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LeeGregz
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 19 April 2009 : 3:40:55 PM
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I was in Cambridge at the weekend, and came across this small book store. While rumaging around i found a hardback copy of TS =D. I bought it immidiately, because shamefully i havnt got it it!. The biggest surprise came when i got outside and opened it up and saw written on the title page "Enjoy! Alex Scarrow" I was blooming happy!
Another note on the book. My local Asda has got quite a few copies of the paperback in its Mainstream section, was was nice to see!
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"
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scarrow
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Posted - 19 April 2009 : 5:29:16 PM
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Hi Lee....next time your in Asda and you see SUNS, could you take a looksee if those are 1st or second editions. You can tell this by turning to the copright page. Amidst the jumble of info you'll find something like this:
9 1 8 2 7 3 6 4 5 0 (basically a random arrangement of numbers 0-9) If there's no 1 in the number, then it's the 2nd print run of the hardback. If there's no 1 or 2, then it's the third print run...and so on.
I'm just curious to see whether Asda are clearing old stock, or have ordered in new supplies of the book. |
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LeeGregz
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 19 April 2009 : 10:30:04 PM
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Ye sure Alex ill have a look. Should be able to get in there some time next week =D. I have a feeling it may be new stock, because ive never seem em in there before, and theyve also got a large amount of Under the Eagle there, in its new edition printing.
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother" |
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scarrow
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Posted - 20 April 2009 : 07:53:22 AM
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| Thanks Lee. |
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LeeGregz
Invertebrate
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21 April 2009 : 4:04:23 PM
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Alex, i havnt got to Asda yet but was in the local tescos earlier. They had loads (20+) of paperback copies of Suns, none of em with th printing run in em? Also quite a few 2nd run pb copies of LL too.
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother" |
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scarrow
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Posted - 21 April 2009 : 8:13:47 PM
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| Blimey! I didn't know I was back in Tescos. That seems like good news. Anyone else seen SUNS/Last Light in their Tescos? |
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Parmenion
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21 April 2009 : 8:31:37 PM
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tesco...sorry far too common...will check waitrose for you mate!!
Centurion Parmenion
LASCIATE OGNE SPERANZA, VOI CH'INTRATE
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LeeGregz
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 21 April 2009 : 10:43:59 PM
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I think its great news seeing em in supermarkets. I worked in sainburys for a couple of years and i put a lot of books thru my till. Also loads of stores stick books on the checkouts, and a lot of people pick em up from there while queing.
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother" |
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Ankhsy
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 April 2009 : 08:55:20 AM
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No Waitrose, Tescos, Sainsbury or Asda here in Alderney. Will 'Arkwright et fils' do? But no books.
How about from Guernsey or Jersey? Guys?
"To be clear-headed rather than confused; lucid rather than obscure; rational rather than otherwise; and to be neither more, nor less, sure of things than is justifiable by argument or evidence. That is worth trying for."
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Pykett
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 15 July 2009 : 1:13:39 PM
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Just finished reading SUN's and i loved it! Its the main reason why i havent been online in a while...I couldnt put it down!
Again, Well done alex, i loved it. :D
''A generation of men is like a generation of leaves; the wind scatters some leaves upon the ground, while others the burgeoning wood brings forth - and the season of spring comes on. So of men one generation springs forth and another ceases.''
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scarrow
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Posted - 15 July 2009 : 7:54:14 PM
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| glad you enjoyed it Pykett. And very decent of you to come back and say so! |
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Pykett
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 15 July 2009 : 9:03:21 PM
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No worries Alex, Good idea's and achievements need to be praised. Other wise whats the point?
''A generation of men is like a generation of leaves; the wind scatters some leaves upon the ground, while others the burgeoning wood brings forth - and the season of spring comes on. So of men one generation springs forth and another ceases.''
-Homer, The Iliad- |
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Thousand Suns!
