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[Ruby]

Most recent buys were last week: The Native Star, which was fabulous, Sunshine, which I needed a new (fourth) copy of, and Firethorn, which I had started on another occasion sitting in the bookstore and am quite sure I'll like.

I hope the person who finally found Norse Code likes it better than I did. :(

Congratulations to the people beginning the Deed of Paksenarrion! (and the person also beginning Tales of the Flat Earth). Two very different series that are without a doubt in my top ten favorite fantasy series of all.

[Ken]

Picked up
The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear

[Shel, Moderator]

Ken, I'd love to hear what you think when you're done with that. I've been hearing a lot about it and I'd like to read it, but at the same time I don't want to read it because I think it will just piss me off :)

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Went to a meeting today and arrived early--found a used bookstore in the shopping center across the street and walked out with Good Omens, The Lord of the Horses, Song of the Beast, and 3 old Witchworld books by Andre Norton. And still made it to the meeting on time!

[Sandra]

Sandra aka Sleo wrote: "I just pre-ordered the new C.J.Cherryh Foreigner book - Betrayer! Can't wait, out April 4th.

Also bought Heavy Time and Hellburner from her website."

And Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3)

[Ruby]

Kathi wrote: "Went to a meeting today and arrived early--found a used bookstore in the shopping center across the street and walked out with Good Omens, The Lord of the Horses, [book:..."

yay! Good Omens and Witch World!!!

[Paul]

ah, another day another book run...

today i came home with

All The Pretty Horses
Wintersmith
It's Obvious You Won't Survive by Your Wits Alone
The Saint
The Founding
The Lost

the last three are huge compilation volumes of Warhammer 40000 novels. while i generally avoid books based on games i've heard good things about the ones written by Dan Abnett so thought i'd give em a try

[Stefan, Group Founder + Moderator (Retired)]

By coincidence, I just got an ARC of Embedded by Dan Abnett. Looks promising. My goodness, that man has written a lot of Warhammer books.

[Paul]

Stefan wrote: "By coincidence, I just got an ARC of Embedded by Dan Abnett. Looks promising. My goodness, that man has written a lot of Warhammer books."

i didn't realise how many; the three volumes i've got contain twelve novels!

[Felina]

I just picked up The Griffin Mage Trilogy Omnibus (Lord of the Changing Winds, Land of the Burning Sands, Law of the Broken Earth) and Dreadnought. I thought I had ordered Boneshaker so I guess I'll have to get the first two of that series before I can read it.

[Ron]

Just picked up Bauchelain and Korbal Broach: Three Short Novels of the Malazan Empire, Volume One and it is hilarious.

[Anomander]

Stefan wrote: "By coincidence, I just got an ARC of Embedded by Dan Abnett. Looks promising. My goodness, that man has written a lot of Warhammer books."

Yep, Wikipedia: Dan Abnett bibliography :)

For anyone interested in getting into his Warhammer 40K books the best place to start off is with the Eisenhorn trilogy, Ravenor trilogy and the Gaunt's Ghosts series.

[Ron]

Just picked up and begun Yellow Blue Tibia: A Novel by the brilliant Adam Roberts. Great concept, excellent so far (early).

[Paul]

Ron wrote: "Just picked up and begun Yellow Blue Tibia: A Novel by the brilliant Adam Roberts. Great concept, excellent so far (early)."

i'm a little behind with Roberts; the last i read was The Snow, which i thought was his best yet, and i have On, Gradisil and Polystom

[Sandra]

Ron wrote: "Just picked up and begun Yellow Blue Tibia: A Novel by the brilliant Adam Roberts. Great concept, excellent so far (early)."

I have that on my 'wish list' on a recommendation/excellent review by someone here at Goodreads.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

SFBC had a deal for buy one, get one free and free shipping. It worked out to less that $9 a book, so I bought:

[Shel, Moderator]

nice! Have you been reading that Tad Williams series? Is it any good? I have the first book, but I haven't read it yet.

[Laurel]

I'm jealous. We don't have the Sci Fi Book Club in Canada. But, after three months of waiting, I finally received my short term disability from being off of work - such a relief!!! I went on a bit of a book binge on amazon...









A couple of favorite authors, and a few I'm curious about. Hope they're good!

[Ken]

Picked up a couple yesterday
First was a recommendation from the manager
Midnight Riot

Then something I have been waiting for
Elegy Beach

And finally a birthday gift for my Daughters birthday
Mockingjay

[Sandra]

I bought Among Others after reading Stefan's review. Also picked up Gardens of the MoonDeadhouse Gates for the series read starting Feb. 15.

Others recently bought - Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master, Downbelow Station (Company Wars, #3), Bangkok 8 (Sonchai Jitpleecheep, #1), The Soul Mirror, Blood Cross, and The Night Angel Trilogy

I think that's all.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Laurel wrote: "I'm jealous. We don't have the Sci Fi Book Club in Canada. But, after three months of waiting, I finally received my short term disability from being off of work - such a relief!!! I went on a b..."

Laurel, you have several books that I either recently got for Christmas or still have on my "to buy sometime" list.

Shel wrote: "nice! Have you been reading that Tad Williams series? Is it any good? I have the first book, but I haven't read it yet."

Shel, I haven't started that series yet, just collecting the books. I've liked everything I've read by him, so I assume I like this series, too.

[Kevin]

Could not pass up this deal, Small Favors by Jim Butchers brand new for $0.99 in hardcover, my third copy.

[Candiss]

(I didn't even know Stefan had set up one of these "show us your splurges" threads for Beyond Reality!)

Tonight I picked up from a local used bookstore:

Seven Japanese Tales by Junichiro Tanizaki (a favorite collection of mine)
The Key by Junichiro Tanizaki (one of his I haven't read)
Camp Concentration by Thomas M. Disch (I was very, very excited to find this!)
Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin (Oxford's translation by James E. Fagen)

[Kara]

Got to talking about classic Sci-Fi with one of my co-workers the other day (he's 62), and today, dropped off on my desk, is a nice little hardcover edition of Way Station with great cover art.
I'm a little excited! (am generally a fantasy girl - but trying to branch out)

[Candiss]

Kara - I really enjoyed Waystation! My fiance is a pulp/classic SF fan, and he adores Simak. I tend to shy away from much early SF due to my frustrations with frequent misogyny in the material, but I was assured Simak wasn't crass. This was the Simak he most wanted me to read last year, and it was great! I will definitely read more Simak in future.

I hope you enjoy it, too.

[Kara]

Awesome. So good to hear. Will definitely be reading this soon then.

Was just so nice of him to bring it in... and then this well kept older hardcover book, well, it's just atheistically pleasing as well.

=)

[Kara]

Ruby wrote: "Most recent buys were last week: The Native Star, which was fabulous, ..."

AWESOME! That one caught my eye by the cover at the book store, but has also been getting such great reviews. Am excited to read it. Thanks for the review.

Ruby wrote: "Congratulations to the people beginning the Deed of Paksenarrion!
..." Thanks - I'm one of them! Actually haven't started it yet... am attempting the Rift-War series for group read ATM. (But am VERY MUCH looking forward to it).

[Sandra]

I have The Deed of Paksenarrion in my pile, staring at me.

[Shel, Moderator]

Sandra aka Sleo wrote: "I have The Deed of Paksenarrion in my pile, staring at me."

Oh, that one's been on my list for a long time, but I haven't managed to get my hand on a copy yet. Looking forward to your review when you read it!

[Sandra]

Shel wrote: "Sandra aka Sleo wrote: "I have The Deed of Paksenarrion in my pile, staring at me."

Oh, that one's been on my list for a long time, but I haven't managed to get my hand on a copy yet...."

Don't hold your breath! Other things are looking far more interesting at this point.

I just bought True Grit. Absolutely loved the old John Wayne movie, haven't seen the new one yet but want to. Decided to read the book. :)

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Shel wrote: "Oh, that one's been on my list for a long time, but I haven't managed to get my hand on a copy yet...."

My husband spotted this several years ago and bought it for me as a surprise. I REALLY liked it and recommend it highly.

[Paul]

yesterday i came home with:

Dreamsongs by George RR Martin
Swiftly by Adam Roberts
Libra by Don Delillo
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
and Funeral in Berlin by Len Deighton

now i just need to find somewhere to put them...

[L]

Yesterday just bought the 3rd bok in the Broken Well Trilogy Soul's Reckoningby Sam Bowring - almost finished
Also got Arrows of Timeby Kim Falconer. Looking forwards to getting into that one too.

[Ruby]

I've entered and left book clubs four times - both times it was two clubs at once and it ended up being fairly expensive to pay them off because they kept refusing to acknowledge end of contract payments I'd sent them and demanding the same money be paid AGAIN. Once about eight years ago (SFBC and Folio Society) and in high school I have to admit I had TWO memberships in SFBC at my parents' different addresses.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

I'm another who joins for the great deal, gets through my requirement, and then later quits. A few years later, I join again. Got my husband to do it, too. Recently they had a BOGO offer plus free shipping. Otherwise, I don't buy, just browse.

[Shel, Moderator]

I never participate in those. Good deals, but I don't like hardcovers, and I buy enough books already...

[Candiss]

I just bought The Knitter's Companion Deluxe Edition w/DVD. It's certainly not speculative, but I like to think it's pleasantly geeky. ;) (I used to do some crochet and embroidery when I was a kid, and I've wanted to learn to knit for a long time. I learn best via self-teaching, and I've had a couple of people recommend this book, so I finally decided it was time to teach myself something new!)

Oh! To make it relevant to the current conversation: I bought the book through the Science Fiction Book Club's affiliate clubs program, fulfilling 1 of 4 purchases for my current membership. I joined back up when they dropped the annoying auto-sending of monthly books, and I figured 4 books in 2 years is something I can definitely do. (I'm a sucker for those sort of miniaturized hardbacks.)

[Shel, Moderator]

Just placed an order with Amazon today - Peril's Gate to continue with Wars of Light and Shadow, Iorich by Stephen Brust (the latest Vlad Taltos, finally out in paperback), and a nonfiction title I've been wanting to read: Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. Sounds both interesting and highly entertaining :)

[Ruby]

Out of curiosity, I went to the SFBC website and it looks like they are still sending out the Featured Selection each month, so I won't be rejoining. They also did not have much I wanted. The Folio Society, on the other hand... very tempted to rejoin that!! Naughty!

[Candiss]

Ruby wrote: "Out of curiosity, I went to the SFBC website and it looks like they are still sending out the Featured Selection each month, so I won't be rejoining. They also did not have much I wanted. The Folio..."

That's odd... I specifically got a "No more featured selections" email and mailing from them, and I've not gotten a single Featured Selection mailed to me since I've been a member this time.

Here's the info from their How it Works section of their site:
"No Automatic Shipments!
With our new policy, there are no cards to return and no emails to respond to. You can order the books you want, when you want them."

I wonder what we are seeing differently...

Sherri - I haven't even had to say "no" since rejoining, as there's nothing to say "no" to now. I wonder if folks who joined before their policy change still have the Featured thing every month, and newer members do not. Or perhaps it is different based on location?

[Karen]

Yay! Just received my copy of Dragon's Egg in the mail yesterday!

Will fondle it until it's time to launch...

Happiness is a good book waiting on your tbr shelf!

[Jon]

Karen wrote: "Yay! Just received my copy of Dragon's Egg in the mail yesterday!

Will fondle it until it's time to launch...

Happiness is a good book waiting on your tbr shelf!"

LOL ... I received my copy as well yesterday. :)

[Kerry]

I've acquired way too many books already this year. I'm already up to 24 and that isn't counting all the Sherlock Holmes books I downloaded from Gutenburg.

So far this month I've acquired:
Midnight Riot (not amazingly brilliant, but lots of fun)
The Curse of Chalion (have hardcover, bought ebook for collection)
Paladin of Souls (ditto)
The Shadowy Horses (won from author)
Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits
Archangel's Consort (buy this series when it comes out)
Monsters of Men (have read first two, must read this one)
The New World (for completeness)
Silver Borne (have hardcover, bought ebook for collection)
An Enchanted Season
Treachery in Death (series is an autobuy, reading now)
Twilight's Dawn (author is autobuy)

Let's see if I can get to the end of the month before buying anything else, shall we? (Although I do know that River Marked is on its way from The Book Depository and should arrive in the next few days.)

[Ken]

I am a roman history buff, Presently crawling through a pretty good biography of Caesar. I was in a store yesterday and stumbled upon this
Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome

and something I noticed a couple of months ago
Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks

[Bill]

Hadrian is one of my heros. One of the Great Caesars. I have enjoyed the following books about him:

Hadrian: The Restless Emperor - bio
Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous - historical fiction
Hadrian and the Cities of the Roman Empire - bio
Hadrian - historical fiction
Hadrian's Memoirs - historical fiction
Hadrian - bio

[Stefan, Group Founder + Moderator (Retired)]

I just received an ARC for a book I've been waiting for for a while: Haven: A Trail of Blood and Steel: Book 4 by Joel Shepherd, the final book in a great and (IMO) underappreciated fantasy series. (And in other news about this author - he just announced he's going to write another book in his other series about Cassandra Kresnov, which I'm also very excited about!)

[Mike (the Paladin)]

The Last Centurion, The Founding (Warhammer 40,000), The Journals of Patrick Gass: Member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition...I've also preordered several from Amazon.

[Ken]

Well with all this Martin and Song of Fire news and talk I was at the used bookstore yesterday and saw a Hardcover of A Game of Thrones

[Candiss]

I stopped in to Half Price Books tonight, and I came home with:

The Secret History of Moscow - Ekaterina Sedia
The Ghost in Love - Jonathan Carroll
The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon
The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana - Umberto Eco
Promethea: Book Four - Alan Moore
Second Book of Modern Lace Knitting - Marianne Kinzel

[Shel, Moderator]

I really enjoyed The Secret History of Moscow. I think I would have appreciated it even more had I been more familiar with Russian mythology/folktales, but even without the background it was a great story. Sort of Neil Gaiman lite.