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Something arrived in the mail today!      Au contraire mon petit carton! Paper is exactly what I wanted!  Every book has a surprise inside!      The one on the left isn't mentioned in the note. Bonus book!       Thanks so much to my Santa! This is more than I could ever have hoped for. Edited to add: Thanks Santa, I thought I might be missing one. 
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Wow. I want your Santa to be my Santa next year.
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Dec 14, 2016 02:06
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TheManFromFOXHOUND posted:Something arrived in the mail today! Thanks for showing off my terrible handwriting! You're welcome! (  There should be another surprise in The Master & Margareta)Wait, what's this?  Santa has visited me too?  And he spoiled me!  A lot of great stuff, all new to me. This is awesome. Thanks Santa!
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Dec 14, 2016 02:15
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I received my last two books from my Santa today! Here are the four of them. (They're on Kindle as requested, so here are the covers) The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan is a book that's been floating at the periphery of my interest for a while, but it's been a bit daunting to get started with a 14 book series. Finally having it in my collection may just be the kick in the pants I need. At least this series is COMPLETE, which would be a welcome change from the 'when's the next loving book coming out' feeling I get from the Locke Lamora, Kingkiller, Stormlight, and Expanse series. Space Chronicles by Neil Degrasse Tyson looks like something that would totally interest me. I don't think it was directly on my wishlists, but you correctly deduced that space is something I'm very interested in. C is for Cthulhu will be something useful for the little tyke in a few months. She is not yet to the range where she can really sit and look at a book, but soon she will be introduced to the horrors of the Lovecraft universe (and the alphabet). The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss is something directly off my wishlist, and since the Kingkiller series is one of my favorites (and apparently, Rothfuss is a third or fourth cousin to me, according to my second cousin), getting this book is much appreciated. All in all, a great haul from my Santa, and I'm very excited to read them all!
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Dec 14, 2016 03:35
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I got the sex magick pdfs from CestMoi and have just PMed/emailed everyone dropbox links to their private package of poetry, politics, and pornographic ritual. Please check it out with an open mind and post here or in an appropriate thread to thank your generous Special Santa. If you want to put theory in practice, please, remember to always practice safe sex magick. Put a condom on your wand before dipping it into the sacred chalice!
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Dec 14, 2016 04:44
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Franchescanado posted:A lot of great stuff, all new to me. This is awesome. Glad you like them... The Descent is one of my favorite horror books that I've read recently. Cabinet of Curiosities is a good book to pick up and just randomly read a chapter. Hopefully The Book of Dave hits your interest in post-modern and The Stalin Epigram hits your interest of poetry. Vonnegut is Vonnegut, and that version has a great cover.
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Dec 14, 2016 06:00
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wintermuteCF posted:I received my last two books from my Santa today! Here are the four of them. (They're on Kindle as requested, so here are the covers) Those are pretty good presents for an eight year old (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Dec 14, 2016 06:29
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The Grey posted:Glad you like them... The Descent is one of my favorite horror books that I've read recently. Cabinet of Curiosities is a good book to pick up and just randomly read a chapter. Hopefully The Book of Dave hits your interest in post-modern and The Stalin Epigram hits your interest of poetry. Vonnegut is Vonnegut, and that version has a great cover. That Vonnegut cover is fantastic, I've never seen it. I love older weird paperback book covers, so this will fit right in. Due to it's short length, it'll probably be the first book I read of the group. The Book of Dave is probably the one I'm most excited for. It sounds disorienting in the best way possible. The book description itself is sprawling and full of twists. I've never heard of it, or the author. Stalin Epigram is right up there with Book of Dave on intrigue. I don't read much fiction about WW2, and I love reading about authors and poets. I've heard about The Descent, and it's been on my Look-For list for a while. I'm never gifted horror novels, even though I love them. (I saw that you got North American Lake Monsters, which has some great stories, and awesome monster variety. Just wait until you read the one about the "angel" or the title story!) And Cabinet of Curiosities is just drat cool. Again, thank you very much! It's a great haul, and you did a great job picking things equally enjoyable and unexpected.
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Dec 14, 2016 14:07
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wintermuteCF posted:I received my last two books from my Santa today! Here are the four of them. (They're on Kindle as requested, so here are the covers) Merry Christmas. (I didn't realize these were books for 8 year olds, ha!) Anyways, hope you enjoy them. I really enjoyed Space Chronicles, I noticed you had alot of science/space books so I took a chance.
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Dec 14, 2016 16:09
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i really enjoy the fact that a human heart is the greek chorus of the book barn, constantly reminding us of our sins like the persecuting furies and also that all of his probations are from the book barn, possibly the gentlest subforum on this site
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Dec 14, 2016 17:54
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I like his first probation. "not about the arts".wintermuteCF posted:Space Chronicles by Neil Degrasse Tyson looks like something that would totally interest me. I don't think it was directly on my wishlists, but you correctly deduced that space is something I'm very interested in. What is this, an essay collection? It looks interesting. Franchescanado posted:The Book of Dave is probably the one I'm most excited for. It sounds disorienting in the best way possible. The book description itself is sprawling and full of twists. I've never heard of it, or the author. Will Self is most famous for snorting coke on the Prime Minister's jet. Made his name as a journalist but I hear his fiction is very good.
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Dec 14, 2016 18:15
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a human heart has certainly mellowed out this past year from being ignored and called out regularly. The one or two times they've talked about books, they had good recommendations. I juat never knew Kiwis could be such dicks, especially about books.
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Dec 14, 2016 18:27
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Please keep this thread Santa-focused.
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Dec 14, 2016 18:37
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My sex magick ZIP File included a note, which reads:quote:merry christmas! I hope you enjoy this assortment of crap
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Dec 14, 2016 21:01
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Mine too! Reading about the fight against the fascist pigs of 1969 has been informative, cheers
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Dec 14, 2016 22:20
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Bilirubin posted:My sex magick ZIP File included a note, which reads: I said this to Safety Biscuits, but it was really fun finding suitable crap as stocking fillers. Enjoy!
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Dec 15, 2016 04:15
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The Crowley Tao Te Ching is legit great btw
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Dec 15, 2016 04:15
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CestMoi posted:The Crowley Tao Te Ching is legit great btw The entire forward had me howling
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Dec 15, 2016 04:55
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I got cocktail and sandwich recipes in mine. The sex magick pdf is called The Secrets of the Kaula Circle, written by a woman called Elizabeth Sharpe in the 30s, about her initiation into Tantric sex. It claims to be fictitious, and that the publisher supressed parts of it, but these might be legal niceties. I've only skimmed it but some of it's in standard prose, some of it's so abrupt it's almost in bad prose poetry, and there's a character called 666 who's presumably Crowley. Looks fun.
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Dec 15, 2016 17:54
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A parcel arrived today! I was expecting a few (and another, unrelated, arrived a few hours later) Parcel Inspection Dog got involved, just to be sure  Books! It must be from Book Santa. Strange packing...  Holy poo poo, the plans to the Death Star  I'll forward these to Princess Leia ASAP Neat, now that I have Ghost In The Shell in my hands I have this intense herpaderp moment of "Why wasn't this on my wishlist in the first place? You know you've watched every single show and movie, you muppet", so you're bang on with that one Santa. Dispatches looks pretty cool too, and it has all the right endorsements on the covers, looking forward to reading that.  I'd not heard of this one, but an intellectual historical murder mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory set in an Italian monastery in 1327, sounds like my jam. Ah, another black book of names; it's not the first time someone has given me a list of people to kill, but I must admit, using a Secret Santa to acquire my services is certainly a fresh approach!   Wait, this isn't a book of names.  This is a book containing translations of all of the latin phrases in The Name of the Rose Handwritten in colour coded special ink with a dip or fountain pen You're crazy Santa, amazing and crazy! These are awesome gifts, and I'll make sure to keep the pages away from any water, thanks again and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you too 
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Dec 16, 2016 12:14
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Ah, I'm so glad you like it! I was worried that maybe you'd read The Name of the Rose before, but I figured the translation would still be cool. Enjoy! I hope the hand translation of a book that takes place primarily in a library and scriptorium adds a little something.
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Dec 16, 2016 12:42
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Megabound, that's really amazing. Your calligraphy is lovely. Anyway, this arrived in the post today:  (Not the notebooks, those are only there to cover up our addresses.) That's a big box! How big?  Wow. Stop making me feel inadequate Santa... this is very generous of you and waiting till Christmas Day is going to be difficult. But I'll force myself. Thank you very much!
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Dec 17, 2016 09:28
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I held off on posting in this thread for some time, because I'm part of two book secret santas this year. I received a book a week ago, but couldn't be sure which exchange the book was for! Luckily I got a book today that identified itself as part of the SA secret santa: Looks perfect for my 14 hour train ride to get home for christmas. Thanks a bunch! The milk buttons were consumed immediately. military cervix fucked around with this message at 15:16 on Dec 17, 2016 |
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Dec 17, 2016 15:09
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military cervix posted:I held off on posting in this thread for some time, because I'm part of two book secret santas this year. I received a book a week ago, but couldn't be sure which exchange the book was for! Luckily I got a book today that identified itself as part of the SA secret santa: Glad it made it!  My package also arrived today and Santa spoilt me. Haven't read any of these (I didn't know Howl's Moving Castle was a book, gf is planning on stealing it and the bookmark immediately) Thanks nefarias bread!
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Dec 17, 2016 15:49
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Something came   Looks great, looking forward to reading it!
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Dec 17, 2016 18:01
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kalthir posted:Looks great, looking forward to reading it! Apologies for the somewhat corny cover, but the book is so good I bought it for you anyway. 
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Dec 17, 2016 19:12
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I just finished The Crying of Lot 49, and I just wanted to say thanks again to my Santa. I'm going to check out the stocking stuffers now. They all look great.NTRabbit posted:
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Dec 18, 2016 03:47
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Santa arrived today via Canada Post! It included: Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson Old Man's War by John Scalzi Hyperion by Dan Simmons and The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch  I have read none of these--perhaps shockingly so for the first as I read a few William Gibson's cyberpunk books back in the day. I have been seeing Hyperion all over the place and the cover was so familiar that I actually checked my bookshelves to confirm I hadn't already had a copy and just forgot it (I do not). Excellent! I have been looking for new sci-fi outlets since Charles Sheffield died  so I look forward to reading these in the new year! Thanks wintermuteCF! (sorry shipping to Canada has gotten so expensive for you--USPS changed their rates about a year or two ago)
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Dec 23, 2016 01:08
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Bilirubin posted:Santa arrived today via Canada Post! It included: Yes! It finally got there! I was starting to worry, since it's only a few days until Christmas, and I'd misplaced the receipt with the tracking number on it. I'm glad you like them! I have to admit that after seeing some of the kick-rear end presents other people have given, I was worried my gift would be a little underwhelming. ("The Name of the Rose" with a hand-written journal with Latin translations is pretty hard to top.) Hopefully these books make you happy, and as I noted in my accompanying letter, they're all the lead novels in series (or in Stephenson's case, just a gateway to his crazy-but-interesting world). Merry Christmas, friend from the Great White North.
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I'm really glad this went so well. Thanks to everyone who participated and thanks to Safety Biscuits for all the work put into setting this up.
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Dec 23, 2016 07:03
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And that (almost) concludes the Secret Santa, as everyone has now recieved their present! I'm glad everyone likes their gifts and I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you very much everyone who took part, not forgetting CestMoi and the secret backup Santa. You made it awesome. It's been so successful I think it'd be nice to do one again next year, so I'd really appreciate it if you'd take a moment to email or PM me with your thoughts. If there was anything you especially liked or didn't like (particularly re postage), or you want to say about the dates, suggested present value, or anything else, please do. Even "yeah everything was fine" is useful. I'll keep your specific comments private, of course, so feel free to say anything. If you'd like me to invite you to a possible Secret Santa next year, please say so and if and when it happens, I'll get in touch.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I'm really glad this went so well. Thanks to everyone who participated and thanks to Safety Biscuits for all the work put into setting this up. Hear hear  I'll be up for it again next year, pending personal financial catastrophe
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Dec 23, 2016 15:17
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This was one of my highlights of this holiday season.
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Dec 23, 2016 15:22
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I'd love to participate again next year, it was a lot of fun!
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Dec 23, 2016 15:40
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Indeed it was a lot of fun! Thanks for putting in the effort to run things so smoothly!
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Thanks for running this safety biscuit, I had a blast and would join again next year
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It's Christmas, and that's the day to open your Christmas presents, if you're me. Including your Secret Santa ones... Here is the embarrassing story of what happened to my gifts, and here's the photos:  Looks really cool and interesting, and coincidentally similar to my sex magick pdf! I was interested in Vedic Hinduism when we studied it at university, so this is double good. And it's by the guy who wrote The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, which I've been meaning to read, as I've heard it's excellent. Thank you very much Santa!
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I was very tricky. I saw the post here and not there, so I told Leperflesh what was going on and he marked it delivered on his spreadsheet but let it hang in public to maintain the surprise  That book looked so interesting I had to force myself to not read someone else's present, and I'm considering going back to get a copy for myself in the January sales.Merry Goonsmas!
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