Re: Stanislav Lem / bookstore survey (of sorts)

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Posted by Peter on April 10, 2006 at 17:16:23:

In Reply to: Re: Stanislav Lem / bookstore survey (of sorts) posted by Webmaven Maggie on April 05, 2006 at 22:22:12:

: Thank you so much! Yours is a far more detailed recommendation than I could have hoped for; I'm ready to go out and buy some Lem!

You're welcome. There are quite a few novels of Lem that I haven't read, but at least I could mention some of his more famous works.

: By the way, if you read mysteries, suspense novels and thrillers...and are looking for a job in NYC, you really should give me a call :). We're always looking for informed staffers. Ever go into a bookstore looking for help and get a glass-eyed expression from the clerk? Yah, that's why we have our own store now.

Thanks, but my personal knowledge of mysteries, suspense novels, and thrillers is a bit spotty to make me an effective staffer. I could express a fondness for Leo Malet's anarchist/detective Nestor Burma and Joe R. Lansdale's Hap and Leonard tales. But ask me about Raymond Chandler or Dennis Lehane, and I couldn't make any personal recommendations.

: Speaking of bookstores - what's your favorite? Bricks and mortar / online? Is there any place you rely upon for reviews that you can trust?

I generally don't do much shopping online for books except for obscurities unlikely to be carried in the U.S. (e.g. Mark Timlin's Nick Sharman novels). So my favorite bookstores tend to be the bricks and mortar sort. The other advantage of the bricks and mortar store is that I can actually read sample pages of books I'm considering and decide whether to take the plunge and plunk down the credit card. For general selection, Stacey's is my current favorite because it's close to my workplace and its selection is broad enough to satisfy my desires for dipping outside genre fiction. For specialty shops, Borderlands would be it, as it's willing to give equal space to both the mass market stuff and the small press authors. Also, the store has that necessity for comfortable bookstores: the store cat, a furless but amiable critter.

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: : Thank you so much! Yours is a far more detailed recommendation than I could have hoped for; I'm ready to go out and buy some Lem!

: You're welcome. There are quite a few novels of Lem that I haven't read, but at least I could mention some of his more famous works.

: : By the way, if you read mysteries, suspense novels and thrillers...and are looking for a job in NYC, you really should give me a call :). We're always looking for informed staffers. Ever go into a bookstore looking for help and get a glass-eyed expression from the clerk? Yah, that's why we have our own store now.

: Thanks, but my personal knowledge of mysteries, suspense novels, and thrillers is a bit spotty to make me an effective staffer. I could express a fondness for Leo Malet's anarchist/detective Nestor Burma and Joe R. Lansdale's Hap and Leonard tales. But ask me about Raymond Chandler or Dennis Lehane, and I couldn't make any personal recommendations.

: : Speaking of bookstores - what's your favorite? Bricks and mortar / online? Is there any place you rely upon for reviews that you can trust?

: I generally don't do much shopping online for books except for obscurities unlikely to be carried in the U.S. (e.g. Mark Timlin's Nick Sharman novels). So my favorite bookstores tend to be the bricks and mortar sort. The other advantage of the bricks and mortar store is that I can actually read sample pages of books I'm considering and decide whether to take the plunge and plunk down the credit card. For general selection, Stacey's is my current favorite because it's close to my workplace and its selection is broad enough to satisfy my desires for dipping outside genre fiction. For specialty shops, Borderlands would be it, as it's willing to give equal space to both the mass market stuff and the small press authors. Also, the store has that necessity for comfortable bookstores: the store cat, a furless but amiable critter.

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