I've just bought.... (Fantasy, version VI)

I've just done a bit of Googling and sadly, there are no Half Price Books stores in MS. The chain has a presence in a scattering of states across the country, but it looks like the closest to you may be in my neck of the woods; Houston.

BTW, Sorry for the double post, but I can't seem to edit my previous post. I get a HTTP 500 error when trying to save an update.
 
Obtuse said:
A couple months ago I finally finished (finished as it can be) my comprehensive fantasy to-buy list and ended up with nearly 700 books on it.
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I added up the cost of all the available books on my wishlist at book depository the other day and worked out it would cost me about eight grand (Australian). With the150 or so unavailable books on top of that I got scared...
 
I don't really even want to think about the money, but I did just do quick calculation and determined that if I was able to get all the books still on my list at the same prices I bought the above for, it would cost me around $2500 (US). Of course, I don't expect to be able to find all of the books used.

Also, I fully expect to remove a lot of the books on my list without reading them. Many are from authors I never read before and I'm sure I'll find that I don't care for many of them.

At any rate, that's a lot of books, Eventine. I'd be scared too.
 
Obtuse said:
At any rate, that's a lot of books, Eventine. I'd be scared too.
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Yes, but seeing them all in one place (bookshelf or stacks, take your pick) is it's own reward. I look at them all and smile, in a disturbing fashion, I'm told.
 
Very true. After getting the above haul home, I had to reorganize my bookshelf so they would all fit. Afterwards, I gazed upon what I had done and saw that it was good.
 
The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane by Robert E. Howard
The Last Witchfinder by James Morrow


Randy M.
 
Just picked up Clash of Kings and the first chunk of Storm of Swords. won't be reading them for a week or two though, most likely.
 
I just ordered the first 2 books of Keyes Kingdom of Thorn and Bone quartet, mostly based on Rob B's stellar review.

I am interested though in whose style Keyes is similar to. I know he was mentioned in Rob's Hero of Ages (Sanderson) review, but I'm not sure if that's because it is similar or just up-and-coming authors who follow their timetables for their series.

C'mon, I'm looking for more reasons to get excited about these books.:D
 
Latest fantasy buys:

A Sword from Red Ice - J.V. Jones
Tracing the Shadow - Sarah Ash
The Sharing Knife vol 3 - Lois M Bujold
 
The Terror: A Novel-Dan Simmons
Breath and Bone-Carol Berg
Bone Song-John Meaney
 
Aha,
I also just bought
Bone Song - Meaney
and Shadowfall - Clemens

Just need to finish reading Kavalier and Clay
 
Just ordered
Peter S Beagle - The Line Between
Wizards: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy

Ordered the last solely for the Beagle story in it, but hoping for some other decent ones.
 
Terry Brooks:
The Elfstones Of Shannara
The Wishsong Of Shannara
The Scions Of Shannara

Stephen King:
Eyes Of The Dragon

Jim Butcher:
Storm Front
Fool Moon
 
I haven't ordered anything from the SFBC in ages. They appear to be desperate, what with all the spams I've been getting about free shipping, and buy 2 get one free specials. So, I felt it was time to order:

Drood by Dan Simmons
The Steel Remains by Richard Morgan
Lamentation by Ken Scholes
 
The Legacy of Gird - Elizabeth Moon
The Singing - Alison Croggon
The Rai Kirah series - Carol Berg
 
The Book of Morgaine - C.J. Cherryh
The Dreaming Tree - C.J. Cherryh
 
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The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters, vols. 1 &2, by Gordon Dahlquist



Randy M.
 
Twelve-Jasper Kent
Judging Eye-Bakker
Lamentation-Scholes
Mortal Coils-Nylund
Drood-Simmons
Cloven hooves-Lindholm
The Separation-Priest
The Whale Road-Robert Low
Domino Men-Jonathan Barnes
Book of Lost Tales part 2-JRR Tolkien
Let the Right one in-Lindkvist
Goon: Chinatown
 
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