Books recently added to my wishlist
Sep. 20th, 2004 09:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiIt should probably be no surprise that I've added the fifth of Kage Baker's Company books, The Life of the World to Come, to my list. If you're not already a fan of Kage's Company books, you're missing one of the best time-travel/cyborg series ever. Kage has announced, btw, that the first book, In the Garden of Iden, will be reprinted by Tor next year. Woohoo!
That may not be a surprise, but I'm almost ashamed of the fact that I added Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Man of Bronze to my list. I mean, aside from the obvious fact that any title with two colons in it is generally something to be avoided, there's also the fact that it's a licensed fucking Tomb Raider book.
But there are two reasons I'm getting this one.
First, the (second) subtitle. For those not aware (for shame!), The Man of Bronze is Doc Savage, one of the original pulp heroes (fans of Warren Ellis's Planetary know him as Doc Brass). I'm assuming that the book will at least reference him, if not directly feature him.
The second reason?
The author is James Alan Gardner. I kid you not. I only found out about this from his web page. Gardner's books kick all sorts of ass.
So yeah, I'm embarrassed to have this title on my list, but I'm also very much looking forward to it.
That may not be a surprise, but I'm almost ashamed of the fact that I added Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Man of Bronze to my list. I mean, aside from the obvious fact that any title with two colons in it is generally something to be avoided, there's also the fact that it's a licensed fucking Tomb Raider book.
But there are two reasons I'm getting this one.
First, the (second) subtitle. For those not aware (for shame!), The Man of Bronze is Doc Savage, one of the original pulp heroes (fans of Warren Ellis's Planetary know him as Doc Brass). I'm assuming that the book will at least reference him, if not directly feature him.
The second reason?
The author is James Alan Gardner. I kid you not. I only found out about this from his web page. Gardner's books kick all sorts of ass.
So yeah, I'm embarrassed to have this title on my list, but I'm also very much looking forward to it.
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right next door and down a block..
Date: 2004-09-20 06:38 am (UTC)he is supposed to live in Waterloo, ON (so far as the information on him states)
wacky
Re: right next door and down a block..
Date: 2004-09-20 04:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-09-20 07:55 am (UTC)I clicked on the link to Amazon by the way, but the specific book you mentioned doesn't come up on the page listing....
Have you read the original Doc Savage & Shadow Novels?
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Date: 2004-09-20 04:40 pm (UTC)I've read some of the original pulps (and just read the Chaykin Shadow update for the first time last week), as well as scattered updates.
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Date: 2004-09-20 08:11 am (UTC)I don't know who's the final arbiter in such matters (Farmer?), but if that's in any way canonical then it makes sense to link her up with Doc Savage.
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Date: 2004-09-20 04:43 pm (UTC)Interestingly, I've managed to unintentionally avoid almost all the canonical WN books, having only read Greatheart Silver, Venus on the Half-Shell, and the Riverworld and DIscworld books.
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Date: 2004-09-20 06:27 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-09-20 08:17 am (UTC)Let me know if it is decent.
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Date: 2004-09-20 08:27 am (UTC)i'll have what she's having...
have you been seeking out the short stories (mostly in Asimov's)?
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Date: 2004-09-20 04:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-09-20 04:27 pm (UTC)I see the short stories in Asimov's on a fairly regular basis and every time I think 'self, you should buy the books'. Good stuff.
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Date: 2004-09-20 04:45 pm (UTC)