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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:52 am
by Ramen
No real acquisition, but a gift (for christmas)
Terry Pratchett - Movin Pictures/ Reaper Man (in the german translation :Voll im Bilde/Alles Sense)
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:41 pm
by Phantasm
Got Pratchetts "Thud" for Christmas, unfortunately, my wife didn't realise I'd read it already
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:44 pm
by Waddley
(Moved from the "How do you feel today?" Thread, because I'm a dork and didn't rememer that this thread exists
)
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.
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:42 pm
by Brinn
Just received The Anubis Gates for Christmas. Just finishing House of Chains and will move on to the Anubis Gates next.
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:01 am
by Lord Mhoram
This Immortal by Roger Zelazny.
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 2:32 am
by danlo
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!!!!
(so now I have 4 books signed by him!)
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:48 am
by Loredoctor
War in Heaven and Foundation's Edge.
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:16 am
by Loredoctor
David Zindell's The Wild.
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:32 pm
by Spiral Jacobs
Absolution Gap by Alistair Reynolds. I suddenly realised I'd never read the last part of that series.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 6:41 am
by Avatar
Picked up a copy of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrel for a bargain on Saturday.
--A
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:41 am
by Loredoctor
Neverness. 
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:01 pm
by danlo
Well I hope Wadds and Lore start reading Neverness soon...
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:08 pm
by Loredoctor
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.
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:06 am
by Loredoctor
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.
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:32 am
by Avatar
Got a soft-copy if you want it...just let me know and I'll e-mail it.
--A
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:44 am
by Loredoctor
Avatar wrote:Got a soft-copy if you want it...just let me know and I'll e-mail it.
--A
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.
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:49 am
by Avatar
Haha, I forgot about that.
I also want the book.
--A
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:16 pm
by gyrehead
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
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.
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:11 pm
by I'm Murrin
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?
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:59 pm
by danlo
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!