The Book I bought today is...

#881 Abyss

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Posted 08 August 2008 - 04:31 PM

The Last Wish (english mmpb) by Andrzej Sapkowski

30 pgs or so in. So far so good.

- Abyss, managed to overlook the 'Basis for a hit video game' blurb on the cover...

THIS IS YOUR REMINDER THAT THERE IS A
'VIEW NEW CONTENT' BUTTON THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW NEW CONTENT

#882 stone monkey

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Posted 08 August 2008 - 05:24 PM

Cougar;367548 said:

Oooh, I've always meant to read that, you'll have to report back on it when you are finished, Mr Monkey.

Will do. By all accounts it's a bit of a slog so it may be some time... And I have to wait for Amazon to deliver the bugger... And I'm very easily distracted...Ooh pretty lights!

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#883 Riot

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Posted 10 August 2008 - 08:17 PM

Wrath of a Mad God, by Feist. Just started, so reserve judgement just yet

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Posted 17 August 2008 - 06:23 AM

The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch
Tales of the Dying Earth - Jack Vance
Shadow and Claw: The First Half of the Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe
Sword and Citadel: The Second Half of the Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe
Perdido Street Station - China Mieville
Un Lun Dun - China Mieville
The Scar - China Mieville
The Gormenghast Trilogy - Mervyn Peake
Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan
Consider Phlebas - Iain M. Banks
Viriconium - M John Harrison
The Necronomicon: The H. P. Lovecraft Collection - H. P. Lovecraft
City of Saints and Madmen - Jeff VanderMeer

Not a bad haul.

#885 caladanbrood

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Posted 17 August 2008 - 09:11 AM

Wow, it's making me wish I'd not read some of those books before so that I could read them for the first time again

You've got some great stuff to look forward to!!

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#886 Raymond Luxury Yacht

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Posted 17 August 2008 - 09:43 AM

Remorseless Emperor;370519 said:

Damn, some extra cash burning a hole in your pocket?

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Posted 17 August 2008 - 10:35 AM

@ RLY - Heh, yeah. I've been scrimping and saving for a while so that I could have a big book spree like this.

Feels good

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Posted 19 August 2008 - 05:56 PM

Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson
The Ten Thousand by Paul Kerney
The Red Wolf Conspiracy by Robert Reddick
Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky(sp)

#889 Aptorian

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Posted 19 August 2008 - 06:03 PM

Just ordered the latest two books in the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.

*sigh* soon there will be no more spectacular actionpacked detective fantasy action awesome for Apt.

Why do these books only come out once a year?! This is even worse than waiting for the Malazan Books!!!

#890 stone monkey

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Posted 20 August 2008 - 10:17 AM

Raw Spirit by Iain Banks - which, appropriately enough given that it's about the pleasures of Scotch Whisky, I had to retrieve from a bar yesterday where I'd left it whilst very drunk on Monday night...

#891 Valgard

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Posted 20 August 2008 - 10:38 AM

Have recently bought the steel remains and woken furies by Richard Morgan. Nearly finished the Steel Remains and it is excellent so far really enjoying it.

Also got Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik.

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Posted 20 August 2008 - 07:15 PM

Last Argument of Kings is being sold in the US, I just had Barnes and Noble hold it for me.

#893 Astra

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Posted 20 August 2008 - 07:28 PM

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [COLLECTOR'S EDITION], very nice edition. A lot better than British special edition (although as far as I know they printed only the first two books, then stopped).

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Book 1): Special Edition
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2): Special Edition

(I am planning to buy the rest of the series special editions)

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Posted 22 August 2008 - 06:42 AM

A Betrayal in Winter by Daniel Abraham

and

A Darkness Forged in Fire by Chris Evans.

#895 Cougar

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Posted 22 August 2008 - 08:45 AM

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, I'm going to have a go at it as soon as I finish Excalibur.

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#896 Pallol One Eye

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Posted 25 August 2008 - 11:44 AM

Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie. Marvellous to find this at Barnes & Noble a month ahead of its release date.

Also Evil for Evil Bk 2 of KJ parkers engineer trilogy

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Posted 26 August 2008 - 10:29 AM

Got most of the books that I ordered delivered today (see my previous post).

And, lo and behold, to my surprise Altered Carbon was signed!

Fortuna bonum.

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Posted 26 August 2008 - 09:07 PM

Empire in Black and Gold
The Last Wish

Victory is mine!

#899 caladanbrood

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Posted 26 August 2008 - 09:32 PM

Didn't buy them, but for my birthday last week I got:

Alan Campbell - Iron Angel
David Antony Durham - Acacia
Tony Ballantyne - Divergence and Capacity

Quite happy with that :Rodeo: