Zoe: Is there any way I'm gonna get out of this with honor and dignity? Wash: You're pretty much down to ritual suicide, lambie-toes.
'War Stories'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Vortex - Jun 18, 2004 6:33:44 am PDT #3501 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Vortex - Jun 18, 2004 6:34:25 am PDT #3502 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
speaking of used, anyone know where to get copies of the Bourne Identity series that DONT have Matt Damon on the cover? Usually, Amazon is my go to on non movie covers, but since the book is so old, they only have the new stuff.
Fred Pete - Jun 18, 2004 6:35:55 am PDT #3503 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
That's odd. Is a quarter too much to pay for a book?
I once frequented a used bookstore (The Bookshop, Chapel Hill, NC) that had a "bargain corner" -- 25 cents for paperbacks, 50 cents for hardcovers. I found a lot of good reading there.
Nutty - Jun 18, 2004 6:44:35 am PDT #3504 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
speaking of used, anyone know where to get copies of the Bourne Identity series that DONT have Matt Damon on the cover?
I got a hardcover of it a couple of years ago (before the movie came out, I'm afraid) from a library discard pile for free. So, used book stores are probably the right place to look, and a hardcover may give you better odds, since tie-ins seem to be always paperback.
I have gotten $0.25 books before, and several freebies -- but usually, the best books I get are either priced as good books, or are the result of luck. I picked up a first edition of Something Wicked This Way Comes, with its original dustjacket, for $10, because the dustjacket was a bit tattered and nobody at the store had gotten around to ironing it and putting it under a plastic cover. That one extra step, and they would have charged me $20, easy. (And I think if they'd checked around, and noticed it was a 1/e, they would probably have tried to sell it for rather more.)
Connie Neil - Jun 18, 2004 6:48:07 am PDT #3505 of 10002
brillig
There's a table on the sidewalk in front of Sam Weller's in downtown Salt Lake City where the 25 cent/5 for a dollar books are. They used to have oodles of weird political diatribes, but the last time it was mostly cheesy romances. Great place to pick up a book you don't minde losing on hte bus.
Vortex - Jun 18, 2004 6:53:01 am PDT #3506 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
yeah, i sometimes do that for books when I'm travelling. Then I just leave them in the hotel or the airport or whatever.
Lilty Cash - Jun 18, 2004 6:58:04 am PDT #3507 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
We have a Hospice bookstore in my town, all paperbacks about twenty-five cents, hardcovers priced individually, as there aren't many of them, but dirt cheap. It's fun!
brenda m - Jun 18, 2004 6:58:29 am PDT #3508 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
In Milwaukee they actually have a used bookstore right in the airport. Best idea ever.
Connie Neil - Jun 18, 2004 7:01:25 am PDT #3509 of 10002
brillig
Connie Neil - Jun 18, 2004 7:02:14 am PDT #3510 of 10002
brillig
I've heard that bookstores in airports do very well. Must be a pain, though, because unless the store is before the scanners, I don't think they let the causal shopper get through these days.