This is a short book, and quite different from the other Asimovs I’ve read recently. Specifically it doesn’t have any robots, and isn’t a murder mystery. Its also set about 1,000 years into the future from the previous Robot Mysteries. Its a good book, with a style similar to the original Robot Mysteries (distinct from…
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The Stainless Steel Rat Sings The Blues
The underlying premise of this book is weak (a criminal forced into a band in order to find a stolen item), but like I’ve said in the past the Stainless Steel Rat books are fun, and not really intended to make you a better person. This one is along those lines too — its an…
Sydney 1, Mikal 1
I tried two more second hand bookstores yesterday. Books Buy and Sell no longer exists, it has been replaced with a sex toy store. I guess that says something about Sydney again. Gould’s books was all I had remembered (big mounds of books everywhere), and was worth the visit. Its more organised than I remember,…
Sydney redeems itself, if only a little
On the way home from our awesome soup dumpling dinner in Sydney we dropped into Elizabeth’s Bookshop entirely by accident. We’d deliberately walked a block offset from where we do normally to avoid boredom, and just got lucky. The second hand science fiction selection was good (not huge, but big enough to have some stuff…
On the potentially sorry state of second hand science fiction book stores in Sydney
Following a recommendation from Danny, I went and checked out Galaxy Books on York Street during one of my lunch times. The review says they have a good second hand section, and I am still hunting for some old Asimovs. Unfortunately, it was a waste of time. The second hand section must of only had…
The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted
This book is another Stainless Steel Rat prequel, although it was written well after the original book. This book takes up from where A Stainless Steel Rat is Born ends — with Jim arrested (of course), on a surprisingly low tech planet. Jim must then escape, and make his way in the universe once more….
Books read in June 2008
Robots and Empire Caliban Inferno
Raymond E Feist’s Serpentwar Saga
(I went book shopping in Canberra yesterday). C Year Title Notes 1994 Shadow of a Dark Queen Stored in Australia (Box 1). [bookstore: garagesale] 1995 Rise of a Merchant Prince 1997 Rage of a Demon King Stored in Australia (Box 1). [bookstore: garagesale] 1998 Shards of a Broken Crown
Raymond E Feist’s Empire Trilogy
(I went book shopping in Canberra yesterday). C Year Title Notes 1987 Daughter of the Empire Stored in Australia (Box 1). [bookstore: garagesale] 1990 Servant of the Empire Stored in Australia (Box 1). [bookstore: garagesale] 1997 Mistress of the Empire
Katharine Kerr’s Deverry Series
Year Title Notes Act one: Deverry 1986 Daggerspell 1987 Darkspell 1989 The Bristling Wood – US title; issued in the UK as Dawnspell: The Bristling Wood 1990 The Southern Sea – US title; issued in the UK as Dragonspell: The Southern Sea Act two: The Westlands 1991 A Time of Exile 1992 A Time of…