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Post by **Avatar** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 7:09 pm

Christmas present from the boss this year was enough book vouchers to get the new WoT book, the Collected Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach by Erikson, and the new Pratchett book, (I Shall Wear Midnight), and still have enough left over for both AATE and either Stonewielder or The Crippled God, depending on which I find first.

--A

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:01 pm

Big box o' stuff I ordered from Amazon came today, including Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks.

Post by **Avatar** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:36 am

Quite a good one.

Just picked up Card's Red Prophet, and John Christopher's Prince In Waiting trilogy.

--A

Post by **Orlion** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:14 am

Just got The Many-Colored Land and The Golden Torc by Julian May in the mail today! The other two in the series should be coming soon!

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:05 am

Ordered Above/Below by Stephanie Campisi and Ben Peek.

Post by **ninjaboy** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 6:58 am

So everyone's ordering books on-line these days hey?

I like the old-fashioned 'wandering 'round bookstores' thang.. Anyway I picked up 2 books recently
- Brass Man by Neal Asher
- the Ill-Made Mute by Cecilia Dart-Thornton
- The Adventures of the Ingenious Alfanhui by Rafael S. Ferlosio

No idea what to expect form any of em.. But that's part of the fun of it, isn't it?

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:01 am

Hard to wander round a book store and find a book that's only available in Australia.

Post by **Avatar** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:17 pm

That was three books.

--A

Post by **ninjaboy** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:59 am

Murrin wrote:Hard to wander round a book store and find a book that's only available in Australia.

Well for you, maybe..
But I see your point.

Post by **Orlion** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:03 am

ninjaboy wrote:
Murrin wrote:Hard to wander round a book store and find a book that's only available in Australia.
Well for you, maybe..
But I see your point.

I try to find books in a store as often as I can... but sometimes, especially if I want to read a book soon, I have to buy it online.

Post by **Orlion** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:28 am

Double post time! Just got The Crippled God by Steve Erikson. Almost didn't get it, because this bookstore likes to take my special orders and place them on sale

Post by **Avatar** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:52 am

And I just got it too.

Now it's really on.

--A

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:56 pm

I'll be starting that next, too.

Bought Palimpsest by Catherynne M Valente today. First time I've seen one of her books in a store, couldn't resist.

Post by **Orlion** » Mon May 09, 2011 6:29 pm

Picked up Stonewielder by Ian C Esselmont from the local bookstore.... a day earlier than the official NA release date

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Sat May 21, 2011 3:41 pm

I couldn't resist: Embassytown, China Miéville.
Along with a graphic novel I'd not heard of before I saw it called Empire State by Jason Shiga. It's not SFF.

Post by **danlo** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 2:31 pm

Loremaster and I hung out at my local paperback exchange yesterday and I came away with two books: David Brin's The Practice Effect and Alastair Reynolds Revelation Space. Lore's very high on the later so I'm really looking forward to reading it and the books that follow. Anyone who inspires me to re-read the Gap (as he has this week) and introduced me to Iain M. Banks has definitely got my attention.

The Practice Effect is, mainly, for my Brin collection-it's one of his older ones with a very strange premise that once caused me to live most of a day in reverse (I'm not kidding) when I was going to college...

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 2:24 pm

Just ordered:

The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman, Angela Carter
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
Sensation, Nick Mamatas
Starve Better, Nick Mamatas

Post by **aliantha** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 3:16 pm

I started Embassytown this week, Murrin. I'll let you know what I think of it.

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 5:13 pm

A rather hefty book about dragons or something.

(Shameless linkage.)

Post by **stonemaybe** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 5:32 pm

Picked up Joe Abercromie's Best Served Cold in a charity shop today - anyone read it (or indeed any of his stuff?) I seem to remember someone recommending him in here.

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