I Bought A Fistful of Books

 One of my favourite things to do when I have money in my pocket is to poke about a bookshop, and especially a second-hand bookshop.

  I'm going to make a clear difference a 2/h bookshop rather than a charity shop that does books because while charity shops do have some great stuff, their selection tends to be limited to what they think will sell, so anything too obscure or too dog-eared  is going in the bin.  2/h bookshops are more likely to have the sort of mostly-forgotten fantasy/Sf that I'm after.

 So the other day I decided to swing by the bookshop in Fratton's Bridge Centre because I could guarantee coming out with some interesting stuff.  

Let me share my haul with you.  

 Larry Niven - The Flight Of The Horse (1974)

 Not an author I know very well but that's an intriguing cover.

Am I the only one that prefers the old-school

 Chris Foss-style covers to the "stylish" stuff you get nowadays? 

Andrew J.Offutt - My Lord Barbarian (1977)

If there isn't at least one head-cleaving in this book I will be very disappointed.

James C.Glass- Shanji (1999)

I'm a sucker for anything with a woman wielding a sword. 

Interesting mix of tech on display too. 

Rick Cook - The Wizardry Quested (1996)

Another one that plays right into my interests;

WW1 fighter dogfighting  dragons? Yes please. 

Rosemary Edgehill - The Warslayer (2002)

   I saw this one on Reddit and promised myself I'd pick up a copy one day.

You can probably guess why 

The next three are all part of a series. 

Hopefully it's not a five part series because getting the other two books could be awkward. 

Paul O. Williams - The Pelbar Cycle (1981)

1. The Breaking Of Northwall

2. The Ends Of The Circle

3. The Dome in The Forest

See what I mean about "obscure" I'd never heard of this one. 

God damn, that's a big-ass axe. 

Frank Oliver - Axe - A Tale of Carthelion (1985)

The cover looks like something from a mid-80s German metal band

 so right away I was interested. 

And just to prove I don't only read SF/Fantasy:

James Lucas & James Barker - The Killing Ground (1978)

Oh boy, I already know this isn't going to be an easy read. 

This entire bagful cost me £15, by the way.

If I can, I  will review as many of these as possible so watch this space.

That's All Folks