A local chain bookstore closed a couple of weeks ago, and before they closed they had a clearance sale. Cheap new books.
I decided to stock up, and got a bag of books:
- Skinwalker by Faith Hunter. Looks like a Cherokee vampire slayer.
- Bloodring: A Rogue Mage Novel By the same author as Skinwalker
- Magician: Apprentice. by Raymond E. Feist. I stood in line for close to two hours waiting for the special Avatar premiere a while back, and a guy in the line told me that I should read the Raymond E. Feist books, starting with this one. I was glad to find it at the sale.
- Silverthorn by Raymond E. Feist. Same series.
- Magician; Master by Raymond E. Feist. Same series.
- Jimmy the Hand by Raymond E. Feist and S.M. Stirling. I think it is the same series as above.
- The Far Kingdoms by Allan Cole & Chris Bunch. They say not to judge a book by its cover, but here I did. I liked the cover, so I bought it
- Vampire$ by John Steakley. A novel about a professional vampire slayer. Yes, the title ends in an $ like that old Vega$ TV series with Robert Urich. I didn't check to see if he was killing vampires in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Blood and Rust: Two Novels of the Cleveland Undead, by S.A. Swiniaraski. Well, I had no idea that Cleveland had such a vampire problem, but there does appear to be a sub-genre about Cleveland vampires.
- Dragons & Dwarves by S. Andrew Swann. Sounds like a D&D adventure? No, this one is also about Cleveland. But maybe it is also like a D&D adventure: looking at the back cover, it appears that in the novel a dragon sets the Cuyahoga River ablaze.
- Must Love Hellhounds by Charlaine Harris and others. This has characters from the Sookie Stackhouse ("True Blood") books, and I've already read all of those.
So, where to start? Which of these books sounds the most interesting to my readers who are readers? If any of them do sound interesting?
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Jimmy The Hand is in the same world as the books you previously listed, but not in the same series.
It goes:
Magician Apprentice
Magician Master
Silverthorn
A Darkness at Sethanon
His Wikipedia page has the order of the rest of them as well. I have read them all and thoroughly enjoyed them.
Which bookstore closed, dmarks? In a mall? I took some photographs the other day that I'll post within a week or two. (May find more on the same theme.) I mention this because the subject matter made me think of you. Now aren't you curious?
"One thing about living in [Cleveland] I never could stomach. All the damn vampires."
Nice collection of books you've got!
I am intrigued by the cover of the Far Kingdoms, also. I quite often judge a book by the cover. I'd probably go right for that one.
I haven't seen any vampires lately, but now I know that I should be on the lookout. Cleveland appears to be a good setting for fiction. That's where I'm setting everything I write, but only because I know it better than any other place.
cleveland vampires? That's crazy!
I have read Vampire$. There was a movie made from it, sort of.
The same guy wrote Armor, which is also good. I tend to get Armor mixed up with Starship Troopers, cause I read them both in the same month.
Steakley lives about an hour from here, but doesn't write that much, and I have never met him. I hear that there is a sequel to Armor, but that he's still working on it, so don't hold your breath.
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Wow. those are a lot of books. How exciting.
I hate shopping for everything except books at a clearance sale. OK, and office supplies, but that's another post.
Anyway, the bookstore's misfortune is your good fortune.
great books.. I especially like the ones of Vampires in Cleveland! they sound interesting!
Far Kingdom's would be my choice
I will try again.
I have read Vampire$. And, there was a movie made from it, sort of.
John Steakley lives in the general area, but I have not met him. He also wrote Armor. He did not write much else. There is supposed to be a sequel to Armor, but he is still working on it.
Dragons and Dwarves is about Cleveland? Interesting....
Cube; It was a B. Dalton. I think they closed down a whole bunch of those. It might be a harbinger of bookstores closing down in response to ebooks/etc. I've already been hearing that Borders is supposed to go bankrupt in a few months.
Laura and Leo: Looks like "Far Kingdoms" will be the first choice.
Followed by "Vampire$" and the Cleveland books. (Thanks for the info about "Armor", Laughing).
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Ooohhhh... great list! I did not know about Must Love Hellhounds. Feist has long been a favored author of mine. You will enjoy them. I have several here to check out. Thanks.
Ananda: I didn't know about "Must Love Hellhounds". That makes 11 books, I think, that I know of, in the "Sookie Stackhouse" series.
(I mean I did not know about the book until I saw it at the store).
If you want to read about vampires in Cleveland, check out the Blood & Rust Omnibus by S. Andrew Swann, the same guy that wrote the Dragons & Dwarves books.
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