Kind of on topic -- Fledgling (non)presence in Denton, Texas -- I dropped into Hastings, found no copies, and asked. According to the clerk's computer, the street date is September 30. In vain I explained that the release was last week. For Hastings, it is the 30th.
So I went over to Barnes and Noble. They had the right date, but no copies and no plans to order any until the big lead stores see how it does. Apparently the smaller secondary stores don't believe in putting copies on the shelf so browsers can, you know, happen across them. On the other hand, of course there was a literal mountain of the new Dan Brown at the front of the store. Ugh. I read Da Vinci Code just to see what the buzz was about, and I got SO tired of being bludgeoned over the head six times with each clue!
BN would have ordered me a copy, but since I am awaiting my own charter copy, I didn't do that, and simply my interest is apparently not enough to get them to order any in. Sorry my news is no better.
These two stores are about it for books in Denton. The independent store on the courthouse square where I spent many happy hours and dollars, back when paperbacks were 50ยข, is long gone. Wal-Mart has a few books, but I think they quit carrying SF.
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So I went over to Barnes and Noble. They had the right date, but no copies and no plans to order any until the big lead stores see how it does. Apparently the smaller secondary stores don't believe in putting copies on the shelf so browsers can, you know, happen across them. On the other hand, of course there was a literal mountain of the new Dan Brown at the front of the store. Ugh. I read Da Vinci Code just to see what the buzz was about, and I got SO tired of being bludgeoned over the head six times with each clue!
BN would have ordered me a copy, but since I am awaiting my own charter copy, I didn't do that, and simply my interest is apparently not enough to get them to order any in. Sorry my news is no better.
These two stores are about it for books in Denton. The independent store on the courthouse square where I spent many happy hours and dollars, back when paperbacks were 50ยข, is long gone. Wal-Mart has a few books, but I think they quit carrying SF.
Abigail