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I just picked up something that looked so interesting I actually got it in Hardcover. It is the English translation of a German SF story.

The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach
It seems to be low-tech fantasy type of indigenous people who come up against SF people in space ships. The men, those who aren't culled in childhood as boys, spend their whole lives weaving one amazing intricate carpet out of the hair of their wives and daughters. The carpets go to the Emperor and beyond ....

In German it is called: Die Haarteppich-Knupfer (can't make the two dots over the U) -- Calling Nimea : have you ever heard of it or read anything by him ?
 
Under the Glacier, Halldor Laxness
SF by Laxness?! :eek: I had to see this!

Never Let Me Go (Signed 1st Edition), Kazuo Ishiguro
 
Ficus calling - no other chance than to react. ;)

Yes, I heard about Andreas Eschbach but until now have not read any of his many books. He is well-known to German SF fans - and my boss who is more of a SF fan than me (I am more into Fantasy but like to try everything that somehow catches my interest) likes him a lot. She has read everything by him. After seeing the review to Carpet Makers in the Locus mag (which by the way made me really happy) I asked her which books I should try - I have yet to determine where our taste is similar and where it is different but her opinion of books is interesting and she is never a simple fan-girl.

She told me to read either Carpet Makers, Quest or Der Letzte seiner Art (The Last of His Kind). If I ever get to it I will try Carpet Makers first but it is currently out of print (well, the German book not the translation) and will be re-released in June.

On of his books was also made into a TV movie - Jesus-Video. But I did not watch it and heard nothing good about it. The book itself never makes me want to read it either.

(Funny, I made a short blog entry about him a few days ago.)

For more information on his books see his homepage which is also available in English.

No matter if I will like him or not I am very glad he gets international recognition. *shrug* Yeah, that's the way I am. ;)

I am neither well-read in SF nor do I look much into the SF forum but it would be great if you let me know when you read the book and what you think about it, Ficus. :)

Oh, and just because I can do it: Die Haarteppichknüpfer :D
 
Nimea said:
Ficus calling - no other chance than to react. ;)

Yes, I heard about Andreas Eschbach but until now have not read any of his many books. He is well-known to German SF fans - and my boss who is more of a SF fan than me (I am more into Fantasy but like to try everything that somehow catches my interest) likes him a lot. She has read everything by him. After seeing the review to Carpet Makers in the Locus mag (which by the way made me really happy) I asked her which books I should try - I have yet to determine where our taste is similar and where it is different but her opinion of books is interesting and she is never a simple fan-girl.

She told me to read either Carpet Makers, Quest or Der Letzte seiner Art (The Last of His Kind). If I ever get to it I will try Carpet Makers first but it is currently out of print (well, the German book not the translation) and will be re-released in June.

On of his books was also made into a TV movie - Jesus-Video. But I did not watch it and heard nothing good about it. The book itself never makes me want to read it either.

(Funny, I made a short blog entry about him a few days ago.)

For more information on his books see his homepage which is also available in English.

No matter if I will like him or not I am very glad he gets international recognition. *shrug* Yeah, that's the way I am. ;)

I am neither well-read in SF nor do I look much into the SF forum but it would be great if you let me know when you read the book and what you think about it, Ficus. :)

Oh, and just because I can do it: Die Haarteppichknüpfer :D
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Thanks Nimea. I will let you know what I think when I read it. I knew you were more into fantasy, but I though you would be happy to know that some of the German genre had made it here. Hope it does well. :)
 
Before I forget:

Last Friday I picked up "A Forest of Stars," book 2 in Kevin Anderson's "Saga of the Seven Suns" series. I had my issues with the first book, but it was good enough to give the next one a go.
 
I just ordered Tumbling After, by Paul Witcover, in hardback. I read around and it seems to have been highly anticipated following his first book a few years ago, Waking Beauty, oop in the US, which I ordered too, used. Has anyone read Waking Beauty?
 
I just ordered Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword from Border's Books. I should get it in about two to three weeks. I'm pretty excited!
 
intensityxx said:
I just ordered Tumbling After, by Paul Witcover, in hardback. I read around and it seems to have been highly anticipated following his first book a few years ago, Waking Beauty, oop in the US, which I ordered too, used. Has anyone read Waking Beauty?
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I have Waking Beauty but have not read it. It looked like an interesting dark fantasy. I got it when it was still in print, and somehow it has been buried, and I never got to it. I also have Tumbling After (ARC) and I have been thinking I wanted to read the other book first, even though they aren't really connected.

BTW I went to Paul Witcover's reading at Worldcon. He read something completely unrelated to his 2 books, it was something he was still working on: about magical clocks a snow-bound alpine villiage, and a clock inspector charged with fixing clocks and destroying those not sanctioned by their guild. It was very interesting.
 
Ok these are the SF books from my start-of-the-month-haul:

The Skinner by Neal Asher, PB

Survival by Julie Czerneda, PB
Book 1 of Species Imperative

Those Who Walk in Darkness by John Ridley, PB

Now onto the General Fiction thread for my non-genre purchases.
 
I went to B&N yesterday hoping to pick up as many of the Hugo nominated novels as I could find. And while I did find books by Iain Banks, Ian MacDonald, Charles Stross & China Mieville, I didn't find any of their actual Hugo books for this year. Methinks I wasn't the only one with that goal; I'll be checking some of my other local stores. Although I do know that I won't be able to find "The Algebraist," it appears to only be out in the UK and only there in hardcover. So it's all about amazon.co.uk. :D

The only Hugo nominee I was able to find was "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell," although it was in the normal fiction section instead of the genre fiction section. I picked that up, and also "Newton's Wake" by K. MacLeod to console myself at striking out on other Hugo purchases. :( :D
 
The End of the Game by Sheri S Tepper, omnibus hardcover. (Jinian Footseer, Dervish Daughter, Jinian Star-Eye)
Actually bought it a couple of weeks ago, just started reading it.
 
In another futile quest for Hugo Nominees, I instead ended up with "Hammered" by Elizabeth Bear. Sounds interesting.
 
Not all the Hugo books are published in the US yet. I think the ones that are published here ( Jonathan Strange ..., Iron Council, Iron Sunrise ) are all still in HC, and they have been out for a while. You may have to order them.

Iron Sunrise is supposed to be out in PB next month, the trade PB for Iron Council is due out in July, and Jonathan Strange ... is coming out in September in trade PB.
 
Yeah, I knew that "River of Gods" and "The Algebraist" I was going to have to order, but I knew that I'd seen "Iron Sunrise" in the store before and I figured that "Iron Council" would be around as well. Be that as it may: 3rd day, 3rd B&N, no Hugo nominee but I did get "White Devils" by Paul MacAuley and (especially after hearing good reviews around here) "Warchild" by K. Lowachee.

I may only have one Hugo nominee (so far), but I've really stocked back up on SF MMPBs that are on my To-Read List. :D
 
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Continuing the never-ending stream of PKD additions to Gollancz's SF Masterworks line - The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick.
 
emohawk said:
Continuing the never-ending stream of PKD additions to Gollancz's SF Masterworks line - The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick.
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Very good book. I'm surprised it hasn't been made into a movie. I just got the Martian Time Slip in the mail today, by the same author.
 
I just got the following SF books:

Heaven by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen, PB
it was on order for 2 weeks.

The Two of Them by Joanna Russ, TP
a re-issue edition
 
Got an order from Amazon.com yesterday (still waiting on one from Amazon.co.uk).

"Air (Or Have, Not Have" by Geoff Ryman
"Iron Sunrise" by Charles Stross
"Iron Council" by China Mieville
 
Sundiver and Startide Rising by David Brin. Never read Brin beforebut he just keep popping up as a really good SF author. So I need to give him a shot.
 
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