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Old 07-23-10, 02:15 PM
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Just pre-ordered 3 books from Amazon today:



Comes out Oct 26, 2010.




800 pages
Comes out November 23rd, 2010.


And my most anticapated of the three:



928 pages!
Comes out October 5th, 2010

Ron Chernow the same author that wrote the Alexander Hamilton bio, the best bio I have ever read.
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Originally Posted by Lateralus
Ron Chernow the same author that wrote the Alexander Hamilton bio, the best bio I have ever read.
Better than Boone?!

Anyway, I went to Half Price Books tonight and found:

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain ($2.00)
Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle ($2.00)
Han Solo's Revenge (Hardback book club edition) by Brian Daley ($2.00)
Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne ($1.00)

Additionally, I picked up a few comics:

Batman Annual 13 ($1.00)
Batman: Shadow of the Bat 1 ($1.00)
Batman & Robin Adventures 16 ($1.00)
The Chroma-Tick 4 (Cover 1 of 3) ($0.25)

Not bad for $10.25!
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Better than Boone?!

Yes, but Boone is probably a close second.

By the end of the Hamilton book I felt like he was a close friend and actually got emotional when
Spoiler:
He got shot by Aaron Burr
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Old 07-24-10, 11:31 AM
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Half Price Books had a 50% off day (w/ coupon) last Sunday so I got

The Lost City of Z
In the Heart of the Sea
and Greetings from E-Street (a really cool Springsteen book/memorobilia collection)

All three for $10!

Lateralus - Is Colonol Roosevelt the promised 3rd book in Edmund Morris' Roosevelt trilogy? Never thought it would come out.
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I was extremely happy to find this used for $10.XX today at a local New/Used bookstore.

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Mrs Danger just bought a big box of pulp novels from the 1920s and 1930s, all of them Nick Carter, Master Detective. I've started reading one of them.

This is a good example of why I don't like Kindle. No one will be able to read 80-year-old Kindle books from 2010. If a book doesn't sell, it will no longer be offered. Already sold copies can't be resold. And the technology to read them will be lost by then. How many of you can read 6-inch floppy disks, which are only 25 years old?
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Originally Posted by Nick Danger
Mrs Danger just bought a big box of pulp novels from the 1920s and 1930s, all of them Nick Carter, Master Detective. I've started reading one of them.

This is a good example of why I don't like Kindle. No one will be able to read 80-year-old Kindle books from 2010. If a book doesn't sell, it will no longer be offered. Already sold copies can't be resold. And the technology to read them will be lost by then. How many of you can read 6-inch floppy disks, which are only 25 years old?
I might not be able to read the actual floppy disks anymore, but I can still read files from that era.
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Picked up an autographed copy of:

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Originally Posted by Nick Danger
Mrs Danger just bought a big box of pulp novels from the 1920s and 1930s, all of them Nick Carter, Master Detective. I've started reading one of them.

This is a good example of why I don't like Kindle. No one will be able to read 80-year-old Kindle books from 2010. If a book doesn't sell, it will no longer be offered. Already sold copies can't be resold. And the technology to read them will be lost by then. How many of you can read 6-inch floppy disks, which are only 25 years old?
Gonna go off-topic here and respond, first as the devil's advocate:

Then again, it's still early in the e-reader age. Suppose those pulp novels of the '20s hadn't been in print since those early editions (I don't know if they have or haven't), but all of a sudden they were available digitally for the Kindle. It's much easier for a publisher/e-retailer to make available a digital copy for numerous downloads than to try to justify a physical print edition.

Also, I think we're seeing a greater emphasis on technology being backwards compatible than was the case in the 6-inch floppy era. My Super Nintendo couldn't play NES games, but my Wii will play GameCube games and I can download games from previous consoles dating back to the NES. It's not perfected, but it's still early.

All that said, I've not used an e-reader. I'm curious to try it some day, but I can't imagine not preferring a print edition. I love the smell of old books (95% of my library was bought used, and I check stuff out from the library semi-regularly). And when I read a book, I like the instantaneous sense of my progress by feeling when the left side of the book feels heavier than the right.
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Originally Posted by WallyOPD
I might not be able to read the actual floppy disks anymore, but I can still read files from that era.
You're right, that one was a bad argument.
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2010 Winnipeg Blue Bombers media guide (got it from the team)
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A rare physical purchase for me. I cannot recommend it enough for anyone looking for a great new fantasy series . . .

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Just preordered this:

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Between the Animation, Criterion and Horror challenges, I haven't taken out much time for reading since mid-summer! I did, however, pick up a paperback copy of Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago at Half Price Books on Thursday. The Blu-ray release of the movie reminded me I still hadn't gotten around to reading the novel, and I'm looking forward to curling up with this come winter time.

Also, last Saturday I picked up The Tale of One Bad Rat trade paperback for a buck. I heard it was great when it was released 15 years ago, but never took the time to read it. It'll be nice to finally scratch that of my to-read list.
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It's the new Kenzie/Gennaro novel...a follow-up to GONE BABY GONE. It releases next week - November 2nd. I pre-ordered it after finding a decent deal via my Amazon personal Gold Box (aka an extra 5% off the listed Amazon price).
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Originally Posted by Sessa17
A rare physical purchase for me. I cannot recommend it enough for anyone looking for a great new fantasy series . . .


Same book for me Sessa, airsick lowlanders here probably have not yet read it, however.
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