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desertgrandma · 02-17-2010, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ficbot

I was going to buy The Lovely Bones since it is on 100% rebate, but the ebook is $16.99 ($14.44 club price) and the mass-market paperback is $7.99 so...pass

Are you checking our wiki on Ebook comparison sites?

Scroll to bottom............

https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_stores

kennyc · 02-17-2010, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by edbro

About to start The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers.

This is a PB edition I got for cheap on Half.com.

Oooh! oooh! That's a good one!

I just read it about 6 months ago..

Billjr13 · 02-17-2010, 06:26 PM

I have The Stand in HBook. The TV addaptation was well done. I have started a book bundle deal from Kathy Reichs, not bad... I used to like Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta books but the characters turned into awful people

ficbot · 02-17-2010, 07:09 PM

I always used to buy only at Fictionwise because of the rebates but now I am not doing that as much. Good to know about the comparison site.

JSWolf · 02-17-2010, 09:44 PM

Now I am currently reading Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington which is a novella by David Webber as part of the book Changer of Worlds.

Thi sis the first story (in timeline order) that we get to see Honor Harrington. And it does actually make sense to read the Honorverse in timeline order. I read On Basilisk Station first and found a lot I missed out on by not knowing things I do now based on timeline reading.

Dr. Drib · 02-18-2010, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Pretty sure I've read "Enormous Radio" before, but just downloaded it from here:

http://web.sbu.edu/english/faculty/m...10/cheever.htm

to re-read.

I sure wish more short story collections were available as ebooks. sigh.

I agree with you, and especially short story collections by literary writers.

Also, I just wish more short story collections were being supported by major publishers.

Don

kennyc · 02-18-2010, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

I agree with you, and especially short story collections by literary writers.

Also, I just wish more short story collections were being supported by major publishers.

Don

Yep, I pretty much have to rely on those annual anthologies the the few other collections (anthologies or know authors) each year. I've still not bought the T.C. Boyle and they raised the price back up at Amazon....

I did notice that "Last Night in Twisted River" showed up at my library for ebook checkout a couple of days ago.

Moejoe · 02-18-2010, 06:13 AM

Bagombo Snuff Box by Kurt Vonnegut

Of Time and the River - Thomas Wolfe

Shatterday - Harlan Ellison

pdurrant · 02-18-2010, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

this month's Asimov's .

Also fun. Starts with a good story about well-known pulp hero (although he's never actually named, it's obvious which one). Ends with a good time-travel story that's not really about time travel. I even liked one of the poems ("Our Canine Defense Team") - perhaps because it was more a short-short than a poem...

Another collection of short pieces now, Federations edited by John Joseph Adams. It has something by Lois McMaster Bujold in it, which will be good to re-read, as I think it must be one of the reprints in the volume, not one of the original stories.

A nice multi-format ebook from Fictionwise with no DRM applied.

kennyc · 02-18-2010, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

....I even liked one of the poems.
....

I hope it wasn't a Bruce Boston one......

Crusader · 02-18-2010, 10:04 AM

I'm taking a time-out from James Patterson. Currently busy with 'Night Watch' by Terry Pratchett.

Daephex · 02-18-2010, 10:24 AM

I saved this long Esquire interview with Roger Ebert as HTML, and sent it to my reader... after that, who knows?

BenG · 02-18-2010, 12:30 PM

I just finished Connie Willis' Blackout. It's a great book but it's only part one of the story. The conclusion, All Clear, will not be published until this fall.

kennyc · 02-18-2010, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by BenG

I just finished Connie Willis' Blackout. It's a great book but it's only part one of the story. The conclusion, All Clear, will not be published until this fall.

NO!!!! Not one of those again! That sort of thing is why I don't read Dan Simmons any more!

ficbot · 02-18-2010, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

NO!!!! Not one of those again! That sort of thing is why I don't read Dan Simmons any more!

Didn't know that. I am sorry I bought it now; if I had known that, I wouldn't have.

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Billjr13 Addict Posts: 357 Karma: 550002 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Colorado Device: Sony PRS 700 & 650	I have The Stand in HBook. The TV addaptation was well done. I have started a book bundle deal from Kathy Reichs, not bad... I used to like Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta books but the characters turned into awful people

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BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	I just finished Connie Willis' Blackout. It's a great book but it's only part one of the story. The conclusion, All Clear, will not be published until this fall.