Wolf's Den

New, Used and Rare bookstore down in Grandin Village is going to get me into serious trouble.

Not only was I able to replace the 2 books in the Flux and Anchor series by Jack Chalker, I got the original covers, and an original Ace books printing of The Hero and the Crown to replace the one I lost.

I also found at least TWO Black Stallion series books I'm missing, in hardcover, looked original.

Mark found an entire series that he didn't know there was more of.

Found a couple John Norman books, one I KNOW I'm missing, but not sure. Need to check for the other.

Yeah, that place is dangerous.

So is Plan 9 music store. Yup.

We'll be going back down there next weekend.


Coolness- Had my first ever Hummingbird Moth on the Buddelia bush, with the season's first TigerSwallowtail and numerous Bumblebees.

Occasionally, you come across two authors who work so well together, that they exude energy. The repartee between them is humorous, witty and light-hearted.

Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman are two such authors.

I got to meet them tonight, at Hollins , where they were speaking about the collaboration that is The Fall of the Kings.

Where Ellen is forthright, frenzied almost, seeming to overflow with words and thoughts, Delia is a poignant counterpoint- thoughtful, calm, laid back. The perfect match between two extremely talented Artists.

Robert Lynn Aspirin, author of the Myth books and co-author of the Thieves' World series, died unexpectedly yesterday.

He was known as 'Yang the Nauseating' in the SCA and was a Founding Member.

This royally SUCKS.

Ranks right up there with the days Andre Norton and Marion Zimmer Bradley died for me.

JUST had a new series start this year too. Now it'll never be finished.}:(

Hey Atlanta-area garbage pickers!
Sean Wallace (oldcharliebrown), Publisher/Editor with Prime Books/Wildside Press needs help. SF/F publisher Meisha Merlin, which declared it was shutting down in November, has a rather large amount of stock (tens of thousands of books) in its Stone Mountain warehouse (1440 Kelton Drive, Stone Mountain) that needs to be rescued or it will all be destroyed/recycled. MM has abandoned the marketplace. Indeed, the inventory was all going to be shoved in a Dumpster a while ago, but the local sheriff crew freaked out at the amount of work lugging tens of thousands of books outside to the curb would be, so they left them for a while. Sean paid some rent on the space to get access to the books, but the landlady wants them out out out out out!

Sean is renting a truck which can fit fifteen pallets, single-stacked, or thirty double-stacked, but there's no forklift available, only a pallet jack. So he has to fill the truck by hand. He'll be in town Tuesday and Wednesday (4/22 and 4/23) to load up, and he's desperate for volunteers to help him. Anyone who volunteers can cart off any books they want that don't fit into the truck.

If you can help out or know of folks who might be able to, email Sean at: mailto:seanwallace@comcast.net

Meisha Merlin titles include awful books and some decent ones. Collector Bill Lexner discusses some of the bad moves the publisher made with limited editions here.

My father in law has successfully made me cry. And in a good way.

I had a package waiting for me on the front porch today when I went to get mail. I wasn't really expecting anything, so it was rather a surprise. It turned out to be from my mom in law and dad in law. It was a heavy package and I wondered what on earth they could be sending me, especially since I told them not to get me anything else from my birth day, after I saw the cost of the Cirque Du Soliel tix in May they got for us.



I came upstairs and opened it. Mom in law sent me a new cookbook (I collect them) from Taste of Home, this one dedicated to Chicken recipes. Pretty cool, we like chicken and it gets boring after awhile, using the same recipes over and over. And a really cute card, the mom in law makes all her cards on her computer, and does a great job with it too.}:)

But the REAL treat in the whole package, was this book...



The very book I'd been wanting since I first heard about it roughly a month ago on the Akita rescue list. Not only did he send me this specific book, but he went so far as to cut an article out about the book and the man, and send THAT to me as well.

This book is about the man who single handedly SAVED the Akita-Inu breed from extinction during WWII. Yeah, THAT book.

I lost it. I hadn't said a word to anyone that I wanted this book. And here it is. Wow.

Garden needing finished? Rabbit bedding neading changed? What garden? What rabbits? *stares at book*

The man is 92 years old and still living in Japan. I need to so win the lotto so I can go meet him. And thank him for my Dante-Inu.

MatchItForPratchett.org — As you know best selling Author Terry Pratchett (the Discworld books) was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. He's donated roughly $1,000,000.00 to Alzheimer's Research. This site is running a donation drive to match his donation.

You realise you may have an addiction...

316 total

And that's just from one book case, a small 3 shelf bookcase, mind you.

This is when you realise that maybe 2 6ft bookcases aren't going to be enough. Especially when the other small, 3 shelf bookcase is just as full, as is the 6ft one on the other side, and there's another 3 shelf one in the hall, just as full, the 6ft bookcase in the hall is also nearly full, the corner shelf from Mark's antique desk downstairs is just as full, and there's still a stack of several dozen books on the chest on your side of the bed...


Nah, I don't have an addiction.


Edit- You know it's time to straighten up your desk when you are tapping in a nail and the stack of papers and such 3 feet away, slowly slides over and falls.