Books and magazines: haul post
Think of this as the equivalent of the mall-shoppers' haul posts on YouTube. You're only lucky I haven't taken a photo of my loot, too.
So I spent an unconscionable amount of money on books at the dealers' room at Readercon. Here's what I bought:
BOOKS
The Boats of the Glen Carrig, William Hope Hodgson
The Wise Woman and Other Fantasy Stories, George MacDonald
The Return of the Sorcerer: The Best Of Clark Ashton Smith
Rats and Gargoyles, Mary Gentle
Some Chinese Ghosts, Lafcadio Hearn
Clockwork Phoenix 2 (Mike Allen, editor)
The Hill of Dreams, Arthur Machen
The Maharajah and Other Stories, T.H. White
The Living Dead, John Joseph Adams
The Living Dead 2, John Joseph Adams
Edited to add:
The Serial Garden, Joan Aiken
[Redacted title/author] (gift)
MAGAZINES
The 2011 Rhysling Anthology
Locus, Oct. 2007 (freebie at the Tiptree bakesale)
Weird Tales, Spring 2010
Interzone, Jan/Feb 2010 and May/June 2011 issues
EDIT: how could I have forgotten the latest edition of Jabberwocky
Here's what I propose: I'll read all this stuff and review it on here. Yes, this is a mad rush of enthusiasm brought on by Readercon. However, that doesn't make it a bad idea. I've just been thinking about how I enjoy reading other people's reviews (and rushthatspeaks is in the process of writing 365 book reviews in the course of a year, which has been consistently engaging reading). I enjoy reviews when I write them, and it makes me happy to refer potential readers to a book I think they will like. An excuse to do it more often is welcome--and I'm unusually idle right now, so why not? I hereby pledge that I'll finish every book and magazine, unless I find it really boring or off-putting, and that I'll review all the books here, unless I hate one or another so much that I couldn't find anything at all to value about it. There. An excellent plan, and one with no time limit and a lot of wiggle room. Just what I like.
So I spent an unconscionable amount of money on books at the dealers' room at Readercon. Here's what I bought:
BOOKS
The Boats of the Glen Carrig, William Hope Hodgson
The Wise Woman and Other Fantasy Stories, George MacDonald
The Return of the Sorcerer: The Best Of Clark Ashton Smith
Rats and Gargoyles, Mary Gentle
Some Chinese Ghosts, Lafcadio Hearn
Clockwork Phoenix 2 (Mike Allen, editor)
The Hill of Dreams, Arthur Machen
The Maharajah and Other Stories, T.H. White
The Living Dead, John Joseph Adams
The Living Dead 2, John Joseph Adams
Edited to add:
The Serial Garden, Joan Aiken
[Redacted title/author] (gift)
MAGAZINES
The 2011 Rhysling Anthology
Locus, Oct. 2007 (freebie at the Tiptree bakesale)
Weird Tales, Spring 2010
Interzone, Jan/Feb 2010 and May/June 2011 issues
EDIT: how could I have forgotten the latest edition of Jabberwocky
Here's what I propose: I'll read all this stuff and review it on here. Yes, this is a mad rush of enthusiasm brought on by Readercon. However, that doesn't make it a bad idea. I've just been thinking about how I enjoy reading other people's reviews (and rushthatspeaks is in the process of writing 365 book reviews in the course of a year, which has been consistently engaging reading). I enjoy reviews when I write them, and it makes me happy to refer potential readers to a book I think they will like. An excuse to do it more often is welcome--and I'm unusually idle right now, so why not? I hereby pledge that I'll finish every book and magazine, unless I find it really boring or off-putting, and that I'll review all the books here, unless I hate one or another so much that I couldn't find anything at all to value about it. There. An excellent plan, and one with no time limit and a lot of wiggle room. Just what I like.