Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun...

The book-cd-dvd sale thing at Homebush was again huge but overall not that spectacular. The books were cheap and the large selection was pretty much trash. There were definitely treasures though. I picked up three great books. There was this fantasy book that was really good, but it was part of a trilogy and it was the second volume. I mean, I don't need the entire trilogy to start reading, if that was true I would have never read Harry Potter, but I definitely need the first book to start off. Anyway, the books that I bought are as follows:

• How to be a megalomaniac (or, advice to a young politician) by Mungo MacCallum
• The Miocene Arrow by Sean McMullen
• The Electronic Whorehouse by Paul Sheehan (the same dude that wrote Among the Barbarians.)

So anyway, City Hunter Burwood tomorrow. I hate organising shit, having to make sure that there are so-so people coming along. So I'll keep this brief. I'm going, so is my brother, other people may be coming, if you want to play some games and have some fun, you should come along to. Be there tomorrow at 11am or so.

Besides the books I snatched up at the sale, I managed to snag a copy of Eldest, the sequel to Eragon, of a friend. It's not a bad sequel and I like it immensely. But I've been hearing rumbles about the movie adaptation. Still, it is my firm belief that the book is always better than the movie, with the sole exception of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. That trilogy of movies broke all the rules (and probably a few bladders, 9+ hours altogether, whew!) and is the lofty ideal that I think no other book-to-film conversion will ever achieve within my lifetime.

Well, I hope you guys and girls out there have some fun. Until the offers come out at least.