Finally got my own copies of DT VI & VII, Jordans WoT 11, and Pratchetts Men At Arms to add to my collections.
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The Elder Gods: Book One of the Dreamers (David&Leigh Eddings)
My wife got it for $5 out of a bargain bin in Wal-Mart...Hardcover too!
My wife got it for $5 out of a bargain bin in Wal-Mart...Hardcover too!
Brian: Who cured you?
Ex-Leper: Jesus did, sir. I was hopping along, minding my own business, all of a sudden, up he comes, cures me! One minute I'm a leper with a trade, next minute my livelihood's gone. Not so much as a by-your-leave! "You're cured, mate." Bloody do-gooder.
Brian: Well, why don't you go and tell him you want to be a leper again?
Ex-Leper: Uh, I could do that sir, yeah. Yeah, I could do that I suppose. What I was thinking was I was going to ask him if he could make me a bit lame in one leg during the middle of the week. You know, something beggable, but not leprosy, which is a pain in the @$$ to be blunt and excuse my French, sir.
Ex-Leper: Jesus did, sir. I was hopping along, minding my own business, all of a sudden, up he comes, cures me! One minute I'm a leper with a trade, next minute my livelihood's gone. Not so much as a by-your-leave! "You're cured, mate." Bloody do-gooder.
Brian: Well, why don't you go and tell him you want to be a leper again?
Ex-Leper: Uh, I could do that sir, yeah. Yeah, I could do that I suppose. What I was thinking was I was going to ask him if he could make me a bit lame in one leg during the middle of the week. You know, something beggable, but not leprosy, which is a pain in the @$$ to be blunt and excuse my French, sir.
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That's one of my best fantasy reads from the past year.Torrent wrote:I got a book at a sale...never heard of it.
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Alternate history of Britain in the time of the Napoleanic Wars; written in the style of the time period (ie Jane Austen). 
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Duchess: As a fan of Strange and Norrell, you might like to hear about Clarke's short story collection out later this year, The Ladies of Grace Adieu. It includes stories in the same setting as Strange & Norrell, and even an appearance by Strange himself. I believe it is due for release around October.
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All 3 of those are brilliant.Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
The Trial, Franz Kafka
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"I think it's undignified to read for the purposes of escape. After you grow up, you should start reading for other purposes" - M. John Harrison
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Check out the first issue of Heliotrope - featuring articles by R. Scott Bakker, Jeff VanderMeer and more!
"I think it's undignified to read for the purposes of escape. After you grow up, you should start reading for other purposes" - M. John Harrison
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The last thing I needed was another book, but today I picked up a novella collection called Dates from Hell...where people are saddled with dates from...Hell. Their dates turn out to be demons, werewolves, and other undead emotional f-wits. 
I couldn't resist either the title or the premise.
I couldn't resist either the title or the premise. Love as thou wilt.
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The Mist and the Raft are indeed classics.Avatar wrote:Nice. Three of my favourite of his short stories in there, The Mist, The Raft and the one about the college sniper IIRC.
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Skeleton Crew is my favorite of the King story collections.
The Mist is my all-time favorite novella.
Survivor Type is the most horrifying short story I've ever read.
"They say you are what you eat, and if that's true, I haven't changed a bit."
What a line!!!!
The Mist is my all-time favorite novella.
Survivor Type is the most horrifying short story I've ever read.
"They say you are what you eat, and if that's true, I haven't changed a bit."
What a line!!!!
"I am, in short, a man on the edge of everything." - Dark Tower II, The Drawing of the Three
Survivor Type is just sick. It's one of King's stories that I've only read once and don't need to read again (like The Boogeyman, which still scares the willies out of me when I think about it). I can't remember which book it's in, but Beachworld is another great one.
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you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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So,I take it you will be enjoying Moorcock soon Lucimay,congratulations!
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i've enjoyed Moorcock for years, Shades. that's why i bought this.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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oooooh!!! i've got it on my shelf!! saving it for when semester ends!!! two more weeks!!! yay!!duchess of malfi wrote:I know you've been wanting to read that.Murrin wrote:I found a copy of The Thousandfold Thought in Waterstone's. I had been sure it wasn't out here yet, but a check of Amazon tells me it's been out more than a week.
here's my TBR pile:
The Bonehunters - Erikson
Blood Follows - Erikson
Thousandfold Thought - Bakker
Chronicles vol 1 - Bob Dylan
The Colorado Kid - King
re-read TCTC
re-read Gap Cycle
re-read all Erikson
re-read all Bakker
more Conrad
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~