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melannen ([personal profile] melannen) wrote2008-10-29 09:10 pm

FREE BOOKS

So, we have recently cleaned out our book collection, and as a result, there are a whole *ton* of books I am getting rid of: lots of older SF particularly, but also some general fiction and some non-fiction.

If anybody on my flist wants any, I will send them to you for the shipping costs (if the shipping turns out to be <$1, like for one paperback, or I can just give them to you in person, it will be free.)

Claim them in a comment here, and then I'll get in touch to get your address and confirm your claims.

I'm not guaranteeing condition, and it's first come first serve 'cause I'm also offering these in a couple other places.

Everything tagged _togoaway in my LibraryThing account is going.
LINK TO LIST OF FREE BOOKS.
If you can't get into LT, which is kind of broken right now alas, the same list is here on my website, without all the fancy database features.
(There are ~650 books up for grabs, but you can sort the list by any of the columns to make it easier.)

Also up for grabs is what's going from my Dad's collection, here on LT, here on my webspace. Another 215, mostly non-fiction. Same procedure.

ETA: Books claimed as of 10/28 are off the list. I hope.

[identity profile] penknife.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
Assuming we can meet up somewhere, so as to avoid shipping, I will happily take:

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIB
The Hugo winners
Science fiction hall of fame
I sing the body electric!
2041: Twelve Short Stories About the Future by Top Science Fiction Writers
I, Robot
MIDNIGHT AT THE WELL OF SOULS
EXILES AT THE WELL OF SOULS
Quest for the Well of Souls
THE RETURN OF NATHAN BRAZIL
Best Science Fiction of the Year : Fourth Annual Collection
A Zoo for all seasons : the Smithsonian animal world
The First Coming : How the Kingdom of God Became Christianity
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[identity profile] melannen.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Surely, at some point, we can meet up, and I can hold them for you until then. So I will dig them out, consider them yours!

[identity profile] melsmarsh.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
From your Dad's section -

HOW TO READ A BOOK
Fantastic voyages : learning science through science fiction films
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey
Course in beginning oil painting
The Mechanical Universe: Introduction to Mechanics and Heat
Scene design and stage lighting
Before The Beginning: Our Universe And Others (Helix Books)
My Vast Fortune: An Investor's Fiscal Triumphs and Money Misadventures
Dictionary of Science

Give me a second and I will look through your section. :)

[identity profile] melsmarsh.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
From your section

It'S Obvious You Won'T Survive By Your Wits Alone
The Dictionary of Global Culture : What Every American Needs to Know as We Enter the Next Century--from Diderot to Bo Di
Hit or Myth
M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link
Violent Universe : An Eyewitness Account of the New Astronomy
First Meetings: In the Enderverse
Gods, Demigods, and Demons: An Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology
Word origins and their romantic stories
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories / Once upon a More Enlightened Time
Politically Correct Holiday Stories: For an Enlightened Yuletide Season
The Medieval Myths
Lust for blood : the consuming story of vampires
Countdown to Apocalypse : asteroids, tidal waves, and the end of the world
Lewis and Clark in North Dakota: A Lewis and Clark chapbook
Outer Space Connection
In Search of Lost Civilizations
Time for the Stars : Astronomy in the 1990s
A concise dictionary of slang and unconventional English : from a Dictionary of slang and unconventional English by Eric
Supermarket Sorceress : Spells, Charms, & Enchantments That You Can Make From Supermarket Ingredients
Lost cities and vanished civilizations
Substitute Teacher Handbook K-8, Fifth Edition
Garfield : The Complete Cat Book

My partner and I thank you. Also if there are any books that have not been claimed by next week I would be more than happy to go through again and help you find good homes for more. :) Please let me know how much I owe you and thank you. :)
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[identity profile] melannen.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Lost Cities has been claimed, but I think the others are yours!

I will be pulling them out & pricing & packing them over the weekend/Monday, so if you can email me (this lj name at yahoo) with your address before then, that would be great.

[identity profile] melsmarsh.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks! :)

[identity profile] melsmarsh.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
And I just sent you my address.

Thank you, this is making my X-mas shopping much easier as I technically have my daughter and partner done now. :D
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[identity profile] melannen.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Oh - and I have a charity group that'll take whatever's left as a lot, but you can keep claiming until I officially declare claims over, which will mostly depend on how quickly I get stuff sent out. :D

[identity profile] melsmarsh.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
Well let me know when the bulk of claims are over or when most books that are claimed are removed from LT (or are otherwise marked so I know they are gone), but before you send them off to charity. Then I will go through more to see what I else I can dig. :-D

I think one of those books that I just requested from you was actually on my amazon list. :D

[identity profile] frek.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
Oh Books!! Oh, I hope I haven't asked for too many...

I would be really interested in all of the Piers Anthony, all of the Bruce Coville as well as these Orson Scott Card Books:

First Meetings: In the Enderverse
Speaker for the Dead (enderverse)
Xenocide (Ender, Book 3)

Hound of the Far Side - Gary Larson
Bride of the Far Side - Gary Larson

That may be it, I'll be back in a moment if I see anything else.
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[identity profile] melannen.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
I think you missed out on First Meetings by about two minutes, but you can have the rest! (And you've still got fewer than Mel, so no worries, as long as you're okay with paying the shipping.)

[identity profile] frek.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
Oh well, I'm sure I'll find it again. :)

If it's okay to add a few more (if they're not already taken, of course):

Kids' Paper Airplane Book - Ken Blackburn
A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Tale of Two Cities
Oliver Twist - Dickens
Atlas Shrugged
The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Romeo & Juliet
Antony & Cleopatra - Shakespeare


And I'm totally okay with shipping. :) Do you take paypal for it? Either way, just let me know, what I need to do (email?)... <3

Thank you again!!
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[identity profile] melannen.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
All yours!
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[identity profile] melannen.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, sorry, yes, e-mail me your address! I'll e-mail you back in a few days with shipping info.

There will be a paypal option; there may be others, I'm investigating.

[identity profile] melsmarsh.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
Oh trust me, if you ever think I am too greedy just smack me around a bit. I just really dig books. :)
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[identity profile] melannen.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, it's fine, I just want them gone where they can't tempt me to keep them anymore. You've set a standard for people to aspire to, that's all! :D

[identity profile] melsmarsh.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
LOL!

One time someone was giving away over 1000 books. I requested over 100 of them within a week. :-) That is my record. LOL!
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[personal profile] erinptah 2008-10-30 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
I'm too late for the Incarnations of Immortality books? Frig.

If these haven't been called already, dibs on:

--Big Trouble
--A Bird in the Hand...
--Bluebeard (Vonnegut)
--Camp Foxtrot
--Meet Luann
--Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger
--The Sirens of Titan
--Word Origins
--Misery
--both collected Politically Correct Stories

You're very cool for doing this, by the way.

(Also: [livejournal.com profile] stellar_dust sent me.)
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[identity profile] melannen.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
You missed out on Camp Foxtrot, but the rest are yours! Yay!

Do you want to e-mail me your address, or wait until I see you in person again?

(Did you not see this on your flist? Or did you just see it there first? :D )
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[personal profile] erinptah 2008-10-30 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm. Hang on to them for now - let's see whether this New Year's party happens.

(I saw it, but LibraryThing was down at the time! It didn't come back up until after [livejournal.com profile] stellar_dust had posted the link.)
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[identity profile] stellar-dust.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
O dear! Pressure! XD
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[identity profile] melannen.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, oops, the Politically Correct Stories were also claimed, sorry.

[identity profile] melsmarsh.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
Actually I claimed word origins too
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[identity profile] terredancer.livejournal.com 2008-10-30 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Are any of these still unclaimed?

Ender's Game
The Neverending Story
The Right Stuff
Something Wicked This Way Comes
The Stand
Wyrms
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[identity profile] melannen.livejournal.com 2008-10-31 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
All yours!
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[identity profile] melannen.livejournal.com 2008-11-09 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
Hi!

I've (finally) pulled out your books!

If you can e-mail me at thisusername-at-yahoo.com with a mailing address, I'll send you the details & the shipping cost.
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[identity profile] killing-rose.livejournal.com 2008-11-03 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't know me, but can I come back tomorrowish and claim some books? I'd do it right now, but I don't really have the time. I'll pay for shipping; I just have the feeling it'd be cheaper to claim books here than ordering them from Amazon.
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[identity profile] melannen.livejournal.com 2008-11-09 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry, I'm limiting this to flist, but good luck finding what you're looking for.