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Mon, 07 Jul 2008


Sydney redeems itself, if only a little

    On the way home from our awesome soup dumpling dinner in Sydney we dropped into Elizabeth's Bookshop entirely by accident. We'd deliberately walked a block offset from where we do normally to avoid boredom, and just got lucky.

    The second hand science fiction selection was good (not huge, but big enough to have some stuff I hadn't already got in the collection), but then again the store was quite small. Overall much better than Galaxy. Oh, and they had a huge range of erotic fiction for some reason. That might just say something about Sydney I suppose.

    Tags for this post: book(S) Sydney(S)

posted at: 03:28 | path: /book/Sydney | permanent link to this entry


On the potentially sorry state of second hand science fiction book stores in Sydney

    Following a recommendation from Danny, I went and checked out Galaxy Books on York Street during one of my lunch times. The review says they have a good second hand section, and I am still hunting for some old Asimovs. Unfortunately, it was a waste of time. The second hand section must of only had about 100 books in it, and none of them were interesting. They did have an awesome new section though, but I figure buying books from the 1950s new is cheating.

    One book I might be forced to buy new is Asimov's The Complete Robot. I can't find it in any second hand bookstores that I've tried, and its not even available new in the US. Inexplicably though, it is easily available new in Australia. I am not sure why. It seems like a shame to spend nearly $25 on a book though, so I am not sure what I will do about that one yet.

    I will continue my hunt for a good second hand book store in the Sydney CBD. Any recommendations?

    Update: post title fixed after entirely deserved sarcasm from Steven.

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posted at: 03:23 | path: /book/Sydney | permanent link to this entry


The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted




    ISBN: 9994607332
    LibraryThing
    		This book is another Stainless Steel Rat prequel, although it was written well after the original book. This book takes up from where A Stainless Steel Rat is Born ends -- with Jim arrested (of course), on a surprisingly low tech planet. Jim must then escape, and make his way in the universe once more. He has some unfinished business with some previous acquaintances if he finds a way as well...

    Harrison's writing is very easy to read, especially because his science fiction books always seem to require a good dose of suspension of disbelief, although some need more disbelief than others, so I read this book as a break from my quite a lot of Asimov. The book is 300 pages, but I managed to knock it over in a day, which I guess means I found it engaging.

    I liked this book. Its silly, and I'm not a better person for having read it, but it was entertaining.

    Tags for this post: book(S) Harry_Harrison(S)


posted at: 03:20 | path: /book/Harry_Harrison | permanent link to this entry
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