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Posted 21 December 2011 - 11:25 PM

ABSOLUTE SANDMAN Vol. 1 - Neil Gaiman (oh gods it is gorgeous!)

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Posted 22 December 2011 - 03:20 PM

Sombra, on 18 December 2011 - 03:17 AM, said:

...Janny Wurts - Initiate's Trial (following this series through inertia and little else these days, she'll finish it one day...

...or die trying.

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Posted 23 December 2011 - 01:42 PM

Received my first Christmas gift from my buddy last night. READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline. Heard good things.

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Posted 28 December 2011 - 01:08 PM

The greatness of giving my wife a Kindle Fire for Xmas is...I got her old Kindle DX, which I have dutifully loaded with...

CONSIDER PHLEBAS - Iain M Banks

THE CTHULHU MYTHOS - H P Lovecraft

THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN - Robert E Howard

Was going to add some Lankhmar (Fritz Leiber) too but decided I had spent enough money for one day.

Also got some free sample chapters (eg, SANDSTORM by James Rollins) to peruse some new series.

OK, I think I got it, but just in case, can you say the whole thing over again? I wasn't really listening.

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Posted 28 December 2011 - 08:04 PM

I made use of Half Price Books' post-Christmas 20% off sale and picked up:

Exile's Gate by C. J. Cherryh
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance by Sean Williams
Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth by J. R. R. Tolkien
Hawkmoon omnibus by Michael Moorcock
The Tomb by F. Paul Wilson
Star Wars: The Clone Wars by Karen Traviss
Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf: The Second Omnibus by William King & Lee Lightner
Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook by Simon Furman & Ben Yee
Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers by Nick Roche & James Roberts

All for just over $40.

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Posted 29 December 2011 - 06:50 PM

After hearing lots of good things about it here, asked for and received for Xmas Book of the New Sun. Also supposed to be getting my copy of Side Jobs very soon (it apparently shipped Dec 6 but I haven't gotten any failed-delivery notices from the post office).

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 29 December 2011 - 08:11 PM

D, on 29 December 2011 - 06:50 PM, said:

After hearing lots of good things about it here, asked for and received for Xmas Book of the New Sun.

Awesome, I hope you enjoy it. Perhaps moreso than even Erikson, Gene Wolfe's work rewards (sometimes practically demands) rereading. Right now I'm in the middle of my fourth time through TBotNS.

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Posted 30 December 2011 - 06:05 AM

HARD RAIN and RAIN FALL... some sort of assassin thriller action series i wish i could remember who recommended to me.

CARRION COMFORT by Simmons, reco'd elsethread.

And the entire M.Y.T.H. INC. series by Aspin and co... because at 50cents a book i am weak.

The TRP... it growz... lots.

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Posted 30 December 2011 - 02:46 PM

Abyss, on 30 December 2011 - 06:05 AM, said:

HARD RAIN and RAIN FALL... some sort of assassin thriller action series i wish i could remember who recommended to me.

But do you wish you could remember so you could assassinate them for bad recommendations or bear hug them for good recommendations?

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 30 December 2011 - 04:08 PM

Abyss, on 30 December 2011 - 06:05 AM, said:

And the entire M.Y.T.H. INC. series by Aspin and co... because at 50cents a book i am weak.

I have a soft spot for those books. The first 4-5, anyway.

OK, I think I got it, but just in case, can you say the whole thing over again? I wasn't really listening.

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Posted 30 December 2011 - 05:02 PM

From the library:

_Blonde Bombshell_ by Tom Holt
_Greywalker_ and _Underground_ by Kat Richardson
_Devil's Brood_ by Sharon Penman

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Posted 02 January 2012 - 11:35 PM

I finally bought Murakami's "1Q84" and Cline's "Ready Player One" today...they were both 30% off plus I saved an extra 10% because of my rewards card so it was a very good deal for two hardback books. I am pleased.

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Posted 03 January 2012 - 03:59 PM

D, on 30 December 2011 - 02:46 PM, said:

Abyss, on 30 December 2011 - 06:05 AM, said:

HARD RAIN and RAIN FALL... some sort of assassin thriller action series i wish i could remember who recommended to me.

But do you wish you could remember so you could assassinate them for bad recommendations or bear hug them for good recommendations?

The search function, it is my friend.

Except that i think the rec originated elsenet.

McLovin, on 30 December 2011 - 04:08 PM, said:

Abyss, on 30 December 2011 - 06:05 AM, said:

And the entire M.Y.T.H. INC. series by Aspin and co... because at 50cents a book i am weak.

I have a soft spot for those books. The first 4-5, anyway.

I've heard the series wanders, but ffs, the entire thing was less than $5cdn, resistance was futile. I also have the entire THIEVES WORLD series in the TRP, so i'm looking at an Aspin binge at some point in the future.

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Posted 04 January 2012 - 02:16 PM

I mentioned it in the Author's thread, but figured I should post it here as well.

I got the ebook version of Michael J Sullivan's Theft of Swords. Reminds me a little of Lynch's Gentleman Bastards books right now (only a few chapters in).

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Posted 04 January 2012 - 09:14 PM

McLovin, on 28 December 2011 - 01:08 PM, said:

iirc correctly you can get all of HP Lovecraft's stuff on free download as PDFs somewhere online. If your Kindle can read them you should be quids in

Also, Peter Watts gives away free ebook versions of all his books on his site, so if you haven't read Blindsight yet (and you really should) you can get it there.

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Posted 04 January 2012 - 09:24 PM

stone monkey, on 04 January 2012 - 09:14 PM, said:

McLovin, on 28 December 2011 - 01:08 PM, said:

iirc correctly you can get all of HP Lovecraft's stuff on free download as PDFs somewhere online.

Here's a COMPLETE WORKS OF H. P. LOVECRAFT for the Kindle: http://cthulhuchick....ok-nook-kindle/

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Posted 04 January 2012 - 09:39 PM

stone monkey, on 04 January 2012 - 09:14 PM, said:

iirc correctly you can get all of HP Lovecraft's stuff on free download as PDFs somewhere online. If your Kindle can read them you should be quids in

Also, Peter Watts gives away free ebook versions of all his books on his site, so if you haven't read Blindsight yet (and you really should) you can get it there.

Salt-Man Z, on 04 January 2012 - 09:24 PM, said:

Here's a COMPLETE WORKS OF H. P. LOVECRAFT for the Kindle: http://cthulhuchick....ok-nook-kindle/

Too late guys, but thanks anyway. It was only $1.99 via Amazon, so I don't feel cheated.

And no I have not read Blindsight, but I will dutifully check that out.

OK, I think I got it, but just in case, can you say the whole thing over again? I wasn't really listening.

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Posted 04 January 2012 - 09:47 PM

McLovin, on 04 January 2012 - 09:39 PM, said:

Salt-Man Z, on 04 January 2012 - 09:24 PM, said:

Here's a COMPLETE WORKS OF H. P. LOVECRAFT for the Kindle: http://cthulhuchick....ok-nook-kindle/

Too late guys, but thanks anyway. It was only $1.99 via Amazon, so I don't feel cheated.

Well, the COMPLETE WORKS will have more than just the mythos stuff...

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Posted 04 January 2012 - 10:22 PM

Salt-Man Z, on 04 January 2012 - 09:47 PM, said:

McLovin, on 04 January 2012 - 09:39 PM, said:

Salt-Man Z, on 04 January 2012 - 09:24 PM, said:

Here's a COMPLETE WORKS OF H. P. LOVECRAFT for the Kindle: http://cthulhuchick....ok-nook-kindle/

Too late guys, but thanks anyway. It was only $1.99 via Amazon, so I don't feel cheated.

Well, the COMPLETE WORKS will have more than just the mythos stuff...

That is not downloaded which can eternal lie. And with strange aeons even data may die.

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Posted 05 January 2012 - 10:38 AM

McLovin, on 04 January 2012 - 09:39 PM, said:

stone monkey, on 04 January 2012 - 09:14 PM, said:

iirc correctly you can get all of HP Lovecraft's stuff on free download as PDFs somewhere online. If your Kindle can read them you should be quids in

Also, Peter Watts gives away free ebook versions of all his books on his site, so if you haven't read Blindsight yet (and you really should) you can get it there.

Salt-Man Z, on 04 January 2012 - 09:24 PM, said:

Here's a COMPLETE WORKS OF H. P. LOVECRAFT for the Kindle: http://cthulhuchick....ok-nook-kindle/

Too late guys, but thanks anyway. It was only $1.99 via Amazon, so I don't feel cheated.

And no I have not read Blindsight, but I will dutifully check that out.

Blindsight is one of the best, if not the best first contact sci fi ever written in my humble opinion. And it's free.

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