Originally Posted by innerspaceboy

If you're not already familiar with the concept of aggregate book search engines I am going to unleash an insatiable beast upon you with this info.

There are free search engines dedicated to indexing over 150 million online book listings, searchable by any criteria you can imagine, from author and title to a user-specified ranges of publications dates, to keywords describing an edition, (e.g. gilt edging, leather, or signed editions). These sites instantaneously populate qualifying results across all known new and used book marketplaces, sort results by price including shipping, and you're on your way.

The two holy grails for this are bookfinder.com and vialibri.net. They've never failed me.

Definitely let me know if you score any finds using these sites. Merry Christmas, batty.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Reading Jurassic Park for the first time in like twenty years and I think Crichton's key to bestseller success is his books are smart but not too smart, exactly what bestseller readers want to read while having imaginative gimmicks, and he writes characters that don't require you to think about their motivations but who are still engaging on the surface. In the book Ian Malcom isn't a showcase for Jeff Goldblum being Jeff Goldblum but he's still easily the best character and I feel like I'd remember him after I finished reading the book even if the movie didn't exist. Hammond being more of an ambiguous villain is also neat.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

You are quite simply one of the most unique individuals I've ever met in my 680+ months living on this orb.

Originally Posted by Trollheart

You are to all of us what Betelgeuse is to the sun in terms of musical diversity.

Originally Posted by Exo_

You sir are a true character. I love it.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

You, sir, are a nerd's nerd.

Originally Posted by Marie Monday

Just chiming in to declare that your posts are a source of life and wholesomeness

Originally Posted by innerspaceboy

When once asked: What do you draw inspiration from for your work?

Moondog replied: "Silence mostly."

Just arrived is the first and only authorized biography of this iconic artist. The book provides a firsthand account of his life, features a forward by Moondog's former roommate - the great Philip Glass, and a companion disc of the artist's music.

Hammond Guthrie of EmptyMirrorBooks calls the book, "an evocative tribute, and essential reference for understanding and appreciating one of the 20th century's most unique and misunderstood composers."

Essential for all lovers of great music.