Last week, I ordered a bunch of books from Amazon. (How many is a bunch? About 11 books, although two of the books are actually trilogies in one volume). All the books have been part of one order.
They’ve shipped to me in four lots (over about 2-3 days). Interestingly, the first two shipments (a total of four books) were with the "expedited International Delivery" which I actually ordered – which means that they’ll get here in about four weeks time.
The other two lots of books (the other seven books) were shipped using UPS International shipping… which gives them an estimated delivery date of this Friday…
Go figure that one out!
The books:
By Stephen Brust: "The Sun, The Moon and the Stars", "Agyar", "The Gypsy", "Cowboy Feng’s Space Bar and Grille", "To Reign in Hell" and "The Book of Jhereg". (that last I once owned, but it got lent to someone and has disappeared off into the aether).
By Judith Tarr: "The Hound and the Falcon" trilogy ("The Isle of Glass", "The Golden Horn" and "The Hounds of God"). I’ve read them all before and they’re one of my favourite fantasy series.
by Michelle Sagara: "Cast in Fury", book 4 of her Elantra series.
by Barbara Hambly: "Mother of Winter", one of the Darwath series.
by Anne Bishop: "The Black Jewels Trilogy". Yes, I love this series. My first copies of the books have been given as a present for a friend. I want this edition as it has a much, much better cover.
and a game book: "Classic Battletech: Jihad Hot Spots 3072".
Steven Brust’s To Reign In Hell is one of my favorites, which probably has a lot to do with the plethora of questions which had become a philosophical constant in my life at the time that I encountered it. Interestingly enough, I’ve never gotten around to reading any of his other books… just hadn’t occurred to me to look into it.
*makes a list*
Thanx!