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Science Fiction

Hayabusa

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5. I've gotten a lot of books this year

Reply to Fumesucker (Original post)

Thu Dec 15, 2011, 11:36 PM

Dec 2011

thanks to garage sales, thrift stores and used bookstores. Discovered the Song of Ice and Fire books thanks to them, as well as finally getting to read Starship Troopers.

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At the thrift store, the way the future was.. [View all] Fumesucker Dec 2011 OP

Ever since I converted to Kindle . . . MrModerate Dec 2011 #1

+1 dem644555il Mar 2012 #11

So much of Silverberg's really good early stuff is out of print FloridaJudy Dec 2011 #2

A little less convenient CaliforniaHiker Dec 2011 #3

I think "Dying Inside" is one of the most depressing books I've ever read.. Fumesucker Dec 2011 #4

Try Mordecai Roshwald's "Level Seven", or Shute's "On The Beach" friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #6

Yeah, "On The Beach" is pretty fucking brutal. n/t iris27 Mar 2012 #10

I've gotten a lot of books this year Hayabusa Dec 2011 #5

We have a HUGE sci-fi book section at my thrift store Odin2005 Feb 2012 #7

I'm jealous.. Fumesucker Mar 2012 #8

We are overflowing with the romance novels and religious trash, too, LOL. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #9