction volume A Natural History Of Destruction, but that's half the fun in engaging with truly interesting work.

I have some of the Harvill books, another very good imprint. I've had my eyes on the Dedalus European Classics for a while.

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

Oh, and I have Down There in the Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult edition, notable for its lurid if tiny cover picture (A to L : Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult).

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by knivesout

Oh, and I have Down There in the Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult edition, notable for its lurid if tiny cover picture (A to L : Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult).

Thanks....I have never heard of this series (I know Wheately of course) and I find quite a few of those covers quite interesting/intriguing.

Dedalus is very solid series and of course they publish more than just the European Classics range but I find them to be a bit more on the pricey side, hence the snapping up of said items second-hand. I've got some of their anthologies/collections including one on Spanish Fantasy I hope to read and review when I further expand upon the World Lit. threads.

IMO....the Harvill range is one of the best you could ever hope for w.r.t quality literature albeit they seem to be fairly eurocentric.

[gully_foyle]

Got down to a little second hand bookshop that I had been avoiding cause its name made me think it was more specialised literature (Bent Books). I found Retief's Ransom in hardback by Keith Laumer, and the first of my Penguin classics (in line with my 2010 reading aspirations) Who? by Algis Budrys.

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by gully_foyle

Got down to a little second hand bookshop...and the first of my Penguin classics (in line with my 2010 reading aspirations) Who? by Algis Budrys.

HMM...what penguin edition is this? I never knew that, must be old or VERY new... And what penguin classic do you mean for 2010, black classics, original orange/white classics etc. ?

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by gully_foyle

Got down to a little second hand bookshop...and the first of my Penguin classics (in line with my 2010 reading aspirations) Who? by Algis Budrys.

HMM...what penguin edition is this? I never knew that, must be old or VERY new... And waht penguin classic do you mean for 2010, black classics, original orange/white classics etc. ?