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#4401 Abyss

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Posted 11 December 2019 - 09:21 PM

BfuckinK, on 11 December 2019 - 08:01 PM, said:

Going commando into BAM now.

Oh ffs, it's a bookstore, go put your briefs back on. No book deserves to only be one thin layer of denim away from that.

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Posted 12 December 2019 - 05:07 AM

BfuckinK, on 12 December 2019 - 02:25 AM, said:

Stupid piece of shit store. Someone needs to burn it down and bring in one of those cool stores all you lucky fuckwad assholes are always praising.

They're called Amazon.

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Posted 12 December 2019 - 01:16 PM

Abyss, on 12 December 2019 - 05:07 AM, said:

BfuckinK, on 12 December 2019 - 02:25 AM, said:

Stupid piece of shit store. Someone needs to burn it down and bring in one of those cool stores all you lucky fuckwad assholes are always praising.

They're called Amazon.

This is true. More true now than before. Even with multiple Chapters Indigo stores mere blocks form my house, I still mostly order from Amazon now.

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Posted 18 December 2019 - 08:35 PM

Damn you audible.com Big Sale... DAAMMMNNNN YOOUUUUUUUU.....

*sigh*

Licanius 1 and 2 (based on pos buzz here)
Priory of the Orange Tree (bc sit's on SO many best of the year lists)
Joe Ledger bk 1 (been in the wish list forever)
Rivers of London: The October Man (short story re Berlin officers like Pete and Nightingale, because i suspect they'll show up in the next book)
Shadow Police trilogy (based on good buzz, tho i may return as apparently it was supposed to be five books and the publisher dropped the series)

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Posted 19 December 2019 - 05:18 AM

BfuckinK, on 18 December 2019 - 09:59 PM, said:

Somehow I knew they wouldn’t but yet still hoped that Walmart would have Licanus 3.

No.

Ah. Mah. Zhooooooooon.

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Posted 19 December 2019 - 05:24 AM

QuickTidal, on 12 December 2019 - 01:16 PM, said:

Abyss, on 12 December 2019 - 05:07 AM, said:

BfuckinK, on 12 December 2019 - 02:25 AM, said:

Stupid piece of shit store. Someone needs to burn it down and bring in one of those cool stores all you lucky fuckwad assholes are always praising.

They're called Amazon.

This is true. More true now than before. Even with multiple Chapters Indigo stores mere blocks form my house, I still mostly order from Amazon now.

Abyss, on 19 December 2019 - 05:18 AM, said:

BfuckinK, on 18 December 2019 - 09:59 PM, said:

Somehow I knew they wouldn’t but yet still hoped that Walmart would have Licanus 3.No.

Ah. Mah. Zhooooooooon.

Now y'see, you guys are just part of the problem ...

Bezos is a shitstain.

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Posted 19 December 2019 - 06:09 AM

Hmm. You actually raise a good point.

Is there any other good alternatives than Amazon for those of us who want our fantasy and sci-fi in an electronic format?

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Posted 19 December 2019 - 08:07 AM

Aptorian, on 19 December 2019 - 06:09 AM, said:

Hmm. You actually raise a good point.

Is there any other good alternatives than Amazon for those of us who want our fantasy and sci-fi in an electronic format?

Abebooks (also owned by Amazon)?

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Posted 19 December 2019 - 09:26 AM

A company owned by a company owned by a company owned by the company.....

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Posted 19 December 2019 - 08:44 PM

I was going to mention Book Depository, but a quick Google tells me it was...spoiler: bought by Amazon.

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Posted 19 December 2019 - 08:57 PM

So your options are
a) whine about the evil of amazon and have no books;
b. suck it up and have books;
iii. stop whining and start your own damn company to compete with amazon;
4. become a hermit.

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Posted 19 December 2019 - 10:18 PM

Tell me more about this hermit option...

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Posted 20 December 2019 - 08:35 AM

Re-bought Coldfire 2 (as the original never came so I got it refunded) and Nine Fucks Gambit. Huge tiddy witch riding an X-Mens? Please

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Posted 22 December 2019 - 02:23 AM

This year I have failed to read more Alastair Reynolds (except for "Galactic North")

To make sure this won't happen next year, I took the gift card I got from my bosses and raided The Book Depository

my haul:
-"The Prefect"
-"Terminal World"
-"Blue Remembered Earth" (first of a trilo)
-"Pushing Ice"

Also, a few other things:
- Red Tide by Marc Turner- last book in the "Chronicles of the Exile" trilo
-Labyring Index by Stross- The next laundry book (in hardback, no less, because it was on sale and cheaper than paperback)

also a new recommendation: "The Last Sacrifice" by James A Moore.

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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.

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Posted 22 December 2019 - 07:59 PM

Found pristine hardbacks of Uhtred 1-3 at an antiques store, £3 each. Got em for wife but I assume I will enjoy them too!

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Posted 22 December 2019 - 09:59 PM

Mentalist, on 22 December 2019 - 02:23 AM, said:

- Red Tide by Marc Turner- last book in the "Chronicles of the Exile" trilo

Sadly this isn't actually a trilo. Turner's internet nonexistence makes me fear poor sales killed it but hopefully it was just that he'd already had the first three books prepared and has taken longer to finish book 4 than he expected, coz I was starting to enjoy the hell out of this series.

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Posted 22 December 2019 - 11:42 PM

polishgenius, on 22 December 2019 - 09:59 PM, said:

Mentalist, on 22 December 2019 - 02:23 AM, said:

- Red Tide by Marc Turner- last book in the "Chronicles of the Exile" trilo

okay, yeah, that made sense. From the 1st 2 books, it didn't feel like the story could end in just one book, but it seemed that the series stopped, so I made the assumption.

so I guess "the latest book" would be a more appropriate description.

EDIT: I have successfully braved the pre-Holiday Eaton Centre rush and emerged with my prizes: 4th volumes in 2 series I'm aiming to finish soon:

"Plague of Swords" by Miles Cameron -Traitor Son Cycle
"The Widow's House" by Daniel Abraham - Dagger and Coin

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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.

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Posted 25 December 2019 - 07:13 PM

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Posted 29 December 2019 - 09:31 PM

Picked up the last (fifth) volumes of the 2 series I'm reading

"Fall of Dragons" by Miles Cameron - Traitor Son Cycle
"The Spider's War" by Daniel Abraham - The Dagger and The Coin

My ambitious plan is to finish both series before the end of the year.

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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.