Category Archives: reading
A Beautiful Friendship by David Weber
A Beautiful Friendship by David Weber - Baen 2011 hardcover - science fiction – “A Star Kingdom Novel A Beautiful Friendship is based on a short story which appeared in the 1998 short story collection More than Honor. In this greatly expanded version, … Continue reading
FFB: Prey
this is the 72nd in my series of forgotten books Prey by Ken Goddard, Tor Books 1993 paperback - First Harry Lightstone I bought this book expecting it to be a wilderness mystery. The protagonist is Harry Lightstone, a Federal Fish and Wildlife … Continue reading
New Stuff – birthday
Instead of a Friday Forgotten Book today it’s going to be a brief post on the new stuff I got at birthday mine on Wednesday. It was a great day. This takes the place of the New Arrivals post I do … Continue reading
FFB: Smith and Other Events: Stories of the Chilcotin
this is the 71st in my series of forgotten books Smith and Other Events – Stories of the Chilcotin by Paul St. Pierre © 1984, Beaufort Books, Inc., 1984 hardcover, short story collection Back in ’84 when I was a regular visitor to … Continue reading
FFB: The Complete Venus Equilateral
this is the 70th in my series of forgotten books The Complete Venus Equilateral by George O. Smith © 1942-1947, 1973 - Del Rey 1976 paperback, science fiction short story collection Having read a review of this on Friday Forgotten Books, I was … Continue reading
New Arrivals, September 26 – October 9, 2011
Two weeks worth of new arrivals. Seems these things come in batches, I had just one in late September so skipped doing a new arrivals post, now bang! So here’s the story: several of these are gifts, one from Carl … Continue reading
FFB: The Bat Flies Low
The Bat Flies Low by Sax Rohmer © 1935, P.F. Collier & Son hardcover, Orient Edition (see text) 1930s - mystery-adventure-mystical this is the 69th in my series of forgotten books First, the book and it’s edition, my thoughts on the story afterward. … Continue reading
Down the Mysterly River
Down the Mysterly River by Bill Willingham © 2011, Starscape Books 2011 hardcover with illustrations by Mark Buckingham, fiction, YA adventure This is a tale of a boy, bear, badger and cat in a mysterious wilderness. Max, a top-notch Boy Scout, has no idea how … Continue reading
The Next Rodeo
William Kittredge © 2007, Graywolf Press 2007 trade paper, non-fiction, essays, biographical, semi-biographical After hearing Kittredge interviewed on Public Radio, I wanted to read his essays, and this was the collection that was mentioned in that interview. The essays range from Kittredge’s … Continue reading
FFB: The Mouse in the Mountain
this is the 68th in my series of forgotten books The Mouse in the Mountain by Norbert Davis © 1943, Rue Morgue Press 2001 trade paper, mystery featuring Doan & Carstairs It’s 1943, World War II is fully under way. Doan is … Continue reading
New Arrivals August 1 – 7, 2011
Various & Sundry might be a good description for this weeks additions to the stockpile here at the Portland abode. Old mystery, newer mystery, travel, graphic novels, fantasy, pulp. To quote a line from the film Jurassic Park, (remember? It’s when … Continue reading
Pern Books – part 2.
Also read: Pern Books – part 1 Starting At the Beginning… Last time I gave a brief introduction to the series of 16 Pern novels, plus some short stories, and gave a list of the books in my recommended reading … Continue reading
New Arrivals, July 25 – 31, 2011
I went to Borders on Monday morning, after the hordes had stripped about half of the stock. The books, with a few exceptions were only 10% off, not the 40% the bug signs said, but I bought three books, two … Continue reading
New Arrivals, June 20 – 26, 2011
The excesses of last week are past. This time I have just three things, two of them the result of a post by Evan Lewis [ HERE ] and a book that has been on pre-order. That’s a change for the … Continue reading
New Arrivals, June 13 – 19, 2011
Uh, what happened here? I had just two things last week and I was feeling pretty proud of that. You recall, no more space for books, only the barest essential additions to the library, exercise restraint. Yeah, well… read on. … Continue reading
FFB: R. Holmes & Co.
this is the 61st in my series of forgotten books R. Holmes & Co. by John Kendrick Bangs, © 1906, Otto Penzler 1994 paperback, Sherlock Holmes Library, Raffles Holmes – pastiche mystery short stories I have about four feet of shelving dedicated to Sherlock … Continue reading
The Railway Detective
The Railway Detective by Edward Marston © 2004, Allison & Busby 2004 trade paperback - mystery – first in the Detective Inspector Colbeck series of Victorian railway-related mysteries It is London 1851, and the opening of the Great Exposition is pending in London. … Continue reading
FFB: The Shell Seekers
– the 59th in my series of “forgotten” books – The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher, © 1987, St. Martin’s Press 1987 hardcover - general fiction My parents’ house in Laguna Beach, CA which she and my father bought in 1961, as … Continue reading
