[Lord Gordonis]

the Simillarion (sp?) JRR tolkien

[Murrin]

Turns out it might just be Waterstone's, not an employee at a specific branch. Went to another one and it looks like they've all started stocking books from Night Shade Press along with a few other imports. I picked up:

The Chains That You Refuse, Elizabeth Bear
Read the first story, was a bit confusing at first, but it all snapped together at the end and I found I liked it a lot.

[GardenGnome]

Terry Pratchett - Wintersmith

I didn't buy it, instead I got an email from Patrick that I won it, after that contest on his blog... Still, looking forward to it :-) Hopefully it arrives just after I finish Thud!

[Astra]

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

[cauthon]

Actually, I bought three.

1) Pregnancy diary for my woman - so yeah, now you know :-)
2) Iron Council by China Mieville
3) Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

It's my first Pratchett book, I bought so it better be good. (I did read Good omens a few years ago, I loved it)

[Sir Thursday]

Night Watch is a decent one to start with, because although there is a lot of backstory to Vimes et al., it isn't quite as prominent. I would still recommend that you start with Guards, Guards! though, as that is the first in the City Watch Sequence.

Book I borrowed today (from the library):

The Thousandfold Thought by R. Scott Bakker.


Sir Thursday

[Murrin]

With birthday money:
Dante's The Divine Comedy
Homer's The Iliad
Homer's The Odyssey

[McLovin]

Mark Z. Danielewski - Only Revolutions

Looks fascinating...

[The .303 bookworm]

# People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.) - Howard Zinn
$12.32 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock
Recomended to me by my resident Canadian, can someone tell me if it's really good?

# Crimes Against Logic - Jamie Whyte
$10.36 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock

# Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed - Jared Diamond
$11.56 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock
(I allready have GG&S)

# The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 - Antony Beevor
$11.56 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock
Yes I do have Stalingrad & The Fall.

# Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Oxford History of the United States) - James M. McPherson
$12.97 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock

# Almost Everyone's Guide to Science: The Universe, Life and Everything (Yale Nota Bene) - John Gribbin
$10.16 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock

# Tales of the Dying Earth - Jack Vance
$12.32 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock

# Shadow & Claw: The First Half of the Book of the New Sun : The Shadow of the Torturer/the Claw of the Conciliator (Wolfe, Gene. Book of the New Sun, V. 1-2.) - Gene Wolfe
$10.17 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock


# The Reign of Napoleon Bonaparte - Robert B. Asprey
$15.29 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock

I allready have the first one by Asprey

# Terry Jones' Medieval Lives - Terry Jones
$10.91 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock
I wanted barbarians but it's a 20$ Hardcover.

# The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
$15.07 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock
Yeah, yeah - I've decided to get it, HC or not [Try not to grin Stark Wink].

# How to Win Friends & Influence People - Dale Carnegie
$7.99 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock
I allready have the one on self confidence via public speaking

# The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking - Dale Carnegie
$7.99 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock

# The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, Book 5) - Eoin Colfer
$9.81 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock

* Shadows Linger: A Novel of the Black Company (Chronicles of The Black Company) - Glen Cook
$6.99 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock

* White Rose (Chronicle of the Black Company) - Glen Cook
$6.99 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock

# Night Watch: A Novel - Sergei Lukyanenko
$10.48 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock
This had better be good (Damn Russkies).

# The Thousandfold Thought (The Prince of Nothing, Book 3) - R. Scott Bakker
$17.79

# The Warrior Prophet: The Prince of Nothing Book Two - R. Scott Bakker
$10.85

# The Science Book - Simon Singh
$10.91 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock

# Let the Galaxy Burn (Warhammer 40,000 Novels) - Marc Gascoigne
$9.12 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock
758 pages of short story goodness Smile

# Gaunt's Ghosts: The Founding (Gaunts Ghost) - Dan Abnett
$9.59 - Quantity: 1 - Available for Pre-order
Wish this would be mine sooner.

Big Amazon order

[Lord Gordonis]

The .303 bookworm;128159 said:

# Let the Galaxy Burn (Warhammer 40,000 Novels) - Marc Gascoigne
$9.12 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock
758 pages of short story goodness Smile

# Gaunt's Ghosts: The Founding (Gaunts Ghost) - Dan Abnett
$9.59 - Quantity: 1 - Available for Pre-order
Wish this would be mine sooner.

Let the galaxy burn is a great book, with lots of short storys by amazing writers, Gaunts Ghosts: the Founding is fantastic I absolutly recommend anyone to read the gaunts ghosts stories!, I cant wait for the Armour of Contempt!!! Book 9 in the series!!!

I got Dissolution book 1, War of the Spider Queen by richard lee byers

[Astra]

The .303 bookworm;128159 said:

#

# Shadow & Claw: The First Half of the Book of the New Sun : The Shadow of the Torturer/the Claw of the Conciliator (Wolfe, Gene. Book of the New Sun, V. 1-2.) - Gene Wolfe
$10.17 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock


# How to Win Friends & Influence People - Dale Carnegie
$7.99 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock
I allready have the one on self confidence via public speaking

# The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking - Dale Carnegie
$7.99 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock

* Shadows Linger: A Novel of the Black Company (Chronicles of The Black Company) - Glen Cook
$6.99 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock

* White Rose (Chronicle of the Black Company) - Glen Cook
$6.99 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock

# Night Watch: A Novel - Sergei Lukyanenko
$10.48 - Quantity: 1 - In Stock
This had better be good (Damn Russkies).


Big Amazon order

I have read The Night Watch in Russian (as well as other 3 books). If translation is good, then you are going to like the book. It is much better than the movie. In fact, I didn't like the movie. IMHO, it was a clumsy attempt by Russians to say they can make movies in the same style and quality like Hollywood and they failed, utterly.

Glen Cook - Black Company books are superb.


This one - # Shadow & Claw: The First Half of the Book of the New Sun : The Shadow of the Torturer/the Claw of the Conciliator (Wolfe, Gene. Book of the New Sun, V. 1-2.) - Gene Wolfe - is on its way from the UK amazon to my home as well I bought only the first part for starters.

[cauthon]

I just bought Guards! Guards!, Men at arms, and Feet of Clay. Well, actually, I bought it on Monday, and it arrived here on Friday. Yay! Cheers for Amazon.co.uk. I bought the books with the black, cool looking cover. I did not quite like the original covers.

[Dr Trouble]

Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield

Hope its good!

[Astra]

The Earthsea Quartet By: Ursula K.Le Guin

The Book of the New Sun: Shadow and Claw Vol 1 (Fantasy Masterworks) By: Gene Wolfe

[stone monkey]

A Void by Georges Perec; which is the English translation of La Disparition

The interesting thing about this book is that, apparently, neither the original text or the translation contain the letter "e"...

[Astra]

Bought in a second hand shop on sale, all hardcovers in a almost perfect condition for 45 pense Except D.K. - this one was in another second hand shop, brand new for £2.50 I would say I had a lucky day (bookwise) 2 days ago!

Shadow of a Dark Queen - Raymond E. Feist

Child of An Ancient City - Tad Williams and Nina Kiriki Hoffman

False Memory - Dean Koontz

[Sir Thursday]

1966 and All That by Craig Brown.

1066 and All That was one of my favourites, and hopefully this will induce a similar amount of sidesplitting...especially those Test Papers. They are hilarious!


Sir Thursday

[Astra]

Finally I received from USA amazon The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.

Although when I am going to read, I have no idea. I have got such a long list...finishing The Dark Elf trilogy, then I am gonna hit last 3 books in The Dark Tower and after that I have Lions of Al-Rassan Stardust and Anansi Boys.

[Vivaldi]

I recently made my monthly book purchase and I'm pretty psyched about it:

1) Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
2) Prince of Nothing Trilogy by R. Scott Bakker
3) first three books of the Black Company (The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose) by Glen Cook
4) In the Eye of Heaven by David Keck

won't get through all of them in a month but 6-7ish weeks or so ought to be good. Sweet.