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#1761 MWKarsa

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Posted 10 May 2011 - 02:03 AM

Briar King, on 09 May 2011 - 11:02 PM, said:

What is the significanse of Murray, KY? I dont get it. lol

Methinks:

Add whatever you want for "Murray"

Anywho- bought online The Forever War by Joe Haldeman and Chasm City by Alistair Reynolds for uber cheap.

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Posted 11 May 2011 - 02:46 PM

The Crippled God!

I HAS IT!!!

Screw you all, and have a nice day!

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Posted 12 May 2011 - 08:02 PM

decided to use my shiny plum rewards card from Chapters.

bought the last volume of Tad Williams' Otherland.
also grabbed Shriek: an afterword and Finch by Jeff Vandermeer, as well as volumes 2 and 3 of C. S. Friedman's Coldfire trilogy.

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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.

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Posted 14 May 2011 - 03:29 PM

Went into the CBD today. Got a bit carried away.

Dan Abnett - Embedded
Daniel Abraham - Shadow and Betrayal, Book 1 of the Long Price (Books 1 &2 actually)
Adam Roberts - New Model Army
Brandon Sanderson - slipcased Mistborn trilogy
Guy Gavriel Kay - Under Heaven
Chris Wooding - The Black Lung Captain
David Wingrove - (NEW Chung Kuo #1) Son of Heaven

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Posted 14 May 2011 - 03:57 PM

Warren Ellis' Crooked Little Vein jumped at me today at the train station and begged to be bought. It was on sale, so now it's mine.

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Posted 14 May 2011 - 05:18 PM

Rhand, on 09 May 2011 - 07:00 AM, said:

Reaper's Gale
Toll The Hounds
Dust of Dreams
The Crippled God

Night of Knives
Return of the Crimson Guard
Stonewielder

2011 Collins Essential Road Atlas Europe

All together 60£, not bad.

Nice.

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Posted 14 May 2011 - 05:20 PM

Abyss, on 09 May 2011 - 04:14 PM, said:

Am i the only one who smirked when they read 'Murray, KY'?

Glad to know it wasn't just me

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Posted 14 May 2011 - 10:06 PM

A Dance of Cloaks by David Dalglish, kindle version.

I have read no reviews whatsoever (a quick browse right now shows no serious blog reviews either, altho I haven't checked the search engine on the blog of Pat or Werthead yet), and being a couple of pages in, it seems pretty generic so far.

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Posted 15 May 2011 - 11:17 PM

After reading so many praises for Reynolds I bought REVELATION SPACE

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Posted 16 May 2011 - 12:06 AM

Hunted through the clearance section at Half Priced Books today and outside of the Reynolds book only paid a $1 or less for:

Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
Absolution Gap by Alistair Reynolds
The Troy Trilogy by David Gemmell

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Posted 17 May 2011 - 05:47 PM

Picked up the next three books for my resolution series:

Fyodor Dostoevsky: _Crime And Punishment_
Bram Stoker: _Dracula_
Oscar Wilde: _The Picture Of Dorian Grey_

As a bonus, I got a discount on Justin Cronin's _The Passage_, and also picked up

Daniel Abraham: _The Dragon Path_
Joe Abercrombie: _The Heroes_

Gonna try to squeeze them all in by the end of May -- wish me luck!

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Posted 17 May 2011 - 06:29 PM

Puck, on 14 May 2011 - 03:57 PM, said:

Warren Ellis' Crooked Little Vein jumped at me today at the train station and begged to be bought. It was on sale, so now it's mine.

It's good....but prepare for the full out Ellis sexual oddities and flat out weirdness. He pulls out all the stops here and shows us a very strange story.

Still, I love Ellis, so I have the hardcover.

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Posted 17 May 2011 - 09:09 PM

Well I bought it yesterday but Perdido Street Station. My first Mieville and fuck me if it's not good.

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Posted 23 May 2011 - 02:21 AM

Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium, omnibus. Thanks again to all those on the Warhammer thread who recommended it, and to Werthead for his review.

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Posted 23 May 2011 - 10:38 AM

Equations of Life, by Simon Morden. I was buying some birthday presents and got it for myself on a 3-for-2 offer. Also in the last few weeks I've got the first 3 CJ Sansom novels, Dissolution, Dark Fire and Sovereign, Embassytown by China Mieville, which is pretty good so far, and a proof copy of Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence - it's heralded as a British aSoIaF, and free with pre-orders of Dance with Dragons at Waterstones, so why not

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Posted 23 May 2011 - 02:05 PM

Toll the Hounds and Dust of Dreams on the Kindle.

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Posted 24 May 2011 - 04:51 PM

QuickTidal, on 17 May 2011 - 06:29 PM, said:

Puck, on 14 May 2011 - 03:57 PM, said:

Warren Ellis' Crooked Little Vein jumped at me today at the train station and begged to be bought. It was on sale, so now it's mine.

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Posted 26 May 2011 - 01:04 PM

Today I bought A Clash of Kings. I'm taking a small hiatus from MbotF to recuperate from the sheer massive scope of that series. So I'm doing a little "light" reading instead.

Screw you all, and have a nice day!

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Posted 26 May 2011 - 05:27 PM

I also bought A Clash of Kings. Just finishing up on A Game of Thrones and, man, it's making me angry! I want to tear it up and then burn it and then perhaps go and break something else as well. :apt:

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Posted 26 May 2011 - 07:37 PM

Jade-Green Pig-Hog Swine-Beast, on 26 May 2011 - 05:27 PM, said:

Angry at like Joffrey...or angry at the book?

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