The Book I bought today is...

#1201 QuickTidal

Lord of the Waters

Group: Team Quick Ben
Posts: 21,599
Joined: 05-November 05
Location:At Sea?
Interests:DoubleStamping. Movies. Reading.

Posted 17 September 2009 - 03:04 AM

Picked up Dan Brown's new Robert Langdon thriller THE LOST SYMBOL....and I'm already avidly devouring it and enjoying!

Haters: I don't give a flying **** what you think of DaVinci Code and Angels and Demons...I liked 'em!

"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora

"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon

#1202 Grimjust Bearegular

Irregular Bacon Berserker Medic of the Abyssmal Army

Group: Malazan Artist
Posts: 1,638
Joined: 20-July 06
Location:Vault 101
Interests:MAFIA, drawing and writing.
Godless killing machine - and proud of it!

Also, braaaaiiiinnnnzzzzzzzz!

Posted 17 September 2009 - 09:33 AM

I bought:

Of Mice and Men
On the Origin of Species
Darlah
Dracula illustrated by Ben Templesmith
Welcome to Hoxford

Dust of Dreams!!

Things and stuffs...and other important objects.

#1203 Vien Kush

Recruit

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 11
Joined: 14-September 09
Interests:Little baby ducks, Old pick-up trucks, Slow moving trains and Planes

Posted 17 September 2009 - 01:26 PM

Just finished World War Z.
Picked up The Great Game from some charity shop.
Looking for something to blow my mind....perhaps some cheap Xenaphon.... if i could find it

The Devil and His had me down,
In love with the dark side I'd found,
dabbling all the way down,
up to my neck soon to drown.

#1204 Fist Gamet

Mortal Sword

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 1,106
Joined: 10-March 03
Location:Wales...and London!
Interests:Writing, reading, writing, climbing, writing, scuba diving and writing (not at the same time)

Posted 21 September 2009 - 05:41 PM

Heroes die (looking forward to this one)
Furies of Calderon
Hagakure: the book of the samurai
The Young Hornblower Omnibus

All in all not a bad day's shop...

Victory is mine!

#1205 LadyMTL

Epic bookworm

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 331
Joined: 19-November 08
Location:Canadaland

Posted 22 September 2009 - 11:35 AM

Well I decided to give myself a break from fantasy novels so I bought Sadie Jones' The Outcast. I'm also debating whether or not to buy Stephen Hawking's A brief history of time but I'm worried that it might all go over my head. I mean, I'm not a complete dunce when it comes to astronomy and the like, but I'm nowhere near Hawking level...

~ Denn die Toten reiten schnell. (Lenore)

#1206 stone monkey

I'm the baddest man alive and I don't plan to die...

Group: (COPPA) Users Awaiting Moderatio
Posts: 2,369
Joined: 28-July 03
Location:The Rainy City

Posted 22 September 2009 - 11:47 AM

For goodness sake, do not read the Hawking! It's really out of date and it's absolutely horribly written. There are a whole raft of more recent books that do a much better job of getting the concepts across.

If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do. If some one maintains that two and two are five, or that Iceland is on the equator, you feel pity rather than anger, unless you know so little of arithmetic or geography that his opinion shakes your own contrary conviction. … So whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants. Bertrand Russell

#1207 LadyMTL

Epic bookworm

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 331
Joined: 19-November 08
Location:Canadaland

Posted 24 September 2009 - 12:00 PM

stone monkey, on 22 September 2009 - 11:47 AM, said:

Thanks for the warning! I will avoid Hawking like the plague, then.

~ Denn die Toten reiten schnell. (Lenore)

#1208 Skywalker

Mortal LightSaber

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 1,438
Joined: 02-November 06
Location:Hyderabad, India
Pedant.

Posted 24 September 2009 - 02:11 PM

I quite enjoyed Hawking's book back in the day when I read it. I thought it was as lucid as the subject matter had ever been up to that point. Carl Sagan and the like are too shallow in their descriptions and people like John Barrow (or whoever wrote "The Theory of Everything" and "Impossibility" etc.) are too deep. Hawking to me was quite a good balance.

I don't know enough to say whether the book is now outdated or not (probably is), but it is a good read.

(god, what is it with today and me being a book apologist; first WoT now this!)

Forum Member from the Old Days. Alive, but mostly inactive/ occasionally lurking

#1209 LadyMTL

Epic bookworm

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 331
Joined: 19-November 08
Location:Canadaland

Posted 25 September 2009 - 11:54 AM

Hmmm...well, now I'm at a loss. What I think I might do is go to the bookstore and read a few pages and if I like it, I'll buy it. I know Hawking won't be an easy read but I'm still curious. Hmmm...what to do, what to do...

~ Denn die Toten reiten schnell. (Lenore)

#1210 Abyss

abyssus abyssum invocat

Group: Administrators
Posts: 22,147
Joined: 22-May 03
Location:The call is coming from inside the house!!!!
Interests:Interesting.

Posted 25 September 2009 - 01:20 PM

jitsukerr, on 16 September 2009 - 09:09 PM, said:

Today I bought:

Mike Carey: _The Number of the Beasts_
Neal Asher: _Orbus_ (new Spatterjay novel -- woo-hoo!)
...

Currently reading the Carey. Much darker in tone than previous instalments, so far. Juliet is still the best character in the series by miles, closely followed by Asmodeus.

There's a new Spatterjay novel?!!??!?!?!?!?! searcheslooksfindsreadsWOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!! More super-pirates vs aliens!!!!!

Am also reading Carey's NotB. Totally enjoying. I swear i can practially hear Carey grinning himself silly every time Juliet shows up...

QuickTidal, on 17 September 2009 - 03:04 AM, said:

I'm with you on this. Fun books. No objection to more of the same.

Maia Irraz, on 22 September 2009 - 11:35 AM, said:

...I'm also debating whether or not to buy Stephen Hawking's A brief history of time ...

re upthread discussion, i'm not sure one can say Hawking is dated. His perspective is influenced by the state of knowledge (actually 'theory) as of when he wrote the book but unless you're a quantum physicist i can't see why that would matter to a non-theorist reader.

Btw, Zafron's SHADOW OF THE WIND is non-fantasy and a brilliant read.

@Fist Gamet re: HEROES DIE - i think you're in for a treat.

- Abyss, been there, reread that...

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

#1211 wolf_2099

First Sword

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 666
Joined: 28-August 07
I like cake.

Posted 30 September 2009 - 08:05 AM

PN Elrod - Dark Road Rising & The Devil You Know
2 New Vampire Files novels, yay!

"HAIL THE MARINES!"

#1212 wolf_2099

First Sword

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 666
Joined: 28-August 07
I like cake.

Posted 01 October 2009 - 05:44 AM

Matthew Stover - Blade of Tyshalle

"HAIL THE MARINES!"

#1213 Massive Moose

Recruit

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 3
Joined: 01-October 09

Posted 01 October 2009 - 07:15 PM

Just ordered from Amazon:D

- The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition) By J.R.R. Tolkien
- Lord of the Flies (50th Anniversary Edition)
- Fevre Dream by G.R.R. Martin.
- The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 4 by Neil Gaiman.

Can`t wait to read them and carefully place them in my collection!

#1214 QuickTidal

Lord of the Waters

Group: Team Quick Ben
Posts: 21,599
Joined: 05-November 05
Location:At Sea?
Interests:DoubleStamping. Movies. Reading.

Posted 03 October 2009 - 08:21 PM

Child Of Fire - Harry Connolly

The Mermaids Madness - Jim C. Hines

The Time Quake (Gideon Trilogy Book 3) - Linda Buckley-Archer

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution - Richard Dawkins (<----this is for my non-fiction fix)

"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora

"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon

#1215 Mentalist

Martyr of High House Mafia

Group: High House Mafia
Posts: 9,669
Joined: 06-June 07
Location:'sauga/GTA, City of the Lion
Interests:Soccer, Chess, swimming, books, misc
Junior Mafia Mod

Posted 06 October 2009 - 03:38 AM

these were bought a while ago, before I went to Cuba

Tchaikovsky, "Shadows of the Apt", vo 2-3

Neal Stephenson- "The Diamond Age"

Tim Lebbon-"Dusk" and "Fallen"

Janny Wurts-"Fugitive Prince" book 1 of Alliance of light--because my Chapters had athe whole series for some reason, and i've heard good things here about it.

oh, and of course, DoD from across the atlantic, since the Canadian Publishing's been delayed till January.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 06 October 2009 - 03:46 AM

The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard
THE CONTESTtm WINNER--чемпіон самоконтролю

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.

#1216 Mushroom

Banned

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 312
Joined: 14-April 08

Posted 06 October 2009 - 12:49 PM

Kolyma Tales - Shalamov

The Fabric of the Cosmos - Brian Greene

The Naked Ape - Desmond Morris

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
(Epicurus)

#1217 Mentalist

Martyr of High House Mafia

Group: High House Mafia
Posts: 9,669
Joined: 06-June 07
Location:'sauga/GTA, City of the Lion
Interests:Soccer, Chess, swimming, books, misc
Junior Mafia Mod

Posted 10 October 2009 - 07:33 PM

First batch of b-day money:

Glen Cook- Return of the Black Company

S.M. Stirling- Dies hte fire--a post-apoclyptic series, first novel, wanna give it a try

Butcher, Codex Alera 2--i'm giving this series one more chance, before I give up on it.

Since apparently before I bought volume 4 which is volum 1 of a different "arc"--Curse of the Mistwraith, the ACTUAL voulme one of Janny Wurts; "Wars of Light and Shadow"

The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard
THE CONTESTtm WINNER--чемпіон самоконтролю

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.

#1218 Use Of Weapons

Soletaken

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 2,237
Joined: 06-May 03
Location:Manchester, UK
Interests:Writing. Martial arts. Sport. Music, playing and singing, composition.

Posted 12 October 2009 - 10:04 AM

I sent an email to Janny Wurts when I was a student, after reading Curse of the Mistwraith, and actually got a reply back. In it, she set out the outline she had for the structure of the series, which even back then was pretty much fully formed. IMO it was a huge risk for a publisher to take back then, contemporaneous (!) with the beginnings of WoT, before AGoT and long before GotM made multi-book single-story fantasy acceptable. It's possible that the structure was the only way she could sell it.

Anyway, some stylistic choices aside, it's still one of my favourite ongoing fantasy series. Not everyone's cup of tea, by any means, and if you don't like Curse of the Mistwraith, I'd advise not persevering as it is pretty much more of the same from then on. But I love it for the characters, the inversion of standard fantasy sides, the technology aspects, immortal ghost sorcerors, etc.

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.
-- Oscar Wilde

#1219 stone monkey

I'm the baddest man alive and I don't plan to die...

Group: (COPPA) Users Awaiting Moderatio
Posts: 2,369
Joined: 28-July 03
Location:The Rainy City

Posted 12 October 2009 - 10:50 AM

2666 by Roberto Bolzano. I like it so far (about 100 pages in out of 900+) I have no idea what's supposed to be going on, though...

I suspect it's going to be one of those books where the matter of plot is of secondary concern; which, in this case, is fine by me.

#1220 Mushroom

Banned

Group: Malaz Regular
Posts: 312
Joined: 14-April 08

Posted 16 October 2009 - 02:59 AM

Woo!
Kolyma Tales by Vary Shalamov
The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris
The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene

All arrived in the mail today!
Might start on Kolyma tales first.