2nd August 2005, 12:32 PM
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| Heretic  Join Date: Jun 2004
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| Re: Book Hauls! Ah cool, hope you didn't have to pay extra for them being signed. Damn, I wish Stephen King would for some reason make an India trip so I could get his autograph on my most fav books written by him. And I suspect given the time he'd be a great conversationalist as well. Most of the other writers who's autographs I'd like are sadly no more of this earth. |
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2nd August 2005, 12:47 PM
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| Lost Boy  Join Date: Feb 2005
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| Re: Book Hauls! No, regular price, which was good. Maybe you could fake up a letter inviting him to accept a fictitious award, pick him up at the airport, have him stay at you place awhile. Cut off his foot so he can't escape.... There's a few living authors I'd like to get the autographs of - GRRM and Bernard Cornwell probably the most. |
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17th August 2005, 06:47 PM
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| rune  Join Date: Jun 2004
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| Re: Book Hauls! I've bought some books, Yipee...  Vampire Rites Trilogy - Darren Shan Wreaththu Omnibus - Storm Constantine Newton's Canon - Greg Keyes Daughter of Storms - Louise Cooper Furies of Calderon - Jim Butcher THe Sadhows and the Light - Anne Bishop Luck in the Shadows - Lynn Flewelling The Dark - Marianne Curley Smoke and Shadows - Tanya Huff The High Lord - Trudi Canavan Incubus Dreams - Laurell K Hamilton |
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24th August 2005, 05:51 PM
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| Registered User  Join Date: Dec 2004
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| Re: Book Hauls! I recently bought a book on the local scene. I haven't read the author before, and bought it due to the quote by Thomas Pynchon on the cover "A Post-Millenial Spectacular - dizzingly readable". It's by Matt Ruff and called Sewer, Gas and Electric. Also got word my boxes I mailed myself from Glasgow came in, going to scoop those tomorrow (5 boxes of books!) |
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25th August 2005, 11:44 PM
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| Who Walks Through Walls  Join Date: May 2005
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| Re: Book Hauls! Sadly, the last book I bought was a FoxTrot comic book. I needed to rot my brain on something short that doesn't involve moving pictures and can't distract me while I'm reading The Great Gadspey. |
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28th August 2005, 10:21 PM
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| Easily Distracted  Join Date: Apr 2005
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| Re: Book Hauls! Bought 5 books this weekend. A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin ($4, decided to pick it up) The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy edited by Mike Ashley The Unhandsome Prince by John Moore (easy and funny read) Saiyuki 2 & 3 (manga comics, would have gotten 4+5, but Waldenbooks didn't have them) |
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28th August 2005, 10:34 PM
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| Easily Distracted Join Date: Apr 2005
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29th August 2005, 12:29 AM
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| Registered User  Join Date: Aug 2005
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| Re: Book Hauls! I just got back from a week in south-west Scotland. Wigtown is book heaven! In case you have never been there, it is promoted as Scotlands Book Town. I'm already saving for my next holiday there! |
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29th August 2005, 11:53 AM
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| Dragon Writer  Join Date: Aug 2004
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| Re: Book Hauls! I bought a whole stack of books recently whilst at Worldcon: The Jewelfire Trilogy - Freda Warrington: 1- The Amber Citadel, 2- The Sapphire Throne and 3- The Obsidian Tower. Recalled to Life - Robert Silverberg Swords in the Mist - Fritz Lieber Servants of the Wankh - Jack Vance The Stolen Throne - Harry Turtledove Dragon Prince - Melanie Rawn The Memory of Earth - Orson Scott Card The Janus Effect - Alan Cash So far, I've just read the Silverberg novel, but I bought the others to get a taste of some of the authors I've neglected over the years. |
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29th August 2005, 06:14 PM
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| Mmmmm, vischysoise  Join Date: Jul 2004
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| Re: Book Hauls! Recently got: House of Leaves - Mark Danielewski (sp?) City of Saints and Madmen - Jeff Vandermeer The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Rare and Discredited Diseases - Jeff Vandermeer and others |
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31st August 2005, 06:34 PM
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| Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004
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| Re: Book Hauls! Got some goodies in the mail today: First I got some hardcover of paperbacks I had, of both Punktown by Jeffrey Thomas, and The San Veneficio Canon by Michael Cisco. Both are fantastic IMHO, and are exceptional reads. I also received Empress of Clouds by Diana Hignutt, Godforsaken by Steven Shresbury, and Defeated by SD McKee. |
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