http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7575941Oh my.
undeterred (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-17-08 09:27 PM
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Book most frequently gotten rid of at used book stores?
I think it might be Bill Clinton's My Life. I saw it 5 times in one store, 3 different sections. Sorry, Bill, its too long.
LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-17-08 09:34 PM
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1. Atkins diet books, and anything that was an Oprah's book club selection.
Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-17-08 09:43 PM
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3. That Sword of Truth Series around book 5 when it when all Ayn Rand.
jobycom (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-17-08 09:46 PM
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4. I imagine Barnes and Noble was dumping that one at half priced stores.
Geeze, what a tank job by an otherwise interesting, though barely literate, storyteller. It wasn't his politics that stopped me from reading, it was the death of his story. His hero by about book 6 had turned into the villain from book one, and the author didn't seem to even realize it.
turtlensue (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-17-08 09:49 PM
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5. Definitely
It was such a great series at first! I got pissed when I realized he made the bad guys in one book thinly veiled Bill and Hillary Clinton.....and then basically villainizing all the anti-war people...ugh.
Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-17-08 09:50 PM
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6. I see a lot of Bret Easton Ellis titles there,
There's a sad, sad, SAD (but huge) selection of psychobabble books from the seventies, feel-good vibes books for key-party-goers, instruction manuals on hooking up with people (light incense and give your man a lubricious massage with strongly-scented oil). Sexy cookbooks.
XemaSab (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-17-08 10:03 PM
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10. The Left Behind series
Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-17-08 10:45 PM
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14. Ugh. I made it through two chapters of that book and tossed it in disgust.
I like apocalyptic fiction, but that was just so poorly written and shallow I couldn't stand it.
Compared to The Stand, it was worse than a Jack Chick tract.
stuntcat (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-17-08 10:46 PM
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15. People are psycho
super-religious people are OUT of their minds. One time I sat next to a Left Behind nut on a long plane ride.. a very very long plane ride.. I think she thought she had me convinced by the end
Hmmm.
One supposes this is the way decent civilized people react too, to bouncing primitives.
fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-17-08 10:14 PM
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11. Grisham shit like "the Firm"
It's always in the bargain bins and multiple copies up front because they got so many bought back.
Orrex (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-17-08 10:53 PM
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16. I see a lot of Tom Clancy stuff in the bargain bins, too
You get what you pay for, I supppose.
EOO (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-18-08 12:33 AM
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17. Treason by Coultergeist
Brigid (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-18-08 12:35 AM
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18. How about anything by Anne Coultergeist?
I don't know why that woman isn't in a looney bin somewhere.
China_cat (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-18-08 12:37 AM
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19. Book most frequently seen at thrift stores?
The bible.
Around here the used book stores are inundated with copies of the 'Left Behind' series.
demmiblue (101 posts) Tue Mar-18-08 12:38 AM
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20. Anything with Fabio on the cover?!
I dunno.
For some really odd reason, in Nebraska--whether Omaha or Scottsbluff, whether northeastern Nebraska or southwestern Nebraska--one finds the autobiography of Genevieve Ferrari, vice-presidential candidate to Walter Mundane in 1984, and in large stacks.
Large stacks, with their outer plastic covers still unopened.
Just lots and lots and lots of them.
And here it is, 24 years later.
I don't know who the genius in the book-publishing industry was, who decided Nebraska would be a "good market" for the book, but there you have it.
