# I'm heading back to the Universal Library. Put in your orders now! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694 "2011-04-08T18:07:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/21 "2011-04-09T08:24:12Z")
If it’s not too much of a bother, would you mind picking up for me the second volume in J. Kennedy Toole’s _Ignatius Reilly_ series, “Dunce harder”? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/22 "2011-04-09T08:27:31Z")
If you can get me the map from Time Bandits I’d be grateful. At least until I kill God seconds after the big bang and eat his magical giblets\*. If that isn’t in the collection I suppose the actual Constantine movie with Jude Law will do. \*Deus-giblitophagy being the accepted method to steal a God’s power. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/23 "2011-04-09T08:37:14Z")
The Complete Box Set of all six seasons of _Journeyman_. The abridged four volume set of the _Wheel of Time_. The twelve volume series of _The Complete Adventures of Chrestomanci_. A first edition of _Ethel the Aardvark Goes Quantity Surveying_. An autographed copy of Bill Watterson’s _Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie_. ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/24 "2011-04-09T11:49:53Z")
Bit of list I’m afraid; But if you can find them, I wouldn’t mind the 3 volumes Tom Clancy wrote pre-sellout, not featuring Jack Ryan. And the rather excellent Wheel of Time arc, where RJ wasn’t married to his editor, and wasn’t fixated on braid pulling and dress straightening. If you’ve got time to head over to the A/V section, I have a list as long as my arm, but so as not to stretch the friendship maybe you could check out for me Seasons 4-6 of Deadwood, and how could I forget those excellent Star Wars prequels, you know the ones that George Lucas quite wisely kept completely away from, allowing professional directors and screen writers do the excellent job they did with those films. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/25 "2011-04-09T13:09:48Z")
For starters, I’d like the real fourth and fifth seasons of _Babylon 5_, the ones that were written when JMS wasn’t lead to believe he’d be canceled at the end of Season 4 and where he and Claudia Christianson didn’t have their dust-up. I’d also like the last four (or was it five?) volumes of the Aubrey/Maturin series. I’ll second the request for the full version of _Hornblower During the Crisis_. And since I may not live long enough to see them, I’d like the full 100 volume set of Eric Flint et al’s _Ring of Fire_ series, plus all 843 volumes of _The Grantville Gazette_. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/26 "2011-04-09T14:00:52Z")
Many members have already requested what I would like; so if I may be wait-listed for > [@Morgyn](#): > > The complete 5 years of _Crusade_, as originally imagined by JMS. The sequel to Buckaroo Banzai.\ and > [@GuanoLad](#): > > The Complete Box Set of all six seasons of _Journeyman_.\ Also may I have seasons 3-10 of Carnivàle I’ll gladly buy you lunch, dinner and your transportation expenses. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/27 "2011-04-09T14:02:04Z")
Ars Honeste Fartandi in (sic) Societate, I have simply lost my copy. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/28 "2011-04-09T16:33:53Z")
Most of mine have already been mentioned (the complete _Firefly_, _Crusade_, _Briscoe County_,and _Journeyman_ sets, Ellison’s _I, Robot_, and the complete edition of _Hornblower During the Crisis_), but I’d also appreciate it if you could locate the rest of Robert Asprin’s Dragons series, as I seem to have only the first three volumes. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/29 "2011-04-09T17:05:53Z")
Ooh, ooh! Could you please pick up Rita Skeeter’s _The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore_? I know it’s trash, but… ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/30 "2011-04-09T22:13:27Z")
Ooo! I forgot: Volumes 4-6 of Barry Hughart’s Tales of Ancient China. The third book in Diane Wynne Jones’ Derkholm series. Hell, the next 20 years of her work. And a +1 to seasons 4&5 of B5 as originally intended without threat of cancellation or loss of Ivanova. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/31 "2011-04-10T04:06:07Z")
Oh, and George R.R. Martin’s critically-praised, blockbuster sequel to _Tuf Voyaging_, about the continuing adventures of that sarcastic and slightly power-mad ecological engineer Capt. Haviland Tuf, if you would be so kind. Much obliged. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/32 "2011-04-10T11:59:22Z")
_The Junior Woodchuck Guidebook_ ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/33 "2011-04-10T13:06:33Z")
Ooh, pick up _Chronicles of Chrestomanci, volume 4_ for me, will you? The one with the novels about Christopher asking Millie to marry him, and a teenaged Eric Chant first having to take over duty as Chrestomanci. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/34 "2011-04-10T13:26:50Z")
Well, yes, the Flashman would be nice, and if you could find me some of Buddy Holly’s later work, like Rough Beast, from his revival after he caught the Wild Card, I’d love it. And maybe some of Ozzy’s work with the New Yardbirds, in the world where they stayed that and didn’t become Led Zeppelin. But if you could find the plans for that 200mph carburetor, the one someone uploaded to Usenet before the car companies could stop him, I’d be pretty thankful. Or the detailed report from Roswell, it’s declassified by now. Oooh. The Real Final Report of Project Bluebook, with appendices. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/35 "2011-04-10T15:22:48Z")
If you could pick up Jane Austen’s _Sandition_ and _The Watsons_, I’d be ever so grateful. I always meant to get around to reading _Hogwarts: A History_, so if that’s not checked out you can add it to my pile! My associate is asking for _The King in Yellow_, but I don’t really think that’s a good idea. Not unless Act I is available as a separate volume. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/36 "2011-04-10T16:41:10Z")
> [@Oy](#): > > Ooh, ooh! Could you please pick up Rita Skeeter’s _The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore_? I know it’s trash, but… You misspelled _gay porn_. > [@CT\_Damsel](#): > > Many members have already requested what I would like; so if I may be wait-listed for > and > Also may I have seasons 3-10 of Carnivàle > > I’ll gladly buy you lunch, dinner and your transportation expenses. > 🙂 Transportation expenses are covered, as I simply stopping by the UL on my way back from an Oparian raiding trip. Meals will be had at the UL’s coffeeshop, which serves the best french dip au jus in the multiverse. Sadly they don’t take gold, US currency, or any credit card I possess, but they do recognize my shotgun. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/37 "2011-04-11T19:45:22Z")
Kenneth Branagh’s films of \*Love’s Labour’s Won \*and _Cardenio_. Seasons _2-7 of The Famous Teddy Z_ and _Frank’s Place_. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/38 "2011-04-11T19:53:00Z")
I wan to see that Mary Worth where she recommends that someone commits suicide. ---
**Author:** ![limegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@limegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/limegreen)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/39 "2011-04-11T20:02:32Z")
Do you think they have the complete series of Martin’s _Ice and Fire_? I’ve been waiting for a while now, and it would be nice to read over the summer… Also the second season of “Alien Nation” where they resolved that cliffhanger of a finale. I still have questions from the '80s. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694/40 "2011-04-11T20:19:23Z")
Null request. Not even the UL has a copy of\* A Dance With Dragons\*. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-back-to-the-universal-library-put-in-your-orders-now/577694.md?page=3)