l00t!

Picked up some bits of literary goodness that I've been awaiting for months (the Stross one, anyway). So that's my weekend filled... :-)

Jaws

The library's automated book-return machine eating another volume. They really make it hard to come up with an excuse for not returning books on time ("oh man, you guys were closed" just went out the window...)

Library Loot

Picked up a couple of reservations today: 'Locas' by Jaime Hernandez and 'The Zenith Angle' by Bruce Sterling. So that's me all set for the weekend :-)

Mwaaaah!

Went to the bookshop today to check if a book they promised they'd order for me had arrived yet. It hadn't. :-(
So instead I went round to the library and picked up these two which arrived for me yesterday:Charles Stross is my current favourite author, and I suspect he'll never go out of style with me. I guess what he writes is primarily science fiction, but there are also elements of fantasy, horror, Cold War-style thrillers... really he's very difficult to pigeonhole. I love his style, and I'm completely in awe of the kind of fertile imagination it takes to come up with the stuff he does.

Thrills on Wheels

A sight for sore eyes:
Okay, explanation: This is not a bus. It is a mobile gateway to a million universes. Also known as the Bookmobile.

The Joy of Books

Finished this today:Cracking read if you're into science fiction (though I would recommend reading 'Pandora's Star' and 'Judas Unchained' first for a better understanding of the Commonwealth universe). Now all I have to do is wait for the sequel, which hasn't been published yet... though fortunately I have it on good authority (namely the author's own blog) that it may be completed by Easter.