There are five review copies and one purchase in this set of arrivals. The first photo includes two books received Monday and Tuesday, the second two for books received Wednesday, and the third one showcases books that arrived today.
Left: Laurell K. Hamilton, Swallowing Darkness (I tried to foist this upon my 59 year-old mother, but after a few pages, she abandoned it, saying it was "weird" and "icky."); Karen Traviss, Gears of War: Aspho Fields (this one I lent out to my middle brother, who hasn't completed a novel in almost 10 years. He's almost halfway through this one and enjoying it quite a bit, since he's a huge fan of the video game).
Left: Daniel Fox, Dragon in Chains (written under one of Chaz Brenchley's pseudonyms, this novel apparently ties together a real-world China and a mythical one full of dragons. Curious about this one); Ken MacLeod, Fractions: The First Half of the Fall Revolution (omnibus reprint of the first two novels in a series MacLeod had written in 1995-1996. Curious about this one and will likely read it before the year is out).
Left: Andrzej Sapkowski, Blood of Elves (the first of five serial novels - which follow two earlier short story collections, only one of which, The Last Wish, is available in English - starring the Witcher, Geralt. I read this earlier in Spanish and thought it was hilarious and I shall read it in English by this weekend, just to see how the English translation compares with the Spanish); Daren Simkin, The Traveler (small, inspirational sort of story, illustrated by the author's brother, Daniel. Shall read it later tonight, time/energy permitting).
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Interesting that you mention your brother's interest in video games contrasted with his disinterest in reading. For me, the joy of reading began with video games. For a five-year old first toying with the alphabet,learning to read in order to understand your quest--where you need to go to save the princess, and what you need to do to vanquish the evil Ganon, all the visuals and the sounds--it's an experience like no other. But the games didn't come out fast enough to satiate my hunger for story, so I had to turn to books. The two passions seemed to grow simultaneously for several years--until college and life and Responsibility reared it's odious visage. -Timbly
I've just read a hysteric woman on Westeros claiming that LKH writes porn. You American really amaze me, having the world biggest pornography film industry on the one hand and being that prudish on the other.
And no, Laurell K. Hamilton doesn't write porn, it's (paranormal) erotica.
Ralf
I look forward to read
Andrzej Sapkowski, Blood of Elves
I own the German edition of the two short stories collections and I read th firts one. These stories a written like chapters in a game.
I also like to play THE WITCHER on PC.
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