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<blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 6131756" data-attributes="member: 70">Yeah, I'm excited about it.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> &nbsp;The first year or two (there are two sales a year) I went in with a list of &quot;best books&quot; (of the year, pulitzer, etc, etc.)&nbsp; Some were great; some I still haven't read.&nbsp; The last year or two I didn't have much time to prepare, so I sort of winged it - some hits, some misses.&nbsp; It's hard to find stuff in SF/Fantasy that I haven't read or passed over before, so I pushed more into mystery.&nbsp; This year I went in with a list of authors I had enjoyed (Alistair Reynolds), particular books I wanted (We Have Always Lived In the Castle; Queen of Bedlam), and particular authors that were supposed to be similar to ones I enjoyed (James M. Cain). And books/series/authors that seem to keep getting mentioned and I want to read to &quot;cover the bases&quot; (John Brunner, John Norman).I was there at opening on the first day, which paid off.&nbsp; I went again yesterday to &quot;fill in&quot; some the more common authors that I'd passed over or only gotten one of the first time around (ie Christopher Moore; the Scandinavians). If I go next weekend, it'll be &quot;this looks interesting and it's only $.10&quot; time, and I'll grab some more stuff from the history &amp; architecture sections - reference rather than reading.I think I've passed that one by quite often.&nbsp; How readable is it?&nbsp; I like books that move along, and that one always looked threateningly abtruse.&nbsp; However, I thought the same about Alistair Reynolds and was totally wrong, so....And to get back on topic...I finished Island of the Sequined Love Nun a few days ago, and am bouncing between 8th Annual Years Best SF, Double Indemnity, and a book I'm not going to mention here. I might do Absolution Gap or Altered Carbon next.&nbsp; I tried really hard to get a variety of books, and I think I succeeded as best I could hope for. Although I do have a weird sudden craving for Patricia McKillip's books.... (I love me some gloriously, unashamedly stylized high fantasy.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nellisir, post: 6131756, member: 70"] Yeah, I'm excited about it. :) The first year or two (there are two sales a year) I went in with a list of "best books" (of the year, pulitzer, etc, etc.) Some were great; some I still haven't read. The last year or two I didn't have much time to prepare, so I sort of winged it - some hits, some misses. It's hard to find stuff in SF/Fantasy that I haven't read or passed over before, so I pushed more into mystery. This year I went in with a list of authors I had enjoyed (Alistair Reynolds), particular books I wanted ([I]We Have Always Lived In the Castle; Queen of Bedlam[/I]), and particular authors that were supposed to be similar to ones I enjoyed (James M. Cain). And books/series/authors that seem to keep getting mentioned and I want to read to "cover the bases" (John Brunner, John Norman). I was there at opening on the first day, which paid off. I went again yesterday to "fill in" some the more common authors that I'd passed over or only gotten one of the first time around (ie Christopher Moore; the Scandinavians). If I go next weekend, it'll be "this looks interesting and it's only $.10" time, and I'll grab some more stuff from the history & architecture sections - reference rather than reading. I think I've passed that one by quite often. How readable is it? I like books that move along, and that one always looked threateningly abtruse. However, I thought the same about Alistair Reynolds and was totally wrong, so.... And to get back on topic...I finished [I]Island of the Sequined Love Nun[/I] a few days ago, and am bouncing between [I]8th Annual Years Best SF[/I], [I]Double Indemnity[/I], and a book I'm not going to mention here. I might do [I]Absolution Gap[/I] or [I]Altered Carbon[/I] next. I tried really hard to get a variety of books, and I think I succeeded as best I could hope for. Although I do have a weird sudden craving for Patricia McKillip's books.... (I love me some gloriously, unashamedly stylized high fantasy.) [/QUOTE]

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