urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2008-12-14T04:54:23Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:65581 2008-12-14T04:53:06Z 2008-12-14T04:54:23Z Children of Eden, 'In Whatever Time We Have.' 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 <span class="ljuser i-ljuser i-ljuser-type-P " data-ljuser="chimera_fancies" lj:user="chimera_fancies" ><a href="http://chimera-fancies.livejournal.com/profile" target="_self" class="i-ljuser-profile" ><img class="i-ljuser-userhead" src="http://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/userinfo_v8.svg?v=17080?v=158.1" /></a><a href="http://chimera-fancies.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username" target="_self" ><b>chimera_fancies</b></a></span> 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.<br /><br />For serious.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />***<br /><br /><b>Andre Norton</b><br /><br /><i>The Stars Are Ours</i> (1954)<br /><i>Sargasso of Space</i> (1955)<br /><i>Star Born</i> (1957)<br /><i>Sea Siege</i> (1957)<br /><i>Star Gate</i> (1958)<br /><i>The Time Traders</i> (1958)<br /><i>Shadow Hawk</i> (1960)<br /><i>Lord of Thunder</i> (1962)<br /><i>Judgment on Janus</i> (1963)<br /><i>Night of Masks</i> (1964)<br /><i>Key Out of Time</i> (1963)<br /><i>Quest Crosstime</i> (1965)<br /><i>Three Against the Witch World</i> (1965)<br /><i>Operation Time Search</i> (1967)<br /><i>Sorceress of the Witch World</i> (1968)<br /><i>Lavender-Green Magic</i> (1974)<br /><i>Spell of the Witch World</i> (1974)<br /><i>Knave of Dreams</i> (1975)<br /><i>No Night Without Stars</i> (1975)<br /><i>Red Hart Magic</i> (1976)<br /><i>Lore of the Witch World</i> (1980)<br /><i>High Sorcery</i> (1970)<br /><br /><b>Marion Zimmer Bradley</b><br /><br /><i>Stormqueen!</i> (1978)<br /><i>Sword of Chaos</i> (1982)<br /><br /><b>Anne McCaffrey</b><br /><br /><i>Get Off the Unicorn</i> (1977)<br /><i>Dragonsong</i> (1977)<br /><i>Dragonsinger</i> (1978)<br /><i>Dragondrums</i> (1980)<br /><br /><b>Jack Vance</b><br /><br /><i>Big Planet</i> (1957)<br /><br /><b>James Blish</b><br /><br /><i>Anywhen</i> (1971)<br /><br /><b>Tanith Lee</b><br /><br />The Birthgrave (1975)<br /><br /><b>Diane Duane</b><br /><br /><i>The Door Into Fire</i> (1979)<br /><i>The Door Into Shadow</i> (1984)<br /><br /><b>Cordwainer Smith</b><br /><br /><i>Norstrilia</i> (1975)<br /><br /><b>Alida Van Gores</b><br /><br /><i>Mermaid's Song</i> (1989)<br /><br /><b>David R. Palmer</b><br /><br /><i>Emergence</i> (1984)<br /><br /><b>P.C. Hodgell</b><br /><br /><i>Dark of the Moon</i> (1987)<br /><br /><b>Brian Aldiss</b><br /><br /><i>Moreau's Other Island</i> (1985)<br /><br /><b>Evangeline Walton</b><br /><br /><i>Prince of Annwn</i> (1974)<br /><i>The Children of Llyr</i> (1975)<br /><br /><b>Will Shetterly</b><br /><br /><i>Cats Have No Lord</i> (1985)<br /><i>Witch Blood</i> (1986)<br /><br /><b>John Christopher</b><br /><br /><i>When the Tripods Came</i> (1988)<br /><br /><b>E.L. Konigsburg</b><br /><br /><i>The View From Saturday</i> (1996)<br /><br /><b>Peter David</b><br /><br /><i>Imzadi</i> (1992)<br /><br /><b>Anton Strout</b><br /><br /><i>Dead to Me</i> (2008)<br /><br /><b>Tom Glazer</b><br /><br /><i>A New Treasury of Folk Songs</i> (1961)<br /><br />***<br /><br />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...<br /><br />...$42.12.<br /><br />I win at life. Also, I have just purchased your childhood.