Ok, so Im GOING to buy it. I found some copies for around 250. If anyone on here has extra copies I am offering to buy 1, maybe more. I wanted to make this offer before I give some random bookstore a bunch of money. I know its the holidays, so someone on here may need some money, and maybe someone has a copy or two lying around somewhere. If you are interested in selling, hit me up. I will give you a fair price, comparable to what can be found on the net or whatever. If not, no worries mang... Ill buy it online. I can do this in the next couple days if it is a matter of urgency or anything. Yeah, so, just wanted to put that out there...
Uh... A copy of what?
The PD?
For $250?
Shit, I'll sell you mine for $100.
Whatever it is, you're wasting your money.
Yeah. I only found a couple softcovers, and a couple hardcovers on line. Out of print, I guess. I had a copy of the loompanics version I bought in portland YEARS ago, but some girl from Iowa stole it from me. I cant remember her fucking name... Anyway, if you REALLY want to sell it, I WILL buy it. I can paypal the money NOW if you want. I wouldnt want to take your only copy, so...
And, yes, I know its a lot of money, yes, I DO have the pdf. I just want a physical copy that I can hold in my hands, and I dont mind spending some money on it. I have money, its no big deal.
Hey, is Syn shtill publishing his version? He could probably use the money.
Quote from: Hangshai on December 24, 2009, 06:35:00 PM
Yeah. I only found a couple softcovers, and a couple hardcovers on line. Out of print, I guess. I had a copy of the loompanics version I bought in portland YEARS ago, but some girl from Iowa stole it from me. I cant remember her fucking name... Anyway, if you REALLY want to sell it, I WILL buy it. I can paypal the money NOW if you want. I wouldnt want to take your only copy, so...
And, yes, I know its a lot of money, yes, I DO have the pdf. I just want a physical copy that I can hold in my hands, and I dont mind spending some money on it. I have money, its no big deal.
While you're just giving away money, I could use a few hundred bucks too.
It's no big deal, right?
250 for the PD???? that is way too much. I got Syn's hardcover (as a present) for less than 40 euros including postage--I'm not sure how much it was cause it was a present, I know the budget was no more than 40 euros, but I forgot if I also got other things for that price. Personally I'd guess it can't really have been more than 30.
Wow, apparently the hardcover version is now a rare collector's item. http://www.amazon.com/Principia-Discordia-Magnum-Malaclypse-Younger/dp/1846856043/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261789072&sr=8-4
My advice: buy a softcover and wait for the hardcover to be re-issued.
Quote from: Hangshai on December 24, 2009, 06:18:52 PM
Ok, so Im GOING to buy it. I found some copies for around 250. If anyone on here has extra copies I am offering to buy 1, maybe more. I wanted to make this offer before I give some random bookstore a bunch of money. I know its the holidays, so someone on here may need some money, and maybe someone has a copy or two lying around somewhere. If you are interested in selling, hit me up. I will give you a fair price, comparable to what can be found on the net or whatever. If not, no worries mang... Ill buy it online. I can do this in the next couple days if it is a matter of urgency or anything. Yeah, so, just wanted to put that out there...
shit I ordered it for $11 want me to order you one to?
I'll find out total price when they gimme a buzz
or reissue the hardcover yourself and sell it to suckers like this.
I love how my callous disregard for money is giving me the moniker of sucker. Wowee. I guess I am dumb cause I would actually pay money for something that I think is worth something(ever heard of a comic book?). Guess Ill just save it for something I REALLY need, like an Iphone. Anyway, offer still stands. If anyone wants to make some easy money from a 'sucker'(meaning me) send me a pm. I just thought I would give you all the offer.
Whoever said that they can get it from Syn or whatever, if you know him and he wants to sell a copy, send me a msg.
Quote from: Hangshai on December 26, 2009, 04:45:51 AM
I love how my callous disregard for money is giving me the moniker of sucker. Wowee. I guess I am dumb cause I would actually pay money for something that I think is worth something(ever heard of a comic book?). Guess Ill just save it for something I REALLY need, like an Iphone. Anyway, offer still stands. If anyone wants to make some easy money from a 'sucker'(meaning me) send me a pm. I just thought I would give you all the offer.
Whoever said that they can get it from Syn or whatever, if you know him and he wants to sell a copy, send me a msg.
I don't think you're a sucker, I just want your money.
Quote from: Hangshai on December 26, 2009, 04:45:51 AM
I love how my callous disregard for money is giving me the moniker of sucker.
You, uh, have the bling-bling?
Ever since I quit doing drugs I've had a lot more money to spend on stupid shit like books and parts for my copmuter, etc.
and motorcicles.
I wish I had a habit to kick so that I can come through the journey of self-determination and discovery with some extra cash to blow.
The closest thing I have to a vice is Kathy Griffin.
Quote from: Hangshai on December 26, 2009, 06:13:49 AM
Ever since I quit doing drugs I've had a lot more money to spend on stupid shit like books and parts for my copmuter, etc.
What a co-incidence, I need money FOR drugs. So please send $500 to my account. No questions asked.
I'm a little freaked out that it's going for $2700 on Alibris.
But I guess my main question is, is there any reason you couldn't just buy the softcover version off Syn? It's the exact same thing in paperback.
ITS MY HARDBACK YOU CANT HAVE IT!!!
http://www.syngen.co.uk/
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 26, 2009, 07:59:46 AM
I'm a little freaked out that it's going for $2700 on Alibris.
WHAT how do I get in on this? We are talking about Syn's hardcover version right? Well he did have copyrights trouble with the publisher and it is indeed the most pretty edition of the PD.
BUT
even though I like having it on my bookshelves, I don't $2700-like having it on my bookshelves so yeah no I totally would not mind parting with it for $2700 -- unelss the price can go even higher :-P
Do you really need a hardcover?
Im not telling you whee, but I have found 3 copies for 250 bucks. I also found some Uk copies for about a 100 pound sterling, not including overseas shipping however much that would be. I also didnt want to mention the 2000 dollar copy. I bet the asshole talking shit when I was offering 250 is going to stay quiet now... I would buy all 3 copies for 250 if I had the money right now, but, alas, I can only afford one. And, I just WANT it. Jesus, hasnt anyone here ever WANTED anything before?
Hate to be a dick or anything but
SPITTERING SHIT FUCK
WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU SPEND 250 FUCKING DOLLARS FOR 2 PIECES OF FUCKING CARDBOARD
WHAT DOES THAT ADD TO YOUR EXPERIENCE?
The only practical reason I could see was durability. But really if you have 250 dollars to throw around if one goddamn paperback is bent you could buy at the current price about 12 more copies.
However if you're really reallly hardset on having a hardcover copy just have some patience and wait a while for a new edition to come out.
Cramulus, thank you for the link, it is much appreciated... Now does anyone know an eta for the new edition, or is that something thats just bound to happen sometime soon? And, I will still buy a 5th edition hardcover if anyone wants to sell... I think the last one was 5th ed, right? Paperbacks are ok, Nigel, you had asked about that...
Pariah-
Yeah, dude. Really. I have NOTHING to spend my money on. I dont do drugs, Im not into buying I-whatevers, I really dont mind paying money for a book. Seriously, doesnt anyone collect things anymore? I mean when books go out of print they attain value. Plus, having a hardcover book is just fucking cool. I like books. Shit, Im not getting upset, just a little frustrated, I mean, I understand you dont think its worth it or whatever, but Im not stessing on money. Its not like my dogs(closest i have to kids) are going to go hungry if I buy a fucking book for a hundred or two. and I didnt think there was another version coming out. All the sites I found were out of stock. So I figured shit, might as well get a copy while I can, if its out of print. Now that I know that a new version is coming, I GUESS I can wait... Not very long though.
Anyway, I still think its interesting that of all the people that said I am stupid for wanting to buy the book at whatever price didnt want to make soem quick cash by selling THEIR copy.
Maybe I overreacted. There's something that just seems so intensely wrong about wasting $250 on a hardcover of any book let alone the PD
I know. At first I thought maybe it was a gag. Like someone HERE posted that listing, just because its out of print. I'm still not sure that's NOT the case, so, I'm a little apprehensive at making the order. But, yeah. I reread my post and it sounded kinda pissy, but, yeah, its cool man... Its just money, right? What I wouldnt give for that 1st edition they found in the JFK library... I think its only one of 5 known copies, right?
Holy crumpet-chomping Christ on a trampoline, how in the name of all that is holy does the hardcover Synaptyx edition get to be so fucking expensive/valuable?
God damn, I just got really nervous about it being in the hands of my friend.
When I looked it up on Alibris to see what I could find I also discovered that my first edition softcover of John Dies At The End, that I was so excited to find at Borders this summer, is now worth over $200. WTF.
Now I have to buy a copy to read, because it's only worth that much if it's new/unread.
Hangshai, you can ask Synaptyx anything about an ETA for the next print at POEE.co.uk which is like his home base messageboard UK faction of disco-spags.
One thing I wonder about, if you pay $250 for the hardcover, is that it's really worth no more than $30 or so, and it just makes me wonder where the other $220 goes cause if someone is going to make money over Discordian paraphernalia, I'd rather have it be a Discordian (like when Syn made the hardcover PD edition, he made money over it and deserves every pennie of it, IMO).
Another thing, if you have money to burn, consider donating some to the server costs of this forum, the thread for it is in the Meta-Forum or Announcement subforum.
For $250 you might want to look into getting a copy custom bound. There's nothing extraordinarily special about the edition other than bookshelf appeal, and if that's what you're looking for getting something leather bound and personalized would have much the same.
Here's Syn's softcover version: http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/principia-discordia/4354893
I have a hardcover copy that I picked up from who knows where. I didn't realize people wanted it so badly. Pay for the shipping and it is yours.
Hey you can have my Steve Jackson Games version for $250.
It's a rare collector's item, or something.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 28, 2009, 01:55:16 PM
Hey you can have my Steve Jackson Games version for $250.
It's a rare collector's item, or something.
I have one of those somewhere, unless I gave it away already.
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 26, 2009, 12:58:32 AM
Wow, apparently the hardcover version is now a rare collector's item. http://www.amazon.com/Principia-Discordia-Magnum-Malaclypse-Younger/dp/1846856043/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261789072&sr=8-4
My advice: buy a softcover and wait for the hardcover to be re-issued.
gotta be a jake... dear goddess its gotta be a jake...
just need another copy of the yellow one, poee's
and I have one of each PD
copyrighted one isnt that bad...
infact the copyright notice is actually funny
tho my first reaction after reading it was
to rip the page out and mail it to them with a big circle K
Quote from: BAI on December 29, 2009, 09:53:31 PM
:mrgreen:
I am so gonna put mine up on Amazon for over $9000.
Quote from: Yatto on December 30, 2009, 01:15:43 AM
just need another copy of the yellow one, poee's
and I have one of each PD
copyrighted one isnt that bad...
infact the copyright notice is actually funny
tho my first reaction after reading it was
to rip the page out and mail it to them with a big circle K
I have a copy of the yellow one,
unread, at my house. Normally I'd sell it for $500.00, but for you, only $399.99!! WHAT A BARGAIN!!! I'll even sign it for some reason.
maybe in the new year :lulz:
http://www.amazon.com/Principia-Discordia-Magnum-Malaclypse-Younger/dp/1846856043/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262215697&sr=8-4
hum an easy $2,300
Yeah, and check Alibris: http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?qwork=10181135&matches=1&wquery=principia+discordia&cm_sp=works*listing*title
There was one for $3500, but it's gone.
Holy crap, imagine the mini-vacation you could take if you funded it with your Principia Discordia
Quote from: NotPublished on December 30, 2009, 11:37:17 PM
Holy crap, imagine the mini-vacation you could take if you funded it with your Principia Discordia
Or, even, think of the bills I could pay off and the home improvements I could make...
Here's a thought. What if we ALL list our hardcover copies in various places for something insane, like $20k. Then if we sell them, we give Syn enough money to have them reprinted!
Quote from: Pariah? on December 26, 2009, 06:09:30 PM
Maybe I overreacted. There's something that just seems so intensely wrong about wasting $250 on a hardcover of any book let alone the PD
No, there really isn't anything wrong with it.
A) Sometimes books are expensive. That doesn't mean they are a rip off. I spent over 600 dollars on a two volume set of Stehr's Immature Insects, and it was well worth the money.
B) Good Americans consume. And you're a good little American, aren't you?
We should ALL put it up for sale for 23k and see if we can create a tizzy in the bookseller world.
I'll be the dick and ask the question.
As a piece of work, is the PD really worth that much? I paid ten bucks for a copy when I was a kid, and it was stolen from me as is the proper means of PD acquisition. Maybe I'm just too concerned with the old ways, but I like the old ways.
Quote from: Felix on December 31, 2009, 08:48:20 AM
I'll be the dick and ask the question.
As a piece of work, is the PD really worth that much? I paid ten bucks for a copy when I was a kid, and it was stolen from me as is the proper means of PD acquisition. Maybe I'm just too concerned with the old ways, but I like the old ways.
EITHER:
Obama redefined the meaning of the word CHANGE. TRICKY DICK answered the question.
OR:
I prefer the old gods. It'll cost yer eye. Or a hand if you trust the wolf.
Quote from: E.O.T. on December 31, 2009, 09:27:53 AM
Quote from: Felix on December 31, 2009, 08:48:20 AM
I'll be the dick and ask the question.
As a piece of work, is the PD really worth that much? I paid ten bucks for a copy when I was a kid, and it was stolen from me as is the proper means of PD acquisition. Maybe I'm just too concerned with the old ways, but I like the old ways.
EITHER:
Obama redefined the meaning of the word CHANGE. And TRICKY DICK answered the question.
OR:
I prefer the old gods. It'll cost yer eye. Or a hand if you trust the wolf.
:|
just walk into a hotel room for a free bible
Good thing to know about the maximum, that way if I put mine on Amazon for $2300 and for some idiotic reason in the Strange Times this takes off I dont have to wonder if I should have asked more :D
Still I wouldnt want to sell it, OTOH for $2300 WHY THE FUCK NOT
would be good to know if Syn is gonna reprint them somehow? anyone got the details about what the publisher screwed him with? I heard about it somewhat, but I did not quite understand what happened...
He took the PD which is public domain, then AWESOMIFIED it by 6x1023 using more public domain things and commissioned work, and published it to hardcover, yes?
And then the publisher somehow grabbed the copyright and ran off? What does that mean? They can reprint new editions without Syn catching a dime for it? or? Anyone know the details? Cause if they did that I would like to declare mega-righteous HY PER JI HAD MO THER FU CKRZ in their collective as-of-yet virgin but soon-to-be infected and deflowered EARS.
As far as I know the publisher folded.
I love Nigels idea...although since it IS in public domain, how difficult would it be to do another? Why not make it a group effort to minimize cost? Throw some bucks Syn's way out of respect and give a big old FUCK YOU to the previous publisher in maybe say an introduction/cartoon? :evil:
cant you use the lack of payment as grounds for trying to get back the copyright?
Discordia (Hardcover) ~ Dena K. Salmon
ISBN-13: 978-1423111092
found it in The Eleventh Dimension :lulz:
The Hardcover is being re-published. For fuck's sake don't waste your $$$ on some stupid cunting inflated asshole trying to spin it out for $thousands. I'm only bitter 'cos I'm not seeing a slice of the action.
The paperback is out on lulu and will be on Amazon soon. The new Hardcover will follow. :)
Quote from: Horrendous Foreign Love Stoat on January 01, 2010, 08:15:32 PM
QuoteWhich means? Bankrupcy?
nah. deliberate cuntery.
kept all the copyrights on all the things she'd published, kept the money from the sales, and used the fact she lived on jersey to cock about with the uk law and keep the monies and rights. :argh!: I trolled the shite out of her for ages, and nothing came of it. She has some new agey contactee stlye prophecee web thingys and what not. :x :lol:
horror.
QUOTED FOR TROOFSCREAM!
Quote from: Rev. St. Syn, KSC on January 20, 2010, 06:37:19 PM
I'm only bitter 'cos I'm not seeing a slice of the action.
I would be.
I have a clenched, steel gauntlet wearing fist looking for their assholes. Meanwhile, I encased my last two copies of the book in resin.
Quote from: Rev. St. Syn, KSC on January 20, 2010, 06:43:10 PM
I have a clenched, steel gauntlet wearing fist looking for their assholes. Meanwhile, I encased my last two copies of the book in resin.
You can't trust these new-agey types, Syn, they're all crooks and fixers and pimps.
Check your PMs.
Mine is currently in the care of a friend who probably has no idea of it's inflated price. :x Good thing he's a decent guy.
Quote from: Rev. St. Syn, KSC on January 20, 2010, 06:37:19 PM
The Hardcover is being re-published. For fuck's sake don't waste your $$$ on some stupid cunting inflated asshole trying to spin it out for $thousands. I'm only bitter 'cos I'm not seeing a slice of the action.
The paperback is out on lulu and will be on Amazon soon. The new Hardcover will follow. :)
Yay!
I like you Syn, but I don't like you enough for $2000.
Quote from: Suu on January 20, 2010, 06:52:14 PM
Quote from: Rev. St. Syn, KSC on January 20, 2010, 06:37:19 PM
The Hardcover is being re-published. For fuck's sake don't waste your $$$ on some stupid cunting inflated asshole trying to spin it out for $thousands. I'm only bitter 'cos I'm not seeing a slice of the action.
The paperback is out on lulu and will be on Amazon soon. The new Hardcover will follow. :)
Yay!
I like you Syn, but I don't like you enough for $2000.
'Specially since it wouldn't be Syn getting that money. I'd be peeved if I were him. :lulz:
QuoteAvailable from these sellers.
2 new from $2,005.04 3 used from $2,300.23
http://www.amazon.com/Principia-Discordia-Magnum-Malaclypse-Younger/dp/1846856043/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261789072&sr=8-4
That's more than a little scary. I left my copy of Syn's hardcover at my cousin's...wonder where it is now...
Quote from: Rev. St. Syn, KSC on January 20, 2010, 06:43:10 PM
I have a clenched, steel gauntlet wearing fist looking for their assholes. Meanwhile, I encased my last two copies of the book in resin.
:lulz: Glad to hear the hardcover's on again, though.
Cheers Jenne. :)
Quote from: Rev. St. Syn, KSC on January 20, 2010, 06:37:19 PM
The Hardcover is being re-published. For fuck's sake don't waste your $$$ on some stupid cunting inflated asshole trying to spin it out for $thousands. I'm only bitter 'cos I'm not seeing a slice of the action.
The paperback is out on lulu and will be on Amazon soon. The new Hardcover will follow. :)
right, so that means I can safely put up my current hardcover for auction for $2300 now, yeah?
cause if some idiot wants to give me $2300 for it, even if I did get it as a birthday present, I can always get a new one! :D
Go for $23,000. Sure, it's not likely that someone will actually pay that much for it, but you only need the scam to work one time.
yeah but afaicr the maximum on uh ebay or amazon or something was $2500
Quote from: Triple Zero on January 21, 2010, 02:20:47 PM
yeah but afaicr the maximum on uh ebay or amazon or something was $2500
Really? Never heard of a maximum bid before.
Jenne,
Whose dad used to buy used Mercedes off of ebay before, among other things
Quote from: Jenne on January 21, 2010, 05:50:36 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on January 21, 2010, 02:20:47 PM
yeah but afaicr the maximum on uh ebay or amazon or something was $2500
Really? Never heard of a maximum bid before.
Jenne,
Whose dad used to buy used Mercedes off of ebay before, among other things
There's probably a different maximum for each category. It would be dumb for the maximum to be that low on cars. Plus I know that they have sold an airplane for almost $5 million.
ok amazon, not ebay:
Quote from: Horrendous Foreign Love Stoat on December 31, 2009, 10:52:04 AM
Amazon only let you charge up to 2500 for some reason ?
I looked on ebay also, and theres one there for 2700?
RARE BOOKS ARE WORTH MORE THEN GOLD!