From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Apr 22 2003 - 16:21:04 MDT
--- Charles Hixson <charleshixsn@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Dehede011@aol.com wrote:
>
> >In a message dated 4/22/2003 9:47:21 AM Central Standard Time,
> >charleshixsn@earthlink.net writes: I really regret that the Peace
> > War is out of print. ...
> >Charles,
> > Believe it or not I have that in my collection of Analogs. I
> dug it out to re-read it just the other night.
> >
> I believe. If I still had it available I'd probably have read it
> 3-4 times in the last 5-6 years.
Depending on where you are, local used book stores can be a trove of
good SF. I've noticed at yard sales that are put on by young couples
that one thing that definitely goes is the guys SF collection. "You're
NOT keeping those in my 'Martha' decorated house!" I can imagine the
spouse saying... SF is also prominent in yard sales put on by older
people who are dumping their grown kids' unclaimed property from
youth...
My favorite used bookstore is in Seattle, where there are at least
three locations: Twice Sold Tales is open 24 hours a day, generally
infested with cats (to the point where runways are put in atop the tall
bookcases and they have their own circular stairways), and very
comfortable, very used, furniture is available for the browser to just
sit and read. When I lived in Seattle, I spent many an entire evening,
till dawn, even, sitting and reading the hours away, kept warm by
purring cats...
Most of my SF collection when I lived there was purchased through them,
and went back to them when I moved and didn't have the cash to pay to
ship all that dead weight. I got about $.50 on the dollar for their
product, and it was worth the entertainment.
=====
Mike Lorrey
"Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils."
- Gen. John Stark
"Pacifists are Objectively Pro-Fascist." - George Orwell
"Treason doth never Prosper. What is the Reason?
For if it Prosper, none Dare call it Treason..." - Ovid
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