Two total random purchases I found cheap.
Two total random purchases I found cheap.
"Listen man, it might be hard to understand, but
Don't mourn the dead,
Celebrate the life they gave"
- Kashmir "Seraphina"
Got in the mail today:
Novels:
Almost Transparent Blue by Ryu Murakami
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
Graphic works:
32 Stories by Adrian Tomine
Telepathic Wanderers by Yasutaka Tsutsui
Decline of the English Murder - Orwell
Critique of Practical Reason - Kant
Anti-Semite and Jew - Sartre
Five German Tragedies - Lessing, Goethe, Schiller, Kleist, Grillparzer
The No Plays of Japan
Penguin Modern Poets 4, 2, 11 - Holbrook, Middleton, Wevill, Black, Redgrove, Thomas, Amis, Moraes, Porter
Two amazing books. Three Stigmata is especially awesome, and quite profound.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
Quoting Daniel Davis (view post)
Yep, you and KF have become my official literature advisors
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Did you ever pick up Weaveworld by Barker?Quoting megladon8 (view post)
Quoting Daniel Davis (view post)
Not yet, no. I've been...*cough*...Dick-ing around too much.
:P
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
This is one of a host of books I could never "get into". Weaveworld and Stephen King's Tommyknockers, were books I tried to read many times, but always abandoned after two or three chapters.Quoting Daniel Davis (view post)
And the new covers for the old Barker books are incredibly lame.
My Mom - 10
I'll have to disagree on two of the three (I've never gotten into Tommyknockers either)!Quoting jenniferofthejungle (view post)
Weaveworld is among my favorite urban/dark-fantasy novels. I think it is an incredible work of the imagination. There are moments in it that I will never, ever forget. They've been burned into my mind.
I also like the new covers. I like that they are classier than the typical cliche-ridden horror cover. They add a bit of mystery to the work as well.
Although, this cover for In The Flesh is wicked cool:
I far prefer the original covers to Weaveworld (it's what made me buy the book in the first place), Cabal, and The Inhuman Condition. I think if i had never seen or owned the originals I would have been happy with the newer covers, but since I know what they were like before I have trouble accepting these.
I'm like that with almost everything. I'm still in denial over the newer DVD cover of The Thing.
My Mom - 10
My dad reminded me of the education plan we have through his work, where I can get certain things related to my education (books, DVDs - because I am in ScriptWriting and it relates to my field of study) which are partially paid for by this plan, as well as tax deductable.
So I made an order of 7 books from Amazon...
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
That reminds me... I've been meaning to read Christopher Moore.
Quoting Sycophant (view post)
I'm reading "Lamb" right now and it's farkin' brilliant.
Just hilarious.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
These are all excellent... specially Simak's and Sturgeon's, yet I'm kind of a sucker for them.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
I recently got, second hand:
BÖLL - The Clown
JARRY - Ubu Roi and its sequels
PETRARCH - Anthology
MILLER - A Devil in Paradise
Atonement
The Third Chimpanzee
What's Your Dangerous Idea?
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
Stuff at Letterboxd
Listening Habits at LastFM
Nice buys with the Bester, Sturgeon and Simak Meg.
You're going to love both. Way Station is just amazing, and you already know my thoughts on More Than Human. Although, I do have to say that I like To Marry Medusa more.
So why don't you ever participate in the sci-fi thread? Come on, now!Quoting Llopin (view post)
I've posted a bunch of Sturgeon stuff and just yesterday I posted some thoughts on Way Station.
We need some more discussion in that thread.
1. Godbody - Theodore Sturgeon
2. The Perfect Host - Sturgeon short stories V.5
3. A Treasury of Great Science Fiction - anthology, 2 volumes (mainly for The [Widget], the [Wadget] and Boff)
4. The Werewolf Principle - Simak
5. Goblin Reservation - Simak
6. They Walked Like Men - Simak
Quoting Daniel Davis (view post)
Yeh I was trying to get "To Marry Medusa", but it seems to be completely out of print.
Any idea if it is going to return to print sometime?
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
There are 32 copies available for as low as 59 cents on Amazon:Quoting megladon8 (view post)
http://www.amazon.com/Marry-Medusa-T...1029649&sr=1-1
And here is one for $6.50
http://www.powells.com/s?kw=To+Marry+Medusa&x=0&y=0
Quoting Daniel Davis (view post)
I'm just still a little iffy about buying stuff from independent sellers on Amazon.
As I said before, I've been ripped off many-a-time on eBay, and this seems very eBay-ish to me.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
For the last 7 months, I've been ordering exclusively from the marketplace and I've never had a problem.
Order the one from Powells. They are totally legit. Largest book store in the world.
I'll be going there in a few weeks for a huge shopping spree!
Quoting Daniel Davis (view post)
They want $12.99 to ship to Canada, though, which is kind of ridiculous.
I'm sure it'll get back in print, or I'll find it somewhere eventually.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Ah, that sucks. If I come across one when I am there, I'll pick it up for ya.Quoting megladon8 (view post)