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Hagerstown Book Run

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    Last Saturday (24 Sep 2022) dawned promising a beautiful, cool early autumn day. Time for another book run up to Hagerstown MD! The Sci-Fi and Fantasy haul, all from Wonder Books :   -- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress -- Robert Heinlein -- 1966   -- When Night Falls -- C. S. Friedmann -- 1993   -- Eternity Road -- Jack McDevitt -- 1997   -- Emerald Sea -- John Ringo -- 2004   The Heinlein will be a re-read. Last time about 50 years ago, whilst in High School ... one of the options on the school's summer reading list, believe it or not. I've been looking for a one-volume mass-market PB of Cherryh's "Cyteen." Was it ever published? I've seen the three volume mass-market PBs, and the one volume trade paperback.

Hagerstown Book Run (20 Feb 2022)

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  Took advantage of a bright, blustery Sunday and motored out to Hagerstown, Maryland to troll the used bookstores. Picked up a bunch of history and biography at 2nd & Charles , but all the Sci-Fi at Wonder Books . The latter had a 2-for-1 deal on mass market paperbacks, which regular readers know would make me happy. The Haul:   -- The Tar-Aiym Krang -- Alan Dean Foster -- 1972   -- Probability Moon -- Nancy Kress -- 2000   -- Midnight at the Well of Souls -- Jack Chalker -- 1977   -- Bloodhype -- Alan Dean Foster -- 1973   -- Black Sun Rising -- C. S. Friedman -- 1991 Also picked up "King Jesus", by Robert Graves. Haven't read it yet, but I guess it's either an alternate history or an alternate myth, depending on your tribal allegiance. Genre-adjacent, at least.