Book Hauls!

[neuroticdog]

From my used joint...

Rogue Moon-Algis Budrys
Coldheart Canyon-Clive Barker
The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard

best
Michael

[Fried Egg]

From a second hand book stall (although two of them are new):

"The Shrinking Man" by Richard Matheson
"The City & The City" by China Mieville
"The Day Watch by Sergi Lukyanenko

[Rodders]

I just popped into Waterstones in Piccadilly to pick up the rest of the Spatterjay novels (The Voyage of Sable Keech and Orbus). Unfortunately, they had a 3 for 2 offer on and bought 3 Lost Fleet books (Fearless, Dauntless and Courageous) by Jack Campbell.

[murphy]

Arriving at my house this week will be:

The Ten Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
The Neon Court by Kate Griffin
Eye of the Raven: A Mystery of Colonial America by Eliot Pattison

[elvet]

Just received:
Dark Fever by Karen Moning
The Desert Spear by Peter Brett
Immortal Quest by Alexandra McKenzie
The Wolf Age and This Crooked Way by James Enge

[Kierkegaurdian]

Just got the brand new, beautiful hardcover re-release of The Book of the Short Sun novels by Gene Wolfe. Very excited, now I just need to get to the point where I can read them!

[Fried Egg]

Originally Posted by Fried Egg

Hmmm...that "Midnight Call" by Jonathon Thomas looks right up my street. I'll add that to my list...

It might take me a while but I get there eventually; "The Midnight Call and other stories" by Jonathan Thomas arrived today. I don't mean to be unkind but...if the stories are as scary as the author's photo on the back, I should be in for a treat.

[Nesacat]

I knew there was a splendid reason to NOT read this thread at 9pm when I ought to be trying to leave the office.

As a result of reading the thread I now have Midnight Call on order. I shall now remove myself and go home before any further damage is incurred. Good night.

[Fried Egg]

Originally Posted by Nesacat

I knew there was a splendid reason to NOT read this thread at 9pm when I ought to be trying to leave the office.

As a result of reading the thread I now have Midnight Call on order. I shall now remove myself and go home before any further damage is incurred. Good night.

Sorry about that...

[Rodders]

I received "Star Wars: The Old Republic: Deceived" this morning from Amazon.

[elvet]

I have just received The Crippled God by Erikson. Yay!

[blacknorth]

Some good finds:

The Explosion by Hans Heinrich Ziemann
The Face in the Frost by John Bellairs
In a Lonely Place by Karl Edward Wagner
Deadlight by Archie Roy (signed!!!)
Beam of Malice by Alex Hamilton (loved The Attic Express)
The Undying Monster by Jessie Douglas Kerruish
The Chronicles of Count Brass by Michael Moorcock (three paperbacks in a Granada slipcase)
The Hero by Peter Haining
A Romance of the Equator by Brian Aldiss

And probably the prize:

We are for the Dark by Robert Aickman and Elizabeth Jane Howard - an old Mayflower paperback. I'm going to read that this weekend, yay.

[dask]

Seems I've been buying a lot of non-sf lately but not for any diminishing affection for the field. My collection as it stands now is enough to last me for the next 25-30 years. But like the sf fan in it for the "fanac" rather than the stories themselves I've taken to other peoples' writing about writing, books about books, essays about literature. Hence, some of the following:

THE GOOD WORD AND OTHER WORDS by Wilfrid Sheed. Carelessly passed by another collection of Sheed's essays at Goodwill for $3 (hardback). Superlatively written I let it go as it leaned a little too far into the second half of the 21st Century, dwelling on things like Norman Mailer's bid for the mayor of New York, stuff like that, and I'm more attracted to the first half of the century. When I went back the next day to get it anyway --- you guessed it --- it was gone. The very first essay in THE GOOD WORD is on Edmund Wilson which sealed the deal. And at $3 this fine condition Penguin trade paperback seems a good substitute. Both used bookstores in town carry second hand copies of the volume I missed so whenever I feel like paying an additional $7 I shouldn't have too much trouble rounding up a copy.

THE BLACKING FACTORY & PENNSYLVANIA GOTHIC by Wilfrid Sheed. Cover blurb says "A ghostly double feature from 'one of the nation's most gifted writers.'" --- TIME. Okay, sounds like a good bet.

HANNA, CRANE, AND THE MAUVE DECADE by Thomas Beer. Three books in one, all dealing with literature around the turn of the previous century.

THRILLER 2 edited by Clive Cussler, sequel to James Patterson's THRILLER. Found this mint condition hardback in the free box in front of the store. Too good to not grab as quickly as I could.

HISTORY'S MONSTERS: 101 VILLAINS FROM VLAD THE IMPALER TO ADOLF HITLER by Simon Sebag Montefiore. Kind of small for a table top book but larger than the average hardback, this is less a scholarly study than a encyclopedic treatment. But that's not criticism. Entries average about a page and a half taking into account the lavish illustrations, are well written and cover all the salient points. Glad I grabbed it out of the same free box before someone else did. Mint condition, looks unread.

[eclectic_dragon0253]

Midnight Call, sounds interesting, I might have to order that one =]

[eclectic_dragon0253]

If you like horror stories then I would suggest the classic 'woman in black' by Susan Hill, it gives you chills, seriously