What Book Did You Buy Today?

[Gordon Smith]

I have recently purchased Ilium by Dan Simmons.

[i_mmmchocolate]

I just bought Backstory by Ken Auletta.

[Expletive Deleted]

LORD OF CASTLE BLACK by Stephen Brust. It'll be a while before I get to it, though.

[roguespirit]

Just managed to get Finder by Greg Rucka. For some reason its not easy to get hold of his stuff in England and a bookstore buddy told me it was out of print, but I managed to get an excellent used copy from Amazon.

well thats 2 posts then

[i_mmmchocolate]

I'm back from a buying binge:

Westchester Burning: Portrait of a Marriage by Amine Wefali

Tonight at noon: A love story by Sue Mingus

Snobbery: The American Version by Joseph Epstein

Sons of Mississipi: A story of race and legacy by Paul Hendrickson


One book at a time.


i_mmmchocolate

[Jamboon]

I didn't actually buy it but we got a reading copy of Michael Moorcock's Gloriana; or the Unfulfill'd Queen at the shop today. I'll definatly give it a look.

[The Adventurer]

In the last two weeks I've purchessed

Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett
Insomnia by Stephen King
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
Black House by Stephen King
Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King


if someone had told me I would be reading Steven King last year at this time I would have called them a fool to their face. Dark Tower has got me interested in King's writing and it's all pretty good. And I hate Horror. I had read The Stand before......but that was fluke, The Stand was a Survival Post apoc adventure..... clearly not average King!

I was an idiot.


To bad I can't start Black House yet, but I can NOT find a copy of The Talasman anywhere. I only bought Black House because the Hard Cover was on sale for 7 bucks at Borders, and I'm s sucker for hard covers. Course now I have to go the extra step and find The Talasmen as a hard cover too now.......

[cmdrbond007]

I bought a poetry book entitled "365 Love Poems" for my wife for our first wedding anniversary... paper theme, you know?

[The Gunslinger]

The Time Quartet
The Time Traveler's Wife
Dune
The Drawing Of The Three: The Dark Tower Book Ii
Wizard And Glass; The Dark Tower Book Iv
Batman Superman Wonder Woman Trinity

[Perry Holley]

Flashing Blades #5: Demons & Daggers, edited by Lin Carter. Includes short stories by Roger Zelazny, C.J. Cherryh, Diane Duane, Craig Shaw Gardener, and Tanith Lee.

Death Angel's Shadow, by Karl Edward Wagner. Three novella concerning Wagner's immortal, amoral anti-hero, Kane.

[spiderbat]

The Book of TP

and Upgrading and Repairing Pcs. Oh boy that's a fun book. :D

[Memo]

Strangers in Paradise TPB #8 "My Other Life"
and a book of poetry by Seth Flynn Barkan called "Blue Wizard is about to die"
Both were great.

If you like video games pick up Blue Wizard. I laughed my ass off.

[Perry Holley]

Dark Crusade, by Karl Edward Wagner. Another book by Wagner dealing with the first murderer, Kane, this time a full novel.

Also, I picked up fifteen, count 'em, fifteen Doc Savage novels that I didn't have, including one I was particularly looking for, Fortress Of Solitude, which has the first appearance of John Sunlight. Woo-hoo!

All for just over $20. Woo-hoo!

[MarvelKnight]

The Outdoor Dutch Oven Cookbook and Cooking the Dutch Oven Way.

[Emma]

Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett
Insomnia by Stephen King
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
Black House by Stephen King
Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King


King fan maybe? :p

In seriousness, i didnt really enjoy Salems Lot. It was a decent read but i feel it got way too much praise for what it was.

And today, like 15 mins ago, i bought Vampire Tales which has Dracula, Carmilla, and Vampyre in it.
I already have Dracula but for its price the other tales are worth it.

[FroggieBKT]

Just bought St. Michaels Scales by Neil Connelly.

[Sleeper]

Snagged a copy of Peter Skrzynecki's THE BELOVED MOUNTAIN. Cost me a headache.

[Gordon Smith]

The book I purchased yesterday was Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals and Beliefs. This reference work (the book is basically a dictionary) was written by John Lindow.

[Cyclops]

Ordered a copy of THUNDER Agents Archives V.2.

[The Dosadi Experiment]

William Gibson

Pattern Recognition (http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/books/pattern.asp)

[Slappy san]

FREE FALL by ROBERT CRAIS
WINTER OF THE WOLF MOON by STEVE HAMILTON

LAMENT OF THE LAMB VOLUME I
MEGATOKYO VOLUME 1
SAMURAI DEEPER KYO VOLUME 1
VAGABOND VOLUME 6

56.57

[Deathstroke]

Alias: Infiltration by Breen Frazier

[The Gunslinger]

Chrono Crusade Vol 1

[Cyclops]

I bought Cooking for Kings -- a biography of Antonin Careme, who is billed as the world's first celebrity chef. It's actually a lot more hip than it sounds. I found it on sale, and I bought it having heard the author interviewed on NPR this past week ( linky (http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1909346) ).

[Emma]

Hmm lets see...

Just bought Blood Memories by Hendee, Thief of Lives by Hendee, and Guilty Pleasures by Hamilton. Amazon is my best friend...

My vampire binge continues! :evilsmile

[Chris CCL]

Ordered a copy of THUNDER Agents Archives V.2.

I have all four so far. Expect two more to complete the series.

I just picked up Challengers of the Unknown Archives Vol. 2

Chris CCL

[Grant]

I got the new Dave Sedaris "Dress Your Family in Corduory and Denim" couldn't get into the first two essays but by the time I read the third was laughing out loud in the subway.

I was thinking about staying for th signing today at Barnes and Noble but my cold and the massive crowd kind of made want to go home, make some soup and read instead.

[Deathstroke]

On my trip to the comic store this week, a novel I ordered was among my stack.

It was the new Deep Space Nine novel: Worlds of Star Trek:Deep Space Nine Volume One.

It has two stories, one about Cardassia and one about Andor.

[Athena Bast]

Stephen King... On writing

I can't say I've enjoyed his books but I have admired his success as it were and just him as a person.

[Deathstroke]

On the way to work this morning, I picked up the new Janet Evanovich "Stephanie Plum" novel To The Nines.

[berk]

The Conquest of Happiness - Bertrand Russell

Viking Age Iceland - Jesse Byock

The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry - William Kelly Simpson (ed.)

I hadn't intended to buy anything today, but when I looked in at Chapters on the way home from the local comic shop, I happened to see these and couldn't resist picking them up.

[The Gunslinger]

Trigun Vol 1

[The Gunslinger]

Stephen King The Dark Tower: Song of Susannah

[Perry Holley]

Time Capsule/1939 - One of a series of books that Time-Life put together back in the 60's, each of which collected the various news highlights that ran in Time during that year.

I've got over a dozen of these books, but I've never found a complete list of how many were put out, and for which years.

[Slappy san]

Megatokyo 2

[Deathstroke]

I picked up two books today.

The first one was "Comics Prose." It's got 11 short stories written by comic pros like Peter David (The reason I bought it.), Kurt Busiek, Max Allan Collins, Jeff Millar, Paul Dini, Dennis O'Neill, and more.

The second book I bought was the Spider-Man 2 novelization. Peter David wrote it.

[The Gunslinger]

Trigun Maximum Vol. 1: The Hero Returns

[Slappy san]

Planetes Volume 3
Runaways: Pride & Joy

[marksmess]

Bought -
The Time travelers wife - Audrey Niffenegger
A short history of neary everything - Bill Bryson
The Curious Incident of the dog in the night-time - Mark Haddon

Easons book shop were having a sale. (but I still have 5 other books to start yet.) :rolleyes:

[Perry Holley]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tempted Champions - Yvonne Navarro

Wither - J.G. Passarella

[Perry Holley]

Okay, I went a little nuts at the bookstore...

The Transition of H.P. Lovecraft: The Road To Madness - H.P. Lovecraft

The Lurking Fear and other stories - H.P. Lovecraft

Weird Heroes: Vol 2 - edited by Byron Preiss

The Doll Who Ate His Mother - Ramsey Campbell

And a stack of ten Angel and Buffy novels.

[Ilash]

Different Seasons by Stephen King (thanks to everyone for their help on that thread)

[berk]

Jamaica Inn, by Daphne DuMaurier.

[The Gunslinger]

Trigun Vol 2

[Celisasu]

I fell to the bookstore's siren call today. *Sweatdrop*

Got -

Lone Drow(Forgotten Realms novel)-I don't expect much out of it after how bad Thousand Orcs was but might as well complete the trilogy. I think Salvatore has killed Drizzt through overuse.

Grey Knights(40k novel)- Don't recognize the author so we'll have to wait and see if it's good.

Rogue(Star Trek: Next Generation novel)- I haven't purchased a Star Trek novel in six years(last one I got was at the 99 cent store and it was terrible) but this looks interesting from the back of the book and brief skim I did. Here's hoping it's not crap.

Search for Power(Dragonlance Novel): I got this free. The salesman and I were discussing various fantasy novels, some of our favorites and what we didn't like and he just tossed it in my bag free of charge(seperate of the buy 4 get 1 free sale).

Chrono Crusade #1(Graphic Novel): Some friends told me they like this so I figured what the heck?

Oh My Goddess #18(Graphic Novel): I'm a fan of the Oh My Goddess series.

Dark Ages: Vampire, Dark Ages: Inquisition, High Clans, Inquisition Companion, and Complete Divine. There was a buy 4 books, get one free sale going on. I was only going to get three RPG books but with the sale I purchased a fourth so I could get the fifth free.

[Gordon Smith]

The Path to Victory, by Douglas Porch.

[Athena Bast]

Lawless - Diana Palmer

Worthless romantic novel crap.. but I grew up reading her cowboy romance books.. I will forever buy these.

[dougputhoff]

Tuesday I bought Bill Clinton's autobiography.

[The Gunslinger]

STEPHEN KING Dark Tower : The Gunslinger revised edition

[Glaucon]

I just recently visited the States and while there I bought The Once and Future King by T.H. White and Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr. because I cannot find them in Canada.

I then bought Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, Farhenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole and A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway because they had the buy three and get the forth one free.

[Slappy san]

Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich


I returned it a couple hours later.

[Deathstroke]

Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich


I returned it a couple hours later.

Why did you return it?


Oh, I picked up the new Battlestar Galactica: Destiny hardcover book by Richard Hatch and Brad Linaweaver.

[Slappy san]

Why did you return it?


Oh, I picked up the new Battlestar Galactica: Destiny hardcover book by Richard Hatch and Brad Linaweaver.

Didnt like sinking 19.65 into it. I will buy the book later. In the meantime I have a ton of other books to get to.

[Gordon Smith]

Yesyerday, I purchased Cassell's Dictionary of Classical Mythology, by Jenny March, and Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend, by Andy Orchard.

[Deathstroke]

Didnt like sinking 19.65 into it.


I'm confused. If you didn't like putting the money into it, why'd you do it in the first place?

[Slappy san]

I'm confused. If you didn't like putting the money into it, why'd you do it in the first place?

Why the heck are you confused? Havent you ever had an impulse buy? Geez

[Slam_Bradley]

The Beyonders by Manly Wade Wellman. Finding anything by Wellman is like finding a needle in a haystack. Finding it for $2 is extraordinary.

[Deathstroke]

Why the heck are you confused? Havent you ever had an impulse buy? Geez

All you had to do is say it was an impulse buy.

It was probably that when I didn't completely get the point, but I'd hate to just assume it.

[Deathstroke]

I picked up the new Faye Kellerman paperback Street Dreams on the way to work this morning.

[berk]

Jorge Luis Borges's 'Collected Fictions'; haven't ever read any Borges, so when I saw this last night I picked it up.

I also ordered 3 books from www.abebooks.com , a great site for finding out-of-print stuff:
Richard Matheson's 'Twilight Zone Scripts' vol I & II
Philip Jose Farmer's 'Traitor to the Living'

[The Gunslinger]

To Kill A Mockingbird
Stephen King & Peter Straub: The Talisman
Stephen King & Peter Straub: Black House

[Perry Holley]

The Beyonders by Manly Wade Wellman. Finding anything by Wellman is like finding a needle in a haystack. Finding it for $2 is extraordinary.I've read some of Wellman's short fiction in Andrew Offutt's Swords Against Darkness anthologies. Fun stuff.

[berk]

I went nuts at the used book store today:

Milton's God - William Empson.
I've already read this, but it's out of print so I couldn't resist picking up a copy for myself. Great book; Empson's view is that Milton's god is a wicked and evil tyrant and that Satan was therefore justified in rebelling against him, even though that rebellion failed and Satan himself deteriorated into selfish and evil behaviour later on.

The Reign of the Phallus - Eva Keuls.
From the back cover: "The author's argument [is] that classical Athens was more sexually polarized and repressive of women than any other culture in Western history."

Spartan Reflections - Paul Cartledge.
A very recent collection of essays by "the leading international authority on ancient Sparta" (according to the inside cover blurb).

Warfare in Antiquity - Hans Delbrouck.
This is a translation of a book first published (in German) in 1900. I've always been interested in the military history of the ancient world and this looks like it covers a lot of the areas I'm curious about.

[howyadoin]

I went nuts at the used book store today:Hey, me too:

Another of Steve Hamilton's Alex McKnight novels: Blood is the Sky.

And a whole slew of Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus books: Resurrection Man, Let It Bleed, Black & Blue, Strip Jack, Tooth & Nail and Knots & Crosses.

[berk]

howyadoin said
And a whole slew of Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus books: Resurrection Man, Let It Bleed, Black & Blue, Strip Jack, Tooth & Nail and Knots & Crosses. A friend of mine recently recommended Rankin's Rebus (check out the alliteration; now that's writing) series to me; she's another ex-pat Newfoundlander, by coincidence. She also mentioned there's an upcoming tv series based on them.

[Slappy san]

Voodoo River by Robert Crais

[Deathstroke]

I picked up Lisa Scottoline's Dead Ringer in paperback yesterday.

[howyadoin]

A friend of mine recently recommended Rankin's Rebus (check out the alliteration; now that's writing) series to me; she's another ex-pat Newfoundlander, by coincidence. She also mentioned there's an upcoming tv series based on them.I've heard rumours of a series, too. It wouldn't be that hard to do, really.

Long as they don't stick Keanu Reeves in the role and make him an American...

[Gordon Smith]

Ice Hunt, by James Rollins, The Lord of Castle Black, by Steven Brust, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, by John Clute and John Gaunt, and lastly, the latest Destroyer novel (#136), Unpopular Science, by Tim Somheil.

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy was a real bargain, which I got for a mere $12.99 out of the remainder bin, a great deal for a 1,076 page book that will be a vey handy reference work.

[i_mmmchocolate]

Conquistadors by Michael Wood

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Speaking of Sex: Funny, Wicked & Joyful Remarks About Almost Everybody's Favorite Subject by John-Paul Sousa

[DonC]

Gotta love library used book sales. I got Greg Rucka's Keeper and Philip Kerr's A Five Year Plan for fifty cents each today.

[dougputhoff]

I bought two Michael Moore books, Stupid White Men and Dude, Where's My Country?

[The Gunslinger]

Christopher Paolini Eragon

[Deathstroke]

I picked up the new Alias TV-Tie in novel Vanishing Act by Sean Gerace.

[Buzz Maverik]

NOTHING LASTS FOREVER by Roderik Thorp. First published in 1979, this novel was the basis for the original DIE HARD. For something that spawned its' own sub-genre of action movie, this book has been pretty elusive. I mean, I could have ordered it online any time, but I'm talking about walking into a shop, even a dusty, cruddy used book shop and finding it.

I'd read Walter Wager's 58 MINUTES, the inspiration for DIE HARD 2 quite a while ago. It was a good, quick read. Wager was a good writer who will be missed.

[howyadoin]

Elmore Leonard's Pagan Babies. Goddamn, that man can write dialogue.

[Jonathan Bogart]

Today I browsed in a used-book store and bought...

The New Yorker War Album, a collection of cartoons from 1940-1945, all dealing with the war or (more commonly) its effects on civilian life. I go gaga for this kind of cartooning, so it was a great $3 find.

The Best of the Brownies' Book, a collection of material from a magazine that ran in the 1920s aimed at black children. W.E.B. DuBois was the publisher, I believe, and he kept it high-class and WASP with a tan. Interesting stuff.

And God's Fifth Column, a history of Western Civilization from 1890 to 1940 (my favorite fifty-year period, bar none) by a neglected novelist of the time. Highly personal, even outlandish stuff, but well worth the time if you're a history/literature buff like me.

And some comics and CD's.


JB

[Deathstroke]

I picked up Tales of the Dominion War at my comic shop on Thursday.

[Jack Flash]

Today I bought Robert Rodi's "Closet Case". I shouldn't have bought it since i have tons of other books waiting to be read, but I couldn't help myself.

[Slappy san]

From Amazon.com:

Bone: Crown of Horns
100 Bullets: Samurai

From Half.com:

Visions of Sugar Plums (hc) by Janet Evanovich
Just Cause (pb) by John Katzenbach
Bullet for a Star (pb) Stuart M. Kaminsky
L.A. Requiem (pb) Robert Crais
Indigo Slam (pb) Robert Crais

also from Half.com (for my ex):
The Shining (pb) by Stephen King
Salem's Lot (pb) by Stephen King
It (pb) by Stephen King
When Rabbit Howls (pb) by Truddi Chase
Someone Is Stalking Me/a True Story of Marriage, Murder, and Deadly Illusions in the Michigan Heartland (pb) by Robert J. Dvorchak

[Deathstroke]

I picked up two paperbacks today:

Rose Connors - Temporary Sanity

Alex Kava - At The Stroke of Madness

[Gordon Smith]

I recently purchased the Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien.

[bert]

Finally. . since it's out in Paperback to match my other books. .

I now own "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"

I start reading it this weekend.

[Karl J. Barnes]

..but I did. I have over twenty-some books in TBR pile, but I just could resist the allure of the bookstore any longer. So, I bought Robert Asprin's Something M.Y.T.H. I.N.C. ( not as charming as his earlier novels though is coming out with a solo novel starring just Skeeve.),James Morrow's City of Truth ( biting satire, but I did wish that he would have delved deeper into the society's need to tell lies a bit more.) and Mathew Woodring Stover's Heroes Die ( I've heard such praise and hype about this book that I just had to get it and read it.).

[Grant]

Finally. . since it's out in Paperback to match my other books. .

I now own "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"

I start reading it this weekend.

I got it in paperback too generally I do most of my reading on the subway or bus and I really didn't want to lug that giant hard cover around. So I figured I'd wait it out. Phoenix is kind of angsty so far. Almost expect Harry to slam the door and blare Radiohead records all day. But hey it's fun enough and a quick read.

Also bought "Scanner Darkly" by Phillip K. Dick based on my brothers recomendation and "Girl in the Landscape" by Johnathan Lethem whose stuff I've liked what I've read like Motherless Brooklyn (detective with tourettes), Gun With Occasional Music (Raymond Chandler with talking animals), As She Climbed Across the Table (a love triangle between a professor, a scientist and some sort of black hole). I'm waiting for Fortress of Solitude to come out in paperback as well. Cause that one looks pretty heavy.

[berk]

I think "A Scanner Darkly" is a great book, one of Dick's best - which is really saying something, because there's lots of competition. Supposedly it's in the process of being made into a movie right now.

[Gordon Smith]

Yesterday, I purchased the first two volumes of R.A. Salvatore's The Hunter's Blades Trilogy, these being The Thousand Orcs, and The Lone Drow.

[Deathstroke]

I picked up "Star Wars New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force" by James Luceno at the comic shop yesterday in paperback.

[Sean Whitmore]

I'm actually just getting into Stephen King, about 20 years too late (since I already know the endings to practically all of his stories just by word of mouth). Just finished Salem's Lot and The Talisman, and I'm starting on It.

And waiting for Thomas Harris to get off his ass and write something again.



SEAN

[stealthwise]

I got Neil Gaiman's "Smoke and Mirrors" as a gift the other day.

[Buzz Maverik]

RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE by Zane Grey. And THE GIRL IN THE SWING by Richard Adams.

[MarvelKnight]

Star Wars Rogue Squadron: The Bakta War

I don't have the book with me, forgive me if I didn't get the title right.

[howyadoin]

Spoils of the latest trip to the used book store:

Pale Horse Coming, by Steven Hunter. Great, great, book.

Hope to Die, by Lawrence Block. Moves along nicely, but if this book is any indication, Matt Scudder is one sorry excuse for a detective.

Earth Abides, by George R. Stewart. I'm about halfway through, and so far I'm really diggin' it. When I'm done I think I'll do a thread comparing it to Alas, Babylon.

A Good Hanging, by Ian Rankin. Inspector Rebus short stories. Can't wait to dig into this one.

Virgin Planet, by Poul Anderson. Enjoyed it when I was a kid, so I thought I'd give it another shot.

Glory Road and Farnham's Freehold, by Heinlein. Two more from my childhood.

[Athena Bast]

The teeth of the Tiger by Tom Clancy

[Slappy san]

O8/14/04

Bad Boy Brawly Brown Walter Mosley (Hardcover, 2002)
Shrink Rap Robert B. Parker (Hardcover, 2002)
When the Women Come Out to Dance Elmore Leonard (Hardcover, 2003)
Stormy Weather Paula L. Woods (Hardcover, 2001)
Hell To Pay George P. Pelecanos (Hardcover, 2002)
Star Trek Preserver William Shatner (Hardcover, 2000)
The Bannerman Solution John Maxim, John R. Maxim (Paperback, 1999)
The Neon Rain James Lee Burke (Paperback, Reissue, 1992)
Alias: Father Figure Laura Peyton Roberts (Paperback, 2003)

$31.26 @ Half.com
------
08/15/04

Sleeper: All False Moves (tpb)
Hellboy: Wake The Devil (tpb)

$25.14 @ Amazon.com

[Slappy san]

08/19/04

Hell to Pay George P. Pelecanos (Paperback, 2003)
Star Wars William C. Dietz (Hardcover, 1997)
Rage Factor Chris Rogers (Hardcover, 1999)
Yakuza, Go Home! Anne Wingate (Hardcover, 1993)
Roadhouse Blues Baron R. Birtcher (Hardcover, 2000)
The Earthquake Bird Susanna Jones (Hardcover, 2001)
The Hit Jere Hoar (Hardcover, 2003)
The Continental Op Dashiell Hammett (Paperback, Reprint, 1992)
Dirt Sean Doolittle (Paperback, 2001)
No Time to Die Grace F. Edwards (Hardcover, 1999)
Highlander: The Path Rebecca Neason (Paperback, 1997)
Black Like Me John Howard Griffin (Paperback, Reissue, 1989)
Alien Allen Dean Foster (Paperback, Reissue, 1986)
The Big Bounce Elmore Leonard (Paperback, Reprint, 1986)

$45.09 @ Half.com

[Slappy san]

08/20/04

The Devil Went Down to Austin Rick Riordan (Hardcover, 2001)
The Summons John Grisham (Hardcover, 2002)
Chicago Confidential Max Allan Collins (Hardcover, 2002)
A Fine Dark Line Joe R. Lansdale (Hardcover, 2003)
The Last Detective Robert Crais (Hardcover, 2003)
Death by Deception Anne Wingate (Paperback, Reprint, 1991)
Silent Thunder Peter Tasker (Paperback, Reprint, 1994)
Hollywood Nocturnes James Ellroy (Hardcover, 1994)
Dirty Pool Steve Brewer (Hardcover, 1999)
American Tabloid James Ellroy (Hardcover, 1995)
Stray Dogs John Ridley (Hardcover, 1997)
From Russia With Love Ian Fleming (Hardcover, Large Print, 1992)
Highway Robbery John Billheimer (Hardcover, 2000)
Raise the Devil Terence Faherty (Hardcover, 2000)
Dead Alone Gay Longworth (Hardcover, 2003)

$49.30 @ Half.com

[The Gunslinger]

Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo
TRIGUN MAXIMUM VOL 2 DEATH BLUE TP

[berk]

delete delete delete

[Buzz Maverik]

I didn't plan it this way, but I must look like a real sickie to the used book store clerk. I came across a copy of THE MAGICIAN by W. Sommerset Maughm and also THE GATES OF HELL by Dennis Wheatley.

I'm not an occult guy by any means, but I do know that Aleistir Crowley was the basis for THE MAGICIAN and that Wheatley, in his youth, met Crowley who inspired his series of novels about fearless adventurers battling Satanists (yes! I know Crowley wasn't a Satanist, but both Maughm and Wheatley were looking for easily understandable answers and to write fiction that sold).

[Deathstroke]

Book Splurge today!

J. A. Jance - Exit Wounds
Gene Riehl - Quantico Rules
David Weber (editor) - Worlds of Honor #4 The Service of the Sword
Peter David - One Knight Only
Anne Frasier - Play Dead
Kristen Britain - First Rider's Call
Robert K. Tanenbaum - Resolved.

[Glaucon]

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

[Karl J. Barnes]

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

This a fun and imaginative novel. This was the first Gaiman novel that I ever read and I've been hooked on his style ever since.

[stealthwise]

Me too. I really like Gaiman's style. I was scared at first by a load of negative response towards Neverwhere, but enjoyed the hell out of it once I read it.

[Deathstroke]

This a fun and imaginative novel. This was the first Gaiman novel that I ever read and I've been hooked on his style ever since.

Priestvyrce, if I remember correctly, you liked the first Kristen Britain novel.

The one listed in my prior post of books bought is the second book now in paperback.

[Karl J. Barnes]

Priestvyrce, if I remember correctly, you liked the first Kristen Britain novel.

The one listed in my prior post of books bought is the second book now in paperback.

You're correct. I thought that it was a wonderful first novel and the second one is on my need to read list, but I have too many books to read right now. So, it will have to wait a few more months; before I get her second novel, but I DO want to read it.

[Deathstroke]

You're correct. I thought that it was a wonderful first novel and the second one is on my need to read list, but I have too many books to read right now. So, it will have to wait a few more months; before I get her second novel, but I DO want to read it.

No prob, I just wanted to make sure I drew your attention to it.

[Slappy san]

8/30

WHERE TO CHOOSE by PENNY MICKELBURY
MURDER IS THE DEAL OF THE DAY by ROBERT J. RANDISI CHRISTINE MATTHEWS
L.A. REQUIEM by ROBERT CRAIS
COME BACK DEAD by TERENC FAHERTY
EXCEPTION TO MURDER by ANNE WINGATE
WHEN LAST SEEN ALIVE by GAR ANTHONY HAYWOOD
DELORES CLAIRBORNE by STEVEN KING
STREET LEVEL by BOB TRULUCK
HARD EIGHT by JANET EVANOVICH
SHUTTERBUG FOLLIES by JASON LITTLE

FALSE PRETENSES by MARGARET YORKE
MY BROTHER'S GUN by RAY LORIGA
SHAME by ALAN RUSSELL
RUN JANE RUN by MAUREEN TAN
THE HOOK by RICHARD STARK
THE BOMBER by LIZA MARKLUND
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - UNITY by S.D. PERRY
DEAD TIDE by JEANNINE KADOV
SHADOW BOXER by EDDIE MULLER
SACRIFICE by CLYDE PHILLIPS
THE BITE by MICHAEL CROW
BROWN'S REQUIEM by JAMES ELLROY
INSPECTOR IMANISHI INVESTIGATES by SEICHO MATSUMOTO
INSPECTOR IMANISHI INVESTIGATES by SEICHO MATSUMOTO (yes twice ...ugh)
ONE DEAD DRAG QUEEN by MARK RICHARD ZUBRO
SAMURAI BOOGIE by PETER TASKER
NIGHT WORK by NELSON GEORGE
PREY by MICHAEL CRICHTON

CASUAL REX by ERIC GARCIA
I'M THE ONE THAT I WANT by MARGARET CHO
HARD FREEZE by DAN SIMMONS
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON by DEAN R. KOONTZ
STEALING FOR A LIVING by NAOMI R. RAND
THE LATEST BOMBSHELL by MICHELE MITCHELL
THE PISTOL POETS by VICTOR GISCHLER

THE FALA FACTOR by STUART M. KAMINSKY
KING SUCKERMAN by GEORGE P. PELECANOS
SILENT THUNDER by PETER TASKER

THE BUZZARD MUST ALSO BE FED by ANNE WINGATE
CASINO by NICHOLAS PILEGGI
HIGHLANDER: THE ELEMENT OF FIRE by JASON HENDERSON

$131.85 @ HALF.COM

[Deathstroke]

HARD EIGHT by JANET EVANOVICH

STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE - UNITY by S.D. PERRY



I've got two of the books. The Janet Evanovich novel is great.

I haven't gotten to Unity yet.

[mgs]

I'm thinking about getting some of the Dracula books. I'm not really sure about what these characters are about and all. I've only read Ann Rice novels.

I never read Stoker's books or any of the followups, just the movie, which I thought was very good. but how do the novels compare? Anyone? Are they worth it?

Any interesting things about Mina or Van Helsing that I should read?
I've heard the practical aspect of Dracula is about a common thing, that is, history of western and eastern cultures combining. Is this true? Are there any 'study' books on Stoker's Dracula that I should consider?

Thanks for any input. :)

[Banner]

Me too. I really like Gaiman's style. I was scared at first by a load of negative response towards Neverwhere, but enjoyed the hell out of it once I read it.

Did you read his American Gods? I thought the book was an easy read but a little drawn out. How does Neverwhere compare?

[stealthwise]

Neverwhere is a lot more accessible, imo. It was originally a BBC mini-series, but Gaiman was unimpressed with the results and he made it into a book to flesh it out and put more of what he imagined into it.

[Karl J. Barnes]

Neverwhere is a lot more accessible, imo. It was originally a BBC mini-series, but Gaiman was unimpressed with the results and he made it into a book to flesh it out and put more of what he imagined into it.

I still want to see that mini-series, maybe BBCAmerica will play it.

[Rabid Trekkie]

I just bought The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen volume 1 and American Gods.

[The Gunslinger]

Grass For His Pillow
The Hitchhiker's Trilogy
H.g. Wells 3-in-1
The Manchurian Candidate
Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
Dune: The Machine Crusade

[howyadoin]

I still want to see that mini-series, maybe BBCAmerica will play it.It's available for rent in DVD format. It's pretty good, too.

[stealthwise]

I still want to see that mini-series, maybe BBCAmerica will play it.

As Howyadoin mentioned, it's on dvd for rent/purchase.

But... if you're interested, Vertigo is releasing a nine-issue adaptation of Neverwhere as a comic book, starting in... this month? Maybe it's October. I can't remember, but I know that Mike Carey scripted it.

EDIT: Sorry, it's released in November. Here's the accompanying article:

http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=16011&highlight=neverwhere

[stealthwise]

Just received Good Omens in the mail. Thank you, Chapters.

[DLH1970]

I just bought the new Dragonlance novel Amber and Ashes by Margaret Weis

[Slappy san]

I've got two of the books. The Janet Evanovich novel is great.

I haven't gotten to Unity yet.

I've loved every book in the series. Sooner of later I will buy Ten Big Ones so I can be up to date.

After the Avatar books I thought DS9 was back. Then came the next series, Mission Gamma. I struggled to finish the first book and totally gave up in the middle of the second. I loved the subplots with Ro but hated hated hated everything going on in the Gamma Quandrant and the families of the new characters. Hopefully I havent missed much by skipping ahead to Unity.

[Deathstroke]

I've loved every book in the series. Sooner of later I will buy Ten Big Ones so I can be up to date.

After the Avatar books I thought DS9 was back. Then came the next series, Mission Gamma. I struggled to finish the first book and totally gave up in the middle of the second. I loved the subplots with Ro but hated hated hated everything going on in the Gamma Quandrant and the families of the new characters. Hopefully I havent missed much by skipping ahead to Unity.

I'll wait for paperback for Ten Big Ones.

As for the DS9 books, I've got a whole boatload of the after show continuity novels but I haven't gotten around to reading them yet.

[MarvelKnight]

A Day In The Life of The United States Armed Forces

I like books with lots of pictures.

[Boomstick King]

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

[davidboring]

I bought the Talisman by Stephen King for two pounds from Oxfam.

[Deathstroke]

I bought the Talisman by Stephen King for two pounds from Oxfam.


Two pounds of what?











I'm kidding... I'm kidding...

[Buzz Maverik]

THE BIG FIX by Roger L. Simon.

[i_mmmchocolate]

Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before By Tony Horwitz

The Buffalo Soldier: A Novel By Chris Bohjalian

Breaking Clean By Judy Blunt

The Art of Eating by M. F. K. Fisher

[Slam_Bradley]

Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before By Tony Horwitz


Is this a travel book? It looks interesting.

[i_mmmchocolate]

Is this a travel book? It looks interesting.

You can read some of the book from this site: http://www.wnyc.org/books/5508

I have no idea what it's about, except it was recommended by my radio station some time ago. I haven't read the excerpt yet, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to enjoy it.

[dougputhoff]

In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman. Interesting book.

[berk]

At the second-hand bookstore:

A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula Le Guin, because I heard about the upcoming miniseries and thought I'd read this again; I remember thinking it was pretty good when I was a kid.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - DOuglas Adams, because I recommended it a friend, offered to lend my copy, then realized it's been back in my old bedroom at my parent's house for the last 20 years or so.

A Short History of Chinese Philosophy - Fung Yu-Lan, because I've been reading Historical Introduction to [Western] Philosophy off and on the last few weeks and figured I should strive for some balance.

[discostu]

The Lone Samurai-TheLife of Miyamoto Musashi by william scott wilson

an absolutely brilliant biography of japans greatest samurai

[Slappy san]

WORLD ORDER by ANDREW GOLISZEK
RED RAIN by MICHAEL CROW
PETER RABBIT'S SONGS AND RHYMES by BEATRIX POTTER
THE ANGEL OF MONTAGUE STREET by NORMAN GREEN
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY by MICHAEL CHABON
IT'S NOT A PRETTY SIGHT by GAR ANTHONY HAYWOOD
BAD NEWS TRAVELS FAST by GAR ANTHONY HAYWOOD
GOING NOWHERE FAST by GAR ANTHONY HAYWOOD
STAR WARS: THE NEW JEDI ORDER - STAR BY STAR by TROY DENNING
MAN EATER by GAR ANTHONY HAYWOOD
WHERE TO CHOOSE by PENNY MICKELBURY

35.09 @ HALF.COM

[Deathstroke]

I picked up 3 new paperbacks in the last two days:

Patricia Cornwell - Blowfly

Iris Johansen - Fatal Tide

David Baldacci - Split Second

[Pinnacle]

Israel and the Bomb by Avner Cohen

I'm supposed to read it for my history class on the Modern Middle East.

[Scott Beeler]

I just ordered a chunk of stuff over the net -- there's a *lot* of books I'm really interested in being released this fall.
-- Greg Rucka, _A Gentleman's Game_ (spinning off of his "Queen and Country" spy comics series)
-- Neal Stephenson, _The System of the World_ (part three of his massive series)
-- Susanna Clarke, _Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell_ (huge fantasy-historical described as a sort of Harry-Potter-meets-Jane-Austen, getting rave reviews from the likes of Neil Gaiman, and if it's at the standard of Clarke's short fiction, it deserves them)

Recently I've also picked up:
-- Leigh Richards, _Califia's Daughters_ (pseudonymous science fictional debut of the excellent mystery author Laurie R. King)
-- Gardner Dozois, _The Year's Best Science Fiction_ (SF short fiction from 2003 -- I like reading these because it gives me a taste of authors I might not otherwise try, and Dozois's selections usually match my taste fairly well)
-- China Mieville, _The Iron Council_ (big gritty steampunk fantasy in the same world as _Perdido Street Station_ and _The Scar_, both of which I loved)
-- Ken MacLeod, _Newton's Wake_, and Sean Stewart, _Perfect Circle_, which I've mentioned in the What You're Reading thread.

[i_mmmchocolate]

Odes to Common Things Neruda

This is a great hardcover. I love the cover too.

[Deathstroke]

I bought the 3rd Sir Apropos of Nothing novel "Tong Lashing" at New England Comics in Brockton, where Peter David signed it for me during his appearance there today.

Half off the cover price too.

[Karl J. Barnes]

I bought the 3rd Sir Apropos of Nothing novel "Tong Lashing" at New England Comics in Brockton, where Peter David signed it for me during his appearance there today.

Half off the cover price too.

That's just too sweet!

[Deathstroke]

That's just too sweet!

Got a few other things as well.

I will probably do a post about it later.

[Expletive Deleted]

Neal Stephenson's SYSTEM OF THE WORLD, out today!

[Sean Whitmore]

Phantom, by Susan Kay. (Actually, I borrowed it from the library, but close enough)



SEAN

[Deathstroke]

I got four Ellen Hart "Jane Lawless" novels today.

Robber's Wine
Hunting The Witch
A Small Sacrifice
A Killing Cure

[Scott Beeler]

I was browsing in the bookstore and grabbed Alexander Irvine's _One King, One Soldier_, which appears to blend early 20th century baseball and the Korean War in with the Grail legend. I was surprised and pleased to see it, since I thought Irvine's _A Scattering of Jades_ was very good (particularly for a first novel) in a Tim Powers-like secret-history sort of way, but I hadn't known he had a second novel being published yet. So yay!

Also spotted a few which I'll probably get sometime. David Mitchell's _Cloud Atlas_, M. John Harrison's _Light_, and John Burdett's _Bangkok 8_ now out in paperback.

[The Gunslinger]

Stephen King The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower

[ouiyahtsiouiyah]

Stephen King The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
I saw this today and I had no idea it was out, i was so pumped but i didn't have enough $$$ :(

have you already read Song of Susannah ? I haven't yet :(

damn I'm really sad in this post

[The Gunslinger]

Bev Vincent, The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus

[berk]

Taiko by Eiji Yoshikawa. It's an historical novel about 16th century Japan, and three famous warlords who were vying for supremacy - Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu. I loved the same author's Musashi, so ordered this one from amazon.ca.

[Halcyon]

I got the most recent Pratchett Going Postal on Saturday.

[The Adventurer]

I also Picked up Going Postal. Today infact. So far it's awesome.

[MissKale]

But it has to get to Canada from England, so won't be here for a few days.
We DID buy America:The Book from the fine people at the Daily Show, and The PSmith Omnibus by P.G. Wodehouse

[Dom]

I just got a very good condition, orginal printing of Don Pendleton's The Executioner.

Really looking forward to seeing how much Conway aped when he created The Punisher.

[berk]

River Thieves by Michael Crummey, a Newfoundland writer.

The Spartans by Paul Cartledge.

[i_mmmchocolate]

Rising from the Rails by Larry Tye

The Inner Circle by T. Coraghessan Boyle

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel by Susanna Clarke

The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less by Barry Schwartz

The Battle for New York : The City at the Heart of the American Revolution By Barnet Schecter

Bananas: An American History by Virginia Scott Jenkins

I love going to Barnes and Noble with my uncle!

[Deathstroke]

I picked up the new paperback version of Sara Paretsky's Blacklist.

[Deathstroke]

Yesterday I picked up John Sandford's "The Hanged Man's Song" and Lisa Gardner's "The Killing Hour" in paperback.

[Ilash]

Picked up Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency today. I loved the Hitchikers trilogy so I'm looking forward to this one. What does everyone else think about this, Douglas Adams' other series?

[berk]

I like the Dirk Gently books, myself; I wish Adams had gotten around to writing a few more of them.

[Gordon Smith]

The Rifles, by Mark Urban.

[The Gunslinger]

DUNE: THE BATTLE OF CORRIN
Robert Foster THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO MIDDLE-EARTH

[Deskad]

Haven't really bought any recently, am the owner of more than 7,000, mainly classical literature.

[Deathstroke]

Haven't really bought any recently, am the owner of more than 7,000, mainly classical literature.

A bibliophile, huh?

I don't own anywhere near that much but I'm a general fiction type of reader.

[Deskad]

Guess you could call me that, I'm actually flattered, because being one is in my opoinion a god thing.

Scary part is, I've read them all. My all time favourites being Sherlock Holmes stories, White Fang, The Sea Wolf, Three Musketeers, Taras Bulba, Two Captains, Quentin Dorward, Moby ick and last but not least, War and Peace, though I hated Pierre Besuhov in it.

[howyadoin]

I just got a very good condition, orginal printing of Don Pendleton's The Executioner.

Really looking forward to seeing how much Conway aped when he created The Punisher.Damn near all of it, from what I remember.

And I've read every Executioner book up to the point where he sold out and went to work for The Man.

[Gordon Smith]

Damn near all of it, from what I remember.



Yeah, Conway's Punisher was pretty much a total carbon coby of the Executioner.

[Deathstroke]

Guess you could call me that, I'm actually flattered, because being one is in my opoinion a god thing.

Scary part is, I've read them all. My all time favourites being Sherlock Holmes stories,

You can't go wrong with Sherlock Holmes mysteries.

[Deskad]

[QUOTE=Deskad]Guess you could call me that, I'm actually flattered, because being one is in my opoinion a god thing.

Scary part is, I've read them all. My all time favourites being Sherlock Holmes stories, QUOTE]

You can't go wrong with Sherlock Holmes mysteries.

Truer words were never spoken friend.

[Deathstroke]

Truer words were never spoken friend.

One of my treasured books is the very old hardcover collection of the stories that I got from my dad.

[Deskad]

My fav is the hardcover all stories collection with the red cover that has the original artwork they used.

[Deathstroke]

My fav is the hardcover all stories collection with the red cover that has the original artwork they used.

I don't have that. I'll look up the exact book I have when I get home from work.

[i_mmmchocolate]

Red House: Being a Mostly Accurate Account of New England's Oldest Continuously Lived-In House by Sarah Messer

[The Gunslinger]

Star Wars Republic Commando: Hard Contact

[Deathstroke]

I got the new Alias PB "Skin Deep."

[Red Oak Kid]

K 19 The Widowmaker.

The Secret Story of the Soviet Nuclear Submarine by Peter Huchthausen

[Pedalhome]

George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones

[Deathstroke]

I picked up:

Greg Rucka - A Gentleman's Game

Carol O'Connell - Dead Famous

Christie Golden - Star Trek Voyager - Spirit Walk Book 1 - Old Wounds

[The Gunslinger]

Star Wars: Jedi Trial

[Deathstroke]

I bought the Battlestar Galactica novel "Paradis."

[Roquefort Raider]

Martin Gardner's Table magic to get ready for the many dinners coming up for the holidays, and the sagas of the Icelanders, a Penguin classics book compiling many (but hardly all) of the sagas.

[berk]

and the sagas of the Icelanders, a Penguin classics book compiling many (but hardly all) of the sagas. The sagas deserve a thread all their own. When you star dipping into this, let us know some of your thoughts and reactions.

[Slappy san]

awaiting confirmation:

HARD EIGHT by JANET EVANOVICH
HIGHLANDER: SCOTLAND THE BRAVE by JENNIFER ROBERSON
STARSHIP TROOPERS by ROBERT HEINLEIN
THE BLACK DAHLIA by JAMES ELLROY
HIGHLANDER: THE ELEMENT OF FIRE by JASON HENDERSON
TOKYO SUCKER-PUNCH by ISAAC ADAMSON
PENANCE by????
SHOGUN by JAMES CLAVELL
WHITE JAZZ by JAMES ELLROY
THE HUNTING WIND by STEVE HAMILTON
HOLLYWOOD NOCTURNES by JAMES ELLROY
DARK END OF THE STREET by ACE ATKINS
DEATH BY HOLLYWOOD by STEVEN BOCHCO
RAYMOND CHANDLER'S PHILIP MARLOWE
PLAINCLOTHES NAKED by JERRY STAHL
TARZAN OF THE APES by EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
THE MALTESE FALCON by DASHIELL HAMMETT
MANIFESTO FOR THE DEAD by DOMENIC STANSBERRY
MCKENZIE'S FRIEND by PHILIP DAVIDSON


57.66 w/shipping from Half.com

[Deathstroke]

awaiting confirmation:

HARD EIGHT by JANET EVANOVICH
HIGHLANDER: SCOTLAND THE BRAVE by JENNIFER ROBERSON

Evanovich is great.

If you want to read original material from Jennifer Roberson check out her 8 book series "The Chronicles of the Cheysuli" or her six novel series "The Novels of Tiger and Del."

[Deathstroke]

I got the Terry Brooks novel "The High Druid Of Shannara: Jarka Ruus" and the Mindy L. Klasky novel The Glasswright's Master."

[Expletive Deleted]

I picked up the new Tom Wolfe novel, I AM CHARLOTTE SIMMONS. It's . . . I dunno. I'm a few hundred pages in, and something just isn't clicking. In some places it's a fantastic satire of modern college life, in others it's an illustration of Wolfe's inability to cross the generation gap. The main character, Charlotte, atlernates between being an appealing and relatable college freshman and being some sort of wish fulfillment character for people who disapprove of the aforementioned modern college life.

Maybe I'm too close to the source material, being on a college campus, or too far away, going to Midwestern public universities instead of Eastern private ones, but I'm just not connecting.

[Slappy san]

Evanovich is great.

If you want to read original material from Jennifer Roberson check out her 8 book series "The Chronicles of the Cheysuli" or her six novel series "The Novels of Tiger and Del."

I've already the first nine novels.

I only bought the Roberson book because it was Highlander.

[Deathstroke]

I only bought the Roberson book because it was Highlander.

Too bad, she does a really great job on the two series.

If you want to check her out: Cheysuli.com (http://www.cheysuli.com)

[i_mmmchocolate]

Gilgamesh : A New English Version by Stephen Mitchell

I've heard only good things about this one. It's on my holiday reading list.

[Gordon Smith]

The Shadow of Saganami (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743488520/qid=1100632464/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-9524245-3908825?v=glance&s=books&n=507846), by David Weber.

[Rabid Trekkie]

I got two books today. I got my Dad, The Templars and the Assassins The Militia of Heaven by James Wasserman for Christmas.

And for myself I bought Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlain. I hope to start reading it tonight.

[Deathstroke]

The Shadow of Saganami (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743488520/qid=1100632464/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-9524245-3908825?v=glance&s=books&n=507846), by David Weber.

I'm gonna have to wait for paperback, but any book set in the Honorverse is coming home to me sooner or later.

[Solaris]

I'm gonna have to wait for paperback, but any book set in the Honorverse is coming home to me sooner or later.


You *might* see if your local library has it, so you don't have to wait. :)

[Deathstroke]

You *might* see if your local library has it, so you don't have to wait. :)


Bah! The library? Deathstroke buys books. Besides, I'm at least 100 books behind schedule here. A delay in buying it won't hurt.

[Bolo Musashi]

Picked up two books today - 'Scarecrow' by Matthew Reilly and 'The Teeth of the Tiger' by Tom Clancy.

[howyadoin]

THE HUNTING WIND by STEVE HAMILTONHow many of those have you read so far? I've got 5 of them, and I really can't get enough.

[Dennis K]

American Brutus ... John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies by Michael W. Kauffman

[Glaucon]

Ghost (A Collection of Ghost Stories)
Grimm's Fairy Tales - 211 of the Grimm Brother's Stories
9/11 Commission Report

Trades:
Hawkman: Endless Flight
Transmetropolitan: the new scum

[Slappy san]

I went to the Borders at Compuware Headquarters during lunch. I picked up three Tokyo Pop trades (Tokyo Tribes Vol 1, Planetes Vol 4 Pt 1 and Threads of Time Vol 1). I also picked up The Hunting Wind by Steve Hamilton. I couldnt find Thor: Son of Asgard or Runaways: Teenage Wasteland.


I ended up hitting a Barnes and Noble Superstore last night but struck out. I still couldnt find Sunset Express by Robert Crais. It's not suprising...but I was hoping. I also couldnt find Thor: Son of Asgard or Runaways: Teenage Wasteland.

Problem is I had ordered The Hunting Wind by Steve Hamilton more than once from Half.com. I had just had one cancelled a few days pror. Of course when I get home.....the book has just come in the mail. :eek:

[Solaris]

I went to the Borders at Compuware Headquarters during lunch. I picked up three Tokyo Pop trades (Tokyo Tribes Vol 1, Planetes Vol 4 Pt 1 and Threads of Time Vol 1). I also picked up The Hunting Wind by Steve Hamilton. I couldnt find Thor: Son of Asgard or Runaways: Teenage Wasteland.


I ended up hitting a Barnes and Noble Superstore last night but struck out. I still couldnt find Sunset Express by Robert Crais. It's not suprising...but I was hoping. I also couldnt find Thor: Son of Asgard or Runaways: Teenage Wasteland.

Problem is I had ordered The Hunting Wind by Steve Hamilton more than once from Half.com. I had just had one cancelled a few days pror. Of course when I get home.....the book has just come in the mail. :eek:

Hope you saved your receipt. But I'd take it back Saturday, because you know ALL stores will be madhouses on Thanksgiving Friday... *shudders*

*thread drift* Hubby used to work at a stand-alone department store in a southern country area small city. He said that T-Friday was nuts... they had a blue light they'd move around the store for a quick 70% off... There were these two old ladies who were chasing it around the store, and DELIBERATELY ramming their carts into each other to get to the stuff. Like something out of a movie: viscious old ladies with shopping carts. Heh heh. He said the staff would plant the blue light and run for their lives.

[Slappy san]

Hope you saved your receipt. But I'd take it back Saturday, because you know ALL stores will be madhouses on Thanksgiving Friday... *shudders*


It'll only take me 2 minutes to walk to the store tomorrow. I'm taking back Tokyo Tribes too.

[Shem the Penman]

Well, I told myself I wouldn't buy any more books this year, because I have plenty of stuff to read, so I could save money for Christmas presents. But then I saw there was a new Callahan's book out, and I wound up buying it ... plus Guns, Germs, and Steel and The Well of Lost Plots.

[The Gunslinger]

Star Wars Yoda: Dark Rendezvous

[Deathstroke]

Star Trek Deep Space Nine - Unity

Star Trek Voyager Spirit Walk Book Two

[TomGun13]

I bought Mystic River the other day.

[i_mmmchocolate]

I bought a pamphlet about the Hudson River Railroad system. I don't remember the exact title offhand. It's probably a book you won't find anywhere else but here.

[Slappy san]

Half.com:

MIAMI PURITY by VICKI HENDRICKS
THE HEARSE YOU CAME IN ON by TIM COCKEY
NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD by RAY SHANNON
INDIAN KILLER by SHERMAN ALEXIE
MATCHSTICK MEN by ERIC GARCIA
STAR WARS by GEORGE LUCAS
SHOGUN by JAMES CLAVELL
POINT OF IMPACT by STEPHEN HUNTER
WHITE JAZZ by JAMES ELLROY
DOUBLE INDEMITY by JAMES M. CAIN
PLAYBACK by RAYMOND CHANDLER
DEATH IS A LONELY BUSINESS by RAY BRADBURY
SHADOW OF A BROKEN MAN by GEORGE C. CHESBRO
CROSSROAD BLUES by ACE ATKINS
CUBA LIBRE by ELMORE LEONARD
ANONYMOUS REX by ERIC GARCIA
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE by JK ROWLING

$51.92

[Deathstroke]

I picked up Robin Hobb's "Fool's Fate" today.

[Headhunter]

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson just arrived today; I already read it as a mass paperback, but gave my copy away. Now the enormous trade graces my bookshelf...

[Deathstroke]

I bought Star Wars: Survivor's Quest today when I went to the comic shop.

[SleepWalker]

I ordered Philip K. Dicks Dr. Bloodmoney just a couple of days ago.

[Slappy san]

I picked up Video Girl Ai: Preproduction.

[Slappy san]

error

DELETE

[Slappy san]

From Half.com:


01/01/05:

marvinjr:

MIDNIGHT PASS by STUART M. KAMINSKY
BLOOD IS THE SKY by STEVE HAMILTON
BANGKOK 8 by JOHN BURDETT
THE VIADUCT by GRACE F. EDWARDS
SLEEPING BEAUTY by PHILLIP MARGOLIN


abesbooks:

POST-SOUL NATION by NELSON GEORGE
GREAT EXPECTATIONS by CHARLES DICKENS
OLIVER TWIST by CHARLES DICKENS
THE BLACK ECHO by MICHAEL CONNELLY
SUNSET EXPRESS by ROBERT CRAIS
TROUBLE IS MY BUSINESS by RAYMOND CHANDLER
THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY by PATRICIA HIGHSMITH
MR. WHITE'S CONFESSION by ROBERT CLARK
MIAMI BLUES by CHARLES RAY WILLEFORD
BUBBLES UNBOUND by SARAH STROHYMEYER
TELLOS: KINDRED SPIRITS
SHARP SHOOTER by NADIA GORDON

walrus books:

THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN by RICHARD MATHESON
THE HAN SOLO ADVENTURES by BRIAN DALEY
PICK-UP by CHARLES RAY WILLEFORD
MR. WHITE'S CONFESSION by ROBERT CLARK
THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY by ANTHONY MINGHELLA


betterworldbooks:

A TALE OF TWO CITIES by CHARLES DICKENS
MUCHO MOJO by JOE R. LANSDALE
RAGE IN HARLEM by CHESTER B. HIMES
#SHARP SHOOTER by NADIA GORDON

universalanthenaeum:

BUDDHA KISS by PETER TASKER
CAPTAIN OUTRAGEOUS by JOE R. LANSDALE
LEARNING TO FLY by APRIL HENRY
THE PERPETRATORS by GARY PHILLIPS


$ 97.07

[Deathstroke]

The only one I'd be interested in (but I already have it) is the Michael Connelly book "The Black Echo."

[Slappy san]

The only one I'd be interested in (but I already have it) is the Michael Connelly book "The Black Echo."

That's it?! I have some pretty good books on there. I'm especially pleased to finally find SUNSET EXPRESS. I had to go over the price range to get it.

[Slappy san]

#SHARP SHOOTER by NADIA GORDON

Argh!!!! I went through a lot of trouble to make sure I didnt double-order anything....and yet I still did! F&*(!!!!

[Deathstroke]

That's it?! I have some pretty good books on there. I'm especially pleased to finally find SUNSET EXPRESS. I had to go over the price range to get it.

Slappy, it's a combination of authors I don't know, authors I have heard of but don't care to check out.

[Slappy san]

:evilangry

Just realized I also ordered two copies of MR. WHITE'S CONFESSION by ROBERT CLARK. What a way to start the new year.

[Deathstroke]

:evilangry

Just realized I also ordered two copies of MR. WHITE'S CONFESSION by ROBERT CLARK. What a way to start the new year.

That's it, no more books for you until you memorize what you have!

[Slappy san]

That's it, no more books for you until you memorize what you have!

The problem is I have different versions of the same book on my wishlist. I also select the same book from several different sellers. When you have 30-70 books in your cart, its very easy to miss some. I took the extra precaution of typing out what I had before ordering and I still screwed up.

Good news is that one of MR. WHITE'S CONFESSION got cancelled.

[Deathstroke]

I bought the new trade edition of Ellen Hart's "Stage Fright," Linda Barnes new mystery novel "Deep Pockets," and P. T. Deutermann's "Firefly."

[zombie]

Mark Z. Danielewski's House Of Leaves
J.G. Ballard's Crash

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

Yesterday I brought:

Adventures of Cavalier and Clay.

Distortion (by Bruce Sterling)

and

Premutation City (by Greg Eagen)

[Iceman4v]

I finnaly bought The Warriors. . . and im in the middle of THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE by Max Brooks

[scyfli]

Finder by Greg Rucka and Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz.

[Deathstroke]

Finder by Greg Rucka

You should enjoy the hell out of Finder.

[howyadoin]

Big score at the used book store:

Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game (finally)

Robert A. Heinlein - Time Enough for Love

Greg Bear - Darwin's Radio

Stephen Hunter - Time to Hunt and Tapestry of Spies

[scyfli]

You should enjoy the hell out of Finder.

Actually I was a little upset because they didn't have Keeper and I wanted to read the series in order. Will I be missing anything if I read them out of sequence?

[MushMouth]

Sunday: The Moral Animal - Robert Wright
Today: On Liberty - John Stuart Mill

Had to fight the urge not to get Jared Diamond's new release Collapse since it was 30% off.

[Deathstroke]

Actually I was a little upset because they didn't have Keeper and I wanted to read the series in order. Will I be missing anything if I read them out of sequence?

It's always better to read from the start, can you order the Keeper book?

[Scott Beeler]

With some series the reader can start in the middle perfectly fine, but with Rucka's I agree with Deathstroke: it's best to read in order. Each book's individual main plot is self-contained, but there's a whole lot of character development and evolving relationships continuing through the course of the series that work best in order. So I'd suggest ordering _Keeper_ (I believe it's still in print and all).

The full order of the Atticus Kodiak books is:
_Keeper_
_Finder_
_Smoker_ (my personal favorite)
_Shooting at Midnight_ (containing Kodiak but mostly featuring a supporting character from the earlier books)
_Critical Space_

Completely separate is _A Fistful of Rain_.

[pesmerga316]

Bought tuesday and finished today Chainfire by Terry Goodkind

[scyfli]

It's always better to read from the start, can you order the Keeper book?

I think that's what I'll end up doing.

[Karl J. Barnes]

Big score at the used book store:



Robert A. Heinlein - Time Enough for Love



That's the Lazerous Long novel, right?

[JeffreyWKramer]

At Half-Price Books, picked up hardcovers of Lamb and Fluke by Christopher Moore, then at Borders I picked up The Wizard by Gene Wolfe.

Moore is my favorite humor writer, and I've heard very good things about Lamb (though I'm starting to really doubt he'll ever top Coyote Blue and Bloodsucking Fiends. The Wizard is the conclusion to the story Wolfe started in The Knight, which was a fantastic book - probably the best mythic fantasy since Tolkien.

[atoningunifex]

I think Lamb is right up there with Coyote Blue and Bloodsucking Fiends. Lamb is actually my favorite Moore book to date.

[JeffreyWKramer]

I think Lamb is right up there with Coyote Blue and Bloodsucking Fiends. Lamb is actually my favorite Moore book to date.


That's a good recommendation, then. I'll look forward to it. I love both of those other two.

[Karl J. Barnes]

Have you guys read anything by James Morrow? I've only read City of Truth , which was good, yet it was missing something.

[Deathstroke]

Bought tuesday and finished today Chainfire by Terry Goodkind

I can't read him anymore. After the third book, it was so damn boring I just stopped buying his books.

[Karl J. Barnes]

I can't read him anymore. After the third book, it was so damn boring I just stopped buying his books.

I stopped after the first book of his. Goodkind just isn't an interesting writer.

[Scott Beeler]

Have you guys read anything by James Morrow? I've only read City of Truth , which was good, yet it was missing something.

I've read that one too, which I agree was good but didn't really grab me.

Also _Towing Jehovah_, which was better. More overtly religious satire, better tied together and more intriguing.

I read _Only Begotten Daughter_ (more religious satire) and _This is the Way the World Ends_ (post-apocalyptic emotional drama) about ten plus years ago, so I can't remember them well. They didn't leave a huge mark, but my reading tastes were different then too.

My favorite is probably his short stories in _Bible Stories for Adults_. Some snappy, snarky bits, and some more serious stuff. I definitely recommend that.

[Perry Holley]

Picked up four Doc Savage novels - The Devil Genghis (second appearance of John Sunlight), Mad Mesa, Mystery Under The Sea, and Death In Silver - as well as Kim by Rudyard Kipling.

[dougputhoff]

I bought Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom.

[K'Nort]

I bought the new Malcolm Gladwell book -- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. Although I was pretty annoyed by the recent Salon review that mostly made fun of Gladwell fans rather than talking about the book.

http://www.powells.com/review/2005_01_14.html


Picked up Collapse, the new Jared Diamond, too but put it back. It was $30 and I won't have time to read it until probably the time the paperback comes out and my store always has used copies available within weeks of the new ones.

I was mainly there to get children's books for a baby shower. I always get pretty much the same ones, depending on what's in stock. Based on what has won awards and such for quality PLUS is something I remember enjoying myself. This time it was Bread and Jam for Francis, Whistle for Willie, Tikki Tikki Tembo, Over in the Meadow, and The Poky Little Puppy. They were out of Harry the Dirty Dog.

[Hiromi]

Late Christmas present, State of Fear by Michael Crichton.

Also got the 3 Dave Barry books on audio cassette for Christmas.

[Deathstroke]

I picked up Brad Meltzer's "The Zero Game" this morning on the way to work.

[Chris CCL]

"Teach Yourself Networking in 24 Hours" by Sams Publishing.
It'll help me with with Comptia A+ cert I'm going for.
Then to some sort of MS cert.
Chris CCL
PS I picked up the DC Encyclopedia for my birthday a few days back.

[comicsarefun]

;) Band of Brothers

[TomGun13]

Last book I got was The Da Vinci Code Illustrated Edition. I didn't buy it though. Got it for X-mas.

[Dennis K]

I used some gift-cards I got for Christmas and bought four Christopher Moore novels.

[howyadoin]

That's the Lazerous Long novel, right?Indeed it is.