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Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things by Richard Wiseman

admin — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:32:05 +0000

wfzimmerman's review: "Eagerly awaited review copy that brings to mind comparisons with the huge bestsellers [BLINK] and [FREAKONOMICS]. "
Basic Books (2007), Hardcover, 288 pages
tags: advance reading copy, ARC, first edition

Slan: A Novel by A. E. Van Vogt

admin — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:31:41 +0000

wfzimmerman's review: "Reissue of the classic SF novel."
Orb Books (1998), Paperback, 256 pages

Slan Hunter by Kevin J. Anderson, A. E. van Vogt

admin — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:31:32 +0000

wfzimmerman’s review: “I’ll approach this one with some interest. The choice of Kevin J. Anderson for the sequel to SLAN seems less inspired than the choice of John C. Wright for the sequel to THE WORLD OF NULL-A. “
Tor Books (2007), Hardcover, 272 pages

The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789-1848 by E. J. Hobsbawm

admin — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:26:06 +0000

wfzimmerman's review: "I found this at a garage sale on 7th street and bought it because it is a first edition of a famous book inscribed by an academic figure who is noteworthy in his own right."
Weidenfeld and Nicolson (1962), Hardcover, 376 pages
tags: First edition. Inscribed and lightly annotated by noted sociologist Gayl Ness.