The Book I bought today is...

#3601 McLovin

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Posted 11 May 2015 - 01:36 PM

Found HB of Dark Horse's THE STAR WARS. Fascinating to glimpse a Star Wars that might have been.

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 May 2015 - 02:30 PM

On Saturday I had to kill 2 hours in a mall while my phone's screen was being replaced.

Scoped out a bunch of books @ Chapters to pick up with my next few paychecks.

Wasn't gonna buy anything, but oon my way out I also decided to take a peek on the shelves @ Coles. And there I found the one book that's been eluding me for over a year now- Kraken by China Mieville

Grabbed it promptly

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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.

#3603 Ashes

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Posted 11 May 2015 - 02:47 PM

Just picked up to read Malice/Valor/Ruin by John Gwynne and Antiphon by Ken Scholes.

I'd love to know how Kraken by China is whenever you finish. Not sure why I haven't picked it up. I've enjoyed the other books.

#3604 HiddenOne

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Posted 15 May 2015 - 03:31 PM

Myriad by Meluch
Iron Dawn by Stover
Legend by Gemmell
Royal Assassin by Hobb
Lions of Al Rassan by Kay

Books I ordered, looking forward to it- now I'm tracking the shipment. I'm so tired of reading pulp.

Edit: Books just arrived, all in good shape, only a couple smell musty (books are used) - got these all shipped for $23!!

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#3605 Mentalist

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Posted 17 May 2015 - 04:00 PM

yesterday was payday.

Bought::
"King's Blood" by Daniel Abraham- "Dagger and Coin" vol. 2
GGKay's "River of Stars"

Non-fiction: "Vanished Kingdoms: The history of half-forgotten Europe", by Norman Davies.

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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.

#3606 Whisperzzzzzzz

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Posted 17 May 2015 - 09:07 PM

Just got these in the mail as a birthday gift!

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#3607 Serenity

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Posted 19 May 2015 - 02:54 PM

Been on a bit of a Kindle spending spree recently:

The Many-Coloured Land (Saga of the Exiles Bk 1) by Julian May (actually a re-buy because I fancied re-reading it and no longer had the paperback)
The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
Random Acts of Senseless Violence by Jack Womack
Necroscope by Brian Lumley
Alex Benedict Collection: A Talent for War / Polaris / Seeker by Jack McDevitt (£4.99, couldn't resist . . . )
Gridlinked by Neal Asher
Snowblind by Ragnar Jónasson
The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
HMS Ulysses by Alistair McLean

and a couple of second-hand paperbacks:

Cyteen and Rimrunners by C J Cherryh

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Posted 22 May 2015 - 01:47 PM

Earbooks: Sword of the North, Sign of the Unicorn, Machine World (actually got it Tuesday and already listened to it - more popcorn fun), and the Fold by Peter Clines.

Somehow, I just ordered a copy of Poseidon's Wake, the final book in Alastair Reynolds newest series. It's not due out till 2016 here in the U.S. but I ordered a copy (I guess it's a U.K. edition).

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#3609 polishgenius

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Posted 22 May 2015 - 03:01 PM

Nnedi Okorafor's latest, the Who Fears Death prequel Book of Phoenix. Yaaaaaay!

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Posted 24 May 2015 - 06:19 PM

So PG's advice was top notch...we popped up Shaftsbury Ave to Forbidden Planet (that store is bloody nerd NIRVANA!) and aside from the (typical) English rainstorm that soaked my wife and I, we made it and I was able to grab both SWORD OF DESTINY by Sapkowski and GENERATION V by Brennan. So all in all a great excursion, and PG you were right about the locations of all things in there. One might think you'd been in there a time or two?

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#3611 polishgenius

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Posted 24 May 2015 - 09:04 PM

Who, me? Noooooooooooooooooooo.

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Posted 24 May 2015 - 10:59 PM

Found a couple of well known titles on sale today for my kobo:

Old Man's War by Scalzi
The Magician by Grossman

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Posted 04 June 2015 - 07:23 AM

Picked up the new book by Stephenson. I suspect I will not be dissapointed.

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Posted 07 June 2015 - 09:45 PM

Morgoth, on 04 June 2015 - 07:23 AM, said:

Picked up the new book by Stephenson. I suspect I will not be dissapointed.

Seveneves?

It was very well done. I just wish we had seen more of the 'epilogue'. Maybe he will write a sequel.

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#3615 Serenity

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Posted 09 June 2015 - 11:23 AM

Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds

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Posted 09 June 2015 - 01:26 PM

Bought the 6th Temeraire book TONGUES OF SERPENTS by Naomi Novik, I muchly enjoyed the first 3 books in the series, thought the 4th book was a little too stagnating and boring, and the 5th book not as good as the first 3 but not as boring as the 4th. So I've got decent sized hopes for the 6th...and as much as I love reading about Laurence and Temeraire...let's face facts, the character that makes these books so great is the ever impetuous Iskierka. Anyways, will get back into the series and hopefully catch up before the last book drops later this year.

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#3617 Mentalist

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Posted 14 June 2015 - 03:56 PM

Walked into Chapters yesterday to replace a lost points card. They had a "Buy 3 get 4th free"

-"Reamde" by Neal Stephenson
-"Happy Hour in Hell" by Tad Williams- Bobby Dollar, volume 2
-"the shadow Throne" by Django Wexler- Shadow campaigns volume 2
-"Prince of Fools" by Mark Lawrence.

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Jump Around, on 23 October 2011 - 11:04 AM, said:

And I want to state that Ment has out-weaseled me by far in this game.

#3618 Macros

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Posted 18 June 2015 - 01:41 PM

Liars Key. Bought today on phone for tea time reading.

Have bought basically every dis world book on my kobo this last month doing a full reread in honour PTerry

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#3619 Serenity

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Posted 18 June 2015 - 03:00 PM

The Empty Throne - Bernard Cornwell

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Posted 02 July 2015 - 02:52 AM

Was picking up a library book for my son today, and on the "for sale" cart, I found hardcovers of Gene Wolfe's Home Fires and ICE's Stonewielder for 25 cents each. Score! (I didn't have any change with me, so I put a dollar bill in the box. 50 cents each is still a steal!) The best part is, being dust jacketed, I was able to remove all the library stickers and whatnot.

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