Haul of Books 2010: Stuff For Me v.14
I have received two really amazing gifts from authors in the last few weeks. I’m not going to tell you what the other one is just yet, because there is a really cool story that goes along with it (involving some of my “fiction,” as it were), but I will tell you about this gift […]
Haul of Books 2010: Stuff For Me v.13
Not too long ago The Dalkey Archive was having a large sale for books and I decided to partake (because what else was I going to do? Let the books sit there, un-bought by me? Yeah right!). I’m fairly new to The Dalkey Archive, but they have published work by some very interesting international authors […]
Haul of Books 2010: Stuff For Me v.12
Some more oldies! I bought this a while back when Tobias S. Buckell was offering up first edition, signed copies of his books. So, these are the last two from that group. Here’s the picture (after the fold): And the descriptions, from left to right (taken from Amazon): 1. Halo: The Cole Protocol by Tobias […]
Haul of Books 2010: Stuff For Me v.11
The journals/movies below actually came into my possession some time ago, but I didn’t have a chance to post them here. Not much else to say other than, here’s the picture (after the fold):And now the descriptions, from left to right, top to bottom (taken from Amazon, or made up by me): 1. The Journal […]
Haul of Books 2010: Stuff For Me v.10
It’s been a while since I last posted a Haul of Books. The following books are pretty much the last ones I have for an independent study I’m doing on Caribbean science fiction. Some of them are probably not actually SF, but I’m going with a fairly loose definition on purpose (otherwise I’d have nothing […]
Haul of Books 2010: Stuff For Me v.9
Most of the books that have arrived at my doorstep in the last couple weeks have been for an independent study I am taking over the summer on Caribbean literature. A good portion are science fiction, but some aren’t, and the books below are in the latter category. Should be a very interesting summer for […]