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31st December 2010, 10:19 AM
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| Moderator  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia, Victoria
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| Re: Book Hauls! Quote:
 That is one of the 2 Priest novels I am yet to obtain. | |
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31st December 2010, 10:34 AM
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2nd January 2011, 10:00 AM
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| Re: Book Hauls! Two quite interesting books today and both discovered by chance.... Gaza Blues (Different Stories) - Keret and El-Youssef Blurb: Inspired by the belief that their fiction can coexist even if their nations appear unable to do the same, Israeli Etgar Keret and Palestinian Samir El-youssef have engaged in a provocative artistic collaboration. In Gaza Blues, Keret and El-youssef have created a collection of darkly humorous tales that reflect the dreams and nightmares of living in Israel today, and in Lebanon during the first Intifada. In these stories an Israeli soldier vacuum seals himself inside an army-issue plastic sack; a woman who fears she has lost her husband's affection superglues herself to her lounge room ceiling; a young Palestinian man deals with life, love and apathy in a refugee camp. Fiercely humorous, breathtakingly original and, above all, powerful, Gaza Blues is a remarkable collection of stories by two hugely talented writers. Niels Lyhne – Jens Peter Jacobsen *Penguin Black Classic Edn. Quite pleased in chancing upon this Danish masterpiece. Blurb: Niels Lyhne is an aspiring poet, torn between romanticism and realism, faith and reason. Through his relationships with six women—including his young widowed aunt, a seductive free spirit, and his passionate cousin who marries his friend—his search for purpose becomes a yielding to disillusionment. One of Danish literature's greatest novels, with nods to Kierkegaard and a protagonist some critics have compared to Hamlet, Jacobsen's masterpiece has at its center a young man who faces the anguish of the human condition but cannot find comfort in the Christian faith. Tiina Nunnally's award-winning translation offers readers a chance to experience anew a writer deeply revered by Rilke, Ibsen, Mann, and Hesse. Last edited by GOLLUM; 2nd January 2011 at 10:16 AM. |
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4th January 2011, 04:27 AM
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| FrogSqrl  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oregon
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| Re: Book Hauls! I bought three on Ebay. Gray Lensman and Spacehounds of IPC by E.E. Doc Smith, Fantasy Press 1sts. IPC was inscribed by Smith, a point not mentioned in the posting. ?? The third purchase is a First edition hardcover The Defiant Agents by Andre Norton, a book that made a big impact on me as a kid. |
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4th January 2011, 07:11 PM
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| Kraken Addict  Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Norfolk
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| Re: Book Hauls! I have a rather large haul to report. Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson The Shadow of The Torturer - Gene Wolfe The Claw of The Conciliator - Gene Wolfe The Sword of The Lictor - Gene Wolfe The Simulacra - Philip K. Dick We Can Build You - Philip K. Dick Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon The Day of The Triffids - John Wyndam The Midwich Cuckoos - John Wyndam New Worlds Vol. 7 - Ed. Hilary Bailey and Charles Platt The War Amongst The Angels - Michael Moorcock The Eternal Champion - Michael Moorcock Elric of Melnibone - Michael Moorcock Does anyone have any suggestions about where to start with Modesitt's Recluce novels? Last edited by thatollie; 4th January 2011 at 07:31 PM. |
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4th January 2011, 07:55 PM
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| Re: Book Hauls! Ordered from Amazon, UK: Stonewielder by Ian Cameron Esslemont Salute the Dark, Shadow of the Apt #4 by Adrian Tchaikovsky The Scarab Path, Shadow of the Apt #5 by Adrian Tchaikovsky |
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4th January 2011, 10:01 PM
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| Comment Giver  | Re: Book Hauls! I got a few newbies for Christmas, although knowing how far behind I am with my reading, who knows when I will ever get to read them: Stoneweilder by Ian Cameron Esslemont Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson Not to mention a few graphic novels and Doctor Who The Brilliant Book |
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5th January 2011, 01:13 PM
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| Re: Book Hauls! I shouldn't have left the office lunchtime. I picked these up second hand: "Stand on Zanzibar" by John Brunner "Body Snatchers" by Jack Finney "A Canticle for Leibowitz" by Walter M. Miller "Wolfbane" by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth "Thorns" by Robert Silverberg "Nithtwings" by Robert Silverberg "Trouble with Lichen" by John Wyndham |
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5th January 2011, 10:02 PM
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| Sophomoric Mystic  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Greater London
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6th January 2011, 02:53 AM
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| Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia, Victoria
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| Re: Book Hauls! Quote:
 I've never read Lichen or Wolfbane and Body Snatchers as you would be aware I only recently purchased in a Masterwork edition. That really is a top class hall though F.E and to source them second hand a particularly superb feat..... | |
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