Pointsmen...

[byslantedlight]

Well, I'm a bit heartbroken...

...because I've yet again finished the existing Pointsmen books, by Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett... including the new novelette, Point of Knives, twice!

And actually I'm briefly all newly-excited now cos I hadn't seen the new Point of Dreams cover before (it isn't out yet, though you can still find the original print run copies around) and when I was looking for an old one to show you there it was, all waiting to be ordered... (NB, Brits, the others were much quicker from Book Depository).

I know, I'm always raving about them, and I'm sure I've given a heads up for the astreiant comm before, which has a list of Rathe/Eslingen fic (there isn't enough!), and... and... oh, but if you haven't heard how gorgeous they are (in a deliciously professional way... *g*) then... well, they really just are. For instance, I love this about them......

But I've finished them agaaaaaaaain - wah! The authors have done the most beautiful world-building job I can imagine, and I want to live in Astreiant, and experience ghost-tide, and buy my daily broadsheet for the horoscopes, and... and... and what's going to happen about the succession?! I've been waiting years to find out... Honestly, it's all just magic, and... I need more. Which there will hopefully one day be, but not for a while, I guess... *sighs impatiently*

And if you're fond of Pros and AU, and you're fond of beautifully written fantasy, then... hie thee to the bookshop! *g*

Comments

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

oh that new cover for Point of Dreams! gorgeous!

For the UK, where is it best to order Point of Knives from?

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

The covers are rather fab, aren't they! The only grump I might have about them is that there's a kind of oily finish to the covers, which is a bit disconcerting - oh, and they're a large format paperback, even bigger than my original hardcover Point of Hopes book, and won't fit into my bookshelf where I want them...

Book Depository has PoK down for 72 hour despatch (I think you can ignore the "advance copy" on the image they provide, mine is a perfectly ordinary copy - unless the few typos I picked up are down to it being an "advance copy", and they've been corrected elsewhere (I suspect not, though...). Hmmn - it's also now available from Amazon.co.uk, which it wasn't when I ordered it. It doesn't say how long despatch will take, though it reckons if you order Express Delivery it'll get to you tomorrow, so I assume that means it's in. Ha - and I see Amazon have BookDepository as one of their sellers, with added postage - bizarre. It's cheaper from BookDepository, and that's part of the UK economy, so I'd recommend them - plus I've always found them quick and efficient... *g* Oh, and crap - ignore everything I just said about BookDepository - apparently Amazon bought it out last year. Which means that presumably it won't be paying its corporation tax in the UK either... So... either one. Waterstones and Blackwells/Heffers can't send it out quickly... Oh, you can buy it through Foyle's (who owns them...? Hmmn - apparently still independent...... okay, yes! They've got an online service, they're independent, and they're UK-based. My new online-bookshop of choice. (Plus it's kind of on the way to Kings Cross station, so I tend to go and play there when I'm on my way home from a day in London too... *g*)

Oh, but I'm cross about Book Depository - and that all happened a year ago, how did I miss it then?