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I buy a lot of books. And I do mean a lot of books. Most of them second hand (”used” books for our transatlantic pals). I think it’s a tragedy that so many classic SF novels and short story collections/anthologies are out of print. But it does make for a booming trade in “used” books.

This week’s haul? Here we go:

• The Zero Stone by Andre Norton
• Operation Time Search by Andre Norton
• Armageddon 2419 AD (Buck Rogers) by Philip Francis Nowlan
• When HARLIE Was One by David Gerrold
• Escape Plans by Gwyneth Jones
• White Queen by Gwyneth Jones
• The Wall of Years by Andrew M. Stephenson
• The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
• The Second Book of Fritz Leiber by Fritz Leiber
• ChronoSpace by Allen Steele
• White Light by William Barton and Michael Capobianco
• Fellow Traveler by Willliam Barton and Michael Capobianco
• Washington’s Dirigible by John Barnes
• Acts of Conscience by William Barton
• When Heaven Fell by William Barton
• The Good New Stuff - Adventure SF In The Grand Tradition edited by Gardner Dozois

Quite a haul of books. Nice to see a couple of early Andre Nortons in there, A Dozois anthology is always welcome, and Fritz Leiber, Allen Steele, David Gerrold, John Barnes and Joan Vinge are authors that I’m quite fond of. Nowlan’s original Buck Rogers is something that I’ve been wanting to read for quite a while. William Barton is someone I’ve read in short form in the various SF magazines (mostly Asimov’s), and I’m looking forward to his novels. Gwyneth Jones is someone I haven’t read before, but it sounds like she’ll be right up my street. Likewise the Andrew Stephenson novel.

Now to find the time to read all this stuff. Know any life extension techniques?

Phil