tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post7025004973086069318..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: October 25 Used Book PornLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-43219313709754680602009-11-01T00:58:24.363-05:002009-11-01T00:58:24.363-05:00Interesting takes on some of these books (I was to...Interesting takes on some of these books (I was told by someone via email that the Vampire D novelizations are rather poor, for example). I'll slowly (well, for me) work my way through these, as I don't plan on purchasing many more new books for the next month or two (I still have almost $100 in store credit to use on more used books, plus I plan on trading in a few dozen MMPBs that I never got around to reading, so it might end up being another $100 or so).<br /><br />Will there be more non-spec fic reviewed here? That's likely, but when is the question. I need to find more time/energy first, as work is occupying more and more of my thoughts these days!Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-34045026992503448402009-10-29T16:14:17.011-05:002009-10-29T16:14:17.011-05:00Mirror of Her Dreams was really, really bad. I'...<i>Mirror of Her Dreams</i> was really, really bad. I've been trying to get rid of my copy forever. (Don't be fooled by the promising beginning, the book is stupid and infuriating.)<br /><br />I'm most envious of <i>Night's Daughter</i> by Tanith Lee. It's thick! I've resolved to wait for the Norila edition, which is going to take several years.Nephtisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-81895525982403788242009-10-29T06:12:16.940-05:002009-10-29T06:12:16.940-05:00The Calvino books, and the Coetzee, I've been ...The Calvino books, and the Coetzee, I've been wanting to get my hands on for a long while. I have a love-hate relationship with Coetzee - Disgrace, for example, I thought was a masterpiece, but I also found it strangely, vaguely disgusting, not so much the plot as the character's head the book made me inhabit.<br /><br />As for Calvino, I've only read "If on a winter's night a traveller", and that was, interesting, for lack of a better word.<br /><br />I'd love to see you do reviews for some of the non-sf you read, although I know it'd be a bit out of tone for this blog. Still. I chuckled to myself when I saw Catullus, Salman Rushdie, Nabokov and Proust on your blog in your previous book porn post. I really dig your taste. :)Cheryl Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957343509147194039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-87270159333210601412009-10-27T11:37:41.896-05:002009-10-27T11:37:41.896-05:00I hope you enjoy the Tanith Lee. Her Flat Earth C...I hope you enjoy the Tanith Lee. Her Flat Earth Chronicles are some of my all-time favorite fantasy.Terry Weynahttp://www.readingtheleaves.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-26457813711709763242009-10-26T18:59:12.882-05:002009-10-26T18:59:12.882-05:00I have that Vampire Hunter D as well. Great book. ...I have that Vampire Hunter D as well. Great book. I'd love to see what you think about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-61489870881823309322009-10-26T07:58:05.358-05:002009-10-26T07:58:05.358-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-18373504587407454122009-10-26T07:55:39.819-05:002009-10-26T07:55:39.819-05:00Love the Donaldson HC, largely because I found tha...Love the Donaldson HC, largely because I found that, on Saturday, at a Half-Price Books storefront here in Louisville (KY). Luckily, I also found the corresponding HC version of volume 2, <b>A Man Rides Through</b>. Simply love Donaldson, though I know not all do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-11628006933125936642009-10-26T01:44:21.640-05:002009-10-26T01:44:21.640-05:00I had no clue Vampire Hunter D has a novel form as...I had no clue Vampire Hunter D has a novel form as well. I have watched the anime and was completly captured and fascinated. <br /><br />I have read several short stories by Tanith Lee, so I would love to read a novel of hers naturally and I think that this is it so far. The rest is also interesting, but these caught my eye in particular.Harry Markovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140305922494369576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-91154060565628137372009-10-25T21:58:25.575-05:002009-10-25T21:58:25.575-05:00I actually own a copy of Difficult Loves, but this...I actually own a copy of <i>Difficult Loves</i>, but this is intended as a gift for another who lives overseas (although I think her Italian is probably slightly better than mine, I decided English would be a better shot, since she's near my fluency level in that!). It is a good book, but not my favorite of his (that would be <i>Invisible Cities</i>). I would highly recommend any of his works to you, however.<br /><br />Haven't read Chandler yet, so when I had $190 of store credit to blow and one of his books was there for something like $5, I thought why not? So I did, and I guess I'll read it sometime in the next couple of weeks.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-14738078083292501382009-10-25T21:50:05.589-05:002009-10-25T21:50:05.589-05:00The Calvino books caught my eye more than the rest...The Calvino books caught my eye more than the rest. I am unfamiliar with the author, having only read an excerpt from The Baron in the Trees nor more than a minute ago. However, I have a friend who has recommended the aforementioned novel and his other work several times. Having finally given in and sampled, even just some small amount, I am now free to curse and mutter, knowing full well that I have yet another book to add to my purchase list. My local library actually has a couple of his latter works and I may check them out at some point.<br /><br />Beyond that, there was also the Chandler. Another author I have been meaning to check out.Jameshttp://dazedrambling.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com