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[mcraigclark]

Mountain Man Dance Moves

I have GOT to pick this up. Best title ever.

I've got an advance copy you're welcome to, although the finished copy has a kick-ass unicorn on the cover.

[thirtyhelens]

I've got an advance copy you're welcome to, although the finished copy has a kick-ass unicorn on the cover. 

LOL - much as I appreciate a good horn, I'll take the advance copy if you don't want it

This post has been edited by thirtyhelens: Jan 4 2007, 04:40 AM

[mcraigclark]

LOL - much as I appreciate a good horn, I'll take the advance copy if you don't want it

I'll send it to you on Friday.

[thirtyhelens]

You are a literary pimp. Of the highest quality.

[mcraigclark]

You are a literary pimp.  Of the highest quality.

Thanks. I gots to keep my bitches circulating.

[thirtyhelens]

"...tryin' to make the money for the rent..."

ETA: One of our staffers writes sometimes for McSweeney's, I should have hit him up for a copy. Nahhhh. {{{Craig}}}

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[widowspider]

Do you know if that collection is available outside of the US? I liked Smoke and Mirrors, one of his other collections, and know that there are one or two others floating around but can't seem to find either.

I don't know - I got my copy from the library. Sorry.

What did you think of the American Gods "sequel"?  Damn him for making it so short.

I don't know if I actually got to it as the copy I had was a 1-week only loan with no renewals and I didn't finish all the stories. What was it about/called?

You are a literary pimp.  Of the highest quality.

Damn straight. I'm buying a coffee table just to display a 6 foot book he sent me.

[Douglas Nicol]

Well in Waterstones sale I've just picked up the late lamented David Gemmell book Troy:Shield of Thunder, and Raymond E Feist's Into a Dark Realm.

Both books were half price.

[mcraigclark]

ETA: One of our staffers writes sometimes for McSweeney's, I should have hit him up for a copy.  Nahhhh.  {{{Craig}}}

Let's pretend you never told me that so I'm not so jealous of him.

Damn straight. I'm buying a coffee table just to display a 6 foot book he sent me.

You know, that book could easily be converted into a table. Some legs, a coaster or two and you're all set.

[thirtyhelens]

I don't know if I actually got to it as the copy I had was a 1-week only loan with no renewals and I didn't finish all the stories. What was it about/called?

"Monarch of the Glen" - short story about Shadow's post AG adventures in Scotland. Great stuff, really leaves you slavering for more stories in that particular universe.

Damn straight. I'm buying a coffee table just to display a 6 foot book he sent me.

He sent you "Garth Marenghi: The Complete Ouevre"?! Doesn't that come with a wall mount?

Let's pretend you never told me that so I'm not so jealous of him.

Oh, but you'd be in good company. I'm jealous of the bastard, too.

This post has been edited by thirtyhelens: Jan 4 2007, 08:10 PM

[widowspider]

"Monarch of the Glen" - short story about Shadow's post AG adventures in Scotland.  Great stuff, really leaves you slavering for more stories in that particular universe.
He sent you "Garth Marenghi: The Complete Ouevre"?!  Doesn't that come with a wall mount? 

Ah, no I never got to that one. I'll have to take it out of the libery again!

Heh - no, it's this AMAZING book with panoramic photos of Tibet. Gawgeous.

[tigerlily]

This Christmas period has seen me being all educated and reading The Crucible and Or Mice and Men. Mainly because I had to for Uni.

I'm sure I did The Crucible first time round at Uni but I couldn't remember any of it. I'm assuming that what I actually did was by the book for my shelf and watched the film instead. Anyway, once Miller stopped bloody interrupting I got right into it.

My boy's been out and bought a few books today and I'm thinking of nabbing the Linda Smith one to read in bed.

[Zoe]

Beyond Black Hilary Mantel

A wonderful combination of the supernatural and the mundane, the chilling and the comic.

Mantel's hints at the horrors in the world beyond this life are seamlessly intertwined with the banality of the motorway service station or toby carvery.

Only disappointing in its very end as the richly plotted, brilliantly modern ghost story promised something more than the standard contemporary novel denouement.

Growing Pains Billie Piper

My first celeb autobiography, and though I won't be making a habit of it I enjoyed the faintly voyeuristic thrill of hearing her personal anecdotes and she's had a genuinely interesting life.

I liked that they left her spelling mistakes in.

[Serafina_Pekkala]

What did you think of the American Gods "sequel"?  Damn him for making it so short.

I found Anansi Boys to be a tad disappointing because the ending trailed off so much to a meanwhile all the characters were happy and got married and had babies which is okay but not the Gaiman i love.

Once i get through a pile of books, I will look into Fragile Things as well as Susanna Clarke's The Ladies of Grace Adieu. Mianly because i like the cover of the latter. I still haven't finished Mr Norrell ... as i hit a wall but i may go back to it.

Sefi x

[gulfcoast_highwa...]

Growing Pains Billie Piper

My first celeb autobiography, and though I won't be making a habit of it I enjoyed the faintly voyeuristic thrill of hearing her personal anecdotes and she's had a genuinely interesting life.

I liked that they left her spelling mistakes in.

Any mention of when she walked past me after she switched on the Xmas lights in Leeds in 2000?