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stormdogSo, having hauled four large boxes (and a few other random piles) of techy kruft home from work (I snagged anything that looked at all reasonably salable from all the stuff we were pitching as we close down my office), I've elected to postpone my photo trip to the south side of Chicago that I was thinking about for tomorrow. Instead, I'm going to spend the day out in the garage sorting, categorizing, testing, photographing, and writing copy for all of this stuff. I'll be accompanied by music courtesy of my wireless network, and a laptop attached to a set of Cambridge Soundworks PC speakers I picked up at the garage sale at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
polymorphism's apartment complex garage sale for a dollar. After splicing together a cut speaker wire, they work just fine!
As for tonight, I'm doing laundy and general organization of my computer room. If I want to start having people over, I've got to start making some progress! To start, I'm finally going through all of the books I bought at the book sale thatposicat took me to a while ago. He works for a library software company, and one of his company's divisions supplies books to school librarys. Once in a while, they have a huge surplus and overstock sale. Boxes packed randomly full of books covering the entire floor of a good sized warehouse; thousands and thousands of them, all for a quarter a piece. It was beautiful.
These books have been sitting in two boxes, waiting for me to list them on LJ so I cangloat over my hoard share the joy with my friends, but they really need to get listed and moved to the library! I ended up with nearly sixty books, including some really neat ones. Below, if you're interested, are my itemized spoils, in no aparent order: (Links to each book on ISBNDB.com except as noted or where I couldn't find one at all.)
Maus, Volume I by Art Spiegelman. I'd read this already, but didn't own a copy.
The Arrival by Shaun Tan. I read this a couple days ago. It's a wordless graphic novel about a man immigrating to a strange new country. The artist took inspiration from the process of being naturalized at Ellis Island. It's really, really neat.
Chobits Volume I by Clamp. Dangerously cute magical girl genre manga.
Here Be Dragons: a Fantastic Bestiary by Ariane and Christian Delacampagne. Historical drawings of fantastic animals and the history behind them. So cool!
The Annotated Cat in the Hat. Annotations and introduction by Philip Nel. This is full of awesomeness!
Too Long by Hee Jung Park. This is more manga. I read the first couple stories a few days ago; they were extremely emo. Meh.
Getting Along in Japanese. A book of Japanese phrases for students. (Can't find this one on the ISBN site.)
The Complete Dictionary of Symbols: Jack Tresidder, General Editor. This is awesome reference material for any number of things! GMing, writing stories....
Portable and Prefabricated Houses of the Thirties by Paul H. Tedesco and James B. Tedesco. Just fun to page through!
The 21 Lessons of Merlyn: A Study in Magic and Lore by Douglas Monroe. I haven't looked in this yet, but it was eye-catching enough for me to pick it up out of its box and buy it. It's more of amoiracoon book, actually.
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu (translated by Royall Tyler). I've wanted for some time to read some classical Japanese literature. Someday, I hope I can read it in Japanese.
The Red Fairy Book. Edited by Andrew Lang, this is a collection of fairy tales I bought for my sweetmoiracoon, who is my own personal fairy tale girl.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. I haven't read any of this children's book that's part novel, part picture book yet, but wow does it look neat and steampunky!
Godless by Pete Hautman. The story of a group of kids who, led by a burgeoning agnostic/atheist, create a new religion centering around their town's water tower. This looks fascinating. (Amazon link)
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fibromyalgia by Lynne Matallana. To help me better understand those in my life who have it.
The '60s for Dummies by Brian Cassity. I've always been fascinated by this period in history; I want to learn more about it.
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. My copy of this is my mother's and quite old. I needed a reading copy. (Amazon link)
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl. I have a copy of the first book, and I've read this one, but I didn't own it. Now I do.
Ai Yori Aoshi by Kou Fumizuki. I've never heard of this manga, but it was a big compilation of the first three volumes, and it was cheap. *grins*
Landmark Decisions of the Supreme Court, edited by James Daley. For my brother, who is moving away to law school this summer....
A compilation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, and Othello, with side by side English and Japanese text.
The Face of Fear by Dean Koontz. Dean is a guilty, formulaic pleasure. How could I not like someone who so obviously likes dogs so much? And some of his stuff is pretty outside the box and surprising too. But a lot of it isn't really....
Copies of Frog and Toad are Friends, Frog and Toad Together, and Days with Frog and Toad, all in Japanese. (These are kids' books, for those who don't know them.)
Three Strikes Laws by Jennifer E. Walsh. Part of a series called Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America. Another one for my brother.
Webster's Thesaurus for Students. The cashier was handing these out free to everybody. She gave me two copies. Anyone want a thesaurus?
Zen Flesh Zen Bones compiled by Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki. Ever since Raymond Smullyan's amazing book The Tao is Silent convinced me that I'm mostly a Taoist, I've been trying to read more eastern philosophy and Zen Buddhism stuff. This is a collection of zen and pre-zen writings, according to the cover. Looks neat.
Fuzz and Pluck: Splitsville by Ted Stearn. This is a hardcover comic compilation that I picked up 'cause I thoughtmocha_mephooki might like it. At some point, I'll have to find a chance to get it to her.
The History of Witchcraft and Demonology by Montague Summers. Wow. This just looks so trashy and awful. I bought it just for the laughs.
Fushigi Yugi, The Mysterious Play Volume 7: Castaway by Yuu Watase. Again, more manga I've never read before. But it was cheap! (Amazon link)
The Koran for Dummies by Sohaib Sultan. I'd like to learn a bit more about Islam.
The Domestic Cat: The Biology of its Behaviour edited by Dennis C. Turner and Patrick Bateson. This is a pretty scholarly work, I realized when I paged through after getting it home. I don't know that I can actually sit down and wade through it all. But it looks interesting.
The Art of 3D Computer Animation and Effect by Isaac V. Kerlow. This is for my other brother, who'll be moving to Chicago to go to school for this stuff.
The Costume Technician's Handbook by Rosemary Ingham and Liz Covey. I was never that great with a serger or a pattern form in college, but I picked this up for my dad the theatre teacher in case he can use it.
The Cat: or, How I Lost Eternity by Jutta Richter. This looks like a very odd sort of children's book. Just my thing. (Amazon link)
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. I wouldn't want to read this when I'm happy, cause I'd be sad. I wouldn't want to read it when I'm sad 'cause I'd open my veins. But it's an iconic work of theatre, so I bought a copy to add to my shelf of scripts.
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry. I don't know what this is about, but all I needed to know to buy it was the author's name.
Castle Waiting by Linda Medley. This is a Fantagraphics hardcover compilation of graphic novels. I'd never heard of it, but it looks neat. Plus, it has an intro by Jane Yolen, which is a mark in its favor.
The School for Dangerous Girls by Eliot Schrefer. Another book for my dangerous girl,moiracoon.
Fearless Symmetry: Exposing the Hidden Patterns of Numbers by Avner Ash and Robert Gross. This one too is a little too scholarly for me. The back cover sounds fascinating, but I can't quite parse all the math. I wish I had better math skills. I really do.
Only the Ring Finger Knows by Satoru Kannagi and Hotaru Odagiri. Ok, I'm a yaoi slut. I admit it. This is cute yaoi manga. *squees*
Well, that's about it. Somewhere there's another volume of Chobits around; I tore through those like crazy, primarily because Chi is so absurdly cute. You have now had a small sampling of my eclectic tastes. Our library is like this, but more so. And more wide-ranging too. *grins*
Thanks again, Posi, for bringing me to the book sale; that was awesome!
And now, a little more cleaning of the computer room before bed.
polymorphism's apartment complex garage sale for a dollar. After splicing together a cut speaker wire, they work just fine!As for tonight, I'm doing laundy and general organization of my computer room. If I want to start having people over, I've got to start making some progress! To start, I'm finally going through all of the books I bought at the book sale that
posicat took me to a while ago. He works for a library software company, and one of his company's divisions supplies books to school librarys. Once in a while, they have a huge surplus and overstock sale. Boxes packed randomly full of books covering the entire floor of a good sized warehouse; thousands and thousands of them, all for a quarter a piece. It was beautiful. These books have been sitting in two boxes, waiting for me to list them on LJ so I can
Maus, Volume I by Art Spiegelman. I'd read this already, but didn't own a copy.
The Arrival by Shaun Tan. I read this a couple days ago. It's a wordless graphic novel about a man immigrating to a strange new country. The artist took inspiration from the process of being naturalized at Ellis Island. It's really, really neat.
Chobits Volume I by Clamp. Dangerously cute magical girl genre manga.
Here Be Dragons: a Fantastic Bestiary by Ariane and Christian Delacampagne. Historical drawings of fantastic animals and the history behind them. So cool!
The Annotated Cat in the Hat. Annotations and introduction by Philip Nel. This is full of awesomeness!
Too Long by Hee Jung Park. This is more manga. I read the first couple stories a few days ago; they were extremely emo. Meh.
Getting Along in Japanese. A book of Japanese phrases for students. (Can't find this one on the ISBN site.)
The Complete Dictionary of Symbols: Jack Tresidder, General Editor. This is awesome reference material for any number of things! GMing, writing stories....
Portable and Prefabricated Houses of the Thirties by Paul H. Tedesco and James B. Tedesco. Just fun to page through!
The 21 Lessons of Merlyn: A Study in Magic and Lore by Douglas Monroe. I haven't looked in this yet, but it was eye-catching enough for me to pick it up out of its box and buy it. It's more of a
moiracoon book, actually.The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu (translated by Royall Tyler). I've wanted for some time to read some classical Japanese literature. Someday, I hope I can read it in Japanese.
The Red Fairy Book. Edited by Andrew Lang, this is a collection of fairy tales I bought for my sweet
moiracoon, who is my own personal fairy tale girl.The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. I haven't read any of this children's book that's part novel, part picture book yet, but wow does it look neat and steampunky!
Godless by Pete Hautman. The story of a group of kids who, led by a burgeoning agnostic/atheist, create a new religion centering around their town's water tower. This looks fascinating. (Amazon link)
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fibromyalgia by Lynne Matallana. To help me better understand those in my life who have it.
The '60s for Dummies by Brian Cassity. I've always been fascinated by this period in history; I want to learn more about it.
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. My copy of this is my mother's and quite old. I needed a reading copy. (Amazon link)
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl. I have a copy of the first book, and I've read this one, but I didn't own it. Now I do.
Ai Yori Aoshi by Kou Fumizuki. I've never heard of this manga, but it was a big compilation of the first three volumes, and it was cheap. *grins*
Landmark Decisions of the Supreme Court, edited by James Daley. For my brother, who is moving away to law school this summer....
A compilation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, and Othello, with side by side English and Japanese text.
The Face of Fear by Dean Koontz. Dean is a guilty, formulaic pleasure. How could I not like someone who so obviously likes dogs so much? And some of his stuff is pretty outside the box and surprising too. But a lot of it isn't really....
Copies of Frog and Toad are Friends, Frog and Toad Together, and Days with Frog and Toad, all in Japanese. (These are kids' books, for those who don't know them.)
Three Strikes Laws by Jennifer E. Walsh. Part of a series called Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America. Another one for my brother.
Webster's Thesaurus for Students. The cashier was handing these out free to everybody. She gave me two copies. Anyone want a thesaurus?
Zen Flesh Zen Bones compiled by Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki. Ever since Raymond Smullyan's amazing book The Tao is Silent convinced me that I'm mostly a Taoist, I've been trying to read more eastern philosophy and Zen Buddhism stuff. This is a collection of zen and pre-zen writings, according to the cover. Looks neat.
Fuzz and Pluck: Splitsville by Ted Stearn. This is a hardcover comic compilation that I picked up 'cause I thought
mocha_mephooki might like it. At some point, I'll have to find a chance to get it to her.The History of Witchcraft and Demonology by Montague Summers. Wow. This just looks so trashy and awful. I bought it just for the laughs.
Fushigi Yugi, The Mysterious Play Volume 7: Castaway by Yuu Watase. Again, more manga I've never read before. But it was cheap! (Amazon link)
The Koran for Dummies by Sohaib Sultan. I'd like to learn a bit more about Islam.
The Domestic Cat: The Biology of its Behaviour edited by Dennis C. Turner and Patrick Bateson. This is a pretty scholarly work, I realized when I paged through after getting it home. I don't know that I can actually sit down and wade through it all. But it looks interesting.
The Art of 3D Computer Animation and Effect by Isaac V. Kerlow. This is for my other brother, who'll be moving to Chicago to go to school for this stuff.
The Costume Technician's Handbook by Rosemary Ingham and Liz Covey. I was never that great with a serger or a pattern form in college, but I picked this up for my dad the theatre teacher in case he can use it.
The Cat: or, How I Lost Eternity by Jutta Richter. This looks like a very odd sort of children's book. Just my thing. (Amazon link)
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. I wouldn't want to read this when I'm happy, cause I'd be sad. I wouldn't want to read it when I'm sad 'cause I'd open my veins. But it's an iconic work of theatre, so I bought a copy to add to my shelf of scripts.
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry. I don't know what this is about, but all I needed to know to buy it was the author's name.
Castle Waiting by Linda Medley. This is a Fantagraphics hardcover compilation of graphic novels. I'd never heard of it, but it looks neat. Plus, it has an intro by Jane Yolen, which is a mark in its favor.
The School for Dangerous Girls by Eliot Schrefer. Another book for my dangerous girl,
moiracoon.Fearless Symmetry: Exposing the Hidden Patterns of Numbers by Avner Ash and Robert Gross. This one too is a little too scholarly for me. The back cover sounds fascinating, but I can't quite parse all the math. I wish I had better math skills. I really do.
Only the Ring Finger Knows by Satoru Kannagi and Hotaru Odagiri. Ok, I'm a yaoi slut. I admit it. This is cute yaoi manga. *squees*
Well, that's about it. Somewhere there's another volume of Chobits around; I tore through those like crazy, primarily because Chi is so absurdly cute. You have now had a small sampling of my eclectic tastes. Our library is like this, but more so. And more wide-ranging too. *grins*
Thanks again, Posi, for bringing me to the book sale; that was awesome!
And now, a little more cleaning of the computer room before bed.
