# I'm heading backing to Universal Library. Anybody want anything? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215 "2013-08-26T17:11:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [August 26, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/1 "2013-08-26T17:11:05Z")
So I’m heading over to the Universal Library world again, to get a copy of the Spenser novels in which Robert B. Parker realized Susan Silverman had gotten boring, and so _Catskill Eagle_ ended with her and Spenser NOT getting back together; Spenser spends the rest of the series in a fuck-buddy relationship with Rita Fiore. Just to be a jerk, I’ll be nuking the place from orbit once I leave. Can I get any of y’all anything before the UL is reduced to radioactive cinders? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/2 "2013-08-26T18:00:02Z")
What about the last three Queen albums they were thinking about before Freddie’s death? That would be nice. “A Black Shround for Magee” by John D. McDonald would be helpful as well. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/3 "2013-08-26T18:09:12Z")
Here, I made you a [list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lost_plays). Oh, wait, here’s another [list](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lost_books). And the second part of _Aristotle’s Poetics_, if you can. kthxbye ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/4 "2013-08-26T18:26:36Z")
I’ll take the sequel to _Silence of the Lambs_ that didn’t suck. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/5 "2013-08-26T18:33:52Z")
I’ll take a complete copy of the [President’s Book of Secrets](http://theunexplainedmysteries.com/Presidents-Book-of-Secrets.html) cuz I’m nosy like that. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/6 "2013-08-26T18:40:58Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > What about the last three Queen albums they were thinking about before Freddie’s death? The presence of those albums is half the reason the UL is getting nuked. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/7 "2013-08-26T18:46:13Z")
This may not be what you intended when you offered but I did recently pick up a surplus Infinite Improbability Drive (please don’t ask me how or where I got it) and I was thinking of installing it in my spaceplane the _Danger Sled_. I think I need a little help with it though so if you see any technical manuals or journals or anything, I could definitely use it. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/8 "2013-08-26T19:31:04Z")
Could you get me an English translation of the Voynich manuscript? That would be cool. Even if it doesn’t turn out to be [an ancient RPG](http://www.xkcd.com/593/). ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/9 "2013-08-26T19:33:43Z")
Pick me up a copy of Huckleberry Finn that doesn’t end with Twain’s deux es machina ending and Tom Sawyer’s wacky hijinks. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/10 "2013-08-26T19:41:41Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > Pick me up a copy of Huckleberry Finn that doesn’t end with Twain’s deux es machina ending and Tom Sawyer’s wacky hijinks. I’ve got several of those, but they all turn to gay porn at the end. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/11 "2013-08-26T20:02:50Z")
I’ll take the private writings of Jesus of Nazareth, and an Aramaic-English dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/12 "2013-08-26T21:19:05Z")
The book I mentioned in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=434941), please. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/13 "2013-08-26T23:19:53Z")
Sheesh. You didn’t bring back the ninth season of _Firefly_ you [promised us the last time you went](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=603928). ---
**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:** [August 28, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/14 "2013-08-28T17:33:34Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Sheesh. You didn’t bring back the ninth season of _Firefly_ you [promised us the last time you went](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=603928). That’s because it was basically lesbian porn, and lesbian porn doesn’t do it for me. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/15 "2013-08-28T17:57:33Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > That’s because it was basically lesbian porn, and lesbian porn doesn’t do it for me. Does not compute ---
**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:** [August 28, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/16 "2013-08-28T18:14:33Z")
> [@FuriousGeorge](#): > > Does not compute :: shrugs :: Sorry. Girls doing it just doesn’t do it for me, for the most part. I wouldn’t mind seeing Kaylee, Inara, or Zoe naked, or any two, or all three, but while I’m not OFFENDED by the idea of them making out, I’m not aroused by it either. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/17 "2013-08-28T18:27:52Z")
**The Last Dangerous Visions** by Harlan Ellison **A Method For Madness A Time for Treason A Case for Courage** all by David Gerrold **The Necrotelecomnicon** by Achmed the I Just Get These Headaches (formerly Achmed the Mad) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/18 "2013-08-28T18:49:23Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > :: shrugs :: > > Sorry. Girls doing it just doesn’t do it for me, for the most part. I wouldn’t mind seeing Kaylee, Inara, or Zoe naked, or any two, or all three, but while I’m not OFFENDED by the idea of them making out, I’m not aroused by it either. So, what you’re saying is, you _won’t_ be in your bunk? ---
**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:** [August 28, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/19 "2013-08-28T19:02:29Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > So, what you’re saying is, you _won’t_ be in your bunk? Why do you say these things, when you know I will kill you for it? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215/20 "2013-08-28T19:06:46Z")
I’ll just take the locations of the other Universal Libraries, along with detailed instructions on how to get there using materials easily found in my apartment. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heading-backing-to-universal-library-anybody-want-anything/667215.md?page=2)