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Post by mgtarheel on Aug 20, 2024 10:56:06 GMT -5
"Angel of Vengeance" by Preston & Child
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 21, 2024 14:05:24 GMT -5
Book of Mercy, Leonard Cohen.
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Post by bill1994eopd on Aug 23, 2024 13:00:37 GMT -5
I have returned and am unpacking, after another excursion into the desert. Staying in temporary workforce lodging (a man camp) means plenty of time to do nothing, so I have been working on my Hebrew. I typically use a program on my computer (Logos 8 Academic Professional) for this sort of thing but circumstances led me to do otherwise for the past week.  |
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Post by urbino on Aug 23, 2024 13:57:27 GMT -5
I have returned and am unpacking, after another excursion into the desert. Staying in temporary workforce lodging (a man camp) means plenty of time to do nothing, so I have been working on my Hebrew. I typically use a program on my computer (Logos 8 Academic Professional) for this sort of thing but circumstances led me to do otherwise for the past week. That's quite an undertaking! |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 23, 2024 14:18:43 GMT -5
I have returned and am unpacking, after another excursion into the desert. Staying in temporary workforce lodging (a man camp) means plenty of time to do nothing, so I have been working on my Hebrew. I typically use a program on my computer (Logos 8 Academic Professional) for this sort of thing but circumstances led me to do otherwise for the past week. Cool! That's an interesting pursuit. Looking for a career as a Rabbi? |
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Post by bill1994eopd on Aug 23, 2024 16:25:19 GMT -5
Cool! That's an interesting pursuit. Looking for a career as a Rabbi? I think you have to be Jewish.  |
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Post by rastewart on Aug 23, 2024 16:30:11 GMT -5
Book of Mercy, Leonard Cohen. I was not aware of this book; I'll put it on my TBR list. |
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Post by bill1994eopd on Aug 23, 2024 16:42:53 GMT -5
That's quite an undertaking! Trying to become proficient in Hebrew has been much more laborious than Greek, though I have no idea why. |
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Post by urbino on Aug 23, 2024 17:12:41 GMT -5
Trying to become proficient in Hebrew has been much more laborious than Greek, though I have no idea why. That whole right-to-left thing probably doesn't help. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 23, 2024 18:13:38 GMT -5
I think you have to be Jewish. You too, can become a Jew. Just a few words and minor surgery., 😁 |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 23, 2024 18:14:16 GMT -5
Weaveworld.
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Post by mgtarheel on Aug 24, 2024 21:38:46 GMT -5
"Neuromancer" by William Gibson
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Post by trailboss on Aug 24, 2024 21:50:48 GMT -5
“A man of the word, G. Campbell Morgan”
By daughter in law Jill Morgan, a great read, about a great man.
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Post by username on Aug 24, 2024 21:55:45 GMT -5
I think you have to be Jewish. You too, can become a Jew. Just a few words and minor surgery., 😁 just a tip lol |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 25, 2024 10:54:38 GMT -5
You too, can become a Jew. Just a few words and minor surgery., 😁 just a tip lol No thanks! I'm a Methodist! 😁 |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 25, 2024 10:56:45 GMT -5
"Neuromancer" by William Gibson That's a Top 10 story right there!👍 |
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Post by bill1994eopd on Aug 25, 2024 13:24:13 GMT -5
No thanks! I'm a Methodist! 😁
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Post by Zach on Aug 25, 2024 15:04:00 GMT -5
"Neuromancer" by William Gibson Great novel and will be up for another re-read for me this fall or winter. I’ve now got three books of Gibson’s signed. Just missed Folio Society’s limited edition signed Neuromancer. 500 copies $600 a piece, sold out in 4 hours. FolioSociety Neuromancer limited edition
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Post by Zach on Aug 25, 2024 15:17:08 GMT -5
Just finishing Edge: A Novel by Koji Suzuki
Still in the middle of A Gentle Madness By Nicholas Basbanes
Starting Mozart in Italy: Coming of Age In The Land Of Opera by Jane Glover
and Phantoms On The Bookshelves by Jacques Bonnet
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Post by urbino on Aug 25, 2024 16:54:25 GMT -5
"Neuromancer" by William Gibson Great novel and will be up for another re-read for me this fall or winter. I’ve now got three books of Gibson’s signed. Just missed Folio Society’s limited edition signed Neuromancer. 500 copies $600 a piece, sold out in 4 hours. FolioSociety Neuromancer limited edition
I have one of their editions of Middlemarch. Not signed. 🙂 |
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Post by Zach on Aug 25, 2024 16:55:54 GMT -5
I’ve got Middlemarch in a hardback boxed set.
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Post by urbino on Aug 25, 2024 16:59:44 GMT -5
I’ve got Middlemarch in a hardback boxed set. I’ve got 3 copies of it. The Folio Society one with slipcover, the one that’s part of the set of her novels I posted in the mail thread recently, and a Penguin paperback that’s the one I’ve marked up. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 25, 2024 19:03:16 GMT -5
"Neuromancer" by William Gibson Great novel and will be up for another re-read for me this fall or winter. I’ve now got three books of Gibson’s signed. Just missed Folio Society’s limited edition signed Neuromancer. 500 copies $600 a piece, sold out in 4 hours. FolioSociety Neuromancer limited edition
Sorry, they're not THAT good! |
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Post by Zach on Aug 25, 2024 20:48:57 GMT -5
It’s like pipes or anything else where you can have hobbyist levels, or high end collector level. A $50 pipe, or an $8,000 pipe. Limited editions and higher quality small-scale binders are paying illustrators commisions for their works for these editions and they are higher end Smyth-sewn bindings, archival paper, better boards, custom artwork etc. They are for those willing to pay more as collectors. Just as most don’t own S. Bang pipes, most can’t own high end limited editions by their very nature.
Even outside of these relatively cheap limited edition modern prints, prices for 1st editions of Dune, Blood Meridian, The Great Gatsby and other similar classics now range from $20k-$100k+. A fine 1st edition in Chilton Press of Frank Herbert’s Dune is about $25,000 now.
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 26, 2024 11:48:15 GMT -5
I'm not knocking the fancy books. I admire them. I'm just more interested in what's printed on the page. I have several signed first editions and my very first merit badge was bookbinding. I also was in the same union as the bookbinders for many years. If these books were first editions, or even rebound first editions I would be more interested. Do you have any idea what the profit margin is on those books? It's a created industry that reminds me of the collector plates from the 80s. All that doesn't mean I wouldn't want to handle one. I'd even wear gloves.
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 26, 2024 11:51:16 GMT -5
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Post by Zach on Aug 26, 2024 13:27:25 GMT -5
Oh I imagine the profit margin is huge. Their regular Folio versions being around $60-100 something show that.
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Post by username on Aug 29, 2024 19:24:16 GMT -5
In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepard
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Post by username on Aug 30, 2024 21:09:43 GMT -5
Also got the Dark Tower Book 1 The Gunslinger on Audio book thru Libby about 60% thru that one. Its my second time thru those books
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 30, 2024 21:10:51 GMT -5
In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepard I remember that came out when I was in high school and I bought it for my mom. I think I read it too. Shephard was a great writer. |
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