SCI-FI BOOKS

**absom4** · October 16th, 2001, 01:22 AM

Yes I do hear from Greenie quite regularly. She's a busy one with her nuns and cub scouts, but she does send an Email from time to time. As for Amazon, I am constantly delighted by their prompt service. The longest I've ever had to wait for a book was 3 days. I order loads of things from them and even the used books are in excellent condition.

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absom

**Rantarn** · October 16th, 2001, 01:49 AM

Mighty Lady, enjoy the HPL stuff. I read a volume a few years ago and I still think of it. Especially when I see some plates on display at my inlaws, but that's way too involved to explain now. smile

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Drago Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus

**PollyMath** · October 16th, 2001, 02:29 PM

Not sure this counts as a book, but I stopped off at a comics convention (no speakers or anything, just lots of comics, some other vendors and an auction) in NYC on Saturday.

Picked up a copy of the number one B5 comic. I didn't take it out of its bag to see what sort of shape it was in on the inside (outside looked OK), but for $2, who cares.

I know the B5 comics were notoriously bad, but I might as well finish my collection. Now that I have #1, I think I need #8 and #9 and I'll be done. Unfortunately, I couldn't remember the other ones I was missing at the convention and wasn't willing to just grab a few that looked unfamiliar. Besides the others were more in the $10 range.

It was nice to pick up one of the ones I needed. It didn't make up for the miserable experience of car shopping (as a single female) on 11th avenue in Manhattan, but it at least made me smile.

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**AsIs** · October 16th, 2001, 10:31 PM

btw, if you are looking for out of print books that abebooks.com looked pretty good for that. I went to a author's site that I liked and they recommended there. So abebooks.com looks legitimate.

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Selah

**Nommy** · October 17th, 2001, 03:10 AM

Hi Rantarn!
Meant to tell you that Karina was working all of 1000 yards from your building for 3 months. Worked for Continental Wingate, next to the Charles river, across from the Gymnastics place.

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Nommy

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**Rantarn** · October 18th, 2001, 01:24 AM

Hi Nommy. Cool. I'm not sure where I know where that is though. Is it on Highland Avenue in Newton or somewhere else?

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Drago Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus

**MightyLady77** · October 18th, 2001, 02:21 AM

O Frabjous Day!

My copy of A Space Child's Mother Goose arrived this afternoon. I've had a wonderful time reaquainting myself with it.

I'd share some of my favorites, but that will have to wait for another day, an earlier hour.

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MightyLady of the Flame Red Hair
Love is blind, but friendship is clairvoyant.

**PollyMath** · October 19th, 2001, 06:28 PM

OK, Bee. This is getting dangerous. Your extra discount thingy inspired me to actually put together an Amazon order and it is getting dangerous. It is between 2 and 3 times as high as the gift certificates I have. Oh well. Books are books, you know.

Will place order when I get home so I can use the gift certificates (one didn't come by e-mail, so I can't look it up). Hopefully that will sneak me under the wire to get the extra 10% off one copy of "The Space Child's Mother Goose." And if I do it back to you, you will be able to get 10% off the last technomage book. Not sure if the shipping is worth the discount, but you can decide for yourself.

Probable-possible, my black hen,
She lays eggs in the relative when.
She doesn't lay eggs in the positive now,
Because she's unable to postulate how.

Hee, hee.

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**MightyLady77** · October 20th, 2001, 02:29 AM

Polly, that shipping is exactly why I didn't order the techno-mage novels tonight when I found the discount from you. I'm going to check around. I may be able to get all 3 books cheaper here. I will still have to pay 6% sales tax, but it doesn't add up to the $5.47 shipping and handling amazon.com wants.
Availability will be the deal breaker.

Meanwhile:

Flappity, Floppity, Flip!
The Mouse on the M?bius Strip.
The Strip revolved,
The Mouse dissolved
In a chronodimensional skip.

Tag! You're it.

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MightyLady of the Flame Red Hair
Love is blind, but friendship is clairvoyant.