Book Hauls!

[D_Davis]

I know.

I love these library sales.

We have them two times a year here in Seattle. They fill an old military hanger with books, tons, and tons of books.

MMs are 50 cents, trades and HBs are $1 (up from .75 last year).

The SF section is the first to get hit, so you have to get there early and put up with some very rude re-sellers, but it is totally worth it. I went with two friends and we all looked out for each other.

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by D_Davis

The Great Divorce
The Space Trilogy - CS Lewis
The Method of Zen
Zen in the Art of Archery - Eugen Herrigel
History of Christian Thought - Paul Tillich
Questioning the Millennium - Steven Jay Gould
The Unreasoning Mask -Farmer
Rosemary's Baby - Levin
Deliverance - Dickey
Homeworld - Harrison
Islands in the Sky - Clarke
Dandelion Wine - Bradbury
Galaxies Like Grands of Sand - Aldiss
Expanded Universe
The Past Through Tomorrow
Starship Troopers - Heinlein
Necroscope - Lumley
Caves of Steel - Asimov
Wolfbane - Pohl
Mist
Bachman Books - King
Ringworld - Niven
20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
Beyond the Blue Even Horizon - Pohl
The Jonah Kit - Ian Watson
The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
Rocket Science - Jay Lake
The Peace War - Vernor Vinge
The Lottery - Shirley Jackson
The Sun also Rises - Hemingway
The Atrocity Archives - Charles Stross


All for $24.50

Nice!
Library book sale here in Seattle, so many books!

That makes me depressing on so many levels. But congratz to that amazing haul, only the Heinleins makes me so jealous :P

Makes me wish i had a contact in places that would buy those books and send them to me.

You have bookmooch ? You would make a killing if you didnt like some of those books.

Dr Bloodmoney only will cost me 15-20 $ in my last haul......

[D_Davis]

Originally Posted by Connavar

You have bookmooch ? You would make a killing if you didnt like some of those books.

No, what's bookmooch?

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by D_Davis

No, what's bookmooch?

A site where you give away books and get points so you can get other books you want from other people.

I used for rare books that i have trouble findings but are easy to find you live in US and other places.

Nothing cooler than give away crappy books and getting two ERB,Wells and co for them.

Also used to get books the library doesnt have. It saves me money.

It might not be a good deal for you since you can find classic books so cheap but its a good place to dump books that other people will love to have.

[D_Davis]

Originally Posted by Connavar

It might not be a good deal for you since you can find classic books so cheap but its a good place to dump books that other people will love to have.

Used SF books are pretty easy to come by here, especially in Seattle where there are a ton of used book stores. That is if you don't mind an old, worn MM or something. Most books I buy to read, not to collect, so it works out great for me.

I'll check the site out, though, thanks for the info.

[GOLLUM]

As pat of my growing collection I picked up:

Moon Terror - Weird Tales Collection 1st Edition HB
New Maps Of Hell - Kingsley Amis *SF survey/study
Phantoms and Fancies - L Sprague De Camp *Signed Copy
The Dragons Of Babel *Michael Swanswick *Sequel to Iron Dragon's Daughter

Plenty more but some of this weekend buys.....

[D_Davis]

Originally Posted by GOLLUM

The Dragons Of Babel *Michael Swanswick *Sequel to Iron Dragon's Daughter

Let's hope it's better than the first one.

I've never seen such a fantastic premise and set up go nowhere, faster, and with more carelessness for dramatic tension.

/sorry - still bitter over the let down of the first one.

[Rothgar]

Edwin Abbott - Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Heinlein - Have Space Suit- Will Travel
Heinlein - The Door Into Summer
Guy Gavriel Kay - The Lions of Al-Rassan
Kim Stanley Robinson - Green Mars
Mervyn Peak - Titus Groaned
Janny Wurts - Curse of the Mistwraith

[D_Davis]

Originally Posted by Rothgar

Edwin Abbott - Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Good one.

Rucker's pseudo-sequel, Spaceland is also good.

Anyone seen the Flatland animated film released not too long ago?

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by D_Davis

Let's hope it's better than the first one.

I've never seen such a fantastic premise and set up go nowhere, faster, and with more carelessness for dramatic tension.

/sorry - still bitter over the let down of the first one.

Interesting because I didn't mind this one and several other members are of the same opinion. I agree it wasn't a masterpiece and delivered less than it promised eventhough VG included it in their Masterwork series but I liked it for being different. Michael Moorcock seems to be enamoured with this latest one and he is someone whose opinion I tend to take notice of.

I'll let you know how it fares then....

[Lady of Winterfell]

Well, I will finally be able to read GRRM's short story's, The Hedge Knight and The Sworn Sword. Been wanting to for awhile and just got the books they are included in...as well as some others. I am a McCaffrey fan as well, so I am quite excited.

Legends - Edited by Robert Silverberg including stories by Terry Goodkind, GRRM, Anne McCaffrey
Legends II - Edited by Robert Silverberg including stories by Terry Brooks, Diana Gabaldon, Neil Gaiman, GRRM, Anne McCaffrey
The Singing Sword - Jack Whyte
The Autobiography of Henry VIII - Margaret George

[GOLLUM]

Both of those Legends anthologies are excellent and I've got the entires eries by Jack Whyte, well worth a look for any Arthurian fans.

[Shamu]

Blood Engines and Poison Sleep by T. A. Pratt.

[Connavar]

Pagan Babies by Elmore Leonard
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher

[Lady of Winterfell]

Originally Posted by GOLLUM

Both of those Legends anthologies are excellent and I've got the entires eries by Jack Whyte, well worth a look for any Arthurian fans.

I am a big King Arthur fan, and just finished the first book, The Skystone, a couple weeks ago. I'm very much looking forward to the rest of the series. Although I think my new Legends books will be next to read when I finish The Name of the Wind.