Author Topic: Book exchange - sci/fi, fantasy (Read 2697 times)

Badwrench · « **on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 02:59:47 »

Checking interest in the possibility of doing a book exchange. I am an avid reader of sci/fi and fantasy books and am always looking for something good (there is a lot of crap out there). I knock out about 1 book a week, and was hoping that others around here might help me broaden my tastes.

My current reads have been the space operas by Alastair Reynolds.

Favorite books are the Dark Tower series, the Dune books (yes, all of them - let the flaming begin), Harry Potter series, and Game of Thrones series.

List of my books I am willing to trade out: (I will be updating this list as I find more of my books)

Frank/Brian Herbert:
(Note that these are listed in the chronilogical order within the stories, not the release dates)
Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
Dune: The Machine Crusade
Dune: The Battle of Corrin
Dune: House Atreides
Dune: House Harkonnen
Dune: House Corrino
Dune
Paul of Dune
Dune Messiah
The Winds of Dune
Children of Dune
God Emperor of Dune
Heretics of Dune
Chapterhouse: Dune
Hunters of Dune
Sandworms of Dune

The White Plague

Stephen King:
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (1982)
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three (1987)
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands (1991)
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (1997)
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (2003)
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah (2004)
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (2004)
The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012)

Desolation

The Talisman

Alastair Reynolds:
The Prefect
Absolution Gap

mauri · « **Reply #1 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 03:24:59 »

Have you read Artemis Fowl books?

Badwrench · « **Reply #2 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 03:35:33 »

Nope. My hope here is to get some new ideas for good stuff and to share what I have. I am planning on adding a list of all the books I have that I am willing to send out so that people can pick and choose.

noisyturtle · « **Reply #3 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 05:32:43 »

I have 2 copies of The Lusty Argonian Maid

fohat.digs · « **Reply #4 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 07:37:04 »

Alastair Reynolds rules. That has been my obsession for the last year.

I have at least a hundred science fiction paperbacks from the 1960s-70s that I need to move out of the house.

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #5 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 07:57:50 »

I'd be game for this. I'm currently reading the Wool series and I just picked up SM Stirling's The Given Sacrifice.

Tarzan · « **Reply #6 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 08:03:57 »

Quote from: fohat.digs on Wed, 02 October 2013, 07:37:04

Alastair Reynolds rules. That has been my obsession for the last year.

I have at least a hundred science fiction paperbacks from the 1960s-70s that I need to move out of the house.

Reynolds is one of my top fave writers as well. Also been reading Greg Egan (if you like hard science sci-fi, there's no one better...), and I'll buy anything written by Richard K. Morgan.

Put me down as definitely interested, I've got tons of science fiction and fantasy novels ranging from classic (A. Merrit, E.R.Burroughs) to modern (Martin Millar, Rhiannon Held) that I've read and wouldn't mind trading away.

SpAmRaY · « **Reply #7 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 08:05:11 »

Sadly I don't read, but this is a great idea!

Tarzan · « **Reply #8 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 08:06:55 »

The nice thing about books is that we can still take advantage of media mail rates. Slow, to be sure, but pretty cheap.

Melvang · « **Reply #9 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 08:15:08 »

I would love to donate my Spider Queen and The Legend of Drizzit series but are all on my Nook and I don't think those have the option to loan out. Both series are by R.A. Salvatore and amazing but quick-ish reads.

SpAmRaY · « **Reply #10 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 10:27:05 »

Tom Clancy died

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #11 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 10:29:22 »

Quote from: Melvang on Wed, 02 October 2013, 08:15:08

I would love to donate my Spider Queen and The Legend of Drizzit series but are all on my Nook and I don't think those have the option to loan out. Both series are by R.A. Salvatore and amazing but quick-ish reads.

The Kindle allows people to share books. Surprised the Nook doesn't.

jdcarpe · « **Reply #12 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 10:34:24 »

An e-reader and BitTorrent. I have enough books to outlast my lifetime.

Also, I know some people don't like his stuff, but I like Cory Doctorow (craphound.com). He releases all his stuff digitally, with no DRM. If you enjoy reading it, you can buy a hardcover to support the author.

Tarzan · « **Reply #13 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 10:40:01 »

When it comes to reading, I'm a neo-Luddite. For me, nothing can compare to the experience of holding a bound volume in hand, reading text on the printed page.

I even carry books on the airplane, when space is at a premium. And have had much inner glee at pulling out a book to read, when the attendants announce that all portable electronic devices be turned off.

Do I read books electronically? Once in a great while I find something intriguing on Project Gutenberg, long out of print and unavailable anywhere else. But if I can get them in paper, that's always my preferred option.

[By the way; I think this thread should be in Other Geeky Stuff, rather than Off Topic.

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Melvang · « **Reply #14 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 17:58:05 »

Quote from: CPTBadAss on Wed, 02 October 2013, 10:29:22

Quote from: Melvang on Wed, 02 October 2013, 08:15:08
I would love to donate my Spider Queen and The Legend of Drizzit series but are all on my Nook and I don't think those have the option to loan out. Both series are by R.A. Salvatore and amazing but quick-ish reads.

The Kindle allows people to share books. Surprised the Nook doesn't.

The nook does have that option but not all books are available for it

AKmalamute · « **Reply #15 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 19:38:20 »

My std. response when people ask about sci-fi, is "everything by Jack L. Chalker" and "Everything (I think) by Alan Dean Foster"

Although some of Chalker's older stuff I've never read, but it's all in space, and while you do see him improve as a writer over the decades, his older stuff is still pretty good. The Well World saga and even the Wonderland Gambit series predate the Matrix movie by quite a few years ... but have very noticeable overlaps (namely, that everything is a lie. The rest is ... not overlapping.)

Man. The Matrix. Wouldn't it be cool if they made a sequel? ...Too bad no one's done that (/rimshot)

dante · « **Reply #16 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 19:41:05 »

Have nothing to trade but wanted to give a big thumbs up to Jim Butcher's 'Dresden Files' series.

belac · « **Reply #17 on:** Wed, 02 October 2013, 20:45:31 »

I'm mostly a fantasy reader myself. WOT is my favorite. The Dark Elf books are excellent quick reads. In the sci/fi / thriller category, Daniel Suarez's Daemon and Freedom are amazing. Every geek should read those.

Badwrench · « **Reply #18 on:** Fri, 04 October 2013, 10:48:01 »

Quote from: Greystoke on Wed, 02 October 2013, 08:03:57

Quote from: fohat.digs on Wed, 02 October 2013, 07:37:04
Alastair Reynolds rules. That has been my obsession for the last year.

I have at least a hundred science fiction paperbacks from the 1960s-70s that I need to move out of the house.

Reynolds is one of my top fave writers as well. Also been reading Greg Egan (if you like hard science sci-fi, there's no one better...), and I'll buy anything written by Richard K. Morgan.

Put me down as definitely interested, I've got tons of science fiction and fantasy novels ranging from classic (A. Merrit, E.R.Burroughs) to modern (Martin Millar, Rhiannon Held) that I've read and wouldn't mind trading away.

I will have to check on Egan and Morgan at my local Bookoff.

Also, I am with you in that I much prefer to have a book in hand rather than an e-reader/tablet. I bought a tablet to just use as a reader (got through all the Rice "Mars" series), but just found that I prefer to have the physical copy in my hand, and at that I prefer hard cover. All of my recent buys have been hardcover and if I see something in the used racks that goes with a series I already have, I usually pick it up to complete my bookshelf.

*Updated the op with a list of books I have for trade*

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #19 on:** Sat, 12 October 2013, 07:38:54 »

Think I got a little confused, are we swapping/keeping books or just borrowing from each other? I thought we were borrowing.

Also if anyone has a Kindle, I just finished Hugh Howey's Wool and I'm floored at how good it was. I'm pretty sure I can let people borrow a copy through Amazon so if you're interested in reading it, let me know. I'm ripping into Shift and Dust right now.

Badwrench · « **Reply #20 on:** Sat, 12 October 2013, 13:12:26 »

Quote from: CPTBadAss on Sat, 12 October 2013, 07:38:54

Think I got a little confused, are we swapping/keeping books or just borrowing from each other? I thought we were borrowing.

Also if anyone has a Kindle, I just finished Hugh Howey's Wool and I'm floored at how good it was. I'm pretty sure I can let people borrow a copy through Amazon so if you're interested in reading it, let me know. I'm ripping into Shift and Dust right now.

Original plan was borrowing. I was hoping to take advantage of media shipping costs and allow me and other members to get some good reads without scouring the used book stores or paying full price for a new book.

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #21 on:** Sat, 12 October 2013, 13:20:53 »

Sounds good

SpAmRaY · « **Reply #22 on:** Wed, 18 December 2013, 10:02:59 »

http://what-if.xkcd.com/76/

^^ relevant to reading books

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #23 on:** Wed, 18 December 2013, 10:03:50 »

Badwrench, did we still wanna do this? I'm game still ^__^

regack · « **Reply #24 on:** Wed, 18 December 2013, 10:44:09 »

I never finished House Corrino or anything after that from Brian Herbert. Something about his writing style just sort of got to me. Come to think of it, I couldn't get past god Emperor... and what's the deal with Duncan Idaho... I mean, REALLY...

I have to get back on the Dark Tower. I have Song of Susannah, but haven't started it yet.

Anyway, I don't really have anything to loan out, but I'll list some stories I've rather liked:

Michael Swanwick - Vacuum Flowers
Michael Swanwick - Stations of the Tide
Michael Swanwick - The Iron Dragon's Daughter
Notes: I like the approach this author takes where technology and such isn't really described in detail, it just is and is taken for granted. It is not the focus of the story, but plays it's part. It is up to the readers imagination to fill in the details.

Dan Simmons - Hyperion
Dan Simmons - The Fall of Hyperion
Dan Simmons - Endymion
Dan Simmons - The Rise of Endymion
Notes: Been a while since I read this series, but it was engaging and different.

Neal Asher - Gridlinked
Neal Asher - The Skinner
Neal Asher - Shadow of the Scorpion
Notes: These are just fun... quite a universe that's created here, and there like 10-12 books set in this universe even if they're not all series.

Stephen Baxter - Raft
Stephen Baxter - Flux
Notes: More stuff set in this universe, definitely hard sci-fi

Neal Stephenson - The Diamond Age (and Snow Crash, but everyone's read that, right?)

Dave Wolverton - On My Way to Paradise
Piers Anthony - Macroscope

These just popped into my head really quick, I'm leaving lots of stuff out, but these could keep a person busy for a while.

Badwrench · « **Reply #25 on:** Wed, 18 December 2013, 13:41:30 »

Quote from: CPTBadAss on Wed, 18 December 2013, 10:03:50

Badwrench, did we still wanna do this? I'm game still ^__^

I am as well.

Any one can hit me up for what is on the list in the OP. PM your shipping info and I will get them in the mail (conus only, sorry). I am currently re-reading the Dune books, so only the first 3 are available right now. I should be done with them by mid to late January though. I read quickly.

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #26 on:** Wed, 18 December 2013, 13:45:32 »

YGPM Badwrench

Badwrench · « **Reply #27 on:** Mon, 20 January 2014, 10:27:57 »

Successful trade with CPT

I just received "Sundiver" by David Brin, looking forward to some new reads.

CPTBadAss · « **Reply #28 on:** Tue, 21 January 2014, 13:06:24 »

Quote from: Badwrench on Mon, 20 January 2014, 10:27:57

Successful trade with CPT I just received "Sundiver" by David Brin, looking forward to some new reads.

Awwww yeah. I have an Allistair Reynolds book from Badwrench in my possession

. Can't remember the title though

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Author Topic: Book exchange - sci/fi, fantasy (Read 2697 times)