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From the sublime…

Yesterday was just ridiculous.

First of all I went to the library where there was a second-hand booksale. They’d had a clear-out of the horror and sci-fi sections. There were several Buffy novels, a short-story collection by William Gibson, a Philip K Dick novel, a Tomb Raider novelisation, a couple of decent-looking random sci-fi stories and (for some reason) a biography of Michael Schumacher written by ITV pundit James Allen. This just confirms my impression that Schumi is an android, a piece of very advanced engineering created by Ferrari. However they still haven’t managed to install the sporting ethics software correctly… Anyway. The point is that I came home with rather a lot of books.

Then we went to do the recycling and found some more books abandoned there – presumably because the relevant skips were full to overflowing. They hadn’t been wrecked by a rain shower so far… But I will still any murmurings of conscience by donating a tenner to the relevant charity next time I happen to be passing. Here’s a picture of the day’s catch:

Collage of 15 books bought or found yesterday

As to the book skip itself, I did find this rather amusing. I am sure there are bibliophiles capable of trying to climb inside but I’m not among them. The chute is currently jammed open in this position because it’s so full:

Book recycling bank displaying 'do not enter' sign

Here’s a close-up of the sign:

Book recycling bank displaying 'do not enter' sign

A list of all the titles:

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Gatekeeper Trilogy book one – Out of the Madhouse – Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Blooded – Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Little Things – Rebecca Moesta
  • Unseen: The Burning – Nancy Holder and Jeff Mariotte (Buffy/Angel crossover)
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Gatekeeper Trilogy book three – Sons of Entropy – Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Faith Trials – James Laurence
  • Tomb Raider – a novelisation by Mel Odom based on the film screenplay
  • Burning Chrome – William Gibson
  • Martian Time-Slip Philip K Dick
  • Light – M John Harrison
  • Underdogs – Rob Ryan
  • Panic – Jeff Abbott
  • The Autocourse Annual 1999-2000
  • Michael Schumacher: Driven to Extremes – James Allen
  • The Double Eagle – James Twining

[Search for these titles on eBay]

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