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No real acquisition, but a gift (for christmas)
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Got Pratchetts "Thud" for Christmas, unfortunately, my wife didn't realise I'd read it already :biggrin:
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(Moved from the "How do you feel today?" Thread, because I'm a dork and didn't rememer that this thread exists :P)

A very lovely man gave me a gift certificate to Amazon for my birthday/x-mas so I just ordered the following books:

Neverness - David Zindell
Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
The World Jones Made - Philip K. Dick
The Darkness That Comes Before: (The Prince of Nothing) - R. Scott Bakker

Also, at a book store last friday I picked up The Wizard of Earthsea, whatever book comes after that one, and The Disposessed by Le Guin, and also The Gunslinger by (duh) King.
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Just received The Anubis Gates for Christmas. Just finishing House of Chains and will move on to the Anubis Gates next.
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This Immortal by Roger Zelazny.
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Just bought one of my fav Sci-Fi of all time to add to the collection, Aristoi by Walter Jon Williams-AND it's signed by the author!!!! :S (so now I have 4 books signed by him!)
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War in Heaven and Foundation's Edge.
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David Zindell's The Wild.
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Absolution Gap by Alistair Reynolds. I suddenly realised I'd never read the last part of that series.
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Picked up a copy of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrel for a bargain on Saturday.

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Neverness. :)
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Well I hope Wadds and Lore start reading Neverness soon...
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danlo wrote:Well I hope Wadds and Lore start reading Neverness soon...
I actually read it back in 1987, and loved it. But it was a book some wealthy lady leant me.
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God damnit, I'll never get Neverness; the company I ordered it from just emailed me saying they can't deliver it as it's out of print.
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Got a soft-copy if you want it...just let me know and I'll e-mail it.

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Avatar wrote:Got a soft-copy if you want it...just let me know and I'll e-mail it.

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Thanks, but you already sent me that last year. I just want the book.

Damn this. Neverness is a classic, yet it's out of print. Bookstores will stock shitty Star Trek and Dr Who novels but wont stock Neverness. :cry:
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Haha, I forgot about that. :D I also want the book. :D

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Damn this. Neverness is a classic, yet it's out of print. Bookstores will stock shitty Star Trek and Dr Who novels but wont stock Neverness.
Well its kind of hard for bookstores to stock a book if its out of print :wink:

Try www.abebooks.com

The Uk has eight listings that don't seem that pricey and the US has 39 listings that start at a buck.

Too bad I gave my copy away. Can't stand Zindell. Though Neverness was nowhere as wretchedly bad as his current fantasy series.
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Amazon Marketplace on amazon.co.uk has 7 copies listed. The six from the UK are priced £0.29-£3.50, and the one from the US is priced £76.23. Supply and demand, eh? :roll:
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gryehead wrote:Can't stand Zindell. Though Neverness was nowhere as wretchedly bad as his current fantasy series.
...well, that's one prospect who'll never register at the Hangar! :P
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