The books I buy in a year, part IV

[rbandrews]

11. The Ruby Programming Language by David Flanagan and Yukihiro Matsumoto, with drawings by why the lucky stiff (O'Reilly)

12. Where Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon

13. At The City Limits Of Fate by Michael Bishop (TCon free book bins)

14. Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths by Alan Moore (graphic novel, sort of)

15. The Areas Of My Expertise by John Hodgman, a professional writer

16. Uncharted Territory by Connie Willis

17. Halting State by Charles Stross

18. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

19. Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman (second copy, given to the C.A.G. as a gift)

Why yes, I did find Stross and Hodgman in a Half-Price books, both in hardcover, brand new. Thank you for asking!

Comments

nice haul!

[jazzfish]

Halting State is good stuff.

Also, if you've not read _The Atrocity Archive_, you really seriously need to. It's half office politics, half Cold War-ish spy story, and half Lovecraft. (Why yes, the bits /do/ blend together quite a lot.)

Re: nice haul!

[rbandrews]

Yeah, sounds like I need to, all right.

I've been wanting a copy of Halting State since I read the first chapter online, but I could never find it anywhere.