If there have been stuff that you’ve been wanting to read, or to try, or just looking to catch up on, now’s the time to swing around and pick up a whole swag of stuff!

Just in case you’re wondering what this means…
it means that the Sookie Stackhouse box set of 8-books is down from its usual price of $115 to $92 instead. yes, that’s the same Sookie Stackhouse that the TV series “True Blood” is based on.

Brent Week’s Night Angel trilogy is down to $36.
Brandon Sanderson - who just released the latest book in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series - has a box set of his own original trilogy that is also down to $36.

Normal paperbacks will be down to about $14.50, etc etc.

So yes, if you’re interested, come on down to the shop!!
And yes, please tell your friends.

Shop 11/250 Elizabeth St
The Strand Arcade
Melbourne, VIC 3000

20/12 - Sunday - 11am - 4pm for your shopping pleasure
21/12 - Monday - 10am - 6pm
22/12 - Tuesday - 10am - 6pm
23/12 - Wednesday - 10am - 6pm
24/12 - Thursday - 10am - 4pm for your last minute shopping
25/12 - Christmas Day! - Closed for present hunting
26/12 - Boxing Day - 11am - 4pm
27/12 - Sunday - Closed as per normal
28/12 - Monday - 11am - 5pm
29/12 - Tuesday - 11am - 5pm
30/12 - Wednesday - 11am - 5pm
31/12 - New Year’s Eve - Closed for our drinking pleasures
1/1 - New Year Day - Closed for hang-over issues
2/1 - 10/1 - Beginning of the New Year - Gone Nessie Fishing
11/1 - Monday - Back to Normal Hours

Also, I came up with a little ditty for Twilight. It was done purely to annoy a friend, but now I’m very proud of it.

Jingle Bells, Edward Smells
Jacob’s more like prey.
Bella must have zero pride
Their crap we just can’t abide!

We’re also starting to get stuff for Christmas, so if you did want to something specific for friends and families, let us know early to ensure you get a copy! Box sets and omnibuses tend to be good choices! And if you’ve got no idea, come on in and have a chat with us. We’ll try to find something.

Enjoy your reading!

Also, we’ve got less copies of these, so if you DID want one, might be worth calling in to book it.

“Finish off” is misleading in some ways. Rather, let’s say that “Gathering Storm” is the 1st book of the trilogy that will finish off the Wheel of Time series.

And yes, we’ve got it now.

27/10/09 is the date that they are currently saying it will be released. Personally, I’ll believe it when I see it. But I’ll be a responsible bookshop owner and post now to inform you lot.

So. If you wanted a copy, give us a call at the store and let us know!
The US hardcover edition will be $46.95, and the Australian trade paperback edition will be $35.

a photo gallery of where various SFF authors do their writing. there aren’t many pictures up for now, but apparently there are going to be heaps more that will also be compiled into a book! a book of pictures! what a *novel* idea! bad pun and mild sarcasm aside, it *is* an interesting thing to do. I know I’ve read and seen in countless places, the question of “where do you write” and “is your workplace very messy” and “where is your mini-fridge full of beer?!?!”. And this little book means that the author being harassed can simply point at the picture and go “THERE! now leave me alone!”

Maybe.

Most tend to be too nice for that.

ANYWAY. Without further ado…
The website: http://www.whereiwrite.org

Here’s some of them!

Shadow Queen
This is the latest book set in the Black Jewels world. It doesn’t have the pure brilliance of the original trilogy, but fans of the Black Jewels will find this to be book to be devoured!

From Dead to Worse - Sookie Stackhouse!
The next book in this well-deserving-of-multiple-reads series!
If you did ever want the full box set of most (it doesn’t have the most recent one or two) of the series, make sure you let us know because we can get that for you too!

The Hidden City
Yes, I’ve already mentioned this. But it is well worth mentioning again because it is a really really really good fantasy novel that I will happily recommend to all.
It is *not* a fast paced book. But let’s face it, a lot of the time, the more recent “fast-paced” books have been pretty shitty because “fast paced” is all that they have going for it.
*THIS* book, regardless of what you might think about the pacing, is good.

Outcast: Fate of the Jedi #1
This is the first book in the new Star Wars novel series: Fate of the Jedi.
It chronicles the events after Jacen had died (whoops spoiler alert), and the mis-trust that the Republic begins to feel for the Jedi…
(Yes, I can see some of you thinking: again!?)

Undead on Arrival This is L.A. Banks’ latest book in her Crimson Moon series.

Ruby Dice by Catherine Asaro

When the Tide Rises by David Drake

Storm from the Shadows by David Weber
The latest book by Weber (and one of 3 to be released this year if the rumours are to be believed), this is the next book in the Saganami Isles series!

She’s a radio DJ who has accidentally, “kinda”, revealed to all of the listeners of her midnight program that there is an entire community of werewolves (and other creatures that go bump in the night) living amongst them.

Kitty & the Midnight Hour is the first of this great series. For any fans of Kim Harrison or Charlaine Harris, this series by Carrie Vaughn is well worth picking up!

In case you’ve already been reading this series, then you’d be pleased to know that we’ve got the latest two books on hand at the moment!
Kitty & the Dead Man’s Hand, which takes place in sunny Las Vegas (not that much of the action take place in the day time at all…), and Kitty Raises Hell which attempts to prove (successfully, I might add) that what happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas!

Well worth reading!