I've just bought.... (Fantasy, version V)

**Rob B** · June 18th, 2008, 09:00 PM

I recently picked up books 5 & 6 of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files.

**Eventine** · June 19th, 2008, 01:00 AM

I was going to cut and past a list from my file where I keep track of all the books I own and when I read them (yes it's anal) only to discover the file has died beyond recovery. I'm quite distraught :O

However, what did arrive from the book depoitory, and reduces the pain is:

Last Argument of Kings, Joe Abercrombie (I don't know why I'm rewarding that shill with my hard earned dough)
Gentlemen of the Road, Michal Chabon
Little Brother, Cory Doctorow
Pride of Baghdad, Brian K Vaughan
Reaper's Gale, Steven Erikson (I haven't even read the one before this!)
Black Man, Richard Morgan
Pale Fire, Vladimir Nabokov
Chronicles of the Black Company, Glen Cook (very late for book club)
Hellboy: The Chained Coffin, Mike Mignola
Hellboy: Wake The Devil, Mike Mignola
Ragamuffin, Tobias Buckell
Slam, Nick Hornby (non genre, deal with it)

The question now remains as to whether I spend half a day re-indexing my books. The pedantic half of me cries out for it, the lazy half hasn't responded yet. If only I'd put more effort into posting what I was reading here...

**suupaabaka** · June 19th, 2008, 02:41 AM

Ah, Eventine! It's great to see another Book Depository junkie! I try to limit myself to a book or two a week, but I'm on occasion gripped by a bout of compulsive buying.

Glad I'm not alone

My most recent purchase in Fantasy (also from the Depo!) would be the Orcs omnibus by Stan Nichols. Never read anything by him, but the concept was just too intriguing to resist.

**Ondine** · June 21st, 2008, 05:08 PM

Well I'm just after splashing out on Amazon and bought ....

The Prince of Nothing Trilogy - S Bakker
Soldier Son Trilogy - Robin Hobb (Not sure whether I'm going to enjoy these but I'll give them a go anyway)
A Darkness at Sethanon - Raymond E. Feist

I've just started Terry Goodkind - Wizards First Rule while I wait for the postman

**BrightStar** · June 22nd, 2008, 03:20 PM

Went on a bit of a books shopping spree today, since I just couldn't resist a bargain:

Winterbirth (been hearing some good things mentioned about this one on the forums here)
The Snow-walker Trilogy ("The Snow-walker's Son", "The Empty Hand", "The Soul Thieves")
The Blackgod
Heroes Die
The Braided Path Trilogy (Weavers Of Saramyr, The Skein Of Lament, The Ascendancy Veil)

And a few others; mainly horrors, since I felt like a change from the fantasy genre, so I figured I'd keep them off this list.

**Randy M.** · June 26th, 2008, 07:07 AM

I was behaving myself for the last few weeks then went slightly nuts Monday,

Kushiel's Avatar by Jacquiline Carrey
The Unblemished by Conrad Williams
Galactic North by Alastair (sp?) Reynolds

Plus I ordered a few books on-line.

Randy M.

**blake06** · June 27th, 2008, 10:06 AM

I've recently ordered on PaperBackSwap:

The Riddlemaster Trilogy by Patricia McKillip
Legend by David Gemmell
The King Beyond the Gate by David Gemmell
A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers

**Justin2209** · June 27th, 2008, 10:22 AM

Just picked up Gardens Of The Moon by Steven Erikson and The Magician's Guild by Trudi Canavan. Not sure when I'll read them but they are on the shelf now anyway.

**Julian** · June 29th, 2008, 06:16 PM

Here's what I bought/ordered recently:

Steven Erikson - Toll The Hounds
I waited till Amazon UK said it was "in stock", then hit the click button. Wonder when it'll arrive...

Garth Nix - Superior Saturday
I waited till Amazon UK (etc.)

Joseph Delaney - The Spook's Mistake
Fifth of a fine and often overlooked YA series. This isn't the best of the bushell, but it's a good read nonetheless.

Paul Park - The Hidden World
Fourth and final volume in what surely must be one of the best fantasy series in recent years. I've read the first three, but am saving this for the right moment. Going out on a limb here, though, I'm happy to predict that, overall, this series is modern fantasy at its finest - and a far cry from the so-called "gritty" stuff which has imbued so much recent fantasy.

Greg Keyes - The Born Queen
Surprisingly satisfactory conclusion to his Kingdoms of Bone And Thorn tetralogy. Will be disregarded by many.

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Originally Posted by Abhorsen

I found that on my books shelf the other day and it has been read but I have no recollection at of reading it, is it worth a reread?

With regards to The Briar King:

Well, it's the first of a tetralogy*, and I just commented favourably on the fourth and final volume, The Born Queen, above.

This is a good series, but you need to read all of it to appreciate it. One of the things I like about it is that, for a more or less traditional "epic" fantasy, it's pretty self-contained by today's standards. It has a beginning and - rather more importantly - an ending, and by the time it ends, it actually does. And rather cleverly, too.

Having said that, if "The Briar King" made so little impression that you can't even remember having read it, such remarks may well be totally superfluous

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*The four books are:

The Briar King
The Charnel Prince
The Blood Knight
The Born Queen

And here's the thread on the series:

http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15401

**Nimea** · July 1st, 2008, 07:30 AM

Spending the weekend in London - and finding that ordering online on amazon.de or buying at my favorite bookhop in Munich is still the cheaper way to get UK books . . . Mmh.

Anyway, I couldn't resist:
Reaper's Gale and The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson
Heroes - the comic

And since I didn't find this in Germany yet: Culture Smart! Korea

**Eventine** · August 3rd, 2008, 06:08 PM

The following have either just arrived or about to arrive from The Book Depository:
Neuropath, Scott Bakker (read it already, pretty good if only for having read one of the books that inspired it, A Mind of its Own by Cordelia Fine)
Gun with Occasional Music, Jonathan Lethem
The Secret History of Moscow, Ekaterina Sedia
Heart-Shaped Box, Joe Hill
Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie
The Books of the South: Tales of the Black Company, Glen Cook
The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Hellboy: Right Hand of Doom, Mike Mignola
Three Days to Never, TimPowers
The Separation, Christopher Priest
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Cory Doctorow
First Among Sequels, Jasper Fforde
Realms: The First Year of Clarkesworld Magazine
Lord Tophet, Greg Frost
Y: The Last Man - Whys and Wherefores, Brian K. Vaughan
Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell
Heroes (the comic like Nimea above me)

I'm really looking forward to the concluding volume of the Y: The Last Man series. Three Days to Never looks promising as well.

**Rob B** · August 3rd, 2008, 09:35 PM

Originally Posted by Eventine

Y: The Last Man - Whys and Wherefores, Brizn K. Vaughan

I'm really looking forward to the concluding volume of the Y: The Last Man series.

I was not disappointed in this at all. I've been following this in trades and did everything I could (or rather couldn't) to avoid any spoilers and managed to meet that goal. This series is fantastic and Vaughn should be applauded. I'll leave it at that for now.

**thrinidir** · August 4th, 2008, 04:28 AM

Kay Kenyon's The Bright of The Sky (I'm really happy about this one)
Watchmen by Alan Moore
& Chritopher Priest's The Separation

=good haul all in all

**Corporal Blues** · August 4th, 2008, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by thrinidir

Kay Kenyon's The Bright of The Sky (I'm really happy about this one)
Watchmen by Alan Moore

Hey Thrinidir-

I recently just picked these books up as well. I just finished The Watchmen and I really enjoyed it. The story telling is fantastic.

The Bright of the Sky, on the other hand, may be a while before I get around to it, although I will be interested to hear your thoughts, as it seems we often have similar tastes.

**thrinidir** · August 5th, 2008, 06:26 PM

It does, doesn't it?

I'm looking forward to read Watchmen...and Kenyon's book as well - I've heard only good stuff about it + the book was a courtesy from PYR so I'll have to get to it asap. Thanks for the heads up.