Incoming Books Log
Jeff VanderMeer • March 17th, 2008 @ 7:28 am • Book Reviews
We’re gonna try an experiment and until the end of March I’m going to post a photo of the books that have come in for review every day. With commentary, sometimes. Please do chime in if you have strong thoughts about a particular book or have been anticipating one. This photo is a little misleading, as the Apocalypse Reader I’m blogging about today at Amazon somehow snuck in there though I’ve had it awhile.
So, we’ve got some Doctorow, some Weber, Harrison’s interesting-looking thriller/noir, another MacCaffrey collaboration (is she actually writing this stuff any more? it all seems co-written, which raises the little I’m-a-Franchise-Now hairs on my arms). Never read Dantec or Gunn before, to be honest.
Jeff
March 17, 2008 at 8:20 am
Yes please do this! I think one of the best things on the entirety of the internet is Rick Kleffel’s Rolling shelves over at The Agony Column. http://trashotron.com/agony/ Where he takes pictures of all the ARCs and new books he gets sent. Book pr0n
March 17, 2008 at 8:23 am
This is cool!
I’m looking for that Apocalypse post.
March 17, 2008 at 8:51 am
omg, I totally want Cory’s Little Brother book!
March 17, 2008 at 9:09 am
Very cool indeed!
Give me the Doctorow book as well, please.
March 17, 2008 at 3:46 pm
I thought the Dantec was dreadful. Haven’t read the Gunn yet, but Death’s Head was hilarious and awesome.
March 17, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Thanks Rose!
I should note that the Changeling is a really odd book. Like, you can open it up to a page and get something like “lilac lingums frolic in fields of clover by the babbling brook of innuendo.”
JV
March 17, 2008 at 9:09 pm
I’m waiting for the McCaffery/Arthur C. Clarke collaborative exercise…
March 21, 2008 at 10:01 am
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