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janc
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Terry Pratchett's Nome Trilogy
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May 12 16:58 UTC 1996 |
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.
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janc
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response 1 of 52:
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May 12 17:13 UTC 1996 |
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
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popcorn
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response 2 of 52:
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May 12 22:00 UTC 1996 |
I'll bid $20.
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eeyore
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response 3 of 52:
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May 13 02:19 UTC 1996 |
i'll go for $23. :)
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blh
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response 4 of 52:
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May 15 13:37 UTC 1996 |
I'll go for $25.
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freida
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response 5 of 52:
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May 15 18:08 UTC 1996 |
$26.
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eeyore
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response 6 of 52:
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May 15 20:44 UTC 1996 |
$28!
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robh
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response 7 of 52:
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May 15 23:35 UTC 1996 |
Is that twenty-eight dollars, or twenty-eight (factorial) dollars?
>8)
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eeyore
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response 8 of 52:
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May 16 06:26 UTC 1996 |
take your pick! :)
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popcorn
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response 9 of 52:
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May 16 06:27 UTC 1996 |
Goodness, I don't think you mean that! :)
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tsty
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response 10 of 52:
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May 16 09:40 UTC 1996 |
ummmmmm, popcorn does ahve a significant point there ..... been to
the math item lately?
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robh
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response 11 of 52:
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May 16 10:44 UTC 1996 |
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.)
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janc
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response 12 of 52:
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May 16 14:04 UTC 1996 |
Cool. Grex could buy every person, corporation and nation on the planet and
have money left over for munchies.
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brighn
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response 13 of 52:
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May 16 15:56 UTC 1996 |
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?
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ajax
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response 14 of 52:
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May 16 18:49 UTC 1996 |
I'll bid $4! + $6. (Or for those not into factorial bids, $30).
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brighn
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response 15 of 52:
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May 16 21:28 UTC 1996 |
(aw rob, you could've been even more mathematical with that:
E(i=3,4)i!
*giggle*
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tsty
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response 16 of 52:
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May 17 13:21 UTC 1996 |
eeyore?
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eeyore
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response 17 of 52:
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May 20 14:22 UTC 1996 |
but of course i'm gonna bid....i NEED those books! :)
how about 35
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robh
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response 18 of 52:
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May 20 16:33 UTC 1996 |
Current bid is $35 from eeyore, made today.
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ajax
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response 19 of 52:
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May 21 00:57 UTC 1996 |
$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? :-)
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scott
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response 20 of 52:
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May 21 01:35 UTC 1996 |
(Scott bets $2 on Meg ;) )
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ajax
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response 21 of 52:
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May 21 07:42 UTC 1996 |
Hey, I probably do a thousand mouse clicks a day. Arm wrestling
is just like clicking an obstinate, elongated, fleshy mouse! :)
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eeyore
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response 22 of 52:
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May 22 12:20 UTC 1996 |
$40
gimmee a break rob...and i HAVE beaten guys at arm wrestling before...:)
(meg starts working out....:)
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janc
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response 23 of 52:
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May 22 15:36 UTC 1996 |
(janc hopes these don't suddenly get released in US editions)
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eeyore
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response 24 of 52:
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May 22 16:28 UTC 1996 |
(meg hopes so too....:)
btw, hardback or softback?
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