# Does Anyone Want These Books? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895 "2005-05-21T20:53:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/21 "2005-05-22T16:30:13Z")
For anything not claimed, please consider donating them to the largest _academic_ library in your area. To them, “obscure” is good, and you’ll get a tax credit. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/22 "2005-05-22T16:41:57Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > For anything not claimed, please consider donating them to the largest _academic_ library in your area. To them, “obscure” is good, and you’ll get a tax credit. They’re an hour’s drive away, and most of my obscure books aren’t that obscure as far as they’re concerned, I’m sure. Besides, if I had the time to spare to drive out there, I could hit the used bookstores that would actually buy the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/23 "2005-05-22T16:50:02Z")
[http://www.bookcrossing.com/](http://www.bookcrossing.com/) If your going to release your books, at least have fun with it, and make a game out of it. ---
**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/24 "2005-05-22T17:06:37Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Sadly, I can’t afford the postage costs, or I’d be more than happy to do that. Tell you what I’ll do. Go to [booksforsoldiers.com](http://booksforsoldiers.com), find a unit that would love to get a box of your books - history, paperback, whatever. Get the APO address, and let them know the books are on their way. \*\* I’ll pay the postage for you. \*\* I promise. Let me know how much it is, and I’ll send you the money. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/25 "2005-05-22T18:08:43Z")
> [@CBCD](#): > > Tell you what I’ll do. > > Go to [booksforsoldiers.com](http://booksforsoldiers.com), find a unit that would love to get a box of your books - history, paperback, whatever. Get the APO address, and let them know the books are on their way. > > \*\* > I’ll pay the postage for you. \*\* I promise. Let me know how much it is, and I’ll send you the money. Uh, no can do. I looked at their site, printed out their application form and spotted this tidbit > [@](#): > > Write out a check for $12 for application processing, payable to Books For Soldiers - this check must be drawn from a US bank and the name on the check MUST MATCH THE NAME ON THE APPLICATION. Paypal, credit cards or money orders are NOT accepted for the processing fee. I don’t have a bank account, nor will I be able to get one for some time (thanks to my previous bank screwing me over). If you’ve got any suggestions, I’m open to them. BTW, **Tracy Lord** , I have the Running Press edition of the Unabridged Shakespeare. **GorillaMan** , I’ve only got one music related book that I can think of, and I’m not sure where it is at the moment. **hawkeyejo** , I might still have a historical novel or two kicking around. I’ll have to check. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/26 "2005-05-22T18:16:07Z")
Do you have Ethel the Aardvark goes Quantity Surveying? ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/27 "2005-05-22T18:16:15Z")
I have room for science books! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/28 "2005-05-22T18:42:02Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Do you have Ethel the Aardvark goes Quantity Surveying? No, and no, I don’t have “Rarnaby Budge” by Charles Dikkens with two Ks, the well-known Dutch author, and perhaps to save time I should add that I don’t have “Karnaby Fudge” by Darles Chickens, or “Farmer of Sludge” by Marles Pickens, or even “Stickwick Stapers” by Farles Wickens with four M’s and a silent Q!!! Why don’t you try W. H. Smith’s? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/29 "2005-05-22T19:15:01Z")
**Anything** you want to send my way, please do. My main focuses are any sort of humor, and anything obscurely geeky. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/30 "2005-05-22T19:36:36Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > Damn you. Damn you to hell. Actually – I came back to this thread to announce I already have this book, I forgot I got it as a gift from a SANDMAN fan over six years ago. So I don’t need it after all. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/31 "2005-05-22T20:11:22Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > No, and no, I don’t have “Rarnaby Budge” by Charles Dikkens with two Ks, the well-known Dutch author, and perhaps to save time I should add that I don’t have “Karnaby Fudge” by Darles Chickens, or “Farmer of Sludge” by Marles Pickens, or even “Stickwick Stapers” by Farles Wickens with four M’s and a silent Q!!! Why don’t you try W. H. Smith’s? 😃 \ Faqrles Wickemmmmns \ (As an aside, is that a direct textual quote? I’ve been wondering about that “Farmer of Sludge” title for many years now…I just couldn’t make out what he was actually saying.) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/32 "2005-05-22T20:15:40Z")
> [@Feydeau](#): > > \ > > Faqrles Wickemmmmns > > \ > > (As an aside, is that a direct textual quote? I’ve been wondering about that “Farmer of Sludge” title for many years now…I just couldn’t make out what he was actually saying.) [See for yourself.](http://arago4.tn.utwente.nl/stonedead/albums-cds/sketches/films/bookshop-sketch.html) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/33 "2005-05-23T15:33:22Z")
**Tuckerfan** , tell me about your copy of _Five Years to Freedom_. Is it the hardcover with photos? I recently ordered that book in paperback and was disappointed to find that virtually all of the illustrations had been omitted. BTW, Col. Rowe was a friend of my dad’s when I was growing up, and was an occasional dinner guest at our house in Fort Bragg. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/34 "2005-05-23T16:04:07Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Actually – I came back to this thread to announce I already have this book, I forgot I got it as a gift from a SANDMAN fan over six years ago. So I don’t need it after all. Wow. I almost feel guilty for daming you to hell. Almost. Thanks. So, how do I get this book from you, Tuckerfan? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/35 "2005-05-23T21:52:09Z")
> [@Kizarvexius](#): > > **Tuckerfan** , tell me about your copy of _Five Years to Freedom_. Is it the hardcover with photos? I recently ordered that book in paperback and was disappointed to find that virtually all of the illustrations had been omitted. > > BTW, Col. Rowe was a friend of my dad’s when I was growing up, and was an occasional dinner guest at our house in Fort Bragg. Sadly, it’s the paperback version. **UrbanChic** , email me your address and how you want the book shipped to you, I’ll figure out the shipping costs, let you know, you snail the money to cover the shipping and I’ll send you the book. Unless, of course, you’ve got an account with FedEx or UPS that you can charge the shipping to. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/36 "2005-05-24T00:19:59Z")
let me know if you want to try operation paperback. no up front charge. [http://operationpaperback.usmilitarysupport.org/](http://operationpaperback.usmilitarysupport.org/) i’ll be happy to send you the postage you need to send. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/37 "2005-05-24T00:28:43Z")
I already own _Extraodrinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds_, but _David’s Toolkit: A Citizen’s Guide to Taking Out Big Brother’s Heavy Weapons_ sounds interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/38 "2005-05-27T03:04:43Z")
> [@Strinka](#): > > I already own _Extraodrinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds_, but _David’s Toolkit: A Citizen’s Guide to Taking Out Big Brother’s Heavy Weapons_ sounds interesting. Well, it’s yours if you want it. **rocking chair** , let me get everything sorted out, and we’ll talk. I haven’t even scratched the surface of my books, so there’s no worries that they’ll be getting scraps. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/39 "2005-05-28T03:12:10Z")
The next set of books: We’re Number One! Andrew L. Shapiro Doublespeak William Lutz Selected Stories Lu Hsun Without Stopping Paul Bowles The Second World War R. A. C. Parker Hayduke Lives! Edward Abbey Jacob’s Ladder Bruce Joel Rubin Biggest Secrets William Poundstone (hardback) Creative and Mental Growth Viktor Lowenfeld (hardback) Speech Communication Hughey/Johnson Fury on Earth: A Biography of Wilhelm Reich Sharaf A Distant Episode Paul Bowles Fighter Combat Shaw (hardback) The Devil at Large Erica Jong ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895/40 "2005-06-08T17:14:47Z")
Well, maybe somebody’ll find these more interesting: Songs of Distant Earth Arthur C. Clarke A Pen Warmed Up in Hell Mark Twain The Millionaire Next Door Thomas Stanely (hardback) From Freedom to Slavery Gerry Spence A Goal is A Dream With A Deadline Leo B. Helzel Religions of the World Made Simple John Lenis The 90 Minute Hour Jay Conrad Levinson 50 Ways to Fight Censorship Dave Marsh Desert Solitaire Edward Abbey Stranger in a Strange Land Robert A. Heinlein Neuromancer William Gibson Equus Peter Shaffer Nothing But the Marvelous Henry Miller (hardback) Swann’s Way Proust The Stranger Camus The Soft Machine William S. Burroughs The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald Tropic of Cancer Henry Miller Tropic of Capricorn Henry Miller On a Planet Alien Barry N. Malzburg Beyond Apollo Barry N. Malzburg Galaxies Barry N. Malzburg The Destruction of the Temple Barry N. Malzburg [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-want-these-books/304895.md?page=3)