I just bought.....

[JohnH]

Usually with amazon, no matter which one, it saves money if you combine more than one item. Assuming you plan on buying more than one item. Most U.S. releases are offered via Amazon.ca so if there is something you can add to your order that you wnat but is not offered in the UK, you might want to do that.

My most recent purchase was the entire inventory of small college library that merged with a larger university. Apparently the librarian in charge of purchasing fiction was a huge fantasy fan and now I am the proud owner of about 400 hardcover fantasy books, many of which I don't think were out in hardcover but were in library bindings. Paid $75.00 for the whole deal. Won't go into a list obviously but includes almost all of Lawrence Watt-Evans, Barbara Hambly, Glen Cook, Terry Brooks, Tanith Lee, Turtledove, Dave Duncan just to name a few. Some I have but either not in hardcover or not in the pristine condition most of these books are in. Some I have never heard of, which will make for fun. And of course, some I have no desire to own, but for about 20 cents each, I can always take the ones I don't want and....well do just about whatever I want.

 

[FicusFan]

Ok I used my coupon at B&N and then got new books at Borders

Blood Worship by Barbara Mack, TP
The Companions by Sherri Tepper, PB
The Amber Room by Steve Berry, PB
Trading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon, PB
A Telling of Stars by Caitlin Sweet, TP
Dinosaur Samurai by Stephen Leigh, PB
Neutrino Drag by Paul di Filippo, TP
Savage Membrane by Steve Niles, TP
King Arthur (movie tie-in) by Frank Thompson, PB
Gridlinked by Neal Asher, PB
The Quick by Dan Vining, PB

 

[Iskaral Pust]

Found what I'm positive will be a gem in a used book store yesterday. The Oxford Books of Fantasy Stories contains 31 short stories from 1889 to 1992, covering all most influential authors in the genres. Encludes stories by Lord Dunsany, HP Lovecraft, Robert Howard, Clark Ashton SMith, Catherine Moore, Fritz Leiber, Ray Bradbury, Jack Vance, Theodore Sturgeon, Poul Anderson, Mervyn Peake, Larry Niven, James Tiptree and Tanith Lee. Can't wait to get started. I'm going to have to find it's sister volumes on Sci-fi and horror.

 

[Mithfânion]

So Ficus, would you say that aim to buy over 50% of all new releases in the fantastical genres? Or more than that?

 

[Priestvyrce]

So Ficus, would you say that aim to buy over 50% of all new releases in the fantastical genres? Or more than that?

Now don't tease Ficus. He's just doing his patriotic duty to keeping the book industry alive and well.

 

[brightcrow]

Ficus is a he? Somehow I thought Ficus was a woman, by the choice of books maybe. And here, he was my role model, heh.

Oh, and I got my order from Powell's, a set of two used bookclub volumes of the first 5 books of Amber, highly recommended here somewhere.

 

[FicusFan]

I'll never tell

I buy what I like. I have an Excel list by author, pub-date, title, and type (HC,PB,TP), so that I don't miss the books I want. Also to keep track of HC books for the year to 18 months before they go into PB. I use Locus and other more random sources to develop the list.

If they didn't go out of print so quickly I wouldn't have to, but I am not trying for a specific percentage or numerical goal. Nor do I feel motivated to singlehandedly keep the book industry afloat - but if it helps, dang it, I want a discount

 

[brightcrow]

Ficus is a he? Somehow I thought Ficus was a woman, by the choice of books maybe. And here, he was my role model, heh.

I'll never tell

It doesn't matter, I already figured out that Ficus is a shape-shifter, so she becomes who we think she is. Since she inspires me to ever-greater book purchases, I really want to see a photo of her bookshelves, all of them (or boxes? or?). I'm presently culling unread hardback lit fic from my shelves to make room for more spec fic, so I'd love to see how she stores so much.

 

[Priestvyrce]

Reasons for not having bought anything for a while:

TBR List :

Curse of the Mistwraith- Jane Wurtz

City of the Sorceress- Mary Hebert

The Painter Knight- Fionna Patton

A Princess of Chameln- Cherry Wilder

The Kalevide- Lou Goble

The White Raven- Diana Paxson

The Phoenix Guard, Five Hundred Years After, The Books of Taltos and Athyra- Steven Brust

An Earthly Crown- Kate Elliot

The Shore of Women- Pamela Sargent

Islandia- Austen Tappan Wright

Dhalgren- Samuel R. Delany

The Lady of Sorrows and The Battle of Everknight- Cecilia Dart-Thornton

Fortress Draconis- Michael Stackpole

Heroes Die Mathew Woodring Stover

and a few non-fantasy/scifi novels.

I got a while before I can buy with a "pure" concisous any more novels.

 

[brightcrow]

Nice list, priest. You'll have some good times ahead. I'm trying to finish the last book in the Coldfire Trilogy...looks like I'll have it done by tomorrow, much to discuss there.

Someone gave me some books which I'm not sure are worth keeping or reading...first glance is not my cuppa (medieval times), but I'm wondering if it's something worthwhile: there are 3 Kristin Lavransdatter books by Sigrid Undset. Has anyone heard of these? They look like historical fiction, but my friend told me there's fantasy in them.

 

[Eventine]

I picked up The charnel Prince by Greg Keyes and Paladin of Souls by Lois Bujold (sp?).
I've started Charnel Prince already - I couldnt resist.

 

[Luke_B]

From Amazon.com:

Jennifer Stevenson: TRASH SEX MAGIC (TPB)
Clare Dudman: ONE DAY THE ICE WILL MELT AND REVEAL ITS DEAD (HC)
Jorge Luis Borges: FICCIONES (HC)*
Jeffrey Ford: THE FANTASY WRITER'S ASSISTANT AND OTHER STORIES (HC)

*I read a library copy of this last year and thought it was brilliant but have never been able to find a copy in bookshops.

 

[Priestvyrce]

Jennifer Stevenson: TRASH SEX MAGIC (TPB)
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See, if I didn't have this huge TBR list, I would've snatched this book up the minute that I saw a few months ago. But I can't really justify buying new books, eventhough I DO have some lapses. BUT I just HAD to get the new Mything Adventure novel and then of course, I had to get Stover's Heroes Die and Morrow's City of Truth.

See, it is a sickness, really. Kind of like eating a Ritz cracker, you just CAN'T have one!

 

[Erfael]

See, if I didn't have this huge TBR list, I would've snatched this book up the minute that I saw a few months ago. But I can't really justify buying new books, eventhough I DO have some lapses. BUT I just HAD to get the new Mything Adventure novel and then of course, I had to get Stover's Heroes Die and Morrow's City of Truth.

See, it is a sickness, really. Kind of like eating a Ritz cracker, you just CAN'T have one!

Is that your WHOLE TBR, Priest? If that's all of it you can surely buy more books. I've probably got a hundred or so, and you know how I buy...and take Ficus for a role model if you have to. And isn't it some sort of potato chips that you can't eat just one? I have only bought one book in the last week, Beauty, for the book club, and that's for the book club, so it's okay. Ficus told me I had to read it.

 

[FicusFan]

Nice list, priest. You'll have some good times ahead. I'm trying to finish the last book in the Coldfire Trilogy...looks like I'll have it done by tomorrow, much to discuss there.

Someone gave me some books which I'm not sure are worth keeping or reading...first glance is not my cuppa (medieval times), but I'm wondering if it's something worthwhile: there are 3 Kristin Lavransdatter books by Sigrid Undset. Has anyone heard of these? They look like historical fiction, but my friend told me there's fantasy in them.

I have Gunnar's Daughter by Sigrid Undset. I was written about 10 years before the trilogy about Kristin Lavransdatter. They are still in print in Penguin Classics I think.

My book was set in the 11th century during the Saga Age, the trilogy was set in 14th century Norway. I haven't read mine yet, but it looked interesting (without the commitment of the trilogy), and I picked it up after reading The Year of The Warrior by Lars Walker, which looked like a hack and slash HF influenced fantasy by BAEN. But it wasn't it was a fabulous story about the coming of Christianity to Norway, and about how people and cultures can be destroyed with the best of intentions. Amazon

So I had a taste for more set in the same setting.

The back of my book says she won a Nobel prize for the trilogy.

 

[FicusFan]

It doesn't matter, I already figured out that Ficus is a shape-shifter, so she becomes who we think she is. Since she inspires me to ever-greater book purchases, I really want to see a photo of her bookshelves, all of them (or boxes? or?). I'm presently culling unread hardback lit fic from my shelves to make room for more spec fic, so I'd love to see how she stores so much.

Its not the gender speculation, its the shapeshifter remark that hurts. I'm a not a 'were' fan I am a vampire fan.

I am having a bit of a problem with book storage, but only a minor one. I still think that if only I find the right method to stack my books I can get them all on my shelves. I am sure it defies a law of physics, but who cares, I just won't think about it. So I have knee-high piles (piles, piles, ...) on the floor of the dining room. You can still see the table though.

Sorry no digital camera so no pics of my poor shelves.

 

[Priestvyrce]

Is that your WHOLE TBR, Priest? If that's all of it you can surely buy more books. I've probably got a hundred or so, and you know how I buy...and take Ficus for a role model if you have to. And isn't it some sort of potato chips that you can't eat just one? I have only bought one book in the last week, Beauty, for the book club, and that's for the book club, so it's okay. Ficus told me I had to read it.

Actually, I forgot about twelve books or so, but the list was up to 70 or so. I just want to get what I already have read. It feels like I have to finish them ; before going on to other books.

 

[FicusFan]

Is that your WHOLE TBR, Priest? If that's all of it you can surely buy more books. I've probably got a hundred or so, and you know how I buy...and take Ficus for a role model if you have to. And isn't it some sort of potato chips that you can't eat just one? I have only bought one book in the last week, Beauty, for the book club, and that's for the book club, so it's okay. Ficus told me I had to read it.

Hey wasn't it you who started it ? Weren't you the one who complained that more people submitted books than read and discussed them ? I just suggested the obvious solution: that everyone on the book submission thread (is that a double entendre or what ) should be reading Beauty to avoid the problem.

 

[Erfael]

Hey wasn't it you who started it ? Weren't you the one who complained that more people submitted books than read and discussed them ? I just suggested the obvious solution: that everyone on the book submission thread (is that a double entendre or what ) should be reading Beauty to avoid the problem.

Nope, I think it was Eventine who started that discussion. I just contributed. And I've always been on the soapbox that everyone who submits and votes should participate, whether it be their book or not. I had a few months where it was tough for me to get in there due to moving issues, but I tried not to cast votes in those months so as to not bend the vote unnecessarily. And in time I'll catch up on the books I missed in that span of time. So there.

Almost finished with Beauty, which I BOUGHT last Tuesday in order to read for the Book Club (had to keep it somewhat on topic).

 

[Eventine]

Yeah, it was me. And as I said, I feel guilty about not discussing some.

And in time I'll catch up on the books I missed in that span of time. So there.

That's the plan...