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#1321 D'rek

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Posted 31 March 2010 - 04:10 AM

I got a free copy of GGK's Under Heaven today from a publisher's sales rep due to some mad connections... is this book even out on bookshelves yet?

worrywort, on 14 September 2012 - 08:07 PM, said:

I kinda love it when D'rek unleashes her nerd wrath, as I knew she would here. Sorry innocent bystanders, but someone's gotta be the kindling.

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Posted 31 March 2010 - 03:44 PM

just bought The Judging Eye paperback and Hardback Desert Spear by Peter Brett... loved the first book The Painted Man so well looking forward to this!

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Posted 31 March 2010 - 10:02 PM

D, on 31 March 2010 - 04:10 AM, said:

I got a free copy of GGK's Under Heaven today from a publisher's sales rep due to some mad connections... is this book even out on bookshelves yet?

Hit the shelves in the US on Tuesday, March 30.

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Posted 02 April 2010 - 12:23 AM

murphy72, on 31 March 2010 - 10:02 PM, said:

D, on 31 March 2010 - 04:10 AM, said:

I got a free copy of GGK's Under Heaven today from a publisher's sales rep due to some mad connections... is this book even out on bookshelves yet?

Hit the shelves in the US on Tuesday, March 30.

Ah thanks.

It's really good so far - very immersing!

worrywort, on 14 September 2012 - 08:07 PM, said:

I kinda love it when D'rek unleashes her nerd wrath, as I knew she would here. Sorry innocent bystanders, but someone's gotta be the kindling.

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Posted 02 April 2010 - 03:48 AM

D, on 02 April 2010 - 12:23 AM, said:

murphy72, on 31 March 2010 - 10:02 PM, said:

D, on 31 March 2010 - 04:10 AM, said:

I got a free copy of GGK's Under Heaven today from a publisher's sales rep due to some mad connections... is this book even out on bookshelves yet?

Hit the shelves in the US on Tuesday, March 30.

Ah thanks.

It's really good so far - very immersing!

I goofed.

It doesn't get here in the US until the end of April. The person on the other board told me it was the 30th, and I didn't realize she was in Canada. Sorry for the misinformation.

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Posted 02 April 2010 - 12:24 PM

murphy72, on 02 April 2010 - 03:48 AM, said:

D, on 02 April 2010 - 12:23 AM, said:

murphy72, on 31 March 2010 - 10:02 PM, said:

D, on 31 March 2010 - 04:10 AM, said:

I got a free copy of GGK's Under Heaven today from a publisher's sales rep due to some mad connections... is this book even out on bookshelves yet?

Hit the shelves in the US on Tuesday, March 30.

Ah thanks.

It's really good so far - very immersing!

I goofed.

It doesn't get here in the US until the end of April. The person on the other board told me it was the 30th, and I didn't realize she was in Canada. Sorry for the misinformation.

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Posted 02 April 2010 - 02:42 PM

Wildcards Book 4 & 5

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Posted 04 April 2010 - 04:09 AM

Arabesk - the omnibus of the 3 Ashraf Bey novels (Pashazade, Effendi and Felaheen) by John Courtenay Grimwood.

I have been seeing these around individually for a few years and was curious since they seem to have good reviews, but they were always full price and there was always something else I wanted first.

But when you find all 3 in 1, at the wonderful price of $8 for trade paperback - there are no more excuses!

That "to read" pile is not getting any smaller. Oh well, it's a happy conundrum.

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Posted 04 April 2010 - 07:10 AM

Sombra, on 04 April 2010 - 04:09 AM, said:

let us know what you think. i semi sort of started the first one but then DoD landed and i haven't been back. Would like to know if you enjoy.

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Posted 05 April 2010 - 08:46 AM

Just bought TERMINAL WORLD by Alastair Reynolds which looks like it should be an interesting read. Have really enjoyed his books thus far. Plus it's been ages since i read a good sci-fi book.

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Posted 11 April 2010 - 08:31 PM

Picked up WARBREAKER by Brandon Sanderson today, in MMP. I loved ELANTRIS, and really dug the Mistborn trilogy, so I am looking forward to this one....plus it has a preview of THE WAY OF KINGS, which makes it even more exciting.

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Posted 14 April 2010 - 02:11 PM

Bought the 2002 omnibus edition of "The Lords of Dus". One of the first fantasy series I ever read, gave away the paperbacks years ago and regretted it ever since. Soon it will be mine again!!!

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Posted 14 April 2010 - 04:53 PM

Picked up some new books the past couple of days:

The Shadows of God by Greg Keyes
The Horror in the Museum by H. P. Lovecraft
Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show

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Posted 19 April 2010 - 08:34 PM

The Painted Man
Dragonfly Falling

and 5-9 of the Garret P.I. series off amazon, since no bookstores have them.

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Posted 27 April 2010 - 09:48 AM

Bought all 8 Charlaine Harris 'True Blood' novels for a tenner. Bargain?

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Posted 28 April 2010 - 08:47 PM

I bought a pile of books recently, these are the most recent:

Annabel Lyon's The Golden Mean
Hans Fallada's Every Man Dies Alone
Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall
Jeff Vandermeer's Shriek

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Posted 29 April 2010 - 12:09 AM

Kraken, China Meiville...winging its merry way through the magic of post...Amazon brought the delivery date forwards, ha ha.

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Posted 29 April 2010 - 08:10 PM

I'll happily recommend the Ashraf Bey novels (for what that's worth

) They're all worth reading and the 2nd one is very good indeed...

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Posted 30 April 2010 - 04:30 PM

stone monkey, on 29 April 2010 - 08:10 PM, said:

I'll happily recommend the Ashraf Bey novels (for what that's worth

) They're all worth reading and the 2nd one is very good indeed...

Excellent, looking forward to it then. I actually got a few pages into Pashazade but ...

Today I found the paperback of Turn Coat, and couldn't resist the hardcover of Changes. A friend emailed me the other day to hurry up and get Changes, so I guess it must be good.

Also got Witches Incorporated by KE Mills (Rogue Agent 2, since the first - The Accidental Sorcerer was quite a fun romp) and,
Blasphemy by Douglas Preston. The blurb was very interesting and at $8 I figured what the hell ...

So While I was waiting to go into Iron man 2 (4 stars out of 5, an excellent follow-on) I got 50 pages into Turn Coat. Everything else is on hold until I finish it and then Changes. Dresden is one of the few series I will put everything else on hold for.

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Posted 30 April 2010 - 07:06 PM

I picked up Changes today, couldn't find a copy of Kay's latest book though. Oh well, I'll look for it next week after I finish Changes this weekend. I know I won't be able to put it down.

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