Trendsetter or merely head of the herd?

[madbaker]

A new book I’d ordered from the local bookstore came in yesterday. When I walked in to buy it, one of the old-timer employees commented that when he sees me placing an order, he stocks up a bit on the book – that the SF and fantasy books I order tend to sell well.

I already knew that I’m one of their best customers. After all, I buy a new book roughly every two months! (Which is kind of scary when you think about it. What, does the average American buy less than one new book a year? ...)

It just left me feeling slightly odd.

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Re: Which book?

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

I picked up Lois McMaster Bujold's Paladin of Souls yesterday. Most of the time I'll check a book out of the library first, to make sure it's worth buying, but I absolutely loved Curse of Chalion to which this is a sequel.

Friday I'm going to the Neal Stephenson signing. I rather liked Cryptonomicon, and word is that this one (first in a trilogy, taking place in the 17th/18th centuries) is pretty good too...