Yeah, everybody remembers "You'll shoot your eye out!", but this is the best line in the movie. That happens a lot. People remember "Show me the money!" from Jerry Maguire, but that's not the bestline in the movie. I can think of 2 or 3 others I thought were better.
Eddison paled around with Tolkien and CS Lewis; Tolkien thought Eddison's works philosophically unattractive, Eddison thought Tolkien's philosophies "soft".
There's also a 1968 pbk set that has better art that I'd also like to get.
Trade HCs I came home with after my weekly trip to B&N.
Railsea by China Mieville. Ndever read a young adult book by Mieville. He's quite a challenge for adult audiences, so I'm really interested to read this one. He's......out there, politically; but his books are fantastic reads.
And the endgame it depicts is one of the most exciting I've read in a long time! You can't tell from the photo, but there's a second engine coming up befind the one in the center.
The reason I haven't openned it yet is because it's not the book I won. What I bought was The Beast House, #2 in the trilogy. What is in the bubblewrap is this.
I gotta admit, I would love to have this one (especially for the $40 I spent), but at the same time, I don't need my name black-marked all over ebay. I've contacted the seller and will try to work out a deal to get this one too.
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