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12th June 2005, 09:50 AM
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| Registered User  Join Date: Dec 2004
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| Re: Recent Buys Did a littel shoppign today, I had some of them already but they were showing some wear in those cases (not including pre-orders): Galveston - Sean Stewart Helliconia Spring - Brian Aldis Hellicona Summer - Brian Ladis ( I uncharacteristicaly let someone borrow my copies and they came back witha corner bent which is simply unacceptable) The Skinner - Neal Asher Innocents Aboard - Gene Wolfe Heat of Fusion - John M. Ford Dark Sister - Graham Joyce King of the City - Michael Moorcock (found me a first print) The Risen Empire - Scott Westerfeld Dreamside - Graham Joyce Smoking Poppy - Graham Joyce The Monsters of St Helena - Brooks Hansen |
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12th June 2005, 10:31 PM
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| Unreg. Mutant Moderator  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tyne and Wear
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| Re: Recent Buys Went a little nuts this weekend & bought: The Last Guardian by David Gemmell Lion of Macedon by David Gemmell Homeward Bound by Harry Turtledove read two of them already *sigh* |
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13th June 2005, 07:16 AM
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| Re: Recent Buys Quote:
 This is a buy list, not necessarily a read list.However, I read a lot at the beach, which it outside my door, so indeed I go out everyday I don't have any daily responsibilities so I'm able to get what I want done. I live in a summer toursit town, so indulging myself is something don't miss out onRegarding reading fast, it depends, it's hard to judge how fast one reads because I'm not sure what the average rate for a person is. Generally I can finish a book like Martin's Storm of Swords (I think 1100 pages or so) in about 4-5 hours if I am both not rushing, and also not interrupted by too many phone calls etc. I can't say I'm a fast reader, but I have never met anyone who has read noticeably faster, but on the flip side, generally I do think others are pretty slow readers. | |
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13th June 2005, 09:07 AM
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| Member Join Date: May 2005
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| Re: Recent Buys Three Michael Jecks novels, the first three of his Knights Templar Mysteries: 1. The Last Templar 2. The Merchant's Partner 3. A Moorland Hanging And ordered Ian Cameron Esslemont's Night of Knives which is due to arrive very soon. |
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13th June 2005, 01:20 PM
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| Gary Alan Wassner  Join Date: Jun 2005
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| Re: Recent Buys I read very fast too, though I never actually calculated how fast. I tore through TDTCB. When a book drags for me, I have actually learned how to put it down and move on. I don't have the luxury of time to waste any longer. You must have a very tan back!  |
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14th June 2005, 08:40 AM
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| rune  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Cumbria
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| Re: Recent Buys My biggest problem is what to buy next  I have a few books I want, but have to keep to a month budget. So only able to order a few at time, and it's always the big question with me. What do I want to read next? |
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15th June 2005, 05:15 AM
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| Geek Squad  Join Date: Feb 2005
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| Re: Recent Buys I just picked up a few books from a second hand bookstore: Altered Carbon, Richard Morgan The Derrida Reader Eon, Greg Bear A Wizard of Earthsea (I haven't been much for fantasy in years, but it's LeGuin and I have seen many favorable posts in the forums here ) |
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15th June 2005, 12:50 PM
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| Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004
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| Re: Recent Buys Continuing the tradition of not having many SF/F books in English here, but when they do they are of quality I got these 3 today at a local store: Fury by Salman Rushdie The Door's of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth by Roger Zelazny The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro |
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23rd June 2005, 05:56 AM
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| cheap,flashy little crook  Join Date: Nov 2003
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| Book Hauls! I seem to have mislaid the old thread on books we've just bought (as opposed to books we're reading) so here's a new one. If someone locates the old one, I'll combine the threads. SO, here's my latest haul: Samuel R Delany - Nova James Blish - The Star Dwellers AE van Vogt - The Silkie Stephen King - Danse Macabre (a personal survey of the modern horror genre, highly reco'd by pal ravenus). |
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Re: Recent Buys 
I really have to get a life
