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Library Additions, January 25, 2010—July 11, 2010

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

It’s been a while since I listed additions to my library, so here’s an update for my fellow bookoholics that includes everything since the weekend of my Archer City trip. All are new and unread Fine first edition hardbacks in Fine dust jackets, unless otherwise noted. Now that I’ve finished staining and varnishing a new bookshelf, and moving books around to accommodate it, I hope to do a more detailed photographic post on my library, since a few people complained that they couldn’t read the spine titles in the last set of pictures.

Books that I have available for sale through Lame Excuse Books are marked LEB (though some of those titles won’t appear on the stock page until after I send out my book catalog later this month), while other current publications contain Amazon links.

  • Baker, Kage. Not Less Than Gods. Subterranean Press, 2010. One of 474 signed, numbered copies.

  • Barron, Neil, ed. What Fantastic Fiction Do I Read Next? A Reader’s Guide to Recent Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction. Gale Research, 1998. Non-fiction. Issued without dj.
  • Bear, Elizabeth. Bone and Jewel Creatures. Subterranean Press, 2010.
  • Bear, Greg. Hegira. Dell, 1979. PBO original, NF-.
  • Bond, Nelson. Mr. Mergenthwirker’s Lobblies and Other Fantastic Tales. Coward-McCann, 1946. NF in a VG, price-clipped dj. Inscribed by Bond.
  • Campbell, Ramsey. Creatures of the Pool. PS Publishing, 2009. LEB
  • Chabon, Michael. The Final Solution. Fourth Estate, 2004. One of an undetermined number of copies signed on a special limitation page issued by the publisher.
  • Datlow, Ellen and Teri Windling, editors. The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Thirteenth Annual Collection. St. Martins, 2000. Inscribed to me by Datlow.
  • Datlow, Ellen, Gavin Grant and Kelly Link, editors. The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror 2007: Twentieth Annual Collection. St. Martins, 2007. Inscribed to me by Datlow.
  • Datlow, Ellen, Gavin Grant and Kelly Link, editors. The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: Twenty-First Annual Collection. St. Martins, 2008. Inscribed to me by Datlow.
  • Del Rey, Lester. Mortals and Monsters. Ballantine Books, 1965. PBO, Fine-.
  • (Dick, Philip K.) Williams, Paul. Only Apparently Real: The Life of Philip K. Dick. Arbor House, 1986. Non-fiction. Fine copy in wraps, as issued (no hardback).
  • Domenici, Joe. Bringing Back the Dead. Thomas Dunn, 2008. Inscribed to me by the author.
  • Duncan, Andy. Night Cache. PS Publishing, 2009. LEB
  • Erikson, Steven. Crack’d Pot Trail. PS Publishing, 2009. LEB
  • Fernandez-Florez, W[encesiao]. The Seven Pillars. Macmillan and Co., Ltd. (UK), 1934. First edition hardback, a NF/G+ copy.
  • Gaiman, Neil. The Facts In The Case Of The Departure Of Miss Finch. Night Horse Comics, 2007. Hardback graphic novel.
  • Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard Book. HarperCollins, 2008. Fine in a Fine- dust jacket.
  • Harrison, Harry. Bill, the Galactic Hero. Doubleday, 1965. Fine in a Near Fine, slightly spine-darkened dust jacket.
  • Hill, Joe. Horns. PS Publishing, 2010. First UK and first limited edition hardback, one of 200 copies signed by both the author and artist Vincent Chong in traycase with three extra chapters not in the trade edition, extra art not in any other edition, etc. a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and traycase. Notably thicker than the signed, slipcased edition. LEB
  • Hill, Joe. Horns. PS Publishing, 2010. First UK and first limited edition hardback, one of 500 copies signed, slipcased copies. LEB
  • Houdini, Harry. The Right Way to Do Wrong: An Expose of Successful Criminals. Easton Press, no date (probably around 2000); Reprint of the 1906 wraps original done as part of the Treasures of the Library of Congress series. Hardback, no dust jacket, as issued. Non-fiction.
  • Howard, Robert E. Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors. Baen, 1987. PBO, Fine (replaces a VG copy). LEB
  • Koontz, Dean R./ Bulmer, Kenneth. The Fall of the Dream Machine/The Star Venturers. Ace, 1969. PBO, NF.
  • Kowal, Mary Robinette. Scenting the Dark. Subterranean Press, 2009.
  • Lansdale, Joe R. The Best of Joe R. Lansdale. Tachyon, 2009. TPO. LEB
  • Lansdale, Joe R. and Keith, editor. Son of Retro Pulp Tales. Subterranean Press, 2010. One of 200 signed, numbered copies, signed by all the contributors. LEB
  • Leiber, Fritz. Selected Stories. Night Shade Books, 2010. LEB
  • Ligotti, Thomas. Songs of a Dead Dreamer. Subterranean Press, 2010. Hardback. First edition thus.
  • (Lovecraft, H. P.) Joshi, S. T. Black Wings: Tales of Lovecraftian Horror. PS Publishing, 2010. LEB
  • Mitford, Bertram. The Sign of the Spider. Methuen & Co., 1896. VG- copy, no dust jacket (may not have been issued with one).
  • Partridge, Norman. Lesser Demons. Subterranean Press, 2010. First edition hardback, one of 200 copies with bonus chapbook.Red Rover, Red Rover.
  • (Pohl, Frederik) Hull, Elizbeth Anne, editor. Gateways. Tor, 2010. Tribute anthology.
  • (Powers, Tim) Berlyne, John., ed. Powers: Secret Histories. PS Publishing, 2009.
  • Reynolds, Alastair. Deep Navigation. NESFA Press, 2010. LEB
  • Reynolds, Alastair. Terminal World. Gollancz, 2010. Signed by the author. LEB
  • Shea, Michael. The Extra. Tor, 2010.
  • Shepard, Lucius. Viator Plus. PS Publishing, 2010. LEB
  • Shepard, Lucius. The Tanborn Scale. Subterranean Press, 2010.
  • Simmons, Dan. Black Hills. Reagan Arthur Books, 2010. Inscribed to me by Simmons.
  • Tymn Marshall B. Horror Literature A Core Collection and Reference Guide. R. R. Bowker, 1981. Non-fiction. No DJ, as issued.
  • Vance, Jack. Hard Luck Diggings. Subterranean Press, 2010. LEB
  • VanderMeer, Jeff. Finch: The Rebel Samizdat Edition. Underlands Press, 2009. One of 350 signed, numbered copies with a Murder By Death CD laid in, in wax-signet sealed (!) Mylar bag. LEB
  • Wellman, Manly Wade. Giants from Eternity. Avalon, 1959. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket.
  • Wilson, F. Paul. The Last Rakosh. Overlook Connection Press, 2008. One of 500 signed/numbered copies.
  • Zelazny, Roger. The Dream Master. Ace, 1966. PBO, Fine. LEB
  • Zelazny, Roger. Four for Tomorrow. Ace, 1967. PBO, Fine.
  • Zelazny, Roger. Hymn to the Sun: An Imitation, DNA Publications, 1996. Poetry chapbook, a Fine- copy with some rubbing to price code on rear cover.
  • Zelazny, Roger. This Immortal. Ace, 1964. PBO, Fine. LEB
  • Zivkovic, Zoran. Impossible Stories 2. PS Publishing, 2009. LEB

What Should I Read in 2010?

Monday, February 8th, 2010

In the Before Time, the Long Long Ago (i.e., before I started this blog), I would ask The Vast Wisdom of Usenet (i.e. rec.arts.sf.written) what books I should read this year. Now that I have the blog, I’m posting the question here.

Below are 100 books (or a more, counting multiple titles by a single author) of fiction I’m considering reading in 2010. With a few exceptions (like forthcoming books), they’re all books I already own in first editions. Most likely I’ll get to considerably less than 100. The first few are books I’ll probably get to (or have already read), whereas the rest are a little vaguer (and in alphabetical order by author). That’s where you come in. Tell me which of the books below I should or shouldn’t read, and why. If a book’s not on the list, it’s probably because I’ve already read it, or have no interest in it, won’t get to it this year, etc., so save your electrons instead of suggesting alternates (there are plenty of other places for that). And if I list Book #2 in a linear series, rest assured I’ve already read Book #1.

I don’t promise I’ll read all the highest rated works, but those most highly praised are considerably more likely to be added to the reading stack, which is what’s happened the previous years I’ve done this.

  • Gene Wolfe: The Sorceror’s House
  • John Scalzi: The God Engines
  • Joe R. Lansdale: Vanilla Ride
  • China Mieville: King Rat
  • Steven R. Boyett: Elegy Beach
  • Joe Hill: 20th Century Ghosts
  • Philip K. Dick: Collected Stories Volume II or Radio Free Albemuth
  • Michael Moorcock:The War Hound and the World’s Pain or The Final Programme
  • Greg Egan: Crystal Nights
  • Peter Ackroyd: Hawksmoor
  • J. G. Ballard: Crystal World
  • Iain Banks: Against a Dark Background or Matter
  • John Barnes: Kaleidoscope Century or Mother of Storms
  • Stephen Baxter: Traces or Mayflower II
  • Peter S. Beagle: A Fine and Private Place
  • Greg Bear: The City at the End of Time
  • Poppy Z. Brite: Plastic Jesus
  • Tobias Buckell: Sly Mongoose
  • Octavia Butler: Fledgeling
  • Jack Cady: The Night We Buried Road Dog
  • Michael Chabon: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
  • John Christopher: No Blade of Grass
  • Susanna Clarke: Ladies of Grace Adieu
  • Hal Clement: Iceworld
  • Avram Davidson: The Adventures of Dr. Esterhauzy or Limekiller
  • L. Sprague de Camp: A Gun for Dinosaur
  • Bradley Denton: Laughin’ Boy
  • Paul Di Filippo: Lost Pages or Fractal Paisleys
  • George Alec Effinger: What Entropy Means to Me
  • Harlan Ellison: Deathbird Stories
  • John M. Ford: The Dragon Waiting
  • Neil Gaiman: Fragile Things or The Graveyard Book
  • John Gardner: Freddy’s Book or The Wreckage of Agathon
  • Ray Garton: Night Life or Nids
  • Jane Gaskell: The Serpent
  • Joe Haldeman: The Accidental Time Machine
  • Peter F. Hamilton: Mindstar Rising
  • Robert E. Howard: Conan the Barbarian
  • Nalo Hopkinson: Brown Girl in the Ring or The Salt Roads
  • Shirley Jackson: We Have Always Lived in the Castle or The Lottery
  • M. R. James: More Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary
  • K. W. Jeter: Noir or Dark Seeker
  • Ha Jin: Waiting
  • James Patrick Kelly: Strange But Not a Stranger
  • Stephen King: Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass or The Colorado Kid
  • Russell Kirk: The Surly Sullen Bell (and yes, I’ve read the 2 Arkham House collections)
  • Henry Kuttner and/or C. L. Moore: Mutant, Fury, Black God’s Shadow or No Boundaries
  • R. A. Lafferty: Archipelago or The 13th Voyage of Sinbad
  • Fritz Leiber: Night’s Black Agents
  • Stanislaw Lem: Solaris
  • Jonathan Lethem: Motherless Brooklyn
  • Thomas Ligotti: Grimscribe, Noctuary, or The Shadow at the Bottom of the World
  • Ian MacLeod: Breathmoss and Other Exhalations
  • Ken MacLeod: Giant Lizards from Another Star or The Execution Channel
  • Gregory Maguire: Wicked
  • Barry Malzberg: Hervoit’s World
  • Richard Matheson: Duel or What Dreams May Come
  • ian MacDonald: River of Gods
  • Maureen McHugh: Mission Child or Nekropolis
  • Sean McMullen: The Miocene Arrow
  • Larry McMurtry: Lonesome Dove
  • Ward Moore: Bring the Jubilee
  • Pat Murphy: The Falling Woman
  • John Myers Myers: Silverlock
  • William F. Nolan: Things Beyond Midnight or Wild Galaxy
  • Naomi Novik: Throne of Jade
  • Patrick O’Leary: Other Voices, Other Rooms
  • Chad Oliver: The Shores of Another Sea or The Winds of Time
  • Susan Palwick: The Fate of Mice
  • H. Beam Piper: Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen
  • Tim Powers: Three Days to Never or Pilot Light
  • Alastair Reynolds: Redemption Ark
  • Rudy Rucker: Master of Time & Space or The Secret of Life or White Light
  • Matt Ruff: Fool on the Hill
  • Salman Rushdie: Midnight’s Children
  • Joanna Russ: The Female Man
  • Karl Schroeder: Permanence or Lady of Mazes
  • David J. Schow: Crypt Orchids
  • Michael Shaara: The Herald or The Killer Angels
  • Michael Shea: A Quest for Simbilis
  • Lucius Shepard: Floater or Aztechs or Viator
  • Lewis Shiner: The Edges of Things or Black and White
  • Dan Simmons: The Terror or Hard as Nails
  • Robert Sladek: Roderick
  • Neal Stephenson: Zodiac or The Big U
  • Charles Stross: The Fuller Memorandum (forthcoming)
  • Theodore Sturgeon: Microcosmic God: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon Volume 2
  • Steph Swainston: The Year of Our War
  • Thomas Burnett Swann: The Day of the Minotaur
  • Karl Edward Wagner: Darkness Weaves
  • Howard Waldrop: The Moone World (forthcoming)
  • Manly Wade Wellman: The Sleuth Patrol, The Last Mammoth or Fastest on the River
  • Martha Wells: The Element of Fire
  • John Whitbourne: To Build Jerusalem or Binscomb Tales
  • Liz Williams: The Demon and the City
  • Jack Williamson and James E. Gunn: Star Bridge
  • Connie Willis: To Say Nothing of the Dog
  • Jack Vance: Star King, The Languages of Pao, or Ports of Call
  • Roger Zelazny: Wilderness or DonnerJack