[Abyss]

Sombra, on 30 April 2010 - 04:30 PM, said:

...A friend emailed me the other day to hurry up and get Changes, so I guess it must be the bestest Drescrack fix since Deadbeat and wholly worth my money, time, blood and slightly less important organs

Fixed for accuracy.

[Fist Gamet]

The Final Empire - Sanderson
Shadow and Betrayal - Abraham

Finally decided to give them a try. You can only read so many reviews before realising you just gotta have a look.

[beru]

the final empire is pure Awsome...

havent read the other...

(ps Vin is badass)

[End of Disc One]

Fist Gamet, on 03 May 2010 - 08:19 AM, said:

The Final Empire - Sanderson
Shadow and Betrayal - Abraham

Finally decided to give them a try. You can only read so many reviews before realising you just gotta have a look.

Funny, I bought these two together last year and I don't often buy more than one book at a time. Both are very good, but in different ways.

[Salt-Man Z]

Stopped by Half Price Books to look for a book for my wife, and instead found (for myself) Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft. A huge, faux-leather bound trade paperback for $9. Couldn't pass it up.

This post has been edited by Salt-Man Z: 04 May 2010 - 08:21 PM

[Fist Gamet]

Salt-Man Z, on 04 May 2010 - 08:20 PM, said:

Stopped by Half Price Books to look for a book for my wife, and instead found (for myself) Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft. A huge, faux-leather bound trade paperback for $9. Couldn't pass it up.

Nice find

[Ain't_It_Just_]

A friend of my dad's just sent over the first 3 Dresden Files novels, for nothing at all! Someone up there likes me.

[Abyss]

Fist Gamet, on 05 May 2010 - 10:14 AM, said:

Salt-Man Z, on 04 May 2010 - 08:20 PM, said:

Stopped by Half Price Books to look for a book for my wife, and instead found (for myself) Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft. A huge, faux-leather bound trade paperback for $9. Couldn't pass it up.

Nice find if you're into goatmonsters with a thousand penii.

Fixed.

Ain, on 05 May 2010 - 11:53 AM, said:

A friend of my dad's just sent over the first 3 Dresden Files novels, for nothing at all! Someone up there likes me.

Pure win. But backhanded, because once you're through those, you're going to buy the next six.

- Abyss, notes that's a good thing.

[Salt-Man Z]

Abyss, on 05 May 2010 - 02:08 PM, said:

Ain, on 05 May 2010 - 11:53 AM, said:

A friend of my dad's just sent over the first 3 Dresden Files novels, for nothing at all! Someone up there likes me.

Pure win. But backhanded, because once you're through those, you're going to buy the next six.

I had it worse; my father-in-law gave me the second book. So I had no choice but to track down the first. Then after I read those two...

[Use Of Weapons]

Got some Masterworks books, to try a new author, rediscover an old favourite, and retry an author I bounced off first time. Respectively, they were:

M. John Harrison: _Light_
Cordwainer Smith: _The Rediscovery of Man_
Gene Wolfe: _The Fifth Head of Cerberus_

This post has been edited by jitsukerr: 06 May 2010 - 01:41 PM

[Harvester]

The Blade Itself: Book One of the First Law

The Darkness That Comes Before: Prince of Nothing, Book 1

The Wheel of Time 01. The Eye of the World


I am trying to broaden my fantasy horizon.

This post has been edited by Harvester: 08 May 2010 - 08:05 PM

[Aptorian]

Went into the city this Friday and visited my favourite book store. Spent a good chunk of cash.

Changes - Jim Butcher: Book 12 in the Dresden Files. I'm a HUGE Dresden fan and this came out a month ago, but it was sold out when I went into the city. Finally got my hands on it.

Furies of Calderon - Jim Butcher: Being a big fan I'd promised myself to also check out his Codex Alera stuff. Now we'll see if it lives up to my expectations.

Kraken - China Mieville: Wertheads review sounded good and it's been a while since I read anything from Mieville.

Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan: I don't read a lot of Sci-fi any longer. This book keeps popping up on lists of good sci-fi reads, so I picked it up.

The Jennifer Morgue and The Atrocity Archives - Charles Stross: Abyss thread about some crazy urban fantasy'ish mix of secret agent stories and edrith horrors made these two a must buy. When I mentioned them to the comic book guy in the store he practically shrieked in joy talking about them.

[spiral]

Well I didn't buy it today, I bought it saturday and started reading it Monday. Its called Storm Front by some guy named Jim Butcher...............I loved it Now back to Warrior

[hmqb]

Return of the crimson Guard
Toll the hounds

[Salt-Man Z]

Got a 50% e-coupon for the Science Fiction Book Club yesterday, so I completed my four-book membership commitment on the cheap, picking up:

- Brent Weeks' Night Angel trilogy omnibus
- Naomi Novik's Temeraire trilogy omnibus
- Edgar Rice Burroughs' first 3 John Carter books, in the Under the Moons of Mars omnibus
- and The Conquering Sword of Conan

all for a little over $30.

[Puck]

I told myself I'll just have a stroll around the flea market today.. and went home with:

Q by Luther Blissett
Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds

Oh, and I got Spectrum 16, but that was a present, so doesn't count as 'bought'

This post has been edited by Puck: 16 May 2010 - 01:54 PM

[Errant]

Errant, on 28 March 2010 - 06:15 PM, said:

Macros, on 27 March 2010 - 04:35 PM, said:

@ Errant, let me know what you think of Tigana, I absolutely hated it, but seem to be in the minority on that opinion here

I'm only 50 pages in at the moment (busy weekend) but I like the writing style a lot so far. That's about all I can comment on until I get further into it.

What did you hate about it? I think the biggest complaint I saw on the Amazon reviews was that it was just 'boring' and 'dull,' but I've learned to take those comments with a grain of salt.

Sorry for the very delayed reply, been away from the forums for a while. I finished Tigana while I was on vacation in Italy last month (pretty fitting, huh).

I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. I believe my favorite aspect of it was actually Kay's writing style. I think that if I didn't like the characters or the plot (I did), the book is so well-written that I wouldn't have even realised it until I was done reading. This has definitely gotten me wanting to read some more of his work. Any suggestions on which to pick up next?

[murphy72]

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@ Errant, let me know what you think of Tigana, I absolutely hated it, but seem to be in the minority on that opinion here
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Sorry for the very delayed reply, been away from the forums for a while. I finished Tigana while I was on vacation in Italy last month (pretty fitting, huh).

I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. I believe my favorite aspect of it was actually Kay's writing style. I think that if I didn't like the characters or the plot (I did), the book is so well-written that I wouldn't have even realised it until I was done reading. This has definitely gotten me wanting to read some more of his work. Any suggestions on which to pick up next?
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His latest work, Under Heaven. Excellent read.

[Salt-Man Z]

Found Glen Cook's The Swordbearer at Half Price Books for a couple bucks. Sweet.

[Salt-Man Z]

Holy crap. Okay, last week I said I had ordered the SFBC-exclusive omnibus of Brent Weeks' Night Angel Trilogy, right? Well, I just opened it tonight. I cannot believe how massive this book is. It's a book club edition, so it's smaller than a standard hardcover, and it's almost 1400 pages long! With a spine two and a half inches thick! Unbelievable. The other 3 books I ordered with it are about the same width combined.