Picked up six new/used books over the holidays; many of chosen due to what I've seen recommended here:
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Tripoint by CJ Cherryh
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
Tears of the Sun by SM Stirling
Angels of Vengence by John Birmingham
Old Man's War by John Scalzi
My TBR pile continues to grow!
Just thought I would share my Christmas book haul with everybody:
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake
Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Infinity's Shore and Heaven's Reach by David Brin
Tales of the Dying Earth (Fantasy Masterworks edition) by Jack Vance
The Book of the New Sun, Volume 2(Fantasy Masterworks edition) by Gene Wolfe (I ordered volume 1 but received the second volume instead. Oh well, I'll just have to go and order the first one now)
The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi
I hope you all got some exciting books to keep you entertained in the New Year!
Since my last post:
The Demolished Man (S.F. Masterworks) - Alfred Bester
The Last Chancers (Omnibus) (Warhammer 40,000) - Gav Thorpe
The Smallest Detail (Ciaphas Cain short story; Warhammer 40,000) - Sandy Mitchell
The Little Things (As above; Black Library Advent Calendar) - As Above
Out Caste (Black Library Advent Calendar) - Peter Fehervari
Today:
Saturn's Children - Charles Stross
The Last Ditch (Ciaphas Cain #8; Warhammer 40,000) - Sandy Mitchell
The Greater Good (Ciaphas Cain #9; Warhammer 40,000) - As Above
Will reference this list to brush up on my reading!
Edge of Infinity edited by Jonathan Strahan. Paul Weimer's review at SFSignal and Carl's review at Stainless Steel Droppings put me over the edge on my decision to buy it.
This is right up my alley. Just bought the ebook. Thanks for making aware of it.Originally Posted by Rob B
I've been eyeing that as well, I think Liviu really liked it too. Looking forward to your thoughts whenever it comes up mount Toberead...like lava I guess.
I just ordered The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord from Galaxy Books.
Just one for now. I picked up Niven's Ringworld last weekend from a discount/remaindered book store.
River of Gods - Ian McDonald (Yeah, the eye-searing Gollancz cover)
The Healer's War - Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan
Really enjoying this so far. Bought off the back of a shelf-side recommendation from another browsing customer who had read a lot more sci-fi than me. He also tried to persuade me to buy The Blade Itself by Abercrombie but the first few pages compared with AC didn't seem as good - a poor way to choose perhaps but there could be only one! I also feel tired of Fantasy having read so much when I was younger - but that's another story - for now AC is really good fun.
You still should check out the Abercrombie. It's rather good.
The Rapture of the Nerds by Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross.
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