[QuickTidal]

Replacing my old Del Ray 80's-style covers, Fall River Books has done up the original Edgar Rice Buroughs Barsoom books with swanky new covers, which I have purchased. Since my originals are teeny tiny books that are a little tough to read, these larger Trade Paperback versions are lovely art-wise, but also size-wise, so it made me teh happy to buy them new again.

[QuickTidal]

Briar King, on 23 September 2011 - 03:51 AM, said:

That is some good artwork indeed.

Kekai Kotaki did them.

... and yeah anyone who hasn't read these books should do so. Written a hundred years ago and still amazing to read today.

[acesn8s]

QuickTidal, on 23 September 2011 - 11:34 AM, said:

Briar King, on 23 September 2011 - 03:51 AM, said:

That is some good artwork indeed.

Kekai Kotaki did them.

... and yeah anyone who hasn't read these books should do so. Written a hundred years ago and still amazing to read today.

Grabbed them from Project Gutenberg for my e-reader.

[Salt-Man Z]

QuickTidal, on 23 September 2011 - 11:34 AM, said:

... and yeah anyone who hasn't read these books should do so. Written a hundred years ago and still amazing to read today.

I picked up the SFBC omnibus of the first 3 books a year or so ago. One of these days... #TooManyBooksNotEnoughTime #AreHashTagsAcceptableForumEtiquette

[murphy72]

The Princess of Mars was the first SF book I ever read. I was 11 or 12 at the time. It ends on a cliff hanger and it took 13 years before I was able to find the follow-up book and finally find out what happened.

[QuickTidal]

I finally picked up the first STAR WARS: KNIGHT ERRANT trade comic collection, and the first novel STAR WARS KNIGHT ERRANT by John Jackson Miller, lokoing forqard to finding out about the SW universe 1000 years before Yavin!

[Abyss]

Got the first four of Tchaikovsky's SHADOWS OF THE APT series, and Rollins' AMAZONIA, all for about $10, at a 2nd hand store.

SHADOWS gets mixed reviews but hey, Wert liked them and i usually groove on his headspace.

Rollins can be a bit inconsistent but he's generally fun and the back blurb... 'corporate expedition goes into Amazon, a year later only the one-armed military vet comes back out... NOW WITH TWO FULL ARMS' grabbed me. pun intended.

[Coco with marshmallows]

Abyss, on 14 September 2011 - 06:39 PM, said:

Back in the 'bought' zone, just pre-ordered OST from amazon.uk. .com and .ca are showing late Jan 2010, .uk shows early Dec 2011, so the British Empire wins again.

wut?

on-topic, just bought Stephenson's newest in physical form, and sailing to sarantium on Kindle.

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Abyss, on 26 September 2011 - 02:38 PM, said:

Rollins can be a bit inconsistent but he's generally fun and the back blurb... 'corporate expedition goes into Amazon, a year later only the one-armed military vet comes back out... NOW WITH TWO FULL ARMS' grabbed me. pun intended.

Probably his best early work.

[Abyss]

Cocoreturns, on 26 September 2011 - 04:42 PM, said:

Abyss, on 14 September 2011 - 06:39 PM, said:

Back in the 'bought' zone, just pre-ordered OST from amazon.uk. .com and .ca are showing late Jan 2010, .uk shows early Dec 2011, so the British Empire wins again.

wut?
...

wut what? amazon.uk is showing a street date almost two months earlier than .com and .ca, so i ordereded it from .uk.

QuickTidal, on 26 September 2011 - 04:52 PM, said:

Abyss, on 26 September 2011 - 02:38 PM, said:

Rollins can be a bit inconsistent but he's generally fun and the back blurb... 'corporate expedition goes into Amazon, a year later only the one-armed military vet comes back out... NOW WITH TWO FULL ARMS' grabbed me. pun intended.

Probably his best early work.

Noted. May even start it tonight. A solid sf /actioner would be a nice shift after Codex Alera.

[Coco with marshmallows]

Abyss, on 26 September 2011 - 06:50 PM, said:

Cocoreturns, on 26 September 2011 - 04:42 PM, said:

Abyss, on 14 September 2011 - 06:39 PM, said:

Back in the 'bought' zone, just pre-ordered OST from amazon.uk. .com and .ca are showing late Jan 2010, .uk shows early Dec 2011, so the British Empire wins again.

wut?
...

wut what? amazon.uk is showing a street date almost two months earlier than .com and .ca, so i ordereded it from .uk.

Wut because apparently .com is Jan 2010, so according to you its been out for 20 months already......

This post has been edited by Cocoreturns: 26 September 2011 - 06:54 PM

[QuickTidal]

Cocoreturns, on 26 September 2011 - 06:53 PM, said:

Abyss, on 26 September 2011 - 06:50 PM, said:

Cocoreturns, on 26 September 2011 - 04:42 PM, said:

Abyss, on 14 September 2011 - 06:39 PM, said:

Back in the 'bought' zone, just pre-ordered OST from amazon.uk. .com and .ca are showing late Jan 2010, .uk shows early Dec 2011, so the British Empire wins again.

wut?
...

wut what? amazon.uk is showing a street date almost two months earlier than .com and .ca, so i ordereded it from .uk.

Wut because apparently .com is Jan 2010, so according to you its been out for 20 months already......

*snort* WIN! LOL

[Salt-Man Z]

Yeah, I read the ARC for OST in Dec 2009 and it was great!

This post has been edited by Salt-Man Z: 26 September 2011 - 07:01 PM

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 26 September 2011 - 06:59 PM, said:

Cocoreturns, on 26 September 2011 - 06:53 PM, said:

Abyss, on 26 September 2011 - 06:50 PM, said:

Cocoreturns, on 26 September 2011 - 04:42 PM, said:

Abyss, on 14 September 2011 - 06:39 PM, said:

Back in the 'bought' zone, just pre-ordered OST from amazon.uk. .com and .ca are showing late Jan 2010, .uk shows early Dec 2011, so the British Empire wins again.

wut?
...

wut what? amazon.uk is showing a street date almost two months earlier than .com and .ca, so i ordereded it from .uk.

Wut because apparently .com is Jan 2010, so according to you its been out for 20 months already......

*snort* WIN! LOL

Salt-Man Z, on 26 September 2011 - 07:01 PM, said:

Yeah, I read the ARC for OST in Dec 2009 and it was great!

Screw you both with your small-minded linear concepts of time/space.

- Abyss, notes typos are for lesser beings.

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 26 September 2011 - 07:11 PM, said:

Screw you both with your small-minded linear concepts of time/space.

- Abyss, notes typos are for lesser beings.

Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey.

[acesn8s]

Briar King, on 26 September 2011 - 09:44 PM, said:

Abyss, on 26 September 2011 - 02:38 PM, said:

Got the first four of Tchaikovsky's SHADOWS OF THE APT series, and Rollins' AMAZONIA, all for about $10, at a 2nd hand store.

SHADOWS gets mixed reviews but hey, Wert liked them and i usually groove on his headspace.

Rollins can be a bit inconsistent but he's generally fun and the back blurb... 'corporate expedition goes into Amazon, a year later only the one-armed military vet comes back out... NOW WITH TWO FULL ARMS' grabbed me. pun intended.

Im like 130 pgs into the 1st Shadows book and I must say Im enjoying the hell out it. Takes getting used to though.

I'm about 1/2 through An Empire in Black and Yellow. It's ok. I like the characters.

[QuickTidal]

Briar King, on 26 September 2011 - 09:44 PM, said:

Abyss, on 26 September 2011 - 02:38 PM, said:

Got the first four of Tchaikovsky's SHADOWS OF THE APT series, and Rollins' AMAZONIA, all for about $10, at a 2nd hand store.

SHADOWS gets mixed reviews but hey, Wert liked them and i usually groove on his headspace.

Rollins can be a bit inconsistent but he's generally fun and the back blurb... 'corporate expedition goes into Amazon, a year later only the one-armed military vet comes back out... NOW WITH TWO FULL ARMS' grabbed me. pun intended.

Im like 130 pgs into the 1st Shadows book and I must say Im enjoying the hell out it. Takes getting used to though.

I've only read the first book, but apparently the series begins to ramp up and by the 4th book it starts off in a new direction and gets really really good.

I always dug the insect-aspected races.

[murphy72]

QuickTidal, on 27 September 2011 - 12:29 PM, said:

Briar King, on 26 September 2011 - 09:44 PM, said:

Abyss, on 26 September 2011 - 02:38 PM, said:

Got the first four of Tchaikovsky's SHADOWS OF THE APT series, and Rollins' AMAZONIA, all for about $10, at a 2nd hand store.

SHADOWS gets mixed reviews but hey, Wert liked them and i usually groove on his headspace.

Rollins can be a bit inconsistent but he's generally fun and the back blurb... 'corporate expedition goes into Amazon, a year later only the one-armed military vet comes back out... NOW WITH TWO FULL ARMS' grabbed me. pun intended.

Im like 130 pgs into the 1st Shadows book and I must say Im enjoying the hell out it. Takes getting used to though.

I've only read the first book, but apparently the series begins to ramp up and by the 4th book it starts off in a new direction and gets really really good.

I always dug the insect-aspected races.

It's like Dresden, each book gets better and better.

[acesn8s]

I've got about 100 pages left in An Empire in Black and Gold. It's fun, I'm looking forward to the next book.

[LadyMTL]

I bought four books today: Jim Butcher's "Fool Moon" and "Grave Peril", R Scott Bakker's "White Luck Warrior" and Kate Beaton's "Hark! A Vagrant." Can't wait to get them!