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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / May 2005[OT] It's the little things that annoy you ...
I've been reading Tad Williams' Otherland series recently. I read the first two books several years ago, but I lost interest. This time, I made sure I had all four on tap so that I could blast through them. You really have to pay attention to these books, which feature an enormous cast of people spread throughout, well, really, several worlds. Every few pages has a cliffhanger for that particular group of people, and you may not hear about that group for another 100 pages. You really have to pay attention, and if you wait too long between reading sessions, you'll probably forget all of the intricate threads. Anyway, halfway through my copy of volume 3, Mountain Of Black Glass ... 50 pages are missing. Arrrrrgh! I called Borders, but their only other copy has the same defect. They've ordered me another copy, which may or may not be any better. So in the meantime, I've emailed DAW to see if they can help me out. Best case, it will be a week before I can read any further into the series. Most likely, it will be longer than that. Arrrrghh!!  Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca Monique, have you tried your local library? Christine > I've been reading Tad Williams' Otherland series recently. I read the > first two books several years ago, but I lost interest. This time, I [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Arrrrghh!! > Monique, have you tried your local library? > Christine I'm embarrassed to admit that not only had that not occurred to me, but I don't even know *where* our local library is. If a book interests me, I always buy it ... That's a great point. I'll look into it. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > > Monique, have you tried your local library? > > Christine > > I'm embarrassed to admit that not only had that not occurred to me, > but I don't even know *where* our local library is. If a book > interests me, I always buy it ... I got tired of storing (and moving, ugh) books a while back and use my local county library for fiction. I frequently raid my own shelves for books read once and not likely to be read again, and when I am returning my library books I donate them. Monique, another thought, what about used bookstores? Christine > > > Monique, have you tried your local library? > > > Christine [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > shelves for books read once and not likely to be read again, > and when I am returning my library books I donate them. > Monique, another thought, what about used bookstores? > Christine That may be an idea ... I'm not aware of the ones around here, though. I tend to spend way too much money on "bargain" books while browsing such places for hours on end, so ... I guess I just haven't looked them up. You do remind me, though, that I could ask on freecycle! Just for the record, I was more interested in ranting than in solving my problem =) I do appreciate the ideas, though. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca LOL! Sorry to have ruined your rant ;o). The same thing had happened to me with a Stephen R. Donaldson hardcover -- I wrote the publisher and eventually they sent me a new one; however, I couldn't stand it either and found it in a used bookstore. Christine > > Monique, another thought, what about used bookstores? > > Christine [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Just for the record, I was more interested in ranting than in solving > my problem =) I do appreciate the ideas, though. > LOL! Sorry to have ruined your rant ;o). The same thing had happened to me > with a Stephen R. Donaldson hardcover -- I wrote the publisher and > eventually they sent me a new one; however, I couldn't stand it either and > found it in a used bookstore. No worries; it's not ruined =P I just keep finding myself thinking, well, I'll go read a chapter and find out what Renie is up to ... but I can't. I'm hoping my freecycle idea pans out. There must be *someone* in Boulder County who has this book and won't mind me borrowing it. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >>LOL! Sorry to have ruined your rant ;o). The same thing had happened to me >>with a Stephen R. Donaldson hardcover -- I wrote the publisher and [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I'm hoping my freecycle idea pans out. There must be *someone* in > Boulder County who has this book and won't mind me borrowing it. That sounds like a bummer. If none of your other options pan out you might see if it is available as an e-book. > Just for the record, I was more interested in ranting than in solving > my problem =) I do appreciate the ideas, though. I feel for you. That happened to me one summer on the island - and not with just one book, but two! With both books, some of the pages were duplicate, while others were missing completely. And there was nowhere to go for better copies. Grrr. SignatureMarina, Frank, Nikki, and Mere marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> Just for the record, I was more interested in ranting than in >> solving my problem =) I do appreciate the ideas, though. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > were duplicate, while others were missing completely. And there was > nowhere to go for better copies. Grrr. Ack! That would drive me absolutely bonkers. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > > Monique, another thought, what about used bookstores? > > Christine [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Just for the record, I was more interested in ranting than in solving > my problem =) I do appreciate the ideas, though. Your honesty is one of the things I really like about you, Monique. >> > Monique, have you tried your local library? >> > Christine [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > shelves for books read once and not likely to be read again, > and when I am returning my library books I donate them. I do that too.No sense for these books to collect dust while they can sit on the library shelves. The problem with library books is they often are checked out. I reserved a book recently and found that I am behind over 100 people in the queue. Wonder how long it will be before I get the book. Winnie > >> > Monique, have you tried your local library? > >> > Christine [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > the library shelves. The problem with library books is they often are > checked out. I reserved a book recently and found that I am behind over 100 people > in the queue. Wonder how long it will be before I get the book. Wow, I am so curious, Winnie, what is the book? That has never happened to me, I must have weird taste in books. Actually, one reason why I can always find fiction is the same reason I can always find a movie on TV that I have never seen: I spent many years in school and working so many hours I had no time for either fiction or movies. So bestsellers from 15 years ago are still new to me! > Wow, I am so curious, Winnie, what is the book? That has never > happened to me, I must have weird taste in books. Actually, one > reason why I can always find fiction is the same reason I can always > find a movie on TV that I have never seen: I spent many years in > school and working so many hours I had no time for either fiction or > movies. So bestsellers from 15 years ago are still new to me! I'm that way about movies. I can always get what I want on netflix; I hear that's not the case when people are constantly going after the latest blockbusters. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > I got tired of storing (and moving, ugh) books a while back and use > my local county library for fiction. I frequently raid my own > shelves for books read once and not likely to be read again, and > when I am returning my library books I donate them. There are very few books I'd put in that category (read once and not likely to be read again) ... just more evidence that I'm a packrat, I suppose. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > > I got tired of storing (and moving, ugh) books a while back and use > > my local county library for fiction. I frequently raid my own [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > likely to be read again) ... just more evidence that I'm a packrat, I > suppose. Although I get the heebie jeebies if I own too much stuff, I secretly worship packrats. They are responsible for the survival of countless precious collectibles, old toys, clothes, shoes, books, jewelry, etc. >> There are very few books I'd put in that category (read once and >> not likely to be read again) ... just more evidence that I'm a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > countless precious collectibles, old toys, clothes, shoes, books, > jewelry, etc. Don't forget the precious dust bunnies! You can't collect all that old crap^H^H^H^Htreasure without providing homes for many, many dust bunnies. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > >> There are very few books I'd put in that category (read once and > >> not likely to be read again) ... just more evidence that I'm a [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > crap^H^H^H^Htreasure without providing homes for many, many dust > bunnies. Excellent point. You and your kind are a boon to dustbunnies everywhere, but especially the ones in your closets and under your bed. :) >> shelves for books read once and not likely to be read again, and >> when I am returning my library books I donate them. > >There are very few books I'd put in that category (read once and not >likely to be read again) ... just more evidence that I'm a packrat, I >suppose. Oh, just move a few times and that'll cure ya. Trust me on this. I used to collect books, too, but after moving a few times I've whittled them down to a few precious favorites. Unfortunately, the room has been taken up by my fabric collection, which now covers the entire dining-room wall and part of the living room, as well as a couple of large bins in the bedroom and living room. Oh, I can't whittle them down! You never KNOW when a client or friend will need 10 yards of burgundy satin, right? rofl Jane > >> shelves for books read once and not likely to be read again, and > >> when I am returning my library books I donate them. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I used to collect books, too, but after moving a few times I've > whittled them down to a few precious favorites. This is EXACTLY what happened to me.I have always been in love with books--fiction and non, reference, picture books, all of them! But moving convinced me that I must own less of them. Even if you have movers move you, just the packing and unpacking! But if you move them yourself it is backbreaking. I'm just more selective now. With fiction, I only keep the ones I find so delicious that I may want to read them again or pass them on to a friend. >>There are very few books I'd put in that category (read once and not >>likely to be read again) ... just more evidence that I'm a packrat, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > used to collect books, too, but after moving a few times I've > whittled them down to a few precious favorites. I just avoid moving at almost all cost. I HATE moving. Now that we have a house we love with plenty of room, I don't see us moving anytime soon. > Unfortunately, the room has been taken up by my fabric collection, > which now covers the entire dining-room wall and part of the living > room, as well as a couple of large bins in the bedroom and living > room. Oh, I can't whittle them down! You never KNOW when a client > or friend will need 10 yards of burgundy satin, right? rofl Right. You collect fabric; I collect books. I can guarantee you that fabrics wouldn't make my list of things to take with me when I move =P Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >Anyway, halfway through my copy of volume 3, Mountain Of Black Glass ... >50 pages are missing. Arrrrrgh! Well, that's pretty annoying. That's not a book, it's a torture device. :) >>Anyway, halfway through my copy of volume 3, Mountain Of Black Glass >>... 50 pages are missing. Arrrrrgh! > > Well, that's pretty annoying. That's not a book, it's a torture > device. :) LOL! Too true. Especially when you realize that it's the third in a series of four SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY page books. I have a serious time investment in these things! Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca Monique I. Madame wrote: > I've been reading Tad Williams' Otherland series recently. I read the > first two books several years ago, but I lost interest. This time, I [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Arrrrghh!! A suitably pitiful whine mailed to the author, condemning careless publishers/printers to, oh, say the 7th Circle of Hell, might very well get you a free copy of the next book. SignatureMoses.DukeOfUrl@gmail.com Cliologist, Philanthropologist, Prothonotary Wibbler, Paleoconservative, Surface Warrior Squid > A suitably pitiful whine mailed to the author, condemning careless > publishers/printers to, oh, say the 7th Circle of Hell, might very > well get you a free copy of the next book. Could be, but I already have all four of the series. Honestly, I just want my 50 pages! Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >I've been reading Tad Williams' Otherland series recently. I read the >first two books several years ago, but I lost interest. This time, I [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >Arrrrghh!! That sort of thing is sooo frustrating! I once bought a Star Trek book and it sat on my shelf for at least six months before I got around to reading it... when I was well and truly into it I came to a section of about twenty pages where they'd accidentally reprinted the ones before and skipped out a whole chapter! And of course it was much too late to take it back to the shop (I guess I could have but I didn't want to make a fuss) Signature~Karen aka Kajikit Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life http://www.kajikitscorner.com > That sort of thing is sooo frustrating! I once bought a Star Trek > book and it sat on my shelf for at least six months before I got [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > was much too late to take it back to the shop (I guess I could have > but I didn't want to make a fuss) Doh! Did you ever find out what was missing? My book is so fast-paced that I refuse to read another page until I get the missing section. I'm already grumpy because, while trying to figure out what was wrong, I've found out that people in a certain perlious position made it through intact ... bah! Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > I've been reading Tad Williams' Otherland series recently. I read the > first two books several years ago, but I lost interest. This time, I [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca All these stories everyone's posted here about this remind me of one of the *M*A*S*H* episodes, where one of them (I think it was Hawkeye) got a murder mystery book in the mail, and they *all* wanted to read it, so when the first person was done with a chapter - he tore that chapter out of the book, and passed it on to the next... and it kept going like that until it got so no-one knew who had what chapter, and when the first person got to the end of the book, the last chapter was missing - never printed in the book. They went through everything and it just wasn't there. They went through all sorts of shenanigans and finally resorted to calling the author(ess) back in the states to find out "whodunit", and it turned out she was 80+ years old and couldn't remember..... she just said so-n-so did it, and that got them off the phone. 5 minutes later, they were realizing that that person *couldn't* have done it because he had a rock-solid alibi. I think they ended up 're-creating' the whole murder scene from the book to figure it out. I think that was the first ever "host a murder-mystery" dinner party :) SignatureThe ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep > All these stories everyone's posted here about this remind me of one > of the *M*A*S*H* episodes, where one of them (I think it was [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > whole murder scene from the book to figure it out. I think that was > the first ever "host a murder-mystery" dinner party :) Sounds like a fun episode! I've never seen it, but it sounds very MASH-y =P Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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