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I was on a half day off work today, and met up with a timber specialist to take a look at a couple of things at the new house that had to be checked before we continue with the purchase. It all seemed okay, nothing show-stopping, though, perhaps unsurprisingly, it seems to have shrunk since I saw it last. I think that's just buyer's remorse showing up ahead of schedule.
After that I walked into town, got rained on and eventually ended up in Waterstones where I had a little accident. Damn them and their 3 for 2 offers! I came away with Alastair Renyolds latest, that Lindqvist vampire novel I'd heard good things about and Tim Harford's latest economics explains everything book, The Logic of Life.
On top of those I also plonked the Collected Bone, the single volume complete run of Jeff Smith's Bone comics. Lordy, that's one fat book. But it's also one graphic novel I won't read in a single sitting, so I feel I'm getting better mileage out of it.
I then staggered home, my rucksack full of books.
After that I walked into town, got rained on and eventually ended up in Waterstones where I had a little accident. Damn them and their 3 for 2 offers! I came away with Alastair Renyolds latest, that Lindqvist vampire novel I'd heard good things about and Tim Harford's latest economics explains everything book, The Logic of Life.
On top of those I also plonked the Collected Bone, the single volume complete run of Jeff Smith's Bone comics. Lordy, that's one fat book. But it's also one graphic novel I won't read in a single sitting, so I feel I'm getting better mileage out of it.
I then staggered home, my rucksack full of books.
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"Six Frigates", the story of the birth of the U.S. Navy,
"The Greeks and Greek Love", an overview and reconsideration of homosexuality in ancient Greece,
"A Short Introduction to Nietzsche", so that I can understand what Mortimer is talking about, and
"City of Lies", Greg Stolze's boxed campaign set for L5R which everyone says is really good.
Pocketbook: empty
Spirits: lifted!
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It's really good to see you commenting again, you know.
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Harford is also a gamer. He's got a quote on the cover of the new Dragon Warriors 'cos he's a player in Dave Morris's regular game.
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By a weird coincidence, I got The Logic of Life a couple of days ago, when the nice lady from Asano Bookshop brought it to my office. Now that's the way to get your books! I forgot that I'd ordered it a while ago.
You might do a search on YouTube for Tim on the Colbert Report comparing oral sex to Pepsi and Coke, and making other equally provocative remarks. The segment is also interesting for showing how on the modern media it's impossible to develop an argument from multiple propositions (as Tim does in his book). Instead, you simply make isolated assertions.
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I have to get my local library to pull those Tim Harford books for me, so I can keep resisting the urge to buy them every time I'm in the airport book store waiting fvor a flight.