Book Hauls!

[Rodders]

I just picked up a few books on the basis of newly discovered authors that i've very much enjoyed recently.

John Campbell's The Lost Fleet: Valient and Relentless.
Neal Ashers Cowl and the Technition. (I wanted to see how his stand alone books are before i go on to the Agent Cormac series.)

[Allegra]

As a new fan of Bill Bryson, just ordered a couple more:

Mother Tongue
Made in America

I did a search on board, it turned out Bill Bryson is a historical topic! Really should come back here more often.

[D_Davis]

Got the Silver John bug...

• After Dark (1980)
• The Lost and Lurking (1981)
• The Hanging Stones (1982)
• Voice of the Mountain (1984)

[Daisy-Boo]

Received the books I ordered a few weeks ago. A bumper crop.

Feed (Mira Grant)
King Rat (Chine Mieville)
The Desert Spear (Peter V. Brett)
Midnight Riot (Ben Aaronovitch)
The Devil You Know (Mike Carey)
The Drawing of the Three - The Dark Tower II (Stephen King)
A Game of Thrones (George RR Martin)
The Complete Robot (Isaac Asimov)
Nekropolis (Tim Waggoner)
Pretty Little Dead Things - A Thomas Usher Novel (Gary McMahon)

[Mouse]

The Picture of Dorian Gray: An Annotated, Uncensored Edition by Oscar Wilde and edited by Nicholas Frankel.

And

The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay.

[Diggler]

Originally Posted by Daisy-Boo

Received the books I ordered a few weeks ago. A bumper crop.

Feed (Mira Grant)

Feed I really enjoyed, and it was a nice take on the zombie genre.

I've ordered

The Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing
The Death of Grass by John Christopher
Dog Blood by David Moody
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
Monster Island by David Wellington

[Daisy-Boo]

Glad to hear another endorsement of Feed Diggler. :-)

[Diggler]

Originally Posted by Daisy-Boo

Glad to hear another endorsement of Feed Diggler. :-)

I think the sequel is coming out early next month? This one will follow on shortly after the first.

[Daisy-Boo]

I didn't know there is a sequel. I'll add it to my wish list.

I started reading Midnight Riot last night and it's a cracking good read so far. I think I've found a new fantasy series to follow.

[blacknorth]

A 1901 copy of Jane Austen's Emma. I think it might be worth a few quid. If I get a good price I can buy some decent literature.

[murphy]

Originally Posted by Daisy-Boo

Glad to hear another endorsement of Feed Diggler. :-)

I loved it.

Just received:

Deadline by Mira Grant (sequel to Feed). B & N seems to be releasing it early online.

Among Others by Jo Walton
Except the Queen by Jane Yolen & Midori Synder
Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi

[Diggler]

There you go Daisy-Boo. Murphy got it for us with Deadline. I looked it up, and it will be a trilogy, with the last one to be coming next year sometime.

[GOLLUM]

Recently...

The Compleat Angler - Izaak Walton & Charles Cotton *Lovely Modern Library edition with magical black and white woodcut illustrations of this classic Englsih work. Blurb:An immediate success when it was first published in 1653, Walton's classic celebration of the joys of fishing continues to captivate anglers and nature lovers with its timeless advice and instruction. Originally cast in the form of a dialogue between an experienced angler named Piscator and his pupil Viator, the book details methods for catching, eating, and savoring all varieties of fish, from the common chub to the lordly salmon. More than an engaging guide to the subtle intricacies of the sport, Walton's reflective treatise is a graceful portrait of rural England that extols the pleasures of country life.

Red Cavalry and other stories - Isaac Babel *A real treat to find this penguin black classic edition of short stories by one of the great short story writers of the 20th Century. Blurb: One of the most powerful short-story writers of the twentieth century, Isaac Babel expressed his sense of inner conflict through disturbing tales that explored the contradictions of Russian society. Whether reflecting on anti-Semitism in stories such as “Story of My Dovecote” and “First Love,” or depicting Jewish gangsters in his native Odessa, Babel’s eye for the comical laid bare the ironies of history. His masterpiece, “Red Cavalry,” set in the Soviet-Polish war, is one of the classics of modern fiction. By turns flamboyant and restrained, this collection of Babel’s best-known stories vividly expresses the horrors of his age.

Scaramouche - Rafael Sabatini *Nice Vintage edition of this classic tale with an introduction by Bernard Cromwell. Blurb: When Andre-Louis witnesses the murder of his best friend by an arrogant aristocrat he swears to avenge his death. Forced to flee his hometown after stirring up revolutionary fervour in the citizens, he falls in with a traveling theater company and disguises himself as the character of the wily rogue Scaramouche. His ensuing adventures involve hair-raising duels, romance, treachery and shocking family secrets, all handled with brilliance and wit by this extraordinary hero.

[D_Davis]

Picked this up today:



Really great anthology.

Contents:
• The Demon Pope (1888) • Richard Garnett
• The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth (1908) • Lord Dunsany
• Through the Dragon Glass (1917) • Abraham Merritt
• The Nameless City (1921) • H. P. Lovecraft
• The Wind in the Portico (1928) • John Buchan
• The Tower of the Elephant (1933) • Robert E. Howard
• Xeethra (1934) • Clark Ashton Smith
• Jirel Meets Magic (1935) • Catherine L. Moore
• The Bleak Shore (1940) • Fritz Leiber
• Homecoming (1946) • Ray Bradbury
• See You Later (1949) • Henry Kuttner
• Liane the Wayfarer (1950) • Jack Vance
• The Desrick on Yandro (1952) • Manly Wade Wellman
• The Silken-Swift... (1953) • Theodore Sturgeon
• Operation Afreet (1956) • Poul Anderson
• The Singular Events Which Occurred in the Hovel on the Alley Off of Eye Street (1962) • Avram Davidson
• The Sudden Wings (1962) • Thomas Burnett Swann
• Same Time, Same Place (1963) • Mervyn Peake
• Timothy (1966) • Keith Roberts
• The Kings of the Sea (1968) • Sterling E. Lanier
• Not Long Before the End (1969) • Larry Niven
• The Wager Lost by Winning (1970) • John Brunner
• Lila the Werewolf (1969) • Peter S. Beagle
• Johanna (1978) • Jane Yolen
• The Erl-King (1979) • Angela Carter
• Beyond the Dead Reef (1983) • James Tiptree, Jr.
• Subworld (1983) • Phyllis Eisenstein
• Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur de Fur (1984) • Tanith Lee
• The Night of White Bhairab (1984) • Lucius Shepard
• Thorn (1984) • Robert Holdstock
• Troll Bridge (1992) • Terry Pratchett

[dask]

Nice grab.