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Today's pickups, I nearly shat myself in the aisle when I saw Land's Fanged Noumena on the shelf for $12.50. Love him or hate him, that is an insane price that I could otherwise flip and pay for the rest of the haul several times over, and Land's contributions to cyberpunkism as a legitimate branch of posthumanism are worth celebrating by anyone, even if you disagree with the author.

Other than that, a whole bunch of Weird Nonfic to keep me busy for the next few weeks.

~$87 for the whole lot, nearly half of that being Bord's Alien Animals for $30 - higher than the lowest online prices, but in very good condition. Everything else picture but not named was between $5-7 each.

Support your local bookstore!

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

A few of my used books are still freezing....

[–] emb@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 2 hours ago

used books - freeze just in case they have any bugs inside.

[–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 2 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

You people can afford buying books. I have ~20 books from my 19 years of existence.

But I'll probably be able to afford more books when I'm permanently employed, but will probably never have time to read them until retirement (if thaf hypothetically ever happens).

[–] thymos@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 28 minutes ago

I often go to what are called little libraries. They're just small book cases outside that are freely accessible to anyone. You can borrow books, sometimes keep the books and donate books. There a lot of bad books in them, but also a lot of wonderful titles to be found. You can find more info, including a map with locations, here.

[–] AccoSpoot1@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

I don't know your situation, but I only buy thrifted books, and I've never spent more than like £15 for a book and that's usually the art books only, you can get real good stuff for less than a fiver.

[–] emb@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

When we go to the beach on vacation each year I always make a point to stop in their local bookshop. Selection and moreso price aren't great, but it's always so much fun just to look around.

Went the past week and picked up:

  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Verne)
  • Secret History (Tartt)
  • Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (Zevin)
  • And Then There Were None (Christie)
  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Pirsig)
[–] AccoSpoot1@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The Art of Michael Whelan was the real treasure find, the other two looked like interesting pulp to experience.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Oooo, never heard of Wheelan before but I just looked it up and that seems like a really cool book.