Recent Purchases

[Ford Prefect]

It's always awesome to see what books people have recently added to their libraries, so in this thread make sure to let us know what has recently come into your possession, be it bought, stolen, downloaded or gifted to you.

Me (all used)-


Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche
Look Homeward, Angel - Thomas Wolfe
Care of the Soul - Thomas Moore
Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace


...annnd go!

[0omnidirectional]

The David Icke Guide to the Global Conspiracy (and how to end it)

it's huge, and was $13 discount.
I'm glad I got it.

[Euda]

I haven't gotten anything in a while, but, off the top of my head, I want to pick up Small Is Beautiful and The Professional Chef.

[TreyMcFly]

Life after God by Douglas Coupland

The Stand by Stephen King

Both are quite good.

[Darkshock]

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Chronicles of the Black Company by Glen Cook

I have a very long summer ahead of me.

[Euda]

Life after God by Douglas Coupland

This one is truly top notch; it's a collection of short stories that I can recommend to anybody.

[Chazz]

I bought Frank Herbert's Dune scifi master works hardback - impulse buy
I got given Lovecraft collection of 'tales', Library of America edition
I bought a non fiction book on how to decipher Mayan glyphs from the British museum book store.

[We Lost The Skyline]

Tweak - Nic Sheff : Very good book, would recomend it for anyone looking for a fast passed drug filled book.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - Louis Carol : Two very good books. I recommend them for anybody who just wants a good read.

[ArmsMerchant]

The last book I acquired was free from the local thrift shop, a vintage thriller by Willaim Diehl.

Last book I bought new was The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley.

[constantinople]

Turn of the Screw by ??
Death of a Salesman by ??
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Wuthering Heights turned out, much to my chagrin after constantly slandering it, to be a great read. One of my new favorite books.

[DEADBEATDAD]

Different Seasons-Stephen King

The Lurking Fear-12 Lovecraft stories

Huge book full of Poe content

[cb']

Wild Cards - ed. George R. R. Martin
Picked it up, thinking that it was going to be a novel. It is a short story anthology, but I can't hold that against it, because martin's novels read like short story anthologies with recurring characters anyway. All in all, it was a pretty solid read, and the contributors do their best to write with the grittiness that people love martin for.

The Judging Eye - R. Scott Bakker
Just started reading it, and you can tell that Bakker is starting a trilogy. Foreshadowing to the point of tedium, but Achiaman is written very well, so I will continue to slog through it.

[sage]

Just finished reading Ravens of Avalon ?
Reading The Mage's Daughter by Lynn Kurland
Can't wait for George RR to publish last of his Ice and Fire Series
LOL those Bronte sisters are remembered for good reasons.

[constantinople]

Wild Cards - ed. George R. R. Martin
Picked it up, thinking that it was going to be a novel. It is a short story anthology, but I can't hold that against it, because martin's novels read like short story anthologies with recurring characters anyway. All in all, it was a pretty solid read, and the contributors do their best to write with the grittiness that people love martin for.

The Judging Eye - R. Scott Bakker
Just started reading it, and you can tell that Bakker is starting a trilogy. Foreshadowing to the point of tedium, but Achiaman is written very well, so I will continue to slog through it.

WHAT!? The SECOND is out?!?! FUCK! I MUST have it. The Darkness That Comes Before (i think that was the title?) was fucking incredible.

So long as he doesn't turn into another Robert Jordan, he will go far.

[Animal Farm Pig]

Historiens Gang ("The Course of History")
The Good Soldier Svejk

[Skater14]

Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story

http://www.amazon.com/Save-Me-Myself-Found-Kicked/dp/0061251844

[elektrik toast]

For 25 cents each at the thrift store a little while ago I got:

The Hungry Years - William Leith
Lord of the Flies - William Goldling
Hamlet - William Shakespeare
Contes Français, a book of short french tales.

Strange that I got three books by Williams.



And while drunk at the mall last week I bought Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury

[asilentbob]

*Gunpowder (history of the explosive that changed the world) - Jack kelly
*Peacetime uses of atomic energy (1957ish) - martin mann
*What do you care what other people think? Further adventures of a curious character - Richard P. Feynman
*From falling bodies to radio waves (classical physicists and their discoveries) - Emilio Segre'
*Quantum mechanics in chemistry (1981 but like $1) - Melvin W. Hanna
*An introduction of modern experimental organic chemistry (1974 $1) - Robers, gilbert, rodewald, wingrove

I like old science stuff :D.

[cb']

WHAT!? The SECOND is out?!?! FUCK! I MUST have it. The Darkness That Comes Before (i think that was the title?) was fucking incredible.

So long as he doesn't turn into another Robert Jordan, he will go far.

Not too sure if you know this or not (the language was unclear), but this is the fourth book in the setting. Listing them off, they are:

The Prince of Nothing

The Darkness That Comes Before
The Warrior Prophet
The Thousandfold Thought


The Aspect-Emperor

The Judging Eye


And each one is phenomenal.

[constantinople]

Not too sure if you know this or not (the language was unclear), but this is the fourth book in the setting. Listing them off, they are:

The Prince of Nothing

The Darkness That Comes Before
The Warrior Prophet
The Thousandfold Thought


The Aspect-Emperor

The Judging Eye


And each one is phenomenal.

Yeah, I was laboring under the delusion that none of them were out except the first in the Prince of Nothing series. I guess I was mal-informed:p

[Cliche Guevara]

the last books three I bought new
-On the Road the original manuscript. -Kerouac
-Junky the 50th anniversary definitive edition - Burroughs
-Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence: An inquiry into values. -Robert Pirsig

Used, I found the Cosmic Trilogy by C.S Lewis in some derelict bookshelf. Its a really sweet book and its on par/if not better than Narnia.

[Animal Farm Pig]

-Junky the 50th anniversary definitive edition - Burroughs

I really like Burroughs. Is there anything in the "50th anniversary definitive edition" that's not in my Penguin edition?

[Cliche Guevara]

I really like Burroughs. Is there anything in the "50th anniversary definitive edition" that's not in my Penguin edition?

Im not sure if this is in your version

but theres a 34 page introduction written by oliver harris detailing his life when he was writing the book, things he left out (like shooting his wife), how the book sold when it first came out, how autobiographical it is, his dealings with the publishers, and changes made to book.

It also contains a glossary and several appendices, which contain ommited chapters and introductions and long lost correspondences with Ginsberg, etc

1. Chapter 28 of the Original "Junk" (the original title) Manuscript
2."introduction" to the Original "Junk" Manuscript
3. Letter from William Burroughs to A.A Wyn
4. Junkie: An appreciation by Allen Ginsberg (really awesome and a good read)
5. Carl Solomon's Publishers note in Junkie
6. Foreward to Junkie by Carl Solomon (1964)
7. Introduction to Junky (1977) by Allen Ginsberg.

Its really worth picking up, from the ommited chapter and intro alone. Apparently he was really into William Reich and Orgones which shows in the missing chapter and in the intro he really describes what its like being a junkie in tremendous detail.

[Animal Farm Pig]

Im not sure if this is in your version

but theres a 34 page introduction written by oliver harris detailing his life when he was writing the book, things he left out (like shooting his wife), how the book sold when it first came out, how autobiographical it is, his dealings with the publishers, and changes made to book.

It also contains a glossary and several appendices, which contain ommited chapters and introductions and long lost correspondences with Ginsberg, etc

1. Chapter 28 of the Original "Junk" (the original title) Manuscript
2."introduction" to the Original "Junk" Manuscript
3. Letter from William Burroughs to A.A Wyn
4. Junkie: An appreciation by Allen Ginsberg (really awesome and a good read)
5. Carl Solomon's Publishers note in Junkie
6. Foreward to Junkie by Carl Solomon (1964)
7. Introduction to Junky (1977) by Allen Ginsberg.

Its really worth picking up, from the ommited chapter and intro alone. Apparently he was really into William Reich and Orgones which shows in the missing chapter and in the intro he really describes what its like being a junkie in tremendous detail.

My copy of Junky is still packed from my most recent move, and I can't be arsed to find it at the moment. I'm fairly sure that most of that stuff isn't included in mine. Definitely sounds like it's worth picking up. If you don't mind me asking, what was the cost of that edition?

As far as Reich and Orgones go, he talks about them a bit in his final book The Western Lands (incidentally, my favorite of his books [okay, not counting Naked Lunch]). If you do you read The Western Lands, you might as well read Cities of the Red Night and Place of Dead Roads first.

[Cliche Guevara]

well on the back it say s
U.S $14
CAN. $21.

yeah I just got into the beat not too long ago, This book/edition was good starter. (along with on the road)

[Animal Farm Pig]

well on the back it say s
U.S $14
CAN. $21.

yeah I just got into the beat not too long ago, This book/edition was good starter. (along with on the road)

Sounds worth it. I'll probably check my local library first, but, if they don't have it, it will go on my "books to buy" list.

I tried to get into the beats when I was a teenager. I read "On the Road" and enjoyed it. Then, I started reading "The Subterraneans" and got so pissed off that I put it down after a couple of pages. It was just too "cool." It read like something written by an arrogant scenester. I never read any more Kerouac after that. He does have some very cool spoken word recordings. "Blues and Haikus" is my favorite.

I read and listened to some Ginsberg and Ferlenghetti. It's much better to listen to than read, but it never really "stuck" for me.

Burroughs did "stick." There's something about him that does it for me. His breadth and depth of knowledge is so impressive to me, and he's a master of synthesizing different areas of study to create innovative new ideas and concepts. If you're just getting into Burroughs it's definitely worth your time to check out his spoken word work. Especially cool is the album "Dead City Radio."

[Major General Franklin Kirby]

The Beach - Alex Garland
The Tenant - Roland Topor
Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka

[DEADBEATDAD]

Just picked up The V for Vendetta graphic novel and "The Darkness: Vol 1 Compendium" Holy shit it is amazing, its as thick as a fucking phonebook.

I also got "Rogue Leaders: The Story of LucasArts" Really looking forward to it, damn slow mail.

[0omnidirectional]

Pandora's Star
Judas Unchained
And
The Dreaming Void (The Void Trilogy)
By Peter F. Hamilton

Finally arrived today.

[Resign the King]

Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders - ?
Altered States - ?
Chemistry of Life - ?
Life on Earth - David Attenburough (that dude who narrates planet earth)

[Dionysus]

I just bought "Beautiful Losers" by Leonard Cohen, I am really looking foward to reading it seeing as he is such a fantastic songwriter.

[kfc v lot]

Well instead of making a new thread though i may aswell raise this one from the dead...
Terrines and Verrines: The Microbrewers' Handbook (2nd ed) - Franck Pontais
Don Quixote (Wordsworth Classics) - Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
The above two are part of the books i am getting together for my holiday(i plan to drink beer and read)
And for reference
Dirty Wars (A David & Charles military book) (this cost 1p, :o bargin)

[Euda]

I picked up Enemies of the State thinking that it would be an interesting read. I was mistaken.

[Please insert username]

No Mean City by Alexander McArthur and H.Kinglsey Long

http://www.amazon.com/No-Mean-City-Alexander-McArthur/dp/0552075833/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246630962&sr=1-1

pretty good scottish book about The Gorbals and gang violence

[Legend]

Licensed To Kill: Hired Guns in the War On Terror by Robert Pelton.

http://www.amazon.com/Licensed-Kill-Hired-Guns-Terror/dp/1400097827/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246640673&sr=8-1

[Haiti's Space Agency]

Next by Michael Crichton

[Fza]

The Hobbit (Tolkien)

And a book on minimalist interiors and the history of punkrock (gifts for friends).