Quick Meme: What Was the Last Book You Bought?
By John DeNardo |
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 at
7:31 am
In lieu of any real content, here’s a quick meme: What was the last book you bought?
The last book I bought was the short story collection Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds. I probably did not maximize by book-buying dollar here since (A) I bought it in a supermarket, and (B) I’ve already read many of the stories in it. But I enjoy his stories so much I couldn’t pass it up. Especially when I saw it in a supermarket…it was like a message from the sf gods.
Your turn: What was the last book you bought?
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Cory Doctor’s Little Brother
Pump Six by Paolo Bacigalupi. I was hoping it would be a keeper and I was right. So nice when that happens!
“The Prefect” by Alastair Reynolds.
Shadow & Claw: The First Half of ‘The Book of the New Sun’ by Gene Wolfe
The Prefect, Alastair Reynolds.
Seeker (on audible.com) by Jack McDevitt
Ragamuffin by Tobias S. Buckell. I won an advanced copy of his forthcoming Sly Mongoose, and wanted to read them in order. Glad I did.
Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill.
Omega Sol-Scott Mackay
Year Million, edited by Damien Broderick
Man, is it just me, or do other people feel envious of all the good books that other people are reading that they themselves haven’t read yet?
Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World by Paul Stamets (non-fiction gardening book)
Kathryn, you might be interested in The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms by Amy Stewart. More history and natural history, but related, I should think.
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Ah, Mr. Postman was good to me today. He brought me my super-deluxe-fanboy edition of Project Moonbase and Others by Robert A. Heinlein (I could not afford the ultra-deluxe-fanboy edition) and The Jack Vance Reader, both from Subterranean Press.
Not the most recent books bought, but most recently delivered. I had ordered them a while back, but it looks like Subterranean is doing a lot of printing this summer!
Add The Warcraft book “Rise of the Horde” by Christie Golden to the Scott Mackay book. I bought both at the same time.