I just bought.....

[jfclark]

Originally posted by Llama
>>Llama: Well, the belief in the coming of the New Sun is just a belief, I don't think it impacts the argument much one way or another. The undines are a bit harder to fit, I agree, but it's not impossible, and I'm curious whether more explanation is given in URTH OF THE NEW SUN, which I am now reading, or in the LONG SUN or SHORT SUN books.

If you haven't finished reading The Urth of the New Sun, I won't give anything away, except to say that that book illumines much about what belief in the New Sun means, and how that belief matches, or doesn't match, reality. And if it counts for anything, I think that Urth was published as a sequel after Pringle published his book. (I'll do a quick Internet check to make sure.)

The rest of your points about tBotNS are well taken. Long Sun and Short Sun likewise are difficult to classify, but have much less of a feel of retro-medieval fantasy. Amazing books all of them, however.

 

[estranghero]

Interesting points raised, Llama & jfclark. Thanks for the heads up on the books. Still have book 1 of the New Sun on my to-read shelf (read book 2 a long, long time ago so it's up for a re-read again anyway).

 

[Rob B]

Originally posted by Rhaegar
By the way, I'm about halfway through Marco's book and I am enjoying it immensely.

IIRC, you mentioned you had a tough time with Jackal. If so, glad to see you stuck it out.

 

[Shadowen]

Recent purchases:

The first 4 of the Sun Sword series by Michelle West, (nearly finished book1 , The Broken Crown and am enjoying it)

Lady of the Sorrows, book 2 of the bitterbynde trilogy (excellent)
The Scar by China Mieville (awesome)
Blood of Mystery by Mark Anthony (haven't read it yet)
The Eyes of God by John Marco (disappointing)

 

[SirRob]

Recently I got J.V Jones's A Man betrayed and The Sum of All Men by David Farland. To be honest I thought the Sum of All Men was rubbish, but A Man Betrayed was pretty good like the first book in its trilogy.

By the way caldazar have you read Knight's Dawn yet and did you like it- I didn't.

 

[SusF]

I just bought The Hobbit in hardback, illustrated by Alan Lee. I have not read this book in 25 years. It's about time for a re-read.

Susan

 

[Cadfael]

I have just taken deliver of Megan Lindholm's The Limbreth Gate and her Luck Of The Wheels... books 3 and 4 of 'The Windsinger Quartet'. In the same parcel was the complete Winter Of The World series by Michael Scot Rohan... I do not know much about these books I have to be honest... but the price was good for 6 books.

I do love a bargain

 

[Mithfânion]

I've bought "Edgar Allan Poe: sixty-seven tales" amongst which are also "the raven and other poems". I figured I ought to give Poe a try.

 

[Warewolf]

Just picked these up Friday night:

Sir Apropos of Nothing - Peter David
Enchanter - Sara Douglass
The Vacant Throne - Ed Greenwood
Destiny - Elizabeth Haydon
The Heretic Kings - Paul Kearney
The Iron Wars - Paul Kearney
The Second Empire - Paul Kearney
Blade of Tyshalle - Matthew Woodring Stover
The Ring of Five Dragons - Eric Van Lustbader
Star Wars: Dark Journey - Elaine Cunningham
Star Wars: Rebel Dream - Aaron Allston

 

[Eventine]

Just bought Eyes of God by John Marco and The One Kingdom by Sean Russell.
More comments on Russell over on the Reading In July thread...

 

[Nimea]

Today I bought:
- Eye of the World - Jordan (nice black and simple cover; one day I will give it a try. )
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (read the German translation, now, when I need something to lighten my mood, I will read it again, this time without translation errors . . . )
- Selected Poems - William Wordsworth (mmh, always wanted some of his poems . . .)

 

[ChrisW]

I've been shopping again!

• Heroes Die
• Dawnthief
• Perido Street Station

 

[Sammie]

Good choices all, Caldazar. How on earth have you managed to decide which to read first!??

 

[Kevin]

Visited a library used book sale today!
Picked up:

The Once and Future King - White
Majipoor Chronicles - Robert Silverberg
1984 - Orwell
The Time Machine - Wells
The Lurking Fear and others - Lovecraft
The Left Hand of Darkness - Le Guin
The Odyssey - Homer (doh!)
The Architecture of Desire - Mary Gentle (never heard of it, but Gentle is a good author)
Serpent Mage - Weis & Hickman (have to start the Cycle now)

Quite a nice haul I thougt along with some classics (Pilgrim's Progress, Paradise Lost, Ship of Fools, Middlemarch, Red Badge of Courage, On the Road, Slaughterhouse Five, Atlas Shrugged and others) all for less than five dollars
I live for used book sales

 

[estranghero]

Went looking for and found a copy of Dan Simmon's Summer of Night at a local used books store based on a recommendation made again by FF.

Saw copies also of Robert Holdstock's Mythago Wood and Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword but didn't have enough cash. *sigh*

 

[Cardo]

I just bought

• M Musashi : The Book of Five Rings
• R.E.Feist & Forstchen: Honoured Enemy
• G Cook: Black Company
• R Hobb: Ship of Magic

But I havent yet got the two last books on the list even though I ordered them two weeks ago .

 

[Dakel]

I went to the bookstore today planning to get Dawnthief by James Barclay, but came out with The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay for some reason.

Oh, and speaking of A Book of Five Rings, there’s a copy online. I was going to post the link, but I’ve reconsidered (I’ll do so if the mods give me the go-ahead). I doubt Miyamoto would mind

 

[trentdick2882]

i just bought all 4 otherland novels and perdido street station and the scar by china mieville. now i'm ready for a week at the beach!

 

[estranghero]

Geez, TD2882, you're liable to break your shoulder carrying all of those books to the beach. Those are THICK books, man.

 

[Sammie]

But good books too.

Does anyone want to tell me whether The Scar is as good as Perdido????

Have Freedom's Ransom (McCaffrey) out from the library atm & so far am VERY glad i didn't pay for it.......