What are your top 5 books most wanted as ebooks? - Page 7

HLS · 01-07-2019, 06:22 PM

I am thrilled that Arthur C Clark is available. There was a time none were in eBook format.

pwalker8 · 01-08-2019, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by kcladyz

I am thrilled that Arthur C Clark is available. There was a time none were in eBook format.

Interesting that this thread got revived. I was just thinking about what books I'm still looking for.

As of Jan 8th, 2019, the biggest gap that I'm waiting on in the majority of the Zelazny backlist. The 5th Amber book was released November, 2017, nothing since.

The rest of my list are probably orphaned works (Zelazny's stuff is definitely not orphaned. I suspect that the rest will have to wait until his kids get control). I have a group of mid-tier authors whose books I liked and whose passed away. James H Cobb is likely to best known of these. None of his Amanda Garrnet (sp?) books are available.

crossi · 01-08-2019, 07:52 AM

As of 2019:
The Elenium and Tamuli series by Eddings.
Louise Cooper's Time's Master and Chaos Gate series
Crawford Killian's Lifter and Brother Jonathan
McKillip's Fools Run.

There were more, but I've been waiting so long I've sort of lost interest.
Some when they eventually showed up I wasn't still interested enough to buy.
These are the only ones I probably will buy if they ever appear.

pwalker8 · 01-08-2019, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by crossi

As of 2019:
The Elenium and Tamuli series by Eddings.
Louise Cooper's Time's Master and Chaos Gate series
Crawford Killian's Lifter and Brother Jonathan
McKillip's Fools Run.

There were more, but I've been waiting so long I've sort of lost interest.
Some when they eventually showed up I wasn't still interested enough to buy.
These are the only ones I probably will buy if they ever appear.

The Elenium and Tamuli were available at one time.

gmw · 01-08-2019, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by crossi

As of 2019:
The Elenium and Tamuli series by Eddings.
Louise Cooper's Time's Master and Chaos Gate series
Crawford Killian's Lifter and Brother Jonathan
McKillip's Fools Run.

There were more, but I've been waiting so long I've sort of lost interest.
Some when they eventually showed up I wasn't still interested enough to buy.
These are the only ones I probably will buy if they ever appear.

Is the Patricia McKillip's Fool's Run a geographic restriction problem? I picked it up from Kobo Australia not long ago (cheap!).

It's weird the way most of the David Eddings' books have all just disappeared now. Did they object to the sales? Very strange.

GeoffR · 01-09-2019, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by pwalker8

The Elenium and Tamuli were available at one time.

David Eddings' Elenium and Tamuli trilogies are still available as ebooks outside US/Canada, published by HarperCollins UK.

gmw · 01-09-2019, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffR

David Eddings' Elenium and Tamuli trilogies are still available as ebooks outside US/Canada, published by HarperCollins UK.

I searched Kobo before my last post and Elenium and Tamuli were not visible ... I searched again just now and they show up again (not that I care about these). Either I made a typo before or it was some temporary glitch at Kobo. Sadly Belgariad and Malloreon have not likewise magically reappeared.

pwalker8 · 01-09-2019, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by kcladyz

I am thrilled that Arthur C Clark is available. There was a time none were in eBook format.

Thanks for the pointer.

Dr. Drib · 01-18-2019, 10:33 AM

Claude Simon (Nobel Laureate in Literature - 1985)

I have all of these in Hardback (USA First Editions), but I would like to have them available as ebooks.

1) The Palace
2) Histoire
3) The Wind
4) The Flanders Road
5) The Grass

ZodWallop · 01-18-2019, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by kcladyz

I am thrilled that Arthur C Clark is available. There was a time none were in eBook format.

I'm glad his books are available and go on sale fairly often. I have an ereaderiq notification set and whenever one of his books hits $1.99, I snatch it even though I have most of his books in paper already.

Kieran Seymour · 01-20-2019, 01:41 PM

I managed to tick Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs off my list of wanted titles last year, but there's still one which is annoying the hell out of me due to eBook unavailability in the UK - The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King.

I think I'm right in saying that it's the only one of his novels that's unavailable, assuming you ignore Rage which he had removed from The Bachman Books.

pwalker8 · 01-21-2019, 07:49 AM

One set of books that I would love to see is Munn's Merlin's Godson series. It's 3 books in all (King of the World's Edge(1939/1966), The Ship from Atlantis (1967) and Merlin's Ring (1974), although the first two books were collected in an omnibus volume, Merlin's Godson in 1976 following the success of Merlin's Ring. A follow up novel was started but never finished.

I've got Merlin's Ring and Merlin's Godson in paper, though it's been a long while since I read it. To a great extent, I suspect this is the classic orphaned work. Munn died in 1981 and if he was married or had kids, I haven't seen any reference to it. I do have to wonder a bit about German copyright laws. I see a lot of books that are available in German but no where else.

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01-07-2019, 06:22 PM	#91
HLS Wizard Posts: 2,027 Karma: 15107670 Join Date: May 2017 Device: Sage, Scribe, Boox Note 2 Plus, iPad Pros and Samsungs S6,S7,S8	I am thrilled that Arthur C Clark is available. There was a time none were in eBook format.

01-08-2019, 07:52 AM	#93
crossi Guru Posts: 992 Karma: 12000001 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Seattle Wahington U.S. Device: kindle	As of 2019: The Elenium and Tamuli series by Eddings. Louise Cooper's Time's Master and Chaos Gate series Crawford Killian's Lifter and Brother Jonathan McKillip's Fools Run. There were more, but I've been waiting so long I've sort of lost interest. Some when they eventually showed up I wasn't still interested enough to buy. These are the only ones I probably will buy if they ever appear.

01-18-2019, 10:33 AM	#99
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 44,736 Karma: 55645321 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One	Claude Simon (Nobel Laureate in Literature - 1985) I have all of these in Hardback (USA First Editions), but I would like to have them available as ebooks. 1) The Palace 2) Histoire 3) The Wind 4) The Flanders Road 5) The Grass

01-20-2019, 01:41 PM	#101
Kieran Seymour Addict Posts: 324 Karma: 13222137 Join Date: May 2014 Location: Cambridgeshire, UK Device: Kobo Touch	I managed to tick Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs off my list of wanted titles last year, but there's still one which is annoying the hell out of me due to eBook unavailability in the UK - The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King. I think I'm right in saying that it's the only one of his novels that's unavailable, assuming you ignore Rage which he had removed from The Bachman Books.

01-21-2019, 07:49 AM	#102
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,195 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	One set of books that I would love to see is Munn's Merlin's Godson series. It's 3 books in all (King of the World's Edge(1939/1966), The Ship from Atlantis (1967) and Merlin's Ring (1974), although the first two books were collected in an omnibus volume, Merlin's Godson in 1976 following the success of Merlin's Ring. A follow up novel was started but never finished. I've got Merlin's Ring and Merlin's Godson in paper, though it's been a long while since I read it. To a great extent, I suspect this is the classic orphaned work. Munn died in 1981 and if he was married or had kids, I haven't seen any reference to it. I do have to wonder a bit about German copyright laws. I see a lot of books that are available in German but no where else.

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