[Use Of Weapons]

yuna_anomander25, on 11 January 2013 - 01:26 AM, said:

Cryoburn - Lois McMaster Bujold, i know it's like the last or something of Vorkosigan, hopefully i could buy and read all of her Vorkosigan

You must not read Cryoburn until you've read the others. It's the very last Miles story, and requires a familiarity with the characters and their backstories that you won't have. You'll lose a huge amount of its impact if you read it first.

[yuna_anomander25]

Use Of Weapons, on 11 January 2013 - 02:39 PM, said:

yuna_anomander25, on 11 January 2013 - 01:26 AM, said:

Cryoburn - Lois McMaster Bujold, i know it's like the last or something of Vorkosigan, hopefully i could buy and read all of her Vorkosigan

You must not read Cryoburn until you've read the others. It's the very last Miles story, and requires a familiarity with the characters and their backstories that you won't have. You'll lose a huge amount of its impact if you read it first.

no worries there UoW, it is on a stand-by status, until I have all of the Vorkosigan books, until then it won't be read, I just don't want to pass up the chance when I saw the book the other day, impulse buy, what can I say,

[Imperial Historian]

If it's in hardback check if it has a CD with it. Contains all the vorkosigan books in a variety of eBook formats except memory (which I assume is a mistake, as another of her books is on twice). Yet another reason why barn is the only publisher who seem to get ebooks.

[Zanth13]

About 500 dollars worth of text books.. Obviously authors like Butcher and S.E. need to get in the textbook writing industry, that's we're the money is.

[Salt-Man Z]

Zanth13, on 11 January 2013 - 04:15 PM, said:

About 500 dollars worth of text books.. Obviously authors like Butcher and S.E. need to get in the textbook writing industry, that's we're the money is.

Somehow I don't think it's the authors who're raking in that cash.

[McLovin]

Yeah, don't see a lot of rich university faculty, right?

Textbooks cost a fortune to produce (color plates, formulas, exercises, etc), and publishers know authors won't quibble over royalties because their school's "publish or perish" rule is breathing down their necks.

[Defiance]

Just got my copy of A Memory of Light (which I won't be able to read for a few months, still working my way through the series). I have to return it, though. The dust jacket is slightly ripped at the bottom, and there's a large chunk of glue between the last page and the back cover, which ripped off a fair portion of the map when I tried to open it. What the fuck, Amazon.

[Abyss]

Salt-Man Z, on 11 January 2013 - 04:32 PM, said:

Zanth13, on 11 January 2013 - 04:15 PM, said:

About 500 dollars worth of text books.. Obviously authors like Butcher and S.E. need to get in the textbook writing industry, that's we're the money is.

Somehow I don't think it's the authors who're raking in that cash.

McLovin, on 11 January 2013 - 06:03 PM, said:

Yeah, don't see a lot of rich university faculty, right?

Textbooks cost a fortune to produce (color plates, formulas, exercises, etc), and publishers know authors won't quibble over royalties because their school's "publish or perish" rule is breathing down their necks.

And keep in mind that except for the odd book that becomes widely distributed across academia, most textbooks have a print run that amounts to the prof's class size for a couple of semesters.

[Baco Xtath]

Actually cancelled my Amazon order for A Memory of Light. I'd assumed I would get it on the 8th, but I've yet to receive it and my order status showed me not getting it until the middle of next week. I was going to read it alongside listening to the audiobook but no bookie. Also, I have no bookshelves presently and it would just sit in a rubbermaid until I finish my home addition, which will be in about a year. No idea why Amazon didn't have this out in time.

[Zanth13]

Abyss, on 11 January 2013 - 07:59 PM, said:

Salt-Man Z, on 11 January 2013 - 04:32 PM, said:

Zanth13, on 11 January 2013 - 04:15 PM, said:

About 500 dollars worth of text books.. Obviously authors like Butcher and S.E. need to get in the textbook writing industry, that's we're the money is.

Somehow I don't think it's the authors who're raking in that cash.

McLovin, on 11 January 2013 - 06:03 PM, said:

Yeah, don't see a lot of rich university faculty, right?

Textbooks cost a fortune to produce (color plates, formulas, exercises, etc), and publishers know authors won't quibble over royalties because their school's "publish or perish" rule is breathing down their necks.

And keep in mind that except for the odd book that becomes widely distributed across academia, most textbooks have a print run that amounts to the prof's class size for a couple of semesters.

Yeah I bought most of these books used/amazon, otherwise the price would have tripled. My biggest gripe is how often a new edition is made. You must have edition 9 for 150$ regardless of the fact edition 8 is the same, but with chapters in a different order and 3$.

Is it really necessary to make a new edition to a history/gov book that only goes to 1850s every year.

On topic I have Anasi Boys, sitting on my kindle, but I think I will finish the Felix Castor series first. I think Ambercromie has a book out I still need to buy as well.

[Baco Xtath]

Just bought the Xeelee omnibus by Stephen Baxter.

[Baco Xtath]

...............and bought Sean Russell's Initiate Brother duo.

[yuna_anomander25]

picked up:

Daughter of the Empire & Servant of the Empire - Raymond E Feist & Janny Wurts, now I'm seriously considering getting the original Riftwar Saga, just for completion and since its sort of a prerequisite for full understanding and enjoyment of the Empire series, since most of my purchase of Feist's books came from the 2nd hand bookstore, it's not that much painful for my budget and I won't feel sort of ripped off of my money

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forgot to mention Janny Wurts, how about her own series/books, is it good, or just ok, not bad or not,

This post has been edited by yuna_anomander25: 14 January 2013 - 01:49 AM

[Use Of Weapons]

Re: Janny Wurts, I'd say read her trilogy the Cycle of Fire; short and available as an omnibus, it'll give you a good sense of her strengths and weaknesses as a writer, after which you can decide if you'd be up for tackling her massive series the Wars of Light and Shadow.

[Baco Xtath]

Alright, I've got to stop buying books. I've got over a hundred books unread on my kindle and probably twice that many tucked away in the garage. At my speed of reading, that's six years worth (50 books a year). Shit. Anyway, just bought K.J. Bishop's That Book Your Mad Ancestor Wrote. I loved Etched City so hopefully this one won't disappoint.

[QuickTidal]

Today, I bought a book about your mom. It's called CRACKERS IN BED.

(My, I'm exceptionally juvenile today)

[Abyss]

Zanth13, on 12 January 2013 - 03:57 PM, said:

...Is it really necessary to make a new edition to a history/gov book that only goes to 1850s every year.
...

Put yourself in a prof's position and rephrase the question as 'is it really necessary to meet the conditions of my tenure and/or make an extra 10k or so every year?'.

[Kruppe's snacky cakes]

Baco Xtath, on 13 January 2013 - 10:00 PM, said:

Just bought the Xeelee omnibus by Stephen Baxter.

Where on earth did you find this? I had to settle for buying Ring only, because the earlier stuff was out of print. I didn't even know an omnibus version was available.

yuna_anomander25, on 14 January 2013 - 01:27 AM, said:

forgot to mention Janny Wurts, how about her own series/books, is it good, or just ok, not bad or not,

I'm trying to plow through The Curse of the Mistwraith, and finding it quite a chore.

[Defiance]

A quick search on Amazon shows that Xeelee can be purchased for about $16 on the Kindle. It's like $300 for a print version, though.

[Baco Xtath]

Kruppe, on 14 January 2013 - 11:16 PM, said:

Baco Xtath, on 13 January 2013 - 10:00 PM, said:

Just bought the Xeelee omnibus by Stephen Baxter.

Where on earth did you find this? I had to settle for buying Ring only, because the earlier stuff was out of print. I didn't even know an omnibus version was available.

They have it on Amazon for $26 + $3.99 shipping. It includes Raft, Timelike Infinity, Flux, and Ring. There are still a bunch on there. If you search Xeelee you'll just see one offer for like $400 but if you search Stephen Baxter, you'll find more, most for around $26. But if they have it on Kindle for $16 then I'd go that way - I didn't know that when I bought mine.