FOOD: There’s an all-you-can-eat pizza joint where you get all the salad you want, a drink and a selection of all kinds of pizza slices as many times as you go back for them and as many kinds as you want for $5.00. You wouldn’t believe how much salad and pizza a person can eat in an hour-or-so.
Only trouble is I always feel sort of bloated and sometimes have stomach cramps after I eat there. Maybe it’s something in the food.
Thrift Store 25 cent books acquired:
A Canticle for Leibowitz – Walter M. Miller: Good SF I read every 10 years or so.
Rebel – Bernard Cornwell – I like Cornwell fairly well but I haven’t read this one. Civil War historical fiction
Quick Silver – Clark Howard – Never heard of the author. Taking potluck on this one.
Double Jeopardy – Colin Forbes – Another potluck. Never heard of the author.
The Heart of the Matter – Graham Greene – I might have read this one sometime. But the only Graham Greene I’ve ever not liked was Brighton Rock, required reading in some English course.
The Name of the Rose – Umberto Eco – Time I read this one again.
High Sorcery – Andre Norton – I might have read it 40 years ago. Usually liked Andre Norton.
Fuzz – Ed McBain – Potluck. Never heard of him. Looks like an extortion, cops and robbers yarn.
The Third Man – Graham Greene – Once more before I die.
Hobbit and others – JRR Tolkien – Hell, for .25 why not one more time?
Foucault’s Pendulum – Umberto Eco – I dunno if I can do this one again. I ain’t as young as I used to be.
The Blue Hammer – Ross Macdonald – I read all these 30 years ago, loved them but ran spang out. Nice finding this one.
The Forge of God – Greg Bear – Never heard of him. Appears to be SF.
Flashman at the Charge – George Mcdonald Frazer – Sheeze. I love finding these. I must have read the entire Flashman series a dozen times over the decades. They never grow old.
Old Jules
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So Far From Heaven 
I just recommended A Canticle for Leibowitz to my son, who took it home with him last night. I used to collect it for different covers. Now, I’m back to the one I got in ’72, left the rest at the SF Salvation Army. It’s a great book. Several familiar names there. Have fun!
P.S. Like your protest/community involvement in the last post. Those are some windy roads…. 🙂
Morning Teresa Evangeline: Dwindling supply of those Canticles out there in the world. Do you happen to recall whether there was a sequel to that one? I think I have a vague recollection there was, but I’m not certain. I do recall Miller went through some sort of scandal in his life and lost a lot of readership maybe in the early ’80s. Sort of faded from the scene. Good tome though, whatever might have happened in his life. Gracias, Jules
We have a thrift shop around here that used to sell books for a dime. Didn’t matter what they were. Those were the good old days. Now they take credit cards and their prices are realtively expensive. (shakes head)
Other than the Hobbit, the only book I know in your list of finds is, Fuzz by Ed McBain. It’s part of a series I remember enjoying but it was a long time ago so, I don’t remember much about it.
You might know Ed by his real name-Evan Hunter.
I want to let you know I’ve read some of your other entries. I got a kick out of the one about the orange jumpsuit. I could just picture you pretending to be an escaped convict-haha.
Morning josiecloos: Thanks for stopping in for a read. I’ll look forward to reading the Ed McBain and thanks for the tip. Ed’s got a good blog. I surely enjoy reading his thoughts. I wasn’t aware about Thrift Stores taking credit cards, but I don’t own credit cards. Gracias, Jules
I envy your reading.
I subscribe to an e-mail group in which a couple of people rave about Greg Bear. I’ll look forward to your opinion, in any form.
Ed Darrell: I appreciate you coming by for a read. I’ll put Greg Bear up near the top of the stack and post something after I’ve read and mulled it over. Gracias, Jules
chuckles, (~_~) the killer buffet tables, they should have a bowl of ‘Rolaids’ and or ‘pepto bismol’ salad dressing on each table (grin’)
hey, have a good day!
Morning zendictive: Not a bad idea. Might be the beginnings of a popular movement in salad dressings. Thanks for coming by for a read and visit. Gracias, Jules
re: Walter MIller. It was the last thing he had published. He suffered from PTSD, culminating in ending his own life before the sequel was completed. It was close enough that they eventually published it as Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman. Close enough might not be good enough, so I will probably avoid it and let Canticle stand on its own.
Thanks Teresa Evangeline. Likely as not it would be a difficult tome to find in a thrift store, in any case. I appreciate you. Gracias, Jules
Having just returned from Las Vegas – Home of the Killer Buffet – I can relate to the all-you-can-eat-may-not-be-such-a-great-deal-after-all blues. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by and commenting today. I’ve just recently changed the focus of my blog from non-fiction/inspirational/real life to fiction writing. You look like the kind of guy I should follow.
Thank you for coming by Janece. Nice seeing you here. Hope you find something here amusing. Gracias, Jules
Jules,
Good literary finds, my friend. And you can’t beat the pizza deal.
Love to you and the cats,
SB
Sarcastic Bastard. Thanks, I appreciate you. Jules
I love thrift store books. Ed McBain is a killer mystery writer.
Millie
I enjoyed “Forge of God”, but you’re right, it isn’t a _great_ read. Colin Forbes is a thriller writer I’ve been reading for about twenty years. They tend to look a little like each other after a while, but if you get the chance to read “Deadlock”, I would recommend it.
Really enjoyed Heinlein, and Larry Niven. “Ringworld” is a classic, as is “Footfall”.
Great post, and hope you enjoy the others you found! Oh, and you can’t go wrong with Tolkien, especially for a quarter!
All the best, Dave
Hi Dave. Thanks for the visit. You and I evidently share similar tastes in reading material. Gracias, Jules