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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: BlueTsunami on October 15, 2007, 03:11:06 PM

Title: I just made my most expensive Book purchase today
Post by: BlueTsunami on October 15, 2007, 03:11:06 PM
$40  :o

(http://xs320.xs.to/xs320/07421/PKD_01.jpg) (http://xs.to)

Not a bad price considering whats inside (4 different novels) but I weeped when I found out Amazon is selling it for $23  :'(

Hard Cover too, inconspicuous blue color when outer plastic cover is taken off. I like it.

*Most expensive as in Non Educational related purchase. Educational as IT and Networking Books, History etc and shit like that. Shit costs an arm and a leg!
Title: Re: I just made my most expensive Book purchase today
Post by: Robo on October 15, 2007, 03:45:21 PM
I've been meaning to pick that up, but I still have a huge pile of books laying around waiting to be read.  Three amazing novels and one pretty good one for $23 is a fantastic deal.
Title: Re: I just made my most expensive Book purchase today
Post by: drohne on October 15, 2007, 03:55:32 PM
i've got a couple of those library of america volumes. melville's late stuff and something else. i don't like reading from big unwieldy hardcovers, but sometimes they compile a lot of material that'd be difficult to find independently
Title: Re: I just made my most expensive Book purchase today
Post by: Ichirou on October 15, 2007, 08:57:44 PM
I have the complete works of Walt Whitman in one of those editions same as the Philip K. Dick one you got.  They're supposed to be library editions so they'll last a long time, I think.
Title: Re: I just made my most expensive Book purchase today
Post by: CajoleJuice on October 15, 2007, 09:02:56 PM
I just bought it on Amazon like a week ago. You didn't see my post about it? Poor Blue. :(
Title: Re: I just made my most expensive Book purchase today
Post by: BlueTsunami on October 18, 2007, 03:44:11 PM
I just bought it on Amazon like a week ago. You didn't see my post about it? Poor Blue. :(

I didn't :/

But its all good. You've got to appreciate a high quality book. The paper feels is high quality and the hard cover is rock solid. I can see why people collect books and build out personal libraries
Title: Re: I just made my most expensive Book purchase today
Post by: MrAngryFace on October 18, 2007, 04:18:26 PM
I picked up:

I Am Legend - Graphic Novel
Age of Apocalypse - Volume 1
The Zen of Zombie
Title: Re: I just made my most expensive Book purchase today
Post by: Van Cruncheon on October 18, 2007, 04:28:27 PM
i made a book haul today. books are good for stormy washington weather!

i got

hellsing vol 8 for my manga stylish action-gore fetish
fatal revenant (stephen r. donaldson) because i refuse to accept that it can suck as bad as his last book (runes of the earth) did
the new dexter book :hyper
and "where's my cow" by terry pratchett for late night daddy-daughter storytime
Title: Re: I just made my most expensive Book purchase today
Post by: TVC15 on October 18, 2007, 04:55:50 PM
Prole also bought this:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ND223Y2AL._SS400_.jpg)
Title: Re: I just made my most expensive Book purchase today
Post by: Phoenix Dark on October 18, 2007, 05:11:28 PM
my most expensive book purchase...hmm. probably the Narnia set. my old one was all grubby and fucked up because my brothers kept "borrowing" them.  :-\

Too bad I couldn't have Borders take The Last Battle out the set  :-\
Title: Re: I just made my most expensive Book purchase today
Post by: Vizzys on October 18, 2007, 05:13:56 PM
hellsing is great

watch the ova's plz

ontopic: i cant remember the last book i bought :(
Title: Re: I just made my most expensive Book purchase today
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on October 18, 2007, 07:04:23 PM
$40's not exactly expensive.  I regularly blow $200+ on a few books from Powell's Technical.
Title: Re: I just made my most expensive Book purchase today
Post by: BlueTsunami on October 18, 2007, 07:09:18 PM
$40's not exactly expensive.  I regularly blow $200+ on a few books from Powell's Technical.

:(

I usually would spend $12 on Paperback editions and $20 when I need too but never $40. I see the appeal in buying, reading and keeping rare and quality print books. I'm actually proud of this Philip K. Dick book, as corny as that sounds :lol But this is coming from someone who would always stick to paperback editions cause I'm poor!
Title: Re: I just made my most expensive Book purchase today
Post by: Madrun Badrun on October 18, 2007, 07:12:37 PM
I have spent just less than $1000 this year on books.
Title: Re: I just made my most expensive Book purchase today
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on October 18, 2007, 09:27:16 PM
I'm poor too.  It's just that I'm also dumb.
Title: Re: I just made my most expensive Book purchase today
Post by: TVC15 on October 18, 2007, 09:31:29 PM
I bought a couple things over the past few days.  This is the key purchase:



(http://www.clevercelt.com/3Policeman.jpg)

Also got, uh, first 3 volumes of Y the Last Man, like 3 different anthologies, Zombie Survival Guide (it was on the impulse buy table).  Almost got this:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xIjmzJWtL._SS500_.jpg)

But it had this picture on the back cover and I was afraid of looking gay:

(http://www.morsure.net/IMG/jpg/AnitaBlakeJean-ClaudeLimited-EditionPrint.jpg)
Title: Re: I just made my most expensive Book purchase today
Post by: FatalT on October 18, 2007, 09:32:50 PM
UBIK IS ONE OF THE BEST NOVELS EVER! :D
Title: Re: I just made my most expensive Book purchase today
Post by: Madrun Badrun on October 18, 2007, 09:46:06 PM

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xIjmzJWtL._SS500_.jpg)

But it had this picture on the back cover and I was afraid of looking gay:

(http://www.morsure.net/IMG/jpg/AnitaBlakeJean-ClaudeLimited-EditionPrint.jpg)

 :lol

The hot chick on the front almost makes up for it and what are you worried about, you are gay!
Title: Re: I just made my most expensive Book purchase today
Post by: FatalT on October 18, 2007, 10:08:19 PM
:lol

The hot chick on the front almost makes up for it and what are you worried about, you are gay!

I guess he's not UBER gay. Seriously. You can see that dude's bulge. Wow.