The Book I bought today is...

#2561 QuickTidal

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Posted 26 November 2012 - 04:13 PM

At the small comic con on Sunday I got the SUPERMAN: GODFALL tpb (by the late Michael Turner) which I've always wanted to read...and SUPERMAN & SUPERGIRL: Maelstrom by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti (one of my fave writing teams) and I got both for $2....that's right TWO trades for $1 a piece. MY copy of GODFALL says "For Gus" on the cover and the signature is neither author nor artist...but meh, I'm not fussed how it looks, just wanted to read it.

I got a LITTLE screwed when I was watching my god-daughter in her stroller while her dad searched the stacks...and could only watch as the guy, who's stack they were, pointed this girl at ALL the old DOCTOR WHO comics he had....she found like 10 of them....I could only watch helplessly as she snagged and bought them all. Wish I'd have gotten there first!

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#2562 QuickTidal

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Posted 26 November 2012 - 06:45 PM

I was standing there trying to figure out if I could feasibly push the stroller over to the stacks and dig through the "D"s before the girl could get over there without looking like a total jerk...I went with "let her have 'em"

But yeah, eye twitching is a good way to describe it.

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Posted 26 November 2012 - 07:17 PM

Since they're not available at my local bookstore, and therefore I can't include them on a Christmas list for my luddite relations...I broke down and ordered the following selections from my ALIENS list:

Brightness Reef by David Brin
The Faded Sun Trilogy by C.J. Cherryh
Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds

Also grabbed a couple of $3 bargains from the Bloody Jack Adventures series of YA books about a girl pirate.

I broke my "no military SF" rule and got A Soldier's Duty by Jean Johnson. In fairness, there's no guy with a gun on the cover. It's a hot babe instead. That's totally different. Also, the plot has something to do with precognition, which intrigues me.

Finally, I'm waiting on Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis, which I've been wanting to read for a while, since you people keep mentioning it. It was in stock when I ordered it, but now somehow it's backordered...

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Posted 26 November 2012 - 10:21 PM

Just kindled...

Blood and Bone
The Book Thief
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Sweet :sofa:

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#2565 Ukjent

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Posted 27 November 2012 - 10:16 AM

I have to say I'm a bit jelly on the rest of the world, here inn Norway its something like 66$ for a recently released hardcore book. So the only way you can afford to read a lot of books as an student is to buy it from somewhere els, and then you got the nearly 2 weeks of waiting.

#2566 worry

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Posted 27 November 2012 - 10:27 AM

Can you do Book Depository from Norway?

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Posted 27 November 2012 - 10:49 AM

I belive so yes, think I ordered the mistborn series from there some years ago.

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Posted 27 November 2012 - 02:21 PM

I've been using Amazon religiously for years, and it's no bother once you get into the habit. Do pre-orders and you'll get the new releases more or less as they appear in store too.

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 02:16 PM

went to the mall earlier, and the biggest bookstore there was having a mall wide sale, so in I went, and splurged, but to my disappointment, most of the stuff on sale was mostly YA books, like Ranger's Apprentice, etc,,
but i still had items that I have bought,

Bloodlite - Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, etc,, just bought this for the Dresden Files short story - Day Off

The Alloy of Law - Brandon Sanderson, &

Best Served Cold - Joe Abercrombie, Gollancz Paperback Edition, still bought this even though I already have the Orbit PB Ed,

may come back tomorrow, i left bks 1 of Demon War & Dark War Saga - Raymond E Feist, 2 bks of Shadow-something of Tad Williams

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 02:35 PM

Just pre-ordered A Memory of Light having just finished listening to Towers of Midnight. Hopefully my library will get the audiobook in at the same time so I can listen to it, as I've listened to the others, but if not, I'll be reading it as soon as it arrives - and then I'll listen to it whenever the library gets it - or I may just join audible.com for a month or two to get it for cheap.

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Posted 28 November 2012 - 02:51 PM

yuna_anomander25, on 28 November 2012 - 02:16 PM, said:

Avoid the anthologies, get SIDE JOBS!

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Posted 29 November 2012 - 06:47 PM

Against my better judgement, I hit up Half Price Books yesterday. Was tempted by a bunch of stuff on their clearance rack, but held myself to:

The Red Tree by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Vampire Hunter D: Demon Deathchase by Hideyuki Kikuchi
Hunter's Run by GRRM/Garder Dozois/Daniel Abraham

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#2573 QuickTidal

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Posted 29 November 2012 - 11:17 PM

Picked up SALUTE THE DARK on my way home tonight, seeing as I only have about 25 pages left of BLOOD OF THE MANTIS, I'll probably jump right into the 4th book.

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#2574 worry

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 01:13 AM

Is that the Salute Your Shorts tie-in novel, where we finally get the origin story of camp counselor "Ug" Lee?

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 02:58 PM

worrywort, on 30 November 2012 - 01:13 AM, said:

Is that the Salute Your Shorts tie-in novel, where we finally get the origin story of camp counselor "Ug" Lee?

No, that's SALUTE YOUR MOM.

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#2576 QuickTidal

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 05:26 PM

....I said...SALUTE YOUR MOM!

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#2577 worry

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Posted 30 November 2012 - 11:00 PM

Hurt both times.

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Posted 04 December 2012 - 08:10 PM

Just got The Second Book Of Lankhmar and Guards! Guards! in the mail :thumbsup:

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Posted 10 December 2012 - 03:34 PM

I figured that it's been too long since I've dipped my interest in Science Fiction literature, so when I discovered Jack Campbell's "LOST FLEET" series at the book store today I, upon returning home, immediately ordered the first two books (DAUNTLESS and FEARLESS) from Amazon.

Hopefully they'll arrive this week.

Screw you all, and have a nice day!