tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post1170947580637709406..comments2024-03-29T12:42:15.329+00:00Comments on The Speculative Scotsman: Books Received | The BoSS for 20/02/11Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-40949575774487613472011-02-20T23:56:35.055+00:002011-02-20T23:56:35.055+00:00Have a great holiday Niall. Glad to hear you'...Have a great holiday Niall. Glad to hear you're finally giving Malazan a proper go. Remember most people say Gardens... is the hardest one to get into but if you get through it and then onto Deadhouse Gates and Memories of Ice, two of the most highly acclaimed in the series I daresay you won't regret it. Enjoy ;-)Marduknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-37442167603805721882011-02-20T18:50:04.659+00:002011-02-20T18:50:04.659+00:00Oh and I was mere moments from poking fun, too! An...Oh and I was mere moments from poking fun, too! And you go and beat me to the punch...<br /><br />In comedy, they say timing is everything. This is why I'm a blogger, where the only thing I stand to get from being timely is made fun of, or told off, because apparently covering recent releases is... not helpful to anyone? I don't know. I only skim read Larry's posts these days.<br /><br />Booya? :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-59222341534818795222011-02-20T18:45:03.427+00:002011-02-20T18:45:03.427+00:00The Evil Hat ---
Actually, your Evilness, you mig...The Evil Hat ---<br /><br />Actually, your Evilness, you mightn't have to. I have a second copy of The Crippled God - one from Transworld and a proof from Tor in the US - and I'll be running a thing next week, to keep everyone entertained while I'm away, with that very thing as the grand prize... the first of many such excuses for me to give good books a good home, I hope.<br /><br />All the gory details to follow, tomorrow and on Tuesday.<br /><br />Also I don't know that any of the airways fly direct to Scotsman. Would that they did - that'd be right convenient for me! ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-511202899993750182011-02-20T18:44:42.942+00:002011-02-20T18:44:42.942+00:00Ouch. Just realized I wrote "Scotsman" i...Ouch. Just realized I wrote "Scotsman" instead of "Scotland" for my comment. So how does it feel to be mistaken for a rather sizable area of the map, Niall?Nathaniel Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12852939663324751332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-74663951900067189102011-02-20T18:41:08.247+00:002011-02-20T18:41:08.247+00:00David ---
Ah, no, I hadn't realised till my o...David ---<br /><br />Ah, no, I hadn't realised till my other half picked up Shades of Grey the other day - she's loving it so far - and upon a closer inspection I spotted an ad in the back for another of the Thursday books. Much to my dismay, needless to say. :(<br /><br />Even then I hadn't realised how very many of them there were. Worth a quick trip to Amazon, do you think - the first book in the series, I mean? I really rather despise starting stories anywhere other than the start, so...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-16585299291734535992011-02-20T16:37:15.059+00:002011-02-20T16:37:15.059+00:00I'm drooling about the Crippled God and debati...I'm drooling about the Crippled God and debating the pros and cons of flying to Scotsman, breaking into your house, and trying to steal the copy while you're away. I think I'll just wait for the first and then check my mailbox three times a day until it comes, but it was a close thing.Nathaniel Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12852939663324751332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-568174393953833642011-02-20T16:14:32.713+00:002011-02-20T16:14:32.713+00:00The Jasper Fforde book is 6th in his Thursday Next...The Jasper Fforde book is 6th in his Thursday Next series--have you read the others? The way Fforde wrote them, Books 1-4 kinda cover a story arc, and Books 5-8 will as well, so if you're going to read "One of Our Thursdays is Missing" you may want to read at least "First Among Sequels" (book 5) if not the first four as well.David H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07423185701429663627noreply@blogger.com