WRAPPED UP IN BOOKS (2011 EDITION)

Oh, and while the LJs was out of order last week, the annual Hong Kong Book Fair happened.



[See last year’s post for background info]

The bride and I went on Monday and spent about six hours and a buttload of money there. A lot of my observations from last year apply this year, but I got a blog to run here and if I don’t type something, LJ will have fended off that DDoS attack for no reason.

( It might get nerdy ... )

Anyway, here is this year’s haul:



Which is more non-fiction than usual (see above), but the books by Galbraith and Postman/Powers seemed especially relevant for some reason. Also, I believe this officially completes my William Burroughs collection.

Oh, and see those Richard Stark novels there? I found those in a booth specializing in academic books. The University of Chicago has been reprinting the Parker novels since Donald Westlake (a.k.a. Stark) passed away. So, yes, epic win there.

3. And another thing ...

One final comment, and I’d like to dedicate this to the booth staff who put books like Pride And Prejudice And Zombies and Android Karenina in the Classic Lit section:

Stop it. That’s wrong and you f***ing well know it.

Read all about it,

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GREAT MOMENTS IN OBAMASPLOITATION: MINTY FRESH PENCIL SHERPENER!

BOOK FAIR ADDENDUM: Oh, and then there’s this:



Found in the stationary section of the book fair.

Yes, I know.

Still, for $1.25, I had to get it – partly cos it's bloggable, and partly because it’s always interested me how Obama is the first president I’m aware of to be this marketable overseas. You didn’t see a lot of Bush I/II or Clinton merchandise like this, is what I’m saying.

Pencil cases you can believe in,

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