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Old 03-11-2009, 06:43 PM   #11
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Amazon.com getting a little carried away there....
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Old 03-11-2009, 06:54 PM   #12
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I read it 30 years ago????

And once I saw the astronaut cave drawing walk out of a wall, that was cool!
I read it back then, along with "Gods From Outer Space"; his other book. Even as a kid I can remember rolling my eyes while reading it. It gives absolutely no credit to human inventiveness.
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That was back when most bookstores had a whole section dedicated to pseudo-science.
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Old 03-11-2009, 07:53 PM   #14
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That was back when most bookstores had a whole section dedicated to pseudo-science.
Some still do. This is a two minute walk from my office, at most, and the 'pseudo-science' stuff is right next to Sci-Fi and religion. The wiki article says that it used to be a bowling alley, but I was always told that the building used to house a supermarket.

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Some still do. This is a two minute walk from my office, at most, and the 'pseudo-science' stuff is right next to Sci-Fi and religion. The wiki article says that it used to be a bowling alley, but I was always told that the building used to house a supermarket.

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Now that's a store. I'd imagine a store that size would have a section on turtle raising.
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Now that's a store. I'd imagine a store that size would have a section on turtle raising.
I must admit that's one I haven't seen, but they've got "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" in the American Literature section.
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but I'm waiting for Jim Butcher's next book in the Dresden Files series to come out in April.
Fuck yes! I can't wait. I've already started re-reading the last nine or so, I'll be ready when my library gets it in. Buy last year's paperback, check out the new hardback, rinse, repeat. Sadly, he says he might end the series at around 20 of them.
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