If this duplicates an earlier post, I apologize. I've never
had a posting go through from work. But as I said earlier, I
regret posting my grumpy message of yesterday. Yes, I am not
fond of hair-splitting and polemics. But the tone of my
comment was too harsh. I am just getting grumpy in my old age
and never more than on a Monday after returning to work after
a week of vacation in Asheville and Atlanta.
There was an antiquarian book fair on in Atlanta in
conjunction with an antiques sale. Several dealers had some
wonderful SF and fantasy hardbacks. I bought a few Blue Book
pulps at a reasonable price. Discovered a new book store in
Decatur (a suburb of Atlanta) that is one of the better used
book stores I have visited in recent years. Also visited
another in north Atlanta that featured stock that was wildly
overpriced. If their prices could be easily had, I would be a
lot more comfortable about surviving my old age. Right now my
hope is to be able to afford brandname canned dogfood that I
can heat up under the highway bridge.
Speaking of wild prices, there was an eBay auction of 48 of
the first 49 issues of "Manhunt" that drew 40 bids and
eventually sold for over $2,300! That's over $40 per issue!
If that price was real (which I doubt it was more than a
fluke) then mama can pass the Alpo when we get to the
overpass.
Richard Moore
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