BOOKS!

[Goblin King]

Age Concern:
Some Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks (details to follow)
Edit: covers:




Focault's Pendulum
and from British Heart Foundation:
Right brained drawing - for mum.

[Darkness]

Nick Cave info, for DAT500's pleasure...



Nick Cave has a new novel coming out next year.

(Info from The Bookseller magazine)

Canongate publisher and managing director Jamie Byng has acquired world rights to Nick Cave's second novel, nearly 20 years after his debut. Byng, who described The Death of Bunny Munro as "a modern Faustus of sorts", acquired the rights through Cave's lawyer, David Glick. "Nick is one of the great forces in contemporary culture -- not just an outstanding musician and singer, but also a superb writer, be it of lyrics, screenplays, music scores or novels," said Byng. "This novel is going to shock and amaze a lot of people."

The book traces the fortunes of one man and his son on a road trip around the south coast of England following the suicide of his wife. It will be edited by Francis Bickmore. The hardback, which will retail at £14.99, is due out in September 2009.

Canongate is planning a multimedia launch, with an audiobook narrated by Cave and an e-book launching simultaneously. A signed and numbered limited edition will also be available, as will a special e-book version combining Cave's narration with an original "soundscape".

Cave's previous foray into fiction, And the Ass Saw the Angel, has sold 11,147 copies since 1998, when BookScan began recording sales. Publisher Penguin is planning to re-release the book in September as a 20th anniversary special edition.



Also - BBC news report on him presenting the Turner Prize in December - news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7676020.stm

[Goblin King]

I still can't get over the moustache!

Again I have been spoiled with gifties:
Leonard Cohen Selected Poems 1956–1968

( www.leonardcohenfiles.com/lcbook7g.html - fourth cover down)

[DAT500]

Thanks Darkness, I shall make a mental note in my mental diary.

[Darkness]

Bought this for myself this afternoon -

Postsecret

Also bought this little treat for GK -

Star Wars Ultimate Sticker Collection

[Goblin King]

Those clone troopers are growing on me.

Have books 2 and 3 of this series and managed to find book 1 for £1.50!
Grey Star The Wizard (cover)

[Darkness]

Oct 24, 2008 16:35:42 GMT Goblin King said:

Those clone troopers are growing on me.

What, you mean like warts?? ;D

[Goblin King]

Armoured warts with blaster rifles!

[Darkness]

Book treats today -

The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole, 1999-2001

Peep Show: The Scripts and More

[DAT500]

Bah, Uncle Peter's book wasn't sent and was a f?ck-up by the publisher. Let's just hope that he allows the extra pressing (I don't really want to know where they're going to press him). ;]

[Darkness]

I bought the entire series of Wibbly Pig board books for my friend Andy's little girl for Christmas. She's nearly 1.

Wibbly Pig books.

[Goblin King]

Wibbly pig has a far too exciting life!

[DAT500]

Nov 7, 2008 1:16:08 GMT DAT500 said:

Bah, Uncle Peter's book wasn't sent and was a f?ck-up by the publisher. Let's just hope that he allows the extra pressing (I don't really want to know where they're going to press him). ;]

Came back to Luff-bra and Creation sent me the book - an Author's Edition of six pressings! =]

[lollipop]

Sept 19, 2008 19:01:14 GMT Goblin King said:

Age Concern:
Some Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks (details to follow)
Edit: covers:




Focault's Pendulum
and from British Heart Foundation:
Right brained drawing - for mum.

I recognise the bottom left one, I think I may have it somewhere.
I also have Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. I have the workbook though.

[Goblin King]

The workbook looks good.
It's official - I've now run out of shelf space for my fighting fantasy books! I might even complete one occasionally!

[Darkness]

I'm reading Karlology, by Karl Pilkington.

[lollipop]

Lords of the Bow, Conn Iggulden. The sequel to Wolf of the Plains. It's about Genghis Khan.
It also fulfils the I of my A-Z "author challenge" (and means I'll be able to read Toni Jordan's Addition soon).

[Darkness]

I've got Addition, too, but haven't read it yet.

[someone]

ive left the book i was reading somewhere but i cant remember where...

[Darkness]

I'm near the end of "Happy-Slapped by a Jellyfish", by Karl Pilkington.

[Goblin King]

Dropped two books in the bath - wasn't a full bath, just that damp puddle between baths, but enough to crinkle the books up. Sheesh!

[Goblin King]

Dec 28, 2008 15:04:34 GMT lollipop said:

Lords of the Bow, Conn Iggulden. The sequel to Wolf of the Plains. It's about Genghis Khan.
It also fulfils the I of my A-Z "author challenge" (and means I'll be able to read Toni Jordan's Addition soon).

I think I misread this before. Only now do I realise how truly dedicated to the insane you really are! ;D

[Darkness]

Currently reading a book of short stories called "No One Belongs Here More Than You" by Miranda July.

[Darkness]

"Life-Size" by Jenefer Shute.

[Darkness]

Waiting for new Wally Lamb book ("The Hour I First Believed") to come into paperback in April.

[Goblin King]

Darkness got me some ace books for my birthday.
(too sleepy to post links now - but take my word for it )

[Goblin King]

This she got me is ace:
Miller's sci-fi & fantasy collectables
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/reader/184000729X/

[lollipop]

Jan 16, 2009 21:40:24 GMT Goblin King said:

Dec 28, 2008 15:04:34 GMT lollipop said:

Lords of the Bow, Conn Iggulden. The sequel to Wolf of the Plains. It's about Genghis Khan.
It also fulfils the I of my A-Z "author challenge" (and means I'll be able to read Toni Jordan's Addition soon).

I think I misread this before. Only now do I realise how truly dedicated to the insane you really are! ;D

Huh?

[Goblin King]

Just the whole A-Z author thing seems like a surreal punishment!

[lollipop]

What? Why? I like books! ;D