Cyberabad Days by Ian McDonald
Pyr, 2009, 278 pages, 978-1-59102-699-0, Trade Paperback, $15.00 in my cart. Finally.
Flora Segunda by Ysabeau S. Wilce
Magic Carpet Books, 2008, 438 pages, 978-0-15-205439-7, Paperback, $7.95
The Illustrated Life by Danny Gregory
How Books, 2008, 978-1-60061-086-8, Paperback, $19.99
Mainspring by Jay Lake
Tor, 2007, 358 pages, 978-0-7653-5636-9, Mass Market Paperback, $7.95
Midwinter by Matthew Sturges
Pyr, 2009, 344 pages, 978-1-59102-734-8, Trade Paperback, $15.98
Mushi-shi, vol. 1 by Yuki Urushibara
Del Rey, 2007, 978-0-345-49621-8, Paperback, $12.95
Mushi-shi, vol. 2 by Yuki Urushibara
Del Rey, 2007, 978-0-345-49644-7, Paperback, $12.95
The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente
Bantam Spectra, 2006, 978-0-553-38403-1, Trade Paperback, $14.00
Zoo by Otsuichi
Haikasoru, 2009, 978-1-4215-2587-7, Trade Paperback, $13.99
You might have noticed, but when a bookstore doesn’t have what I’m looking for, it tends to make me a little tetchy. In fact, it makes me outright rebellious. You don’t have my book? Fine. I’m going to order it from someone else.
This doesn’t happen all the time—just when I go in expecting to find a particular title but end up leaving empty-handed. If I just went in to browse, and I happened to think of a book I’d like to find, I don’t get quite so annoyed; I just shrug and put it on the list of things that I’ll have to order eventually (or, perhaps, I’ll mention it as a birthday gift. Not that anyone gives me books for my birthday. I have yet to figure out why not).
Of course, what really bugs me is that failing to find the book I want will completely kill my desire to buy anything else. Finding a replacement for the original title is near impossible, and I generally lose interest if my hunting has been thwarted (oh, and it is hunting. Bookstore-hopping is all about the hunt and the immediate acquisition. Otherwise, I’d just order everything and never be disappointed).
Tags: art, book get!, books, catherynne m. valente, danny gregory, fantasy, ian mcdonald, illustration, jay lake, manga, matthew sturges, mushi-shi, otsuichi, ysabeau s. wilce, yuki urushibara
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