February 11, 2005
Must... Keep... Away... From... Bookstores!
Yep, I've done it again. After Vasil helped me ruin my sleep by passing me a copy of the Cryptonomicon (the dead-tree edition, of course), and after I found out that I've reread my whole pterry collection over the last few months, I did a really, really stupid thing today: up and walked into a Knigomania bookstore[1], fully conscious and of my own free will.
...skip twenty minutes that flew by in a blur of hardcovers, paperbacks, calendars, art and photography collections and the like...
So, here's the tally:
Gained:
- my own copy of Neil Stephenson's Cryptonomicon;
- Neil Stephenson's Quicksilver - check it out for yourself;
- Isaac Asimov's Forward the Foundation, mainly because I'd read it, but did not own it yet;
- David Gemmel's White Wolf, just because.
Lost:
Nope, not money... the last pitiful chance of getting any sleep in the next two weeks.
Net result:
Accidental mission considered a success :)
[1] For our foreign readers, Knigomania is a chain of bookstores in Bulgaria largely known for carrying all manners of foreign literature - mainly English and Russian, but also French, German, Spanish, and more. The name "Knigomania" would translate to "Book-mania"... or something.
Posted by roam at February 11, 2005 04:28 PM
There's no escape, nothing can save you :) After you're done with Quicksilver, expect "The confusion" and "The system of the world" :)
(you know the phrase "I'll sleep when I'm dead", don't you?:) )
Know it?! I've *coined* it, man!
Oh, and before you mention that Bon Jovi character, yeah, yeah, I'll have to get 'round to collecting my royalties some day... :P
Posted by: Peter Pentchev at February 13, 2005 12:28 AMAh yes, very good reading material. Have you read his other books? Diamond Age and Snowcrash are especially good, and Zodiac is also a pretty good read :)
Posted by: Ivan Tumanov at February 19, 2005 09:49 PM
