August is the Cruelest Month

For the wallet, that is. It seems every time I pass by the bookstore, I notice a few more "must have" titles. From the end of July to early in September, here's what I either have picked up or will be picking up:

Poul Anderson: The Van Rijn Method (excerpt here).

Greg Bear: City at the End of Time (website for the author and the book here) (mention at Boing Boing here) (purchased).

Ben Bova: Mars Life (purchased).

Tobias Buckell: Sly Mongoose (purchased).

Sir Arthur C. Clarke and Frederik Pohl: The Last Theorem (purchased).

Philip K. Dick: Five Novels of the 1960s & 1970s (made up of Martian Time-Slip; Dr. Bloodmoney; Now Wait for Last Year; Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said; A Scanner Darkly) (purchased).

David Drake and Eric Flint: Belisarius I: Thunder at Dawn (excerpt here).

Joe Haldeman: Marsbound (read in serial form).

Robert A. Heinlein: Between Planets (excerpt found here) (purchased).

Paul Kearney: The Ten Thousand (but wouldn't you'd rather read the original?).

George R. R. Martin: A Dance with Dragons (about time!!!).

Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner: Juggler of Worlds.

Jerry Pournelle: Exile and Glory (excerpt found here) (special ordered, then purchased).

John Ringo: The Last Centurion (excerpt here) (purchased and read as an eARC).

John Scalzi: Zoe's Tale (purchased).

Karl Schroeder: Pirate Sun (purchased).

Neal Stephenson: Anathem.

And I'm sure there will be more!