(I also bought a much larger-than-life plush toy of the "stomach ache" (or dysentery) microbe. I named it after... uhm, let's just say I named it after an inappropriate editorial crush that I maundered on about during one of my drunken moments.)

After seeing Ellen Kushner's fabulous reading from Thomas the Rhymer (during which she also sings some of the ballads that inspired the work; some of what we heard can be found here, and I assume there's more somewhere, but I haven't been able to track it down in the thirty seconds I've spared it)--I was compelled to, of course, buy a copy of Thomas the Rhymer. And later, a copy of her collaboration with Delia Sherman, The Fall of Kings, which is a sort of sequel to Swordspoint (which I did own already).

I restrained myself from buying many, many other books, but I did bend and purchase a copy of The Glasswright's Apprentice, since I saw Mindy Klasky on not a few panels and thought she had some very interesting things to say.

Unfortunately, my "to buy" list is rather sketchy at this point:

• Hellspark (did anyone else catch the author's name?
  
• The Anvil of the World Kage Baker
  
• "Therm series by Al (ex) (an?) Pantain/Panchain" (direct transcription from my notes)
  
• Fire Logic and Earth Logic
  
• The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax Dorothy ??
  

I feel there were others, but I think they were "Oh, I'll know it when I see it in the bookstore" others, like all of Michelle Sagara West's books, and such like. And of course, I'm just waiting patiently for Tooth and Claw in paperback.

I saw many lust-worthy books in the dealer's room, including some I already owned; it's a hard thing, to resist buying extra copies of things you already own, especially things for which you looked for quite some time, and built up a certain eager anticipation to want to snatch-and-buy upon locating. Hard pressed to not snatch up another Mary Gentle Ash omnibus (with one in my luggage upstairs, no less!) and no, I really don't need any more Sherwood Smith books, especially with two copies of Crown Duel already... duplicating the Wren works would be silly. And I couldn't be sure on some of the Jane Yolen stuff I saw... stuff I knew I looked for years ago and couldn't locate, but now I could just order on Amazon if I wanted.

All in all, I was very restrained, now that I think about it, and I'm quite proud.