Just in at The Eclectic Reader: Dungeon Master’s Guide, some hard to get David Foster Wallace and Neil Gaiman. (And a Michael Chabon slipped in there.) The graphic novel, Sandman, is virtually brand-new and boxed. New it was $99. We are selling it for $60. New books come in every day, with a minimum … Continue reading
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The Great American Read
Though two hours long, the PBS program “The Great American Read,” which aired May 22, was a marvelous experience. If you missed it on tv, it is available online. Watching it was like being in a roomful of booklovers discussing their favorite books. You felt accepted and ennobled by being a part of that community. … Continue reading
The Quirky Likes of an Eclectic Reader
I’m a bookdealer. People always ask me what books I like to read, or what is my favorite book. Sometimes I am struck dumb trying to decide what to say. I am a quirky reader. An eclectic reader. I don’t allow bestseller lists to make my decisions for me, however, if ten customers tell me … Continue reading
Spanish Moss by E.A.Cook – A book review by Ron Fortier
Book Review by Ron Fortier “Sometimes the story of how we received a particular book can be as interesting as the book itself. Several weeks ago we walked into a very small local bookstore. You know the kind, they make most of their income in selling or trading used books. As we had a … Continue reading
New Arrivals
A lot of books have been coming in lately. Recent additions include books on these subjects: war, (World War II in particular), The Civil War, film, aviation, time, disasters, utopias, the history of space flight, literary criticism and analysis of science fiction, and history.
The Eclectic Reader 