What can you buy for $4.35?

[aruan]

Well, today in Gainesville, I got seven books, a zine, and a photocard album.

o_O

Friends of the Library haul as follows:

Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose
- Have heard of the author and novel and am otherwise developing a taste for mysteries.

J.M. Dillard - Star Trek: The Lost Years
Diane Duane - Spock's World
- I love backstories, seeing what's in the spaces between known events.

William Shatner (with Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens) - Star Trek: The Return (hardcover)
- Dude, I knew death could only keep the good captain of the starship Enterprise down for so long.

William Shatner - Star Trek Memories and Get A Life! (both hardcover)
- Though there's a bit of trepidation, as I'm to understand it took him some years to develop a sense of humor about himself and his career.

Carl Hiaasen - Double Whammy
- Because while not necessarily rooting for them in all ways, I do think the alligators make a good point.

An odd little "music zine" about They Might Be Giants for walkingshadow and the official album for the set of first-edition *NSYNC photocards I acquired a year ago on eBay.

*wibble* I don't really have to go to work tonight, right?

Comments

[beatpropx.livejournal.com]

I like Eco, I don't care how pretentious some say it is, *grin*. Big words make me happy.

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

Booooks! Mostly fluff, but then, that's my life right there. If there's anything you've been looking for, I make no guarantees, but many of these books are ooold and eclectic and there might be a find or two in there. Miranda and I are going back tomorrow, so if there's anything you'd like me to keep an eye out for, let me know.

[beatpropx.livejournal.com]

Books! If you happen to find a copy of A Bomb Built in Hell by Andrew Vachss, I'd gladly reimburse you for the book&shipping. I've been wanting a non-pdf version of this for a while, but it's a bear to get your hands on. Thank you so much for the offer of an eye! *grin*

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, no dice. Is it rare or just out of print (not that the two are mutually exclusive)? Because several of his other books are available on Amazon...

[beatpropx.livejournal.com]

Both? *grin* I'm pretty sure it's currenty out of print and there was only a very small print run when they went back and published it.

[beatpropx.livejournal.com]

Also, if you are finding yourself warming to mysteries, I highly recommend Arturo Perez Reverte. In particular, El ( or The, depending on the printing) Club Dumas, The Seville Communion and Queen of the North.

[liz-w.livejournal.com]

After you finish "Spock's World," you must read "The Romulan Way," which is also by Diane Duane.

Also, if you haven't read it, you need "Enterprise: The First Adventure," by Vonda McIntyre, which has nothing to do with the series currently on the air, but is the story of James T. Kirk coming aboard the USS Enterprise, and his first mission (and his meeting with Spock!).

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

I don't actually know anything about any of the spinoff novels. I read a bunch of them in Star Wars back in middle school, but these seem to be not only spinoffs but more in the vein of Shadow of the Empire, which attempted to explain what happened between the end of Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Which is essentially what Spock's World sounds like, and that's terribly, terribly exciting. I'll definitely put Romulan Way on the list as well. The love in my heart for Spock knows no bounds at all.

alsdfjsdlfhsdfghs!!!1! This fandom is glorious, truly. Thanks for the recommendations, they're definitely going on my reading list.