Lord Samper's Library

It’s a quick post today… Yesterday, I went out for a spot of Christmas Shopping, in Bromley, and not only did I find nothing (nine days to go...) but the book I took with me (to read on the bus) really didn’t work out, not for a ‘bus read’ anyway. Not sure if it’s a ‘DNF’ or not, I might pick it up again, but it left me looking at a trip home with nothing to read so… Just before I caught the bus home, I popped into ‘Piranha Comics’, just on the off-chance that the latest instalment of ‘Event Horizon: Dark Descent’ was out. It wasn’t but I did find a couple of comics to read on the way home. And here is where I tell you about them… :o) ‘The Terminator: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town’ – Ganucheau, Goode (Dynamite) Because look at that cover, I just had to buy it. Don’t tell me you wouldn’t have done the same ;o) I love that there was a meeting, presumably, where Paulina Ganucheau pitched the idea ‘What if it’s Christmas Eve and a Terminator materializes outside a fancy-dress store where o...

  Page Count: 237 Pages So I’m on a ‘phased return to work’ right now and what that means is that I spend half the day at my desk and the other half is spent in my comfy chair, sometimes watching a movie but more often than not, reading :o) It’s been lovely actually, definitely a good way to get back into the swing of it after some time out. Yesterday afternoon (and a small part of yesterday evening) was the result of another trip to my shelves to pick a book that I’d bought and really should have read by now. This time round, I went for ‘A Nest of Nightmares’; I don’t think I’ve come across a bad Valancourt Horror/’Paperbacks from Hell’ book yet so I had a feeling that reading this book would be time well spent :o) And… Not every short story, in this collection, found its mark but that was never going to happen to be fair (law of averages and all that); there was definitely plenty here to unsettle and disturb though. In Lisa Tuttle’s stories, the everyday domestic world of her fe...

  Page Count: 244 Pages (give or take a page or two, I read it in the ‘First Omnibus’ and my maths is never entirely trustworthy) I went through a phase of collecting the ‘Gotrek and Felix’ novels, a few years ago, and then, true to form, I popped a large number of them on the shelf and never picked them up. I can tell you’re surprised ;o) Well, Christmas is looming, and that is traditionally the time of relatively easy-going comfort reads, so I thought I’d dig out those books and add them into what currently passes for my TBR pile (lets just say that it’s in a constant state of flux…) I’ll read the first three in order, I have the ‘First Omnibus’ edition, and after that, it will go by the books that I was able to collect. Lets see how it goes :o) On that note, lets talk a little about ‘Trollslayer’… Gotrek and Felix: unsung heroes of the Empire or nothing more than common thieves and murderers? The truth perhaps lies somewhere in between and depends entirely upon who you ask… Afte...

I was doing a spot of Christmas shopping, on Amazon, and came across this blurb; 'The Splintered Sun' won't arrive until October next year but I thought it was worth sharing in the meantime... ;o) From the much-loved, Sunday Times bestselling author comes a thrilling new tale set in the legendary world of Osten Ard. This fast-moving adventure follows bandit and chieftain Flann Alderwood - a mythic, swashbuckling figure whose name is whispered across the realm-and his band of misfit rebels as they navigate a kingdom menaced by dark sorcery and war. With the old King of Hernystir's health failing, warlords carve up the land and rival factions clash over the rightful heir. Into this chaos steps Flann, joined by allies both noble and common, to help the King's one legitimate heir claim his father's blessing and restore stability. But enemies, human and inhuman, stalk their every move, determined to end Flann's quest before it begins. Packed with action, unforget...

  Page Count: 294 Pages You may have noticed (you may not, I don’t mind) but I’m trying to be a little better at actually reading the books I’ve picked up this year. I know, there’s also a whole load of books from last year (and before that…) but you know, baby steps ;o) I’m working half days at the moment (it’s a phased return to work) and it’s been really nice to just turn my work laptop off and spend the afternoon in the comfy chair with a book. ‘Broken Crusade’ caught my eye yesterday and once I’d got some ‘Christmas stuff’ sorted out, off I went… On the fringes of the Cicatrix Maledictum, the Black Templars of the Second Dorean Crusade tear through the void to join the crusade fleet on the sands of Tempest – an ancient, storied shrine world. Assailed by the murderous warbands of the Blood God, the crusade has come to burn the planet clean of the Ruinous Powers once and for all. But when a violent warp storm scatters the fleet, the Dauntless Honour is left battered and alone ...

  Page Count: 205 Pages In today’s episode of ‘Graeme knows less than he thought he did’… I’ve got vague memories of ‘Carnosaur’ being a movie from the nineties; I didn’t realise it was a book as well. I’m not a hundred percent sure what led me to the book, in the end, but I found it on Amazon and seeing as I’ve enjoyed other books by Harry Adam Knight, I couldn’t help but pick a copy up for myself. Sometimes that’s all the encouragement I need ;o) Before I get started on the book itself, thanks need to be directed to Valancourt Books for publishing this edition. I was too young to get my hands on this, as a kid, and now I’m (a lot) older, I find myself absolutely unable to afford an original copy. I still got to read it though so, thanks for that Valancourt ;o) Anyway… Nothing much ever happens in the sleepy English town of Warchester. So when a farmer is found savagely killed in some sort of animal attack, it’s a big story for local reporter David Pascal. The rich and eccentric S...