Science Fiction Books

Bah! Life has a really, really annoying way of pissing you off at times. On Tuesday, I went via the McGill branch of the Burnany Public Libraries, and made inquiries about books by E.E. 'Doc' Smith. They said they had none of them anymore, and searched all of BC on a special website for the books. Powell River has a number of them, and Vancouver Public Library has 2 of them.

Today I went to McGill library again to return some other books, and looked at the sale pile again (I checked it when I asked about the books as well). Standing there at the sale pile was a person who had put aside a number of science fiction books for himself. In his pile, were FIVE of the books I had been looking for. Even though the library sells them for $0.25 each, he refused to let me have them for even $5 each. I've been looking for the books for a long time. That is just downright nasty to happen.

For now, I have put out a bid on eBay for some of the books, hopefully I won't get outbid on them.

You may ask me what draws me to science fiction that was written in the late 1920's and 30's. It just has a characteristic unlike any other I find. The Lensman series are the most incredibly well done story I have ever read.