I want to get the Edward Eager books, especially "Half Magic,"

I seem to remember this title, but can't quite remember what it was about. Off to amazon.

I seem to remember this title, but can't quite remember what it was about. Off to amazon.

You had to wish for twice as much of everything to get what you wanted. It was tricky.

Sounds like talking to my dad, actually.

I'm finally able to stop lurking and start posting (oddly enough, working full time makes it easier to post than staying at home with a three year old). So, going way back...

I saw Steven Brust's latest in the bookstore the other day and was intrigued. From the back cover, it looked a bit like a cross between Firefly and Hitchhiker's Guide.

Every couple of months someone on the Brust mailing list mentions Firefly, and it always makes me do a double take. It's just weird when fandoms intersect. In any case, I think that's a great description of that book (Sethra Lavode, I think) but I'd suggest you start at the beginning of the "Khaavren Romances" with Phoenix Guards, if you haven't already. If Firefly were written by Dumas (and didn't involve space), you'd have this particular Brust series.

On another note, I saw some discussion of Quicksilver but none on The Confusion. Has anyone finished it? I feel like I'm being punished for wishing Cryptonomicon would never end. And no one I know will commit to the damn trilogy in advance, so I am alone in my frustration.

I also liked Sethra Lavode (or shouda been "The Enchantress of Dzur Mountain", grr), but I really like SKZB's work and have since the start.

On another note, I saw some discussion of Quicksilver but none on The Confusion. Has anyone finished it? I feel like I'm being punished for wishing Cryptonomicon would never end. And no one I know will commit to the damn trilogy in advance, so I am alone in my frustration.

I've been trying to wait for Quicksilver in paper, and have been told that it probably won't be until October or November. I'm not sure I can wait that long. I have the same problem with LMB's The Paladin of Souls.

Yes, Ingram shows a pub date of October 2004, $15.95 on the paperback of Quicksilver, John.

And June 1 for the Da Vinci Code which rather surprises me as it is still selling in HC. Not that anyone asked, but I can't stop keeping track of the darn thing. Our libray system has 66 copies of it and it still has a waiting list of 30 or so. WTF?

I read everyones recommendations of kid and YA mysteries with real interest as it is an area I know little about and am always having to sell. Buffistas rock in so many ways!

Anyone else see the Onion's Encyclopedia Brown obituary last fall? I laughed a lot.

Tom the Dancing Bug had a strip devoted to "Encyclopedia Bush" not long ago. This link might even work.

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On another note, I saw some discussion of Quicksilver but none on The Confusion.

DH has read it -- says it is better than Quicksilver. He kept laughing and trying to share , but since I haven't read quicksilver yet I wouldn't let him

Today after work, I went to the used bookstore. It used to be right near work, but it's far away from my new work. So sad. I bought all the Nevada Barr books they had (like, three), and a couple Steven Brust books (in the Yendi/Teckla/Jhereg series which I already have three or four of), a couple of books by Tanith Lee, a few other random things. $27 worth.

How about the Great Brain books? Those were really funny, plus illustrated by Mercer Mayer.

I loved those, but totally didn't get the whole Utah setting and the Catholics vs. Mormons stuff and all that.

I would read anything with the supernatural in it (distinctly remember "The Girl With the Silver Eyes" as a favorite)

Aww, I remember that one! And then she found people! That was my favorite.

And I LOVED Half Magic. Again with the "When I was 10, I didn't quite understand the setting becuase it was so historically far from me" bit, though. But that also made it special and interesting.

a couple of books by Tanith Lee

Which? People keep telling me to read Tanith Lee but I don't know where to start.

DH has read it -- says it is better than Quicksilver.

I like it better, too. At least, it was more entertaining. It took me ages to get through Quicksliver and about a week to read The Confusion. My problem is, now I think Quicksliver is actually a better book, but I don't really have a month to spend rereading it. I'll probably just do it anyway... I have until Sept. until the next one comes out. Grrr. Oh, and I was lucky enough to read them in hard cover because my library has them. The librarian almost fell over when I took them out, and asked if I knew George R R Martin. I'll have to check out the SF section again.