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10 sats \ 7 replies \ @TresDMan 16 Jan \ parent \ on: Which is your favorite Science Fiction series? Part III BooksAndArticles

Agreed

0 sats \ 6 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 16 Jan

I have just started reading one of a series of books, but it is the third of a trilogy and I have not read the first two. It is a bit confusing because the author is assuming that I have read the first two.

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @TresDMan 16 Jan

Any particular reason you started it out of order?

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 16 Jan

Yes, there is a reason. I went to a used book sale, where the books were unusually cheap and they had a good variety and bough a load of them. I knew the author from other books I had read by him, so I bough this one and several others, since hardbacks were only $2 and paperbacks only $!. I got a whole box full of them. I got about 8 by this author, all that they had! They were from three different series, I found out after researching them. So I only got partials of the several series. I know I can fill the series by going to my favorite bookstore, but I want to read what I have first to see what I would look to buy.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @TresDMan 16 Jan

gotcha.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 16 Jan

It was a gotcha, but I couldn’t resist the books when I saw them. I have to confess, it was a complete impulse buy. And to top it off, my wife was with me and she did her impulse buying, too.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @TresDMan 17 Jan

😁 I don't think I've ever come out of those sales without at least one new book in hand. I'll tell myself that I won't buy one and that I must finish reading more of the ones that I already have at home. That never works!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic OP 17 Jan

No, there is no resisting the call of more interesting books. When I go in, I bring a limited amount of money, so I cannot spend too much on them. I love these used book sales where all the books, CDs, DVDs and games are all donated to get rid of them. They are all for sale at the right prices.