I just bought.....

[Leiali]

I also went to my local Waldenbooks this evening, since I received a Preferred Reader Certificate in the mail, and picked up the final installment in Elizabeth Haydon's "Symphony of the Ages Trilogy", "Destiny". I have a question though, if Haydon's Symphony of the Ages is a trilogy and not a series, are her new "Requiem for the Sun" and upcoming "Elegy for a Lost Star" a new trilogy or a spinoff?

Sorry, can't help you there, I read Rhapsody and then the next one...but decided not to continue, as I felt that she over played certain plot lines. And the main characters started to irritate me. But, what is a 'Preferred Reader Certificate'?! It sounds a bit odd..

 

[Spears&Buckler]

I also went to my local Waldenbooks this evening, since I received a Preferred Reader Certificate in the mail, and picked up the final installment in Elizabeth Haydon's "Symphony of the Ages Trilogy", "Destiny". I have a question though, if Haydon's Symphony of the Ages is a trilogy and not a series, are her new "Requiem for the Sun" and upcoming "Elegy for a Lost Star" a new trilogy or a spinoff?

Requiem for the Sun continues Rhapsody's story. I cannot remember for sure, but I think it's a few years after the conclusion of Destiny. Elegy for a Lost Star will be the sequel to Requiem, though I do not know if this new series will be a trilogy.

 

[brightcrow]

Armed with a 15% coupon, a store credit, and a list of 20 books, I went to Borders with high hopes. I found only three, but fortunately an Amazon order arrived that afternoon as well. Yesterday's additions to my huge TBR library:
Donnerjack, Roger Zelazny's last novel (anyone read it?)
The Phoenix Exultant, John C. Wright (to complete the trilogy, all TBR)
Alphabet of Thorn, Patricia McKillip
Bitten , Kelley Armstrong
Tales of the Dying Earth , Jack Vance (omnibus of the trilogy)
Wraeththu , Storm Constantine (omnibus of the trilogy)
Riddle-Master , Patricia McKillip (omnibus of the trilogy)

 

[FicusFan]

My latest haul from one of the local chains:

Trash Sex Magic by Jennifer Stevenson TP
Vamps : Deadly Women of The Night Edited by Martin Greenberg, PB
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling, TP
I am probably one of the few on the planet to wait for it to go into paper
Lust: Four Letters. Infinite Possibilities. by Geoff Ryman TP

 

[brightcrow]

Heh, I just ordered Trash Sex Magic earlier today. Sounds like fun.

 

[FicusFan]

Heh, I just ordered Trash Sex Magic earlier today. Sounds like fun.

It looks interesting. Inside the book there is praise from the following authors:
John Crowley, Nalo Hopkinson, Ellen Kushner, Audrey Niffenegger, and Gene Wolfe, so it is either going to be really good, or it is such a dud they had to bring in all these heavyweights. I am hoping for the good option.

 

[FicusFan]

My early August local purchases which I didn't post yet.

Strange Cargo by Jeffrey Barlough, TP
A Fortress of Grey Ice by J.V. Jones, PB (Her first book with Tor, and it looks HIDEOUS - like they are channelling BAEN )
Neurolink by M.M. Buckner, PB
Night Play by Sherrilyn Kenyon, PB
Amazonia by James Rollins, PB
Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine, PB
The Wraiths of Will and Pleasure by Storm Constantine, TP
I Thirst for You by Susan Sizemore, PB
Freedom's Gate by Naomi Kritzer, PB
One King, One Soldier by Alexander Irvine, TP
The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad by Minister Faust, TP
Threshold by Sara Douglass, PB

 

[Leiali]

um, ficus fan, how come you boughtI thirst for you by Susan Sizemore? Not sure how to put this, but this is the kind of book where if I were not anonymous on this forum, I would be a bit embarrassed about having read it. Luckily, my shame factor is pretty small, but I must say, this is not a fantasy book....except perhaps 'adult fantasy'.

 

[FicusFan]

um, ficus fan, how come you boughtI thirst for you by Susan Sizemore? Not sure how to put this, but this is the kind of book where if I were not anonymous on this forum, I would be a bit embarrassed about having read it. Luckily, my shame factor is pretty small, but I must say, this is not a fantasy book....except perhaps 'adult fantasy'.

Acutally it isn't the first in the series, but the second. It is a vampire/romance/erotica I think but haven't read either of them yet. It is pretty much fantasy anyway you look at it.

I have read a standalone SF space opera by Susan Sizemore Gates of Hell, and her mainstream vampire series Heroes of the Blood. I liked those so I picked these up figuring I would try them out.

In terms of being embarrassed, not even close. I read all kinds of stuff up to and including gay S&M porn. About the only thing I don't read is true crime splatterpunk - just not a big gore fan. I think the more you read, and the more different types of things you read - especially those viewpoints that you wouldn't normally encounter in real life, the more well-rounded a person you are. I don't think there are bad types of books, only badly written individual books. Just an adult reading fantasy - no cause for embarrassment -

 

[Blackwing]

For my birthday I got some books:
A collection of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Part Three of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede
Emperor: The Gates of Rome by CONN IGGULDEN (translated)
Bone book 8 the Treasurehunters (translated)
Don Quixote

 

[Cymric]

went to Barnes and Nobles last night to study and could not resist so I bought
The Eyes of God by John Marco
Devlins Justice (book three of the sword of change) by Patricia Bray

 

[FicusFan]

Did some book shopping today, hit my local independent bookstore and two used bookstores.

New:

The Imperium Game by K.D. Wntworth, PB
The Druid King by Norman Spinrad, TP

Non-Fiction:

Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynn Truss, HC

Book ordered from the UK:

The Gates of Hell by Paul Doherty, PB

Used Books:

Sirens by Eric Van Lustbader, PB
Black Heart by Eric Van Lustbader, PB
Empire of Fear by Brian Stableford, PB
Blade: Movie Novelization by Mel Odom, PB
Aqua Alta by Donna Leon, PB
Perfume by Patrick Suskind, PB

Non-Fiction:

The Black Death by Philip Ziegler, TP

 

[Luke_B]

It looks interesting. Inside the book there is praise from the following authors:
John Crowley, Nalo Hopkinson, Ellen Kushner, Audrey Niffenegger, and Gene Wolfe, so it is either going to be really good, or it is such a dud they had to bring in all these heavyweights. I am hoping for the good option.

Trash, Sex, Magic certainly looks good. Small Beer Press have some great titles out at the moment. As a student on a government allowance, they're a little pricey for me, so it will take me some time to save up for them.

Most bookshops in the Canberra region are very crappy, so I do most of my book purchasing online. I have The Iron Council by China Mieville and Cages by Dave McKean on order. Should arrive later this week.

 

[Priestvyrce]

Trash, Sex, Magic certainly looks good. Small Beer Press have some great titles out at the moment. As a student on a government allowance, they're a little pricey for me, so it will take me some time to save up for them.

Most bookshops in the Canberra region are very crappy, so I do most of my book purchasing online. I have The Iron Council by China Mieville and Cages by Dave McKean on order. Should arrive later this week.

Is this the same Dave McKean, who did the covers for several Sandman comic books?

 

[Luke_B]

Sure is. It's his own graphic novel, which he wrote and illustrated. It looks brilliant.

 

[FicusFan]

Trash, Sex, Magic certainly looks good. Small Beer Press have some great titles out at the moment. As a student on a government allowance, they're a little pricey for me, so it will take me some time to save up for them.

Most bookshops in the Canberra region are very crappy, so I do most of my book purchasing online. I have The Iron Council by China Mieville and Cages by Dave McKean on order. Should arrive later this week.

I have started Trash Sex Magic and am about 80 pages in. It is good so far. Centered on eath magic along a river bank, with a group of people who are trailer trash and odd, and a mother and daughter who are part of the trailer set and apparently use sex to work/access the magic. It works. They are fighting a development project that wants to evict them and use the river bank, and the state that wants to take two of their wild children. The writing is very beautiful. The characters are not made fun of in their oddness, and they each speak a little differently.

 

[Shayna]

Since I haven't really been keeping up lately, have been looking back over what people have been purchasing!! Quite alot of different books out there!

I see Brightcrow picked up Bitten by Kelly Armstrong! My daughter has read that and of course she has asked me to read it,. saying pretty good things about it!!

There are alot there that I haven't hear of late..so will definitely take alook around found out about them!!!

 

[Eventine]

I picked up Jeff Vandermeers Veniss Underground last night. I'll start on it after I finish 1610 (based on thickness it'll take me about 15% of the time to read).

 

[Erfael]

picked up, in no particular order or genre classification:

Ford, The Dragon Waiting - after hearing about it here, I saw this at my local used shop. It's actually signed from ChimeraCon IV

Daniels, Metaplanetary
Flynn, Wreck of the River of Stars
Niven, Ringworld
Reynolds, Redemption Ark
Adams, Watership Down
Le Guin, Tehanu
Hamilton, Fallen Dragon
Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky
Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep
Le Guin, Tales of Earthsea
Le Guin, The Other Wind
King, Hearts in Atlantis
Cherryh, Rusalka
Beagle, The Innkeeper's Song
MacLeod, The Light Ages
Asimov; I, Robot
White, The Book of Merlyn
Matheson, I Am Legend
Friedman, Black Sun Rising
Kearney, Hawkwood's Voyage
Mary Stewart, The Hollow Hills
Salvatore, The Demon Awakens
Peake, Titus Alone
Peake, Titus Groan(s?)
Keyes, Empire of Unreason
Lovecraft, The Best of H.P. Lovecraft

That's not one take, but several trips worth. That's all I can remember right off....could be a few I missed.

 

[Luke_B]

A trip to my local independent bookstore turned up the following:

Mitchell Smith: Snowfall and Kindom River

Set in a post-apocalyptic ice age Colorado, this probably belongs in the science fiction category, but as the characters in the story rely on technology at the level of ancient civilisations, this would appeal to fantasy readers. Described by one reviewer as Robert E. Howard meets Jack London.

Steve Erikson: Garden of the Moon (secondhand)

I was waiting for Tor to release the US edition in paperback just because I dig the pulp cheesiness of the cover art (dodgy reason, I know), but I couldn't resist picking up this secondhand copy of the first book in a series I've heard so many good things about.