20,000 Yards Through The Biosphere
I’ve been reading Kevin Anderson’s “Captain Nemo”, a ‘biography’ of the man as seen through the eyes of his childhood friend Jules Verne. It’s a good read, but so far, I wouldn’t put it on my “best books I’ve read” list – honestly, actual Jules Verne books have usually been better.
In that spirit, I’ve been looking around Roanoke for a copy of “From the Earth to the Moon And A Trip Around It”. Barnes and Noble had the first half, which is the one that most Verne fans know, but no one has the combined books. I’ve found all the copies I could want of “20,000 Leagues”, but I already have that one.
Walked into Givens Books for the first time in years. I need to go there more often: they had a stack of old paperbacks begging to be culled through, and I just didn’t have time yesterday. Maybe they even have one of the Randall Garrett “Lord D’Arcy” books I’ve been looking for for years! You have to love a bookstore that’s several musty rooms of shelves with haphazardly stacked books filling every inch of free space, and several prowling cats on mouse patrol. That just rocks.
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http://half.ebay.com/cat/buy/prod.cgi?cpid=5286746&domain_id=1856&meta_id=1
There might be other copies on there too, but that was the first I found : )
I’m in love with half.com…
Arigato, domo arigato! Rain used your link and placed the order for me yesterday – found some Lord D’Arcy for me while she was there.
I love the anticipation of knowing I have packages coming in the mail. I’d order somthing every day if I could afford it.
*laugh* I’m exactly the same way, which probably explains the horrid debt ; ) Half.com is my nemisis because I fall for it’s temptation far too often…*glares at the ten dollar Jubei-chan DVDs* I won’t succumb to you and your temptation, you hear me!
*ahem* Sorry ; )