Robin, where is this store of which you speak?
I've lived in NoVa for almost 17 years -- including 1-1/2 years just off Lawyers Rd., a stone's throw from the Reston line -- and haven't found a decent used bookshop.
Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
'Out Of Gas'
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."
Fred Pete - Apr 20, 2005 5:52:55 am PDT #7417 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Nutty - Apr 20, 2005 6:02:50 am PDT #7418 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I was very much a fan of Avenue Victor Hugo, before it went under. Excellent general fiction and SF collections.
The Brattle Bookshop and Boston Book Annex are the only two I know of (of any quality) inside city limits now, and neither of them have the kind of collection development AVH worked so hard at. In the Brattle, you'll find 12 copies of Proust, volume 1 of a 1888 repritn of Little Dorrit, and several out of print Isaac Asimov novels, but not the other, mid-list stuff, which IMHO is the bread-and-butter of used book sales.
McIntyre and Moore, near my house, isn't bad, but its focus is avowedly academic. Sometimes I can still find something good in the basement of the Harvard Bookshop, but not often. ...Actually, one of the reasons I go to cons is for better used book shopping opportunities.
(Yes, I'm a luddite; I still need to hold the book in my hands before I decide to buy it. So, I haven't gone far in online buying yet.)
Calli - Apr 20, 2005 6:14:29 am PDT #7419 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I think it was someone here who recommended Katie MacAlister's books. I got a couple from the library yesterday, and I'm really enjoying them. They're very good "take your mind off things" reading. So thanks for the recommendation!
Scrappy - Apr 20, 2005 6:45:46 am PDT #7420 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
It's right on Lake Anne Plaza, in Reston. On Saturdays there's an okay farnmer's market there, and also a good new Moroccan restaurant, so it's worth checking out. [link]
Betsy HP - Apr 20, 2005 9:11:28 am PDT #7421 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Okay, guys, I am officially going on a twelve-step program. You guys are my witnesses.
I am NEVER EVER EVER buying another Laurell K. Hamilton in Hardback. This is cold turkey. There will be no more. Nada. Niente. Nichts.
The latest Merry book? Is all about sex. They have sex. But, dear God, they TALK about sex first. They argue about sex, what constitutes sex, what precisely they are going to do, and how many people there are room for in the bed.
And it's boring. Boring boring boring. Boring book about sex. And it is (conservatively) 90% sex, 10% plot.
Nobody should have to suffer through that much unarousing boring pornography.
Help me. Help me be strong. Remind me of this pledge when the next Anita book comes out.
DavidS - Apr 20, 2005 9:13:16 am PDT #7422 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I am NEVER EVER EVER buying another Laurell K. Hamilton in Hardback. This is cold turkey. There will be no more. Nada. Niente. Nichts.
I thought you learned this lesson like...three books ago?
Betsy HP - Apr 20, 2005 9:13:54 am PDT #7423 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I know. This is why I am making the pledge in public. Next September I shall call on you to make me be strong. The demon Hamilton shall be far from my lips.
Calli - Apr 20, 2005 9:15:02 am PDT #7424 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Oh dear. Boring pornography is worse than fade-to-black. At least with the latter you can let your own imagination go places.
On the warning-to-others hand, that's one less book for me to pay late fees to the library on.
erikaj - Apr 20, 2005 9:28:26 am PDT #7425 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Boring sex? That's sad, Betsy. And I would have said impossible except that you are very believable. Why am I broke and this woman has bank, again? because I've gotten praise for being erotic even without boots actively being knocked.
Atropa - Apr 20, 2005 9:33:12 am PDT #7426 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I thought you learned this lesson like...three books ago?
I know. This is why I am making the pledge in public. Next September I shall call on you to make me be strong. The demon Hamilton shall be far from my lips.
Don't worry, I'll remind you. I'm supposed to do the same thing for another friend who bought the latest Merry book and now regrets it.
No more Hamilton for you. If you want to be *really* virtuous, promise you'll only buy her work from second-hand stores.