Books I bought over the weekend
A brand new copy of The Algebraist – Iain M Banks – I was seduced by reading the back cover blurb.
The Third Culture – John Brockman
The Shockwave Rider – John Brunner (at last! and just 20 bucks! AND hardcover! at the Sunday Book Market at Abids – where else?). Update – 06 Jul 2007 – Just discovered it’s the first edition. Hm!
Centuries – A A Attanasio
Fire upon the Earth – The Story of the Christian Church – Norman A Langford – bought this on a whim
The West End Horror – Nicholas Meyer
A Light in the Attic – Shel Silverstein – this has been apparently banned from some libraries because it ‘encourages bad behaviour’ in children.
A well worn copy of Atlas Shrugged.
Dayworld – Philip Jose Farmer
The Dark Beyond the Stars – Frank M Robinson
The Seeds of Time – John Wyndham
Heavy Weather – Bruce Sterling – this looks to be as good as Distraction.
and some pulp.
Apart from this, bought a 4 DVD pack of Rajinikanth movies – I was looking for Baasha – a movie I had watched a long time back in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, when I had gone there with my dad. I quite enjoyed it at that time, and it was the same yesterday. Thanks to Satya for the tip on where to get the DVD.
Finishing A Good Old Fashioned Future (Bruce Sterling) right now. Enjoyable, except for ‘Big Jelly’.
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