For the bookworms

Today found me lugging plywood set pieces into the basement program room at Library C. This stop is always the highlight of my two weeks or so of touring as they simply have the best ongoing book sale there is. I have my own fan club among the librarians due largely to my compulsive inability to leave with less than a small tower of dusty volumes in my arms. Without fail there is a treasure or two to be found, and a surprising amount of ribaldry and smut. But take a gander at my booty for today; I walked out with two computer cases full. Total damage: $38. This fetish for good literature is getting to be expensive. Among my prize finds from this week's work are:

• Dictionary of American Slang (second supplemented edition), circa 1973

• Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus, 1976

• Half-Lives, Erica Jong, 1975

• A pocket Norwegian-English Dictionary- primary language, Norsk

• Der Langenscheidt Taschen-Wörterbuch, Third Edition

• The Golden Encyclopedia of Music, Norman Lloyd, 1968

• The AARL Handbook for Radio Amateurs, 77th Edition

• Splinter of The Mind's Eye (Yes! I actually managed to dig up an intact copy of this legendary unlicensed Star Wars spinoff novel! The inner nerd is SCREAMING), Alan Dean Foster, 1st edition, 1978

• A copy of Metroid. For y'all who missed the
NES train, this is not in fact a book, but a rare and much-sought video game dating from 1985.

Alright, it's too late to write more and you've already read too much anyway. But don't take my word for it- go to the book sale at your local library, and tell them I sent you.