I am offering Terry Pratchett's complete "Nome Trilogy" comprising
Truckers
Diggers
Wings
Terry Pratchett is the author of the Discworld books, and is probably the
funniest man writing science fiction today. The Nome Trilogy has, for some
reason, never been sold in the United States. They tell the story of a race
of tiny little gnomes who live under the floorboards of a department store.
When the department store is scheduled for demolition, they are driven to
discover the "Outside" and hijack a truck to move to a new location. These
were written in 1989 and 1990. It's been a while since I read them, but I'd
put them pretty much around average quality for Terry Pratchett (in other
words, pretty damn funny).
The books are standard sized paperbacks (Corgi editions) in pristine condition
with matching cover art. Good looking books. The first book is about 200
pages, the next two about 175 each. I bought them in New Zealand.
Since I'm not wildly eager to get rid of these, I'm going to set a minimum
bid for the set of $20. People not in the Ann Arbor area should pay $2 beyond
their bid to cover postage.
52 responses total.
In the beginning...
I. There was the Site.
II. And Arnold Bros (est. 1905) Moved upon the face of the Site, and Saw
that it had Potential.
III. For it was In the High Street.
IV. Yea, it was also Handy for Buses.
V. And Arnold Bros (est. 1905) said, Let there be a Store, And Let it be
a Store such as the World has not Seen hitherto;
VI. Let the length of it be from Palmer Street even onto the Fish Market,
and the Width of It, from the High Street right back to Disraeli Road;
VII. Let it be High even Unto Five Storeys plus Basement, And bright with
Lifts; let there be the Eternal Fires of the Boiler-Room in the sub-basement
and, above all other floors, let there be Customer Accounts to Order All
Things;
VIII. For this must be what all shall Know of Arnold Bros (est. 1905): All
Things Under One Root. And it shall be called: the Store of Arnold Bros
(est. 1905).
IX. And Thus it Was.
X. And Arnold Bros (est. 1905) divided the Store into Departments, of
Ironmongery, Corsetry, Modes and others After their Kind, and Created
Humans to fill them with All Things saying, Yea, All Things Are Here.
And Arnold Bros (est. 1905) said, Let there be Lorries, and Let their
Colours be Red and Gold, and Let them Go Forth so that All May Know
Arnold Bros (est. 1905), By Appointment, delivers All Things;
XI. Let there be Santa's Grottoes and Winter Sales and Summer Bargains
and Back to School Week and All Commodities in their Season;
XII. And inot the Store came the Nomes, that it would be their Place, for
Ever and Ever.
From The Book of Nome, Basements v.I-XII
I'll bid $20.
i'll go for $23. :)
I'll go for $25.
$26.
$28!
Is that twenty-eight dollars, or twenty-eight (factorial) dollars? >8)
take your pick! :)
Goodness, I don't think you mean that! :)
ummmmmm, popcorn does ahve a significant point there ..... been to the math item lately?
Darn it, and here I thought eeyore was going to pay us $304,888,344,611,713,860,501,504,000,000 for it. Do you have any idea how much bandwidth we could get for that? >8) (That's 304 octillion dollars or so.)
Cool. Grex could buy every person, corporation and nation on the planet and have money left over for munchies.
Everybody, that is, except Meg, who apparently has that much money already. Meg would be Queen, Grex would be King, and the universe would be ours!! =} *bwahahahahahaha* Um, back to topic, what was the last bid?
I'll bid $4! + $6. (Or for those not into factorial bids, $30).
(aw rob, you could've been even more mathematical with that: E(i=3,4)i! *giggle*
eeyore?
but of course i'm gonna bid....i NEED those books! :) how about 35
Current bid is $35 from eeyore, made today.
$37. Meg, we could save one of us some money by settling this outside the bidding arena. What do you say to an arm-wrestling match? :-)
(Scott bets $2 on Meg ;) )
Hey, I probably do a thousand mouse clicks a day. Arm wrestling is just like clicking an obstinate, elongated, fleshy mouse! :)
$40 gimmee a break rob...and i HAVE beaten guys at arm wrestling before...:) (meg starts working out....:)
(janc hopes these don't suddenly get released in US editions)
(meg hopes so too....:) btw, hardback or softback?
According to #0, they are paperbacks.
$42.51 Well, I definitely won't suggest a boxing match, as I've seen the force with which Meg can thwack people. Typing contest?? :-)
sorry, not that silly.....can't type that godd. :) fine be that way. $50
Wowza, I was expecting you to go to $45, at which point *I* was going to spring the $50 psychological barrier. We may get to 28 factorial dollars yet! This calls for a retaliatory psychological assault: $60.
The current bid is an astonishing $60 made by ajax yesterday. (And rememeber, 60 is evenly divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, and 30.)
Ooh, good point...the power of such a number clearly can't be beaten! :-)
<maybe that's why teh babalonians use it for a 'base' number, power>
will $75 make you stop bidding? (ad yes, that IS an official bid! :)
I think so. In fact, I think $60.01 might've done it. ;-)
does this mean that you aren't betting any more?!?!?!?! :)
Actually, that's not so bad a deal. After all, cover price on these is marked as $9.95 ... oops ... those are New Zealand dollars. But hey, plane fair to go to New Zealand and bring these books back cost me over $1000 (US) so you really are getting a huge bargain.
Maybe I should bid $1000? *joke reference to another item, not a serious bid*
They sound like a wonderful and fascinating series, but...Maybe we can donate additional money to grex in the future for spots on a sharing list...
I'll bid $5. for a spot on the sharing list.
Now now folks, if you're serious about a sharing list, let me know and I'll start another item for it. We have enough multiple-bidding items as is...
I am definitely serious, but maybe someone should check to see if the winner would be willing to share?
Good point.
Current bid is $75 from eeyore, made 5-24.
Yes, the list would have to start bidding after this item is sold, if the winner was willing. I had in mind a loan program...
My own feeling is that I'd be very reluctant to loan out a trilogy for which I paid $70, unless I knew the person's reading habits...some people you can't tell that they read a paperback, while others break a book's spine! (I hate that! :-)...I fall in between the two.)
(I used to read books so you couldn't tell they'd been read. Luckily I read the Pratchett books before I developed the habit of falling asleep while reading in the bathtub.)
Kinky. You did not have water in there, did you? I have heard of this in high-crime areas -- bullets and all, you know.
I have read some of my favorite paperbacks 4 or 5 times with hardly a sign, but others differ. If the highest bidder is not willing to loan out the books (quite understnadable) then everyone else will have to make other arrangements. Oh, well.
Can it be? Can the end be in sight? The current bid of $75 from eeyore will become final tomorrow. <robh holds his breath in anticipation, then realizes he can't hold his breath for a whole day>
(meg squeaks when she realizes JUST how much she's spending...oh well, it's all for a good cause....terry prachett! :)
That's it! It's over! It's finished! The bidding is closed,
the item is SOLD to eeyore for $75. Many congratulations!
eeyore, make your check payable to Cyberspace Communications and
send it to:
Cyberspace Communications, Inc. ****************
P.O. Box 4432 * NEW ADDRESS! *
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-4432 ****************
(And remember that janc asked for $2 extra for postage.)
(Although they're both local, so maybe they'll just transfer the books during a Saturday walk or other meeting-around-town.)
(Shhh, I'm trying to squeeze two more bucks out of her... >8)
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