Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Mood: ecstatic
  • Music: Children of Eden, 'In Whatever Time We Have.'

A trip back in time.

So there's a used record store near me that will occasionally get estate sale lots of paperback books. I go hunting there for crumbling manuscripts that chimera_fancies can use in her jewelry. This evening, I wandered over and discovered that they had apparently become The Land of Amazingly Old Science-Fiction and Fantasy.

For serious.

Below is a list of all the books I bought, along with the publication years of the specific editions. All of them were in mint to very good condition, and in a lot of cases, the degradation seems to be more 'age' than actual wear and tear.

***

Andre Norton

The Stars Are Ours (1954)
Sargasso of Space (1955)
Star Born (1957)
Sea Siege (1957)
Star Gate (1958)
The Time Traders (1958)
Shadow Hawk (1960)
Lord of Thunder (1962)
Judgment on Janus (1963)
Night of Masks (1964)
Key Out of Time (1963)
Quest Crosstime (1965)
Three Against the Witch World (1965)
Operation Time Search (1967)
Sorceress of the Witch World (1968)
Lavender-Green Magic (1974)
Spell of the Witch World (1974)
Knave of Dreams (1975)
No Night Without Stars (1975)
Red Hart Magic (1976)
Lore of the Witch World (1980)
High Sorcery (1970)

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Stormqueen! (1978)
Sword of Chaos (1982)

Anne McCaffrey

Get Off the Unicorn (1977)
Dragonsong (1977)
Dragonsinger (1978)
Dragondrums (1980)

Jack Vance

Big Planet (1957)

James Blish

Anywhen (1971)

Tanith Lee

The Birthgrave (1975)

Diane Duane

The Door Into Fire (1979)
The Door Into Shadow (1984)

Cordwainer Smith

Norstrilia (1975)

Alida Van Gores

Mermaid's Song (1989)

David R. Palmer

Emergence (1984)

P.C. Hodgell

Dark of the Moon (1987)

Brian Aldiss

Moreau's Other Island (1985)

Evangeline Walton

Prince of Annwn (1974)
The Children of Llyr (1975)

Will Shetterly

Cats Have No Lord (1985)
Witch Blood (1986)

John Christopher

When the Tripods Came (1988)

E.L. Konigsburg

The View From Saturday (1996)

Peter David

Imzadi (1992)

Anton Strout

Dead to Me (2008)

Tom Glazer

A New Treasury of Folk Songs (1961)

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Now that you've viewed the list, care to guess how much I paid for this amazing trove? Well, counting the CD I bought, and the four books for my housemate...

...$42.12.

I win at life. Also, I have just purchased your childhood.
Tags: good things, reading things, shopping
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seanan_mcguire

December 14 2008, 07:48:49 UTC 8 years ago

The Concord/Pleasant Hill Rasputin Records. They fairly regularly get neat lots of estate sale books, although this one was impressive for its sheer scope.

paul_carlson

December 14 2008, 17:53:25 UTC 8 years ago

Ah, Rasputins.

I sometimes poke around in our local (San Lorenzo) Rasputin's branch. I have never seen books in there. They have used DVDs but not longer carry old videotapes.

Could be it's a manager's-preference thing. (?)

seanan_mcguire

December 21 2008, 16:48:38 UTC 8 years ago

The lady at the counter said that it was entirely store-by-store; they're apparently one of the only ones that do it.