Okay, here's the deal.
I have, in the past, bought and sold a lot of paperbacks. Especially on eBay. The market for old paperbacks is not what it used to be. So I have a lot of extra paperbacks. (I actually have a lot of books, period.)
I have decided that writing them up and putting them on eBay is no longer worth the effort. So what do I do with them, huh? I could donate them to the library for a book sale, or try to trade them in at a used book store, but I have decided, why not just give them away to the people on the forum?
So, for a limited time only, I am offering a box of paperback backs to anybody on the forum that wants one, as long as supplies last. All you have to do is send me a mailing address (use PM or email) and I will send you a box of books.
Each box holds about 10 paperbacks. I send them out book rate, so that's pretty cheap - I'll pick up the postage, but it also takes a week to forever to get anywhere in the US. (I would send overseas if the rate is not too much or you are willing to pay for the postage, but some places, like Australia, it is like $20+ to send a 4 pound box, so forget that!)
I have already made up 12 boxes. Each contains at least one vintage sf novel, one horror novel, one fantasy, one murder mystery, and one non-fiction science or pseudo-science book. The rest of the books are sf or fantasy or horror. I have already sealed the boxes so what you get is random. If I get more than 12 requests, I will make up more boxes, but they will contain more horror (since I have an excess of that) and some other stuff in addition to sf and fantasy. Most of the vintage sf is in the 12 boxes. All the Ace doubles are already boxed up. (If you want just horror, let me know because I can probably make up a couple of boxes of that.)
That's the deal. Send me a mailing address and I send you one box of books. Only one per person. No say on what you get, but hey! it's free. And you will help me clear out my eBay business.
Thank you for your attention. You may return to chaos now.
Are any of them bound in human flesh or written entirly in an ancient and unknown language?
If they are, I want some, too.
what kind of books are they? good ones?
They are books. Some are written by well known authors. Some are not. Some are well written. Some are not. It's a crap shoot. What do you want? They are free.
None are bound in human flesh. (Do you think I would give that one away? You'd pay, baby, pay!) There is one that crawls on it's own. I don't remember which box it is in.
Books went out today. They went book rate (cheap) so it will be a while
before you get them. I picked up an envelope to send to Sweden. I could
only get two paperbacks in, so I put in ones you are unlikely to find in a
Swedish used book store. HA! I'll mail that the next time I am at the PO.
Yay!
I still have lots of books left. A bunch of boxes all ready made up.
Prehaps some of you are paranoid that if you give me your address I will
send you anthrax or something. No such luck. Just books. About ten
ppks.
Quote from: Buffalo Springfield
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away
Send me a PM or email with an address, get a box of books. No strings
attached. What could be easier?
And, no, I am not giving your addresses to fluffy.
(However, she did tell me I couldn't mail just poetry to Hotsuma. Damn.)
Oh shit... I just realized that the gnome now has my real name...
Quick! To the bat-courthouse!
Your real name isn't Thwack? :shock:
not yet... havn't had the time to get it changed. Of course, you are missing part of it.... once I do get it changed it's going to be Thwack The Dogcatcher.... and I do have that nice little title of Rev. heh..... I love my new name.
Yay. Books!
Thank you very much, mister gnome.
Quote from: Rev ThwackOh shit... I just realized that the gnome now has my real name...
Quick! To the bat-courthouse!
It's worse. Now fluffy has it, too.
I didn't give Gnimbley my real name- everyone at my house knows who "Medeo" is :P
S M Fabal is my real name - I don'tr need to hide behind aliases :P
Wow, I almost feel ashamed now, being neither a DJ nor a Rubberducky. :lol:
I forgot about the name part.
Oh well.
IT'S NOT MY FAULT!!!!!!!!
I was just gone for a little while.
When I came back I saw Thwack's real name and address up
on the computer.
And there was an envelope missing.
And fluffy was last seen hopping to the post office.
With change.
IT'S NOT MY FAULT!!!!!!!!
::Twitch twitch::
Fluffy, I hope I am not going to have to come after you to demonstrate just what pain can be. Trust me, I've spent plenty of time finding out, and I don't mind helping someone else learn.
Of course, that means there are a few people that now have proof that I'm in the military. Guess I'm never going to be able to live that down now, huh?
thwack, meet the children. children, meet breakfast
yay! woo hoo! way to go mom! food! heh heh!
remember, you are dealing with the ultimate omnivore.... you had that last one backwards. It shoiuld read....
children, meet Thwack. Thwack, meet breakfast.
I c00k j00!
*pulls out ninja gas bombs*
come here children...it time to play fog tag...
don't gas em..... might poison the meat.
true...true...
Quote from: Rev Thwacknot yet... havn't had the time to get it changed. Of course, you are missing part of it.... once I do get it changed it's going to be Thwack The Dogcatcher.... and I do have that nice little title of Rev. heh..... I love my new name.
Question? Does it say "Discordian" under religion on your dog tags?
naa.... they didn't have it listed. I'm going to get a set made off base, and also probably get a set that say amish.
Quote from: Rev Thwacknaa.... they didn't have it listed. I'm going to get a set made off base, and also probably get a set that say amish.
then don't forget to requisition a musket and a saber in accordance with your religion :lol:
Ooooh! A big envelope from the 'states arrived today. Guess the contents ^^
These little books will keep me occupied for a while in the cold, dark winter of Sweden. Thank you, mister Gnome.
are there any books left? I'm stuck in the desert, i think i might be here a while :evil:
Got my books today! Nothing I ever heard of = great stuff. I'll probably be reading them sometime next year (high spead college = no time!)
Books. Books. Books. Books. And More Books.
Still Available.
All It Takes is an PM with a Mailing Address to ME!
Or you could send it to fluffy, but then you would get
an entire box of rabbit reading redux.
Next shipments goes out later this week.
Hurry now. Supplies will not last forever.
:twisted:
I just sent you my address to you Gnimbly. And one small note, I would prefer some extra horror books, if it's not any trouble.
You want horror?
Heh heh heh
War on Horrorism! The Jihad is on!
I got the package today.... Fluffy, I love you!
i should say to whoever is intereted but hasn't sent gnimbly a pm yet that thre's some good stuff in these packages i got.../me rumages through pile.
cat's cradle by kurt vonnegut, and ultimate commentary on modern man and his madness,
hell's pavement a brilliant new novel in a maddned age where the brain is crammed with devils and angels the world with temptation and revelry and the women with fury and fun.
meeting the bear and appaling yetfascinating chronicle of an all otu racial war in america.
and galactic pot healer, which has a pretty cool name.
and these beign a mere fraction of the fantastic stories sent to me by this little magic gnome who has forever touched my heart, and the heart of my invisible fraggle horde.
Galactic Pot Healer is PKD.
And, yes, there are still boxes left with unknown goodies contained within.
oh?
Quote from: gnimbleyGalactic Pot Healer is PKD.
And, yes, there are still boxes left with unknown goodies contained within.
Hey Gnimbley? Sure you're not going to be mailing to Oz? It's not that expensive if the package is small.
Quote from: Rev ThwackI got the package today.... Fluffy, I love you!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/gnimbley/beating_heart.gif)
Quote from: St. Trollax, ODDQuote from: gnimbleyGalactic Pot Healer is PKD.
And, yes, there are still boxes left with unknown goodies contained within.
Hey Gnimbley? Sure you're not going to be mailing to Oz? It's not that expensive if the package is small.
There are some international envelopes that are reasonable. I can stuff
like five or six thin (that is, old sf and such) books into them. I have
already sent ones to Svedem and Canuckistan, so OZ wouldn't be a
problemo.
pm the gnome!
whatcha got to lose?
(except your anonymity.
heh heh heh)
Quote from: gnimbleyGalactic Pot Healer is PKD.
And, yes, there are still boxes left with unknown goodies contained within.
pkd?
just beware of the possibilites of a rabbit getting ahold of your address and shipping you who knows what.... of course, who knows what can also be insanely great.
Quote from: gnimbleypm the gnome!
whatcha got to lose?
(except your anonymity. heh heh heh)
Well Bella had my old address and thwack has my current one (assuming he's sent the merchandise) so giving it to you and fluffy isn't much of a stretch, considering what I've gotten in the mail in the past...
I would like to thank Gnimbly in advance for the gifts i am about to recieve. and I still owe Malaul a collage (sic?)( you know one of those cut and paste pictures) in "real" space, for the coffee coupon.
Quote from: treemonsterQuote from: gnimbleyGalactic Pot Healer is PKD.
And, yes, there are still boxes left with unknown goodies contained within.
pkd?
Philip K. Dick, the god of paranoia and paperback sf.
The Philip K. Dick Award is given each year for the best science fiction
novel published first in paperback.
During his life he wasn't popular enough to get published in hardback.
Since Bladerunner, Hollywood loves his stuff and has made a lot
of movies from his stories.
They are better in written form.
Woo hoo!
Thank you very much Gnimbly. The books are great! I have nothing more to say than, thanks.
i on the other hand offer you the virginity of my 5th born daughter
If I come across a god needed a virgin for a virgin birth, I'll let you know.
Quote from: gnimbleyQuote from: treemonsterQuote from: gnimbleyGalactic Pot Healer is PKD.
And, yes, there are still boxes left with unknown goodies contained within.
pkd?
Philip K. Dick, the god of paranoia and paperback sf.
The Philip K. Dick Award is given each year for the best science fiction
novel published first in paperback.
During his life he wasn't popular enough to get published in hardback.
Since Bladerunner, Hollywood loves his stuff and has made a lot
of movies from his stories.
They are better in written form.
Woo hoo!
PKD is like "It's a wonderful life" as a deceased estate (I don't believe he left behind any children) it's fairly easy to get it turned into a movie without paying royalties
Quote from: St. Trollax, ODD
PKD is like "It's a wonderful life" as a deceased estate (I don't believe he left behind any children) it's fairly easy to get it turned into a movie without paying royalties
Also, they don't have to worry about the author making disparaging
remarks about the movie, which you know PKD would do, especially
to something like Total Recall.
I got a package with a gnome on it today Gnimbley, thank you for the weird books.
can you just send me a package with a little gnome on it and no books? I just want the gnome. . .
Books were LOVELY! Thank you! Hail to the gnome!
the gnome is teh pwn eh? i haven't started on mine yet as i'm reelign from reading jsut under 10k pages in the last 3 months, and i'm having trouble finishing the book i'm on, btu these'll definitely hit the spot the next time i have the desire to consuem mass quantities of text.
still checking the mail... It feels like when I was a kid and got ripped off from those companys that advertise in comic books... but this time it's free.
Quote from: chaosgraves:agentoferisstill checking the mail... It feels like when I was a kid and got ripped off from those companys that advertise in comic books... but this time it's free.
There's always one post office that believes in taking the maximum
amount of time allowed for each package to be delivered.
Either that or I didn't send you anything because I forgot.
Or maybe that there is space time distortion and the package
was delivered to you in a previous life.
Or maybe there is no package, only the sembalance of a package.
Or maybe I sent it to Medeo.
Hey! Aren't you really Med...
these are not the droids you are
looking forWhat was I talking about?
::wanders off in search of whatever he is in search of this time::
Quote from: gnimbleyQuote from: chaosgraves:agentoferisstill checking the mail... It feels like when I was a kid and got ripped off from those companys that advertise in comic books... but this time it's free.
There's always one post office that believes in taking the maximum
amount of time allowed for each package to be delivered.
Either that or I didn't send you anything because I forgot.
Or maybe that there is space time distortion and the package
was delivered to you in a previous life.
Or maybe there is no package, only the sembalance of a package.
Or maybe I sent it to Medeo.
Hey! Aren't you really Med... these are not the droids you are
looking for
What was I talking about?
::wanders off in search of whatever he is in search of this time::
how appropriate I get the box on Medeo's birthday after makeing my last post about waiting for the books... I was so smileing...
Nightside...oh boy this was a fun book.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU>
Gads! Free books? Pulp sci fi? I must be slipping in my old age. Still got some?
I just picked up 'Deus Irae', PKD and Roger Zelazny writing together. Looks spiff!
I still have free books.
Lonely little books looking for a good home.
Pitiful little things, looking at me with big, sad eyes.
:(
Quote from: gnimbleyI still have free books.
Lonely little books looking for a good home.
Pitiful little things, looking at me with big, sad eyes.
:(
anything good? I'm stuck out here in the sticks, and I think I've read every book I have like, 6 times...
8)
Quote from: Turd FergusonQuote from: gnimbleyI still have free books.
Lonely little books looking for a good home.
Pitiful little things, looking at me with big, sad eyes.
:(
anything good? I'm stuck out here in the sticks, and I think I've read every book I have like, 6 times...
8)
They're free. That's what's good. (Read the thread.)
PKD rocks...I used to go to the Con where they give out his award every year, when I lived in a more civilized part of the planet...pm'ing you with my address...long live literary gnomes!
8)
Quote from: St. PynchonGads! Free books? Pulp sci fi? I must be slipping in my old age. Still got some?
I just picked up 'Deus Irae', PKD and Roger Zelazny writing together. Looks spiff!
That's a good one. I read it a few months ago. Some interesting theology.
And I'll take some books, if you have any.
gnomes are full of shit...I tried to get books out of him a week or so ago, and he hasn't even pm'd me to say yes or no yet....I think he's just teasing the literate.... 8)
Oh, ye of little faith... in the post office's "media mail" system.
The Turd's books went out yesterday. Would have gone out Monday
except the post office was busy celebrating the massacre of
millions of native Americans... and I was doing something else.
Bob the Mediocre's address is in my Word address document.
Probably send him books tomorrow or Friday. Depends on how I
feel. I kind of hope I get another address or two so I can do more
than one at a time. Sent three boxes yesterday.
La di dah de dome. I'm a happy gnome. Sitting in my home. Not talking
on the phome. And outside it's raining foam. On my car's shiny chrome.
And my neighbor's bald dome. La di dah di dah di dhome.
(gnome rap)
Sent a box today
USPS on its way
Only four more remain
Then I may abstain
From sharing books
Or literary hooks
So you better hurry now
Need I tell you how
Just PM the gnome
And to your very home
I will ship a stack
Of tasty paperbacks
Yum. Yum.
Didja get me order?
Confirm:[y/n]?
=0_0= Books... Nummy.
Cat's been fed
with paperbacks.
Three boxes left.
They're going fast.
This don't rhyme
And I don't care.
Hurry now 'fore
They're all gone.
Wheehoo!
::Chases off to frolic::
*Loves on the gnome*
Two boxes left.
Just two.
Come on.
You know you want one.
Mysterious little box.
Could contain anything.
Sex.
Mystery.
Fnord.
Anything at all.
Soon will be gone.
All gone.
No more.
Until, of course, you go to the store & buy a whole pile of new books that will force you to give away even more.
Repeat as Neccesary.
Indeed, and then you'll be in quite a stitch, won't you! I shouldn't think that you'd reserve book boxes for those who haven't gotten any, then.
Got a box with a gnome on top
Shook it in case it had a bomb
Attacked it with scissors and found
A few books by authors I like
One that I'd read
The rest are a mystery
Gnomes have good taste
For being full of shit
Look what the gnome got in the mail today!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/gnimbley/buttons.jpg)
Happy gnome, happy gnome. Got some lovely, lovely buttons
to wear on his jacket. Or on his hat?
Really like the kallisti button. Will wear that everywhere.
Happy gnome, happy gnome.
Lovely St. Pynchon sent them to me in gratitude for sending him
some books. You can have some lovely buttons of your very own.
Just go to his website at http://www.memeco.ca and order some
of your very own St. Pynchon approved buttonery.
::skips off whistling "You Ain't Nothing but a Hound Dog."::
Quote from: Bob the MediocreGot a box with a gnome on top
Shook it in case it had a bomb
:shock:
brave, but foolish
You can never be too careful, so I wasn't.
Anyway, I got this old leather bound book in some language I don't recognize. Maybe I'll sell it on e-Bay.
Wait! Does it have "Property of Miskatonic University Library" written on the inside?
Leatherbound? Does it look cool? Then you ought to keep it around so when kids ask about it, you can fill thier minds with horrible, paranoia-inspiring fairy tales about it.
Quote from: Big Cat FelixLeatherbound? Does it look cool? Then you ought to keep it around so when kids ask about it, you can fill thier minds with horrible, paranoia-inspiring fairy tales about it.
Sounds fun.
Quote from: LMNOWait! Does it have "Property of Miskatonic University Library" written on the inside?
Possibly. It's a bit smeared.
Gnimbley.... a hero is you!
Just got the box last week but hadn't had a chance to get on and thank you. Oh yea, great choices.... finished two already and working on a third, luckily I havn't read any of them before.
Oh yea, it's also nice to have your address.... now what do I have laying around that I can put thru the mail?
Quote from: Rev Thwack
Oh yea, it's also nice to have your address.... now what do I have laying around that I can put thru the mail?
You know, I was afraid of this, gnimbley.
Be careful.......be very very careful about any mail you open. :shock:
I'm not worried, but fluffy is all excited.
I am resurrecting the offer.
(Thanky to the Mod of Doom for unlocking the thread.)
I have two boxes left from the original offer.
(Click on Page one to read the original offer.)
I also have several horror novels (that I don't read)
that could make up a couple of boxes or more
(if you like that kind of stuff; I don't care for most
of it, thank you very much.)
And I have lots of strange things languishing it boxes
waiting for some unexpecting discordian to come along
and be snatched. (in other words, I can make up
more boxes - no telling what would be in them.)
So PM the gnome if you want to get in on it.
The downside is that I will have a valid mailing address
for you. (BWAHAHAHAHAHA) The upside is it's FREE!
[Those of you who live outside of the US will get a
global priority envelope instead of the US box (holds less)
but HEY! it costs more. And promises of gifts to the
gnome are gratefully received even if some of them
(like the llama's CD and the TURD's PIZZA ROLLS)
never show up. I am a patient gnome. We are a
patient species. Which is probably why your health
care costs are so high!]
EEK!
::hides::
(just because)
P.S. If the package you receive has a picture of fluffy
on it. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE!!!!!!!!
Turd is gone...he's probably never coming back...but I, McStab, will do my level best to keep his word for him...that flaky bastard can't be counted on for anything, you know...
8)
Don't tempt me, gnimbley. I already have books on every surface and in bins under the bed and those are just the ones that don't fit on the book shelves. And yet, I can hardly resist the offer of more weird books.
Well, how about wierd magazines instead?
Come on.
You know you want them.
Flesh & Blood Tales of Dark Fantasy & Horror
Dark Regions & Horror Magazine A Journal of Fantasy, Horror & Science Fiction
Horror Garage
Dreams of Decadence Vampire Poetry & Fiction
I went to visit my sister and she introduced me to a friend
who she said writes sf and fantasy and he gave me these as
an example of the stuff he is into. Not my cup of chai.
I LOVE horror and sci-fi magazines if you've got any left.
And I do have cookies. Really.