The Book I bought today is...

#3441 QuickTidal

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Posted 02 October 2014 - 05:54 PM

Okay, good to know.

I've read about half the SHADOWMARCH series, and I enjoyed it enough...but yes, the pace in the second could be glacial at times.

That said, setting and mood CAN work for me.

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Posted 02 October 2014 - 07:23 PM

Cool, sometimes I'm looking for old school, which is why I think I may have grabbed it. For something to take me back to old tropes.

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Posted 02 October 2014 - 07:24 PM

They Thirst and The Night Boat, both by Robert R McCammon. I read some others of his many moons ago (Stinger, The Wolf's Hour) and liked them and, as it's 'Horror Month' on another forum I frequent, I figured now was as good a time as any to read some more. Bloody expensive for Kindle books, though - over £7 each.

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Posted 02 October 2014 - 09:18 PM

Serenity, on 02 October 2014 - 07:24 PM, said:

£7 for McCammom???? Geez, those books are over a decade old and only ever mmpb... that's madness.
THIRST wasn't bad as fairly standard vampire stories go. WOLF'S HOUR remains my favorite of his and probably one of the best werewolf stories i've read.

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Posted 03 October 2014 - 07:52 AM

Abyss, on 02 October 2014 - 09:18 PM, said:

Serenity, on 02 October 2014 - 07:24 PM, said:

£7 for McCammom???? Geez, those books are over a decade old and only ever mmpb... that's madness.

I know! And that's 'reduced' :rant:

. . . check out the list price: http://www.amazon.co...=the+night+boat

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Posted 04 October 2014 - 12:33 AM

Have guys ever bought a new book..just to realize you have actually already read the series..

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Posted 04 October 2014 - 04:18 AM

Mentalist, on 18 September 2014 - 01:32 AM, said:

I have started a new job, and my first paycheck is this week.

I've also got a $200 gift Visa as a going away gift at my old job.

So, for whatever reason, I've felt the need to buy lots of books.

For the longest time I've been absolutely fascinated by Michael Moorcock's "Eternal Champion" multiverse-spanning mega series. I've read bits and pieces of it over the years (quite a large chunk, actually), but I've never read it in any systematic matter. At the point when I gained the ability to do so (and found a handy reading order) the books wee out of print. And I missed out on White wolf/Orion re-publishing about 10 years ago.

well, it turns out, Gollancz is doing their "most definitive edition ever" and they've been at it since 2013 and are almost done.

So, from Book Depository, I've grabbed;

Von Bek
Eternal Champion
Hawkmoon: History of the Runestaff
Corum
Travelling to Utopia
The Nomad of Time
The Dancers from the End of Time
Tales from the End of Time

Didn't get into any of the Elric novels yet, and technically skipping one character- Kane of Old Mars (doesn't get released till 2015)

Also grabbed the second Ketty Jay book, because apparently, those are nearly out of print as well.

The above have finally finished arriving. I will be going on a Moorcock binge, i think

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Posted 04 October 2014 - 03:55 PM

Over the past week have picked up:

The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Skin Game by Jim Butcher
The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean by David Abulafia
Lost to the West: A Concise History of Byzantium
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang
and finally
Assail by ICE

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Posted 05 October 2014 - 02:06 PM

Bought:
Dust by Elizabeth Bear
Malice by Gwynn
Matter by Banks
the Dark Defiles by Morgan
Behemoth by Watts
All audible save Watts

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Posted 05 October 2014 - 02:20 PM

Baco Xtath, on 05 October 2014 - 02:06 PM, said:

Bought:
Dust by Elizabeth Bear
Malice by Gwynn
Matter by Banks
the Dark Defiles by Morgan
Behemoth by Watts
All audible save Watts

Dark Defiles is out? I thought it was 7th October?

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Posted 05 October 2014 - 03:29 PM

MTS, on 04 October 2014 - 03:55 PM, said:

Lost to the West: A Concise History of Byzantium

Really great book. An introductory lesson in the Byzantine Empire that touches on enough to get you interested in knowing more.

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Posted 05 October 2014 - 06:33 PM

Andorion, on 05 October 2014 - 02:20 PM, said:

Baco Xtath, on 05 October 2014 - 02:06 PM, said:

Bought:
Dust by Elizabeth Bear
Malice by Gwynn
Matter by Banks
the Dark Defiles by Morgan
Behemoth by Watts
All audible save Watts

Dark Defiles is out? I thought it was 7th October?

Audible pre-order. It'll download automatically Tuesday.

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Posted 06 October 2014 - 01:10 AM

Yeah, they are all pretty big books.

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Posted 06 October 2014 - 01:19 AM

You know what they say about dudes with big books...

They came with white hands and left with red hands.

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Posted 06 October 2014 - 06:17 AM

QuickTidal, on 05 October 2014 - 03:29 PM, said:

MTS, on 04 October 2014 - 03:55 PM, said:

Lost to the West: A Concise History of Byzantium

Really great book. An introductory lesson in the Byzantine Empire that touches on enough to get you interested in knowing more.

They author also ran a podcast on the Byzantine empire. I believe it was the basis for the book, or perhaps it was the other way around. At any rate, the podcast is excellent, and better yet, done.

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Posted 07 October 2014 - 01:05 PM

Hawk by Steven Brust. It's the latest Vlad Taltos novel.

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