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#221 Morgoth

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Posted 23 January 2006 - 02:39 PM

longhorn said:

Worst employed?

Yeah, please explain that ^_^

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Posted 23 January 2006 - 09:02 PM

So he forgot a comma. Cut him some slack.

I'm sure he's already spanking himself because of it anyway. ^_^

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Posted 23 January 2006 - 09:50 PM

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Worst employed?

As in an author that gets paid to write; which isn't to knock all the horrible fan fiction our there that is infinitely superior to Newcomb 's work as well.

I'm not just not sure if there is a writer in the history of the genre that is as bad as Newcomb, that was backed by a major publisher (not to mention through multiple books). I rag on Eddings, and absolutely can't stand Paolini, and Brooks etc, but Newcomb just takes the cake.

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Posted 29 January 2006 - 01:20 PM

Treason by Orson Scott Card

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Posted 31 January 2006 - 04:51 PM

Last Week's Apocalypse by Douglas Lain
Geodesica by Sean williams and Shane Dix
Shadows in the Starlight by Elaine Cunningham
The Queen in Winter (collection includes Sarah Monette, Sharon Shinn, Lynn Kurland, and Claire Delacroix)

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Posted 02 February 2006 - 06:11 AM

Metal Fatigue - Sean Williams (from Amazon - it's out of print)
Blood Follows - Everyone's favourite author
Pushing Ice - Alistair Reynolds

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Posted 05 February 2006 - 02:18 PM

Carthage Ascendant by Mary Gentle
In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker

OK, I think I got it, but just in case, can you say the whole thing over again? I wasn't really listening.

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Posted 06 February 2006 - 11:06 AM

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin, which I've never read before but was first recommended to me about 20 years ago by my father...better late than never!

On an even more promising note, I ordered the hardcover of The Thousandfold Thought which shouldn't take more than 2 weeks to get here, and even if it might not be absolutley accurate, they said the hardcover of The Bonehunters would be there Feb 28th!! (Sounds SOOO much earlier than March 1st

) WOOT! For an Australian bookstore, I think they're doing fairly well to be getting these novels so early...although it remains to be seen if they can deliver TBH when promised.

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Posted 06 February 2006 - 04:02 PM

Thousand fold Thought had to order it from canada after amazon.co.uk said it wouldn't arrive til the end of march. It is brilliant so far half way through and absolutely loving it. also can't wait till Bonehunters so close but yet so far.

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Posted 07 February 2006 - 04:53 PM

Count Zero by William Gibson
The Sword of Straw by Amanda Hemingway
The Greenstone Grail by Amanda Hemingway
Resenting the Hero by Moira Moore
Sharper than a Serpents Tooth by Simon R. Green
Black Jade by David Zindell
Crown of Stars by kate Elliot
The Draco Tavern by Larry Niven

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Posted 07 February 2006 - 08:25 PM

Good to see that Crown of Stars is finally complete. Got a bit bored of it after the fourth volume but slowly working up the will to read the fifth and onwards to the end.

The books I bought today were:

American Gods: Author's Preferred Edition by Neil Gaiman
Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel by Susanna Clark

Although I doubt I'll get round to any of these before The Bonehunters comes out: 3 weeks tomorrow people!

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Posted 09 February 2006 - 06:36 PM

The Thousandfold Thought is shipping to me from Amazon. Can't wait

OK, I think I got it, but just in case, can you say the whole thing over again? I wasn't really listening.

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Posted 11 February 2006 - 04:53 PM

Snagged me a first edition of Jeff VanderMeer's Dradin in Love.

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Posted 14 February 2006 - 04:57 PM

The Amber Wizard by David Forbes
The Thirteenth House by Sharon Shinn
Pretender by C.J. Cherryh
Prince of Darkness by Sharon Kay Penman

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Posted 14 February 2006 - 10:03 PM

The Complete Sagas of Icelanders

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You have no idea how giddy this purchase made me.

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Posted 23 February 2006 - 12:48 PM

The Thrall's Tale by Judith Lindbergh

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Posted 24 February 2006 - 12:24 PM

Vintage PKD by Philip K. Dick
The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg

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Posted 27 February 2006 - 06:46 PM

Thousandfold Thought and Bonehunters should arrive this week and I also decided to spent the my birthday money usefully and ordered a bunch of books:

David Mitchell : Cloud Atlas
Guy Gavriel Kay : Lord Of Emperors
Guy Gavriel Kay : Sailing to Sarantium
Iain M. Banks : Consider Phlebas
Iain M. Banks : The Player of Games
Iain M. Banks : The State of the Art
Jeff Vandermeer : City of Saints and Madmen
Jeff Vandermeer : Veniss Underground
M.John Harrison : Light
M.John Harrison : Viriconium
Mervyn Peake : Mr Pye
Mervyn Peake : The Gormenghast Trilogy
Michael Moorcock : Behold the Man
Michael Moorcock : King of the City
Michael Moorcock : Mother London
Neal Asher : Brass Man
Neal Asher : Gridlinked
Neal Asher : The Line of Polity
Neal Asher : The Skinner
Neil Gaiman : American Gods
Philip K. Dick : The Man in the High Castle
Ray Bradbury : The Martian Chronicles
Steph Swainston : The Year of Our War
Stephen Donaldson : A Dark and Hungry God Arises
Stephen Donaldson : Chaos and Order
Stephen Donaldson : Forbidden Knowledge
Stephen Donaldson : This Day All Gods Die
Vernor Vinge : A Fire Upon the Deep
Vernor Vinge : Across Realtime

Big thanks to ppl here for tips and especially Jay with his various recommended-lists (at the bookspot forum)