Kevin's Watch

Been a good couple of weeks on the book acquisition side for poor me.

Finally got my own copies of DT VI & VII, Jordans WoT 11, and Pratchetts Men At Arms to add to my collections.

--A

I'm definately not happy with myself now. I keep spending money on books when I should really be saving it for when the rent goes up in July.

Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
The Trial, Franz Kafka

I got a book at a sale...never heard of it.

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

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!

Torrent wrote:I got a book at a sale...never heard of it.

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

That's one of my best fantasy reads from the past year. Alternate history of Britain in the time of the Napoleanic Wars; written in the style of the time period (ie Jane Austen).

Oh, great. I like Jane Austen. I'm not that much into history per se, but if I can relate to what's going on that's fine, too, I guess.

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.

Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
The Trial, Franz Kafka

All 3 of those are brilliant.

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.

Stephen King's Skeleton Crew.

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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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.

--A

The Mist and the Raft are indeed classics.

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!!!!

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.

my latest fantasy aquisition?


www.sfreader.com/read_review.asp?book=658

So,I take it you will be enjoying Moorcock soon Lucimay,congratulations!

i've enjoyed Moorcock for years, Shades. that's why i bought this.

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.

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.

I know you've been wanting to read that. Bakker ROCKS!!!!

duchess of malfi wrote:

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.

I know you've been wanting to read that. Bakker ROCKS!!!!

oooooh!!! i've got it on my shelf!! saving it for when semester ends!!! two more weeks!!! yay!!

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