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more about #walterjonwilliams Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Snow Crash. more » Kishi: My wife and I keep copies of the first few books in the Dresden Files and the Song of Ice and Fire series around to loan out to friends. Just a week ... more » atrus123: I always keep extra copies of Hyperion and A Game of Thrones, which are my favorite examples of excellent modern scifi and fantasy (respectively). I ... more » Purple Dave: I rarely lend out any books, though that's more just that nearly all of my friends either have different tastes or already own any of my books that th... more » LittleDragon: Good Omens more » capnrob: Bridge of Birds, Barry Hughart. Also, Passage at Arms, Glen Cook. The former is an example of the "Bloody miracle" school of writing, in which everyth... more » Allen_Richards: 10 or 15 years ago it was anything Joe Lansdale. Now, it's mostly film texts. Most recently, I came across a stack of RECREATIONAL TERROR, a feminist... more » Dorilys: I used to hoard Ender's Game. I've given away more than 30 copies (by given away... lent and never gotten back). I actually haven't been able to fin... more » Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies: Dhalgren - Samuel R. Delaney I buy every copy I ever see. Also, I have probably owned every Vonnegut book/novel several times over and yet when I lo... more » Anekanta - Go Play!: It's not fiction, but I keep giving away copies of the pocket translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchell. It's not as literal as other trans... more » EndangeredRed: Any Patricia McKillip book. After I read The Riddlemaster of Hed, my grandma went on a used-book store rampage to find me the rest of the series. I am... more » The Curse of Millhaven: Last Call by Tim Powers. Have a couple of copies in my closet right now since I just moved and haven't networked enough to know anyone to give them to... more » oserus99001: The Black Company by Glen Cook... I swear I've bought this series at least ten times because they never come back. more » wicked.nightingale: I know I'm going to get made fun of for this, but over the years I've bought more than 20 copies of the Princess Bride to give to others! more » Chip Overclock: NEVERNESS by David Zindell. Starship pilots navigate hyperspace by solving math proofs. I loved it. I cried at the end. It's been out of print for eo... more » Byronotron: snow crash. i have MY copy, and then i have the 10+ copies ive bought as gifts over the last 10 years. more » bluehinter: Let's see, all through high school I had at least two sets of Nick Pollotta's Bureau 13 books, which were frequently loaned out and then returned with... more » OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: I hoard books to prop up the dieing print industry and to prepare for the great book shortages of 2012. more » Starwatcher: For me it was The Golden Compass. I think it's essential reading for kids raised on Harry Potter. I bought several trade paperback copies and gave t... more » redqueen: Pretty sure that guy in the illustration likes adverbs. He's clearly smoldering intensely. more » -
#books
The Books You Hoard In Order To Give Them Away
Which books do you buy extra copies of on sight, especially if they're used — knowing you'll want to give them to someone else soon? Jo Walton has sparked a great discussion of book hoarding and giving over at Tor.com. More » -
#writingworkshops
Learn The Craft Of Novel-Writing From Walter Jon Williams And Nancy Kress
The Taos ToolBox Writers Workshop is taking applications for its "graduate level" writing classes, taught by Walter Jon Williams, Nancy Kress and guest-instructor Carrie Vaughn. But beware: It sounds like the instruction gets pretty intensive. More » -
#triviagasm
Virtual Resurrection: The Dead Who Went To Cyber-Heaven
Is there life after death? Maybe, if you're wired. After all, death is just a failure of storage media. Science fiction is full of people who've died in meatspace, only to live on in cyberspace. Here's our inventory of cyber-Heaven. More » -
#bookreview
If Nothing's A Game, Then Everything Is
This Is Not A Game, Walter Jon Williams' new novel, shows how "reality" and Alternate Reality Games blend and become more and more indistinguishable - just as our culture, money and society melt down. Spoilers...
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