Karimlan

Dalawang araw, dalawang lugar ng pamimili ng mga discounted na aklat:

POETRY
Ed. Mark Strand, 100 Great Poems of the English Language (The Golden Ecco Anthology), Php 115

YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Mordicai Gerstein, The Old Country, Php 10

MISC.
Dennis O’Neil (Intro by Stan Lee), The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics, Php 239.50 (from 479)

FANTASY
R.A. Salvatore, Transcendence (Book II of the Second DemonWars Saga), Php 50 (from 325)  — pirmadong kopya ni Salvatore; taena ang tanga lang ng nagtapon/nagbenta ng librong ‘to.

SCI-FI
Ed. Keith R.A. DeCandido, Star Trek: Tales of the Dominion War, Php 50 (from 100)

FILIPINO FICTION
E. San Juan Jr., Tinik sa Kaluluwa at Iba Pang Akda, Php 35 (from 180)

Para sa Valentine’s ang sale, pero damay na rin ang mga aklat (para sa mga bibliophiles?).

Mula sa National Bookstore:

ART
Karl French, Art by Film Directors, Php 100 (from 665)

DRAMA & FICTION
Harold Pinter: Complete Works 1, Php 50 (from 525) - Nobel Laureate!

FICTION
Thomas Mann, Death in Venice & Other Stories, Php 50 (from 475) - Nobel Laureate!
Jesus Q. Cruz, Games & Other Stories, Php 20 (from 240)

HISTORICAL NONFICTION
Antonella Salomoni, Lenin and the Russian Revolution, Php 100 (from 829)

FANTASY
Alan Campbell, Scar Night (Volume One of The Deepgate Codex), Php 100 (from 785)

Mula sa Booksale:

NOVEL
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Php 45

FICTION & POETRY
William Carlos Williams (compiled by Robert Coles), The Doctor Stories, Php 45

SCI-FI
Orson Scott Card and Kathryn H. Kidd, Lovelock (Book 1 of The Mayflower Trilogy), Php 10

Ang ganda ng batch na ‘to. Halong classics, general info, at bagong dugo.

Mga bagong hakot na aklat nitong bagong taon, mula sa ilang beses na pagbisita sa Book Sale at iba pang bilihan (with one exception in bold):

POETRY
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, Php 99
Linda Gregerson, Waterborne, Php 45
Charles Bernstein, Rough Trades, Php 45
Harryette Mullen, Sleeping with the Dictionary, Php 75
Rio Alma trans. Marne Kilates, Isang Sariling Panahon (A Time of One’s Own), regalo para sa Pasko ni ser Rio

MEMOIR
Paul Laric, My Bowl of Cherries, Php 20

SCIFI
L. Ron Hubbard, Voyage of Vengeance (Mission Earth Volume 7), Php 50
Joe Haldeman, Worlds, Php 45

FANTASY
David & Leigh Eddings, Crystal Gorge (Book 3 of The Dreamers), libre (buy 1 take 1)

PROSE
Woodrow Ohlsen & Frank Hammond, From Paragraph to Essay (Third Edition), Php 75

Maliban sa mga librong nabili ko noong UP Press Xmas sale, may ilan pa akong mga bagong ‘acquisition’ nitong mga huling linggo.

Mula sa Fully Booked sa Gateway:

HISTORICAL NON-FICTION
Amy Chua, Day of Empire, Php 1174

MAGAZINE
Story Philippines, Php 50

Mula sa LIRA Fellows Night sa Conspi:

FOLIO
Aranya (LIRA Fellows 2008), libre
Malate (La Salle), libre (bigay ni Xta)

CRITICISM
Harold Bloom, The Art of Reading Poetry, exchange gift ni miss Tina

Mula sa book launch ng Likhaan 2008 (kung saan napabilang ako) noong UP Writers Day:

ANTHOLOGY
Ed. Virgilio S. Almario, Likhaan 2008: The Journal of Philippine Contemporary Literature (UP Centennial Edition), Php 250 (at isang complimentary copy)

Bago ako pumunta sa LIRA Fellows Night at 23rd anniversary noong Disyembre 9, dumaan ako sa UP Press para mamakyaw ng mga murang aklat. Ang aking nabitag:

ANTHOLOGY
Eds. Fidel Rillo & Roland B. Tolentino, Ang Aklat Likhaan ng Tula at Maikling Kuwento 1997, Php 100
Eds. Gemino H. Abad & Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo, The Likhaan Book of Poetry and Fiction 1997, Php 100

POETRY
Mike L. Bigornia, Salida, Php 50
Teo T. Antonio, Pira-Pirasong Bituin, Php 100
Jose F. Lacaba, Kung Baga sa Bigas: Mga Piling Tula, Php 50
J. Neil Garcia, The Sorrows of Water, Php 50
Isabelita Orlina Reyes, Stories from the City, Php 50
Merlie M. Alunan, Amina Among the Angels, Php 50

ESSAY
Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo, Skyscrapers, Celadon, and Kimchi: A Korean Notebook, Php 50
Maybe: Incidentally: The Satire of Federico Mangahas, Php 100

FICTION
Jose Y. Dalisay Jr., Sarcophagus and Other Stories, Php 50

POETRY/ESSAY
2 (Tula: Manuel Principe Bautista, Sanaysay: Liwayway A. Arceo), Php 100

Heto ang mga bagong bili/bigay na aklat nitong mga huling araw at tatlong magkakaibang event.

Mula sa Booksale SM Sta. Mesa:

SCIENCE FICTION
Isaac Asimov et al., Science Fiction: Classic Stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction, Php 120
Isaac Asimov, Foundation’s Edge, Php 30
David Weber et al., The Warmasters, Php 65

MAGAZINE
O Gauge Railroading December 2007, Php 65

Mula sa National Bookstore Katipunan:

FILIPINIANA
Jose Rizal (trans. Virgilio S. Almario), Noli me Tangere, Php 235
Jose Rizal (trans. Virgilio S. Almario), El Filibusterismo: An Epic, Php 235

Napabili ako ng dalawang salin ni ser Rio dahil na rin sa aming paglahok sa Marathon Reading ng Noli. Sinabay ko na rin ang Fili; hindi kumpleto ang saya ‘pag may kulang sa pantastik pares na ‘yan.

Heto ang mga bagong bili/bigay na aklat nitong mga huling araw at tatlong magkakaibang event.

Mula sa Booksale SM Sta. Mesa:

HISTORICAL FICTION
Harry Turtledove, American Empire: The Victorious Opposition, Php 160

POETRY
Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Php 140

SCIENCE FICTION
Holt Anthology of Science Fiction, Php40

Mula sa Antique Depot, Cubao Expo

FILIPINIANA
Ferdinand E. Marcos, Today’s Revolution: Democracy, Php 50 (c1971)
Guillermo C. de Vega, Ferdinand E. Marcos: An Epic, Php 200 (c1974)
Ferdinand E. Marcos, Notes on the New Society of the Philippines, Php 150 (c1973)
Ferdinand E. Marcos, New Filipinism: The Turning Point, Php 150 (c1969)

Mula sa TriNoMa:

POETRY
Edward Hirsch, Lay Back the Darkness, Php 99

SCI-FI
William Shatner, Star Trek: The Ashes of Eden, libre (buy 1 take 1)

Noong nakaraang MIBF, 10 libro ang aking nabili at 2500 pesos ang naging butas sa aking pitaka.

Ngayong taon (pasensiya na kung nasa Ingles ang buod, ‘yan kasi ang pagkakasulat ko kanina at wala na akong oras magsalin ngayon):

5000-6000 pesos
52 books
3 free magazines
1 free journal which i shall distort with my own warped imagination

NBS - 767 pesos
English Novel - Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, 468 (from 585)
English Novel - Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, 191.25 (from 239)
Historical Fiction - David Anthony Durham, Pride of Carthage, 99
Fantasy - Mel Odom, Lord of the Libraries, 99

ANVIL - 740 pesos
Filipino Poetry - Rio Alma, Sari-Sari, 20 (from 95)
English Poetry & Prose - Gemino Abad & Cyan Abad, Father and Daughter, 35 (from 180)
Filipino Prose - Rogelio Sicat, Pagsalunga: Piniling Kuwento at Sanaysay, 80 (from 200)
English & Filipino Poetry - Ed. Mario Miclat & Romulo Baquiran Jr., Beauty for Ashes: Remembering Maningning, 80 (from 195)
English Fiction - Charlson Ong, Conversion and Other Fictions, 35 (from 130)
English Poetry - Ricardo De Ungria, Waking Ice, 80 (from 195)
English Fiction - Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo, Where Only the Moon Rages: 9 Tales, 40 (from 210)
English, Filipino, Spanish Poetry - Marra PL. Lanot, 50 (from 195)
English Essay - Adrian E. Cristobal, Pasquinades, 80 (from 175)
English Poetry - Eileen Tabios, Beyond Life Sentences, 80 (from 220)
English Fiction - Angelo Lacuesta, White Elephants: Stories, 80 (from 329)
English Drama - Don Carlos Palanca Awards, An Anthology of Winning Works: 1980s One-Act Play, 80 (from 495)

UP - 1650 pesos
Filipino Poetry - Rio Alma (ed. Mike Bigornia), Una Kong Milenyum: 1963-1981, 150
Filipino Poetry - Rio Alma (ed. Mike Bigornia), Una Kong Milenyum: 1982-1993, 150
Filipino Prose Poetry - Rio Alma, Memo Mulang Gimokudan, 200 (from 400)
English Poetry - Ed. Gemino Abad, A Habit of Shores: Filipino Poetry and Verse from English 60’s to 90’s, 300
English Prose - Gemino Abad, Orion’s Belt and Other Writings, 50 (from 165)
English Poetry - Gemino Abad, Poems and Parables, 50 (from 100)
Filipino Poetry - Cirilo Bautista, Tinik sa Dila: Isang Katipunan ng mga Tula, 50 (from 135)
Filipino Poetry - E. San Juan Jr., Sapagkat Iniibig Kita at iba pang bagong tula, 100 (from 250)
Filipino Poetry - Teo T. Antonio, Pagsunog ng Dayami, 50 (from 170)
Filipino Epic - Teo T. Antonio, Piping-Dilat, 50 (from 170)
English Poetry - Ricardo De Ungria, Pidgin Levitations, 250 (from 650)
Filipino Poetry - Rebecca Añonuevo, Saulado, 100 (mula 180)
Filipino & English Poetry - Elynia Mabanglo, Anyaya ng Imperyalista / Invitation of the Imperialist, 100
Filipino Drama - Jose Dalisay Jr., Pagsabog ng Liwanag; Aninag, Anino, 50 (from 175)

UST -  845 pesos
Filipino Poetry - Rio Alma, Supot ni Hudas, 100
English Poetry - Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta, Love Woman, 100
Filipino Poetry - Vim Nadera & Pinggot Zulueta, Asinta: Mga Tula at Tudla, 100
English, Filipino, Bikolano Poetry - Merlinda Bobis, Pag-Uli, Pag-Uwi = Homecoming: Poetry in Three Tongues, 100
Filipino Drama & Poetry - Rene villanueva & Ligaya Tiamson-Rubin, Eksena’t Saknong, 100
English Prose - Genoveva Edroza Matute, None of the Bitter: The Short Stories and Essays in English, 100
English Poetry - Lourd Ernest de Veyra, Shadowboxing in Headphones, 145
Miscellany - Vim Nadera, Poetreat: The Use of Poetry Therapy in Mutual Support Groups of Cancer Survivors in Metro Manila, 100

NCCA - 72 pesos
Aklanon Fiction - John E. Barrios, Engkant(aw)o ag iba pa nga tag-ud nga istorya (Ubod New Authors Series), 72 (from 80)
Magazines - Agung Jan-Feb 2008, Mar-Apr 2008, Vol. X No. 2 2007, free

CCP - 392 pesos
Literary Anthology - Ani Tomo 31 2005 “Metaphors of Love / Mga Talinghaga ng Puso”, 392

BOOKMARK - 550 pesos
Coffee Table Book - Dreamweavers, 500 (from 1000-1500)
Travel - Criselda Yabes, Letters From Palawan, 50 (from 200-500)

NEW DAY - 303
English Novel - Edith Tiempo, The Alien Corn, 58
English Fiction - Edilberto K. Tiempo, Snake Twin and Other Stories, 40
English Fiction - Edilberto K. Tiempo, Rainbow for Rima, 50
English Fiction - Edilberto K. Tiempo, Finalities: A Novelette & 5 Short Stories, 35
Filipino Drama - Rene Villanueva, May Isang Sundalo: Limang Maikling Dula, 30
English Poetry - Bienvenido Santos, The Wounded Stag: 54 Poems, 30
English Poetry - Simeon Dumdum Jr., Third World Opera, 30
English Fiction - Leoncio Deriada, The Road to Mawab and Other Stories, 30
Miscellany - Ed. Bezalie Bautista Uc-Kung, Each Day, A New Day: A Companion Journal and Planner 2006, free (from 300)

Whoo.

Sabi ko sa huling “Mga Bunga ng…” post ko:

Eto na siguro ang magiging huling batch ng mga libro kong bibilhin bago ang Manila Int’l Bookfair.

Buti merong “siguro”, kundi ay sinungaling na ako. Heto (na naman!) ang ilang libro na binili ko mula sa 99-peso-sale ng National Bookstore. Ang huling apat ay hardbound.

FANTASY
Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos (Book Six of The Wheel of Time), Php 93.75 (from 375)
Robert Jordan, The Path of Daggers (Book Eight of The Wheel of Time), Php 93.75 (from 375)
Orson Scott Card, The Crystal City (The Sixth Volume of The Tales of Alvin the Maker), Php 99

SCIENCE FICTION
Michael Crichton, Prey, Php 99
Kevin J. Anderson, Scattered Suns (Book Four of The Saga of Seven Suns), Php 99
Jack McDevitt, Seeker, Php 150

Heto ang mga bagong bili/bigay na aklat nitong mga huling araw at tatlong magkakaibang event.

Mula sa UMPIL National Convention nitong Sabado:

POETRY
Teo T. Antonio, Mga Tula sa Pag-Ibig, Php 100 (pirmado ni ser Teo)
James T.C. Na, The Wild Plant and others, libre (bigay at pirmado ni ginoong Na)

SHORT FICTION
Reading Korea: 12 Contemporary Stories, Php 300 (mula 395; pirmado ni Bang Hyun-Seok, ang panauhing pandangal ng kongreso)

LITERARY JOURNAL
ASIA: Magazine of Asian Literature, libre (bigay sa akin ni ginoong Bang Hyun-Seok pagkatapos malaman ang Koreanong apelyido ko)

CHILDREN’S BOOK
Ma. Corazon Remigio & Roland Mechael Ilagan, Bru-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha…Bru-hi-hi-hi-hi-hi, Php 55 (mula 65)

Mula sa LIRA lecture:

Virglio S. Almario (ed.), Poetikang Tagalog, Php 200 (bili ni pareng JC, kaso meron na pala siya)

Mula sa National Bookstore sale (mga bago-bagong hardcover ulit):

Anne McCaffrey & Todd McCaffrey, Dragon’s Fire, Php 99
Timothy Zahn, Manta’s Gift, Php 99
Felix Gilman, Thunderer, Php 99

Eto na siguro ang magiging huling batch ng mga libro kong bibilhin bago ang Manila Int’l Bookfair.

Sa mismong araw ng poetry reading namin sa Conspi (at sa sumunod) ay nakabitag na naman ako ng ilang aklat. Dating gawi — kung saan-saan ko sila napulot.

Bigay ni Christa sa Conspi:

LITERARY FOLIO
Malate May 2008 (folio ng DLSU)

Binili mula sa Powerbooks sale:

POETRY
Peter Redgrove, Assembling a Ghost, Php 99 (mula 535)
Henry Shukman, In Doctor No’s Garden, Php 99 (mula 609)
John Hartley Williams, Blues, Php 99 (mula 685)

Binili mula sa Books for Less:

WRITING (SATIRE)
John Warner, Fondling Your Muse, Php 298

Binili mula sa Booksale:

POETRY
David Ray & Judy Ray (eds.), Fathers: A Collection of Poems, Php 110

LITERARY FOLIO/ANTHOLOGY
Notre Dame Review Summer 2003, Php 15

SCIENCE FICTION
Brian Herbert & Kevin Anderson, Dune: The Machine Crusade, Php 250
Philip Jose Farmer, The Lavalite World, Php 15

FANTASY
Steven Erikson, The Bonehunters, Php 30

Nitong mga huling araw ay napadpad ako sa National Bookstore. May sale kasi sila kung saan marami sa mga aklat ay 50-75 pesos na lang…at marami rito ay bago-bago pa.

Sinasabayan talaga nila ang nalalapit na Manila Int’l Bookfair sa Setyembre. Kawawa naman ang pitaka ng mga baliw sa libro!

SCIENCE FICTION
Stephen Baxter, Evolution, Php 50 (mula 355)
Iain M. Banks, The Algebraist, Php 50 (mula 699)

HISTORICAL FICTION
Colleen McCullough, The Grass Crown (Book 2 of the Masters of Rome series), Php 75 (mula 599)

FANTASY
Don Bassingthwaite, The Grieving Tree (Eberron: The Dragon Below Book 2), Php 50 (mula 305)

CHILDREN’S FICTION
Marcus Sedgwick, The Dark Flight Down, Php 50 (mula 279)

Isang luma at munting sulatin sa aking unang Moleskine notebook, may petsang Setyembre 17, 2007. Fellow pa lang ako noon sa LIRA workshop. Pagkatapos kong sulatin ito ay pinuno ko ang aking munting library ng mga Filipiniana at tula.

* * *

Natapos ko nang basahin ang (A)lamat at (H)istorya ni ser Rio Alma. Ito ang unang aklat na natapos ko sa Ingles at Filipino. (Di rin halatang ngayon ko lang naibigang magbasa ng mga tula, ano? Salamat sa LIRA. Puro prosa kasi ako dati.)

Ito rin ang ikatlong aklat sa wikang Filipino na natapos ko, sumunod sa Sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag ni Edgardo Reyes (isa sa mga paborito kong nobela sa kahit anong wika) at Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok ko matapos ang mahaba-haba ring paglalakbay ni Norman Wilwayco. (At pati na rin pala ang mga salin sa Filipino ng Noli at Fili.)

Mula sa librong ito, marami akong tulang lubos na nagustuhan. Ang ilan sa kanila ay:

• Alamat ng Pagbitay kay Macario Sakay - kayganda ng huling saknong
• Estado ng Kabuhayan Noong 1584 Sang-ayon kay Juan Arze de Sadornel - isinulat noong 6-15-84 (kindat, kindat); swakto sa kalagayan ng ating lipunan ngayon!
• May Isang Seminarista - naaalala ko lagi ang aking ama sa maikling tulang ito

Iba pa: Alamat ng Retiradong Dyip, Ritwal, Mga Sipi sa Liham kay Haring Felipe mula kay Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, Sa Parangal ng Bayani.

(more…)

Naka-huli na naman ako ng ilang magagandang aklat nitong Sabado at Linggo. Ayaw ko na sanang bumili ng mga libro (bago mag-Manila Int’l Bookfair), pero di ako nakapagtimpi. Hay.

Sa Tulaan sa Tren / Book Launch ni Rio Alma (Sabado):

POETRY
Rio Alma trans. Marne Kilates, Mga Biyahe, Mga Estasyon = Journeys, Junctions, Php 300
NCCA (Rio Alma ed.), Bulawan 19: Journal of Philippine Arts & Culture, Php 200

Sa National Bookstore Robinsons Galleria (Linggo, pagkatapos ng LIRA lecture sa umaga sa Ortigas Library):

CREATIVE NONFICTION
Luis Joaquin M. Katigbak, The King of Nothing to Do: Essays on Nothing and Everything, Php 350

Sa Booksale SM Megamall (Linggo, pagkatapos ng lecture sa hapon):

POETRY
Suzanne Lumis, In Danger, Php 15

LITERARY ANTHOLOGY
Raritan: A Quarterly Review Vol. 27 #3, Php 70
Lynx Eye Fall 1997, Php 15

MISCELLANEOUS
Daniel P. Friedman and Matthias Felleisen, The Little LISPer, Php 10
Laurel Danara, Unofficial Riven: The Sequel to Myst Strategies & Secrets, Php 5

Isang pagmamalabis, pero gets niyo na ang ibig kong sabihin. Eto na naman ako sa pagiging adik sa mga libro.

Nitong huling linggo (Linggo hanggang Sabado), heto ang mga babasahing binili ko mula sa Booksale, Books for Less, at UP Shopping Center. Karamihan ay mura, may ilang may kamahalan, at may ilang libre (bahagi ng promo sa Books for Less).

CREATIVE NONFICTION
Kathleen Norris & Robert Atwan (eds.), The Best American Essays 2001, Php 198
Jamaica Kincaid & Robert Atwan (eds.), The Best American Essays 1995, Php 148

POETRY
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Bratsk Station and Other New Poems, Php 125
Jonathan Galassi, North Street and Other Poems, Php 70
Willaim Goodreau, The Many Islands, Php 40
Karen Snow, Wonders, Php 40
A.R. Ammons & David Lehman (eds.), The Best American Poetry 1994, Php 110
Karol Wojtyla (trans. Peterkiewicz), Easter Vigil & Other Poems, Php 248
Norman Dubie, Groom Falconer, Php 98

ANTHOLOGY (SHORT FICTION)
Andrea Barrett (ed.), Ploughshares Fall 2007, Php 40

HISTORY
Ralph & Adelin Linton, Man’s Way from Cave to Skyscraper, Libre (Php 49)

SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
Eric Van Lustbader, Mistress of the Pearl, Php 65
Rebecca Ore, Being Alien, Libre (Php 20)
L. Neil Smith, Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon, Libre (Php 49)

MISCELLANEOUS
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Rulebook (Players Option: Combat & Tactics), Libre (Php 20)
David Messett, Seven Days in Sydney, Libre (Php 20)

MAGAZINES
Western Art Collector March 2008, Php 100
Sculpture January/February 2008, Php 90
Sculpture April 2008, Php 90
Popular Science October 2007, Php 100
Scientific American February 2008, Php 65
Raw Vision Spring 2008, Php 65