Dude... I was -floored-

HoneyNClover · Post by **HoneyNClover** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:41 pm

Nithos wrote:Damned Powells and its irresistableness. Fortunatly, I live out in Gresham, so it's easy to avoid the temptation, but any time I'm in that part of town I feel this irressitable urge to go in Powells, knock all the books off a shelf, and just role in a huge pile of brain candy.

Ah...see, not only do I live smack-dab next to powells in beaverton...but I live near the MAX stop, which will take me directly to powells city of books ><;;; That would be why I'm broke all the time...

Swordsman3003 · Post by **Swordsman3003** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:42 pm

I visit nearly every section of the bookstore.

Here are some mangas that I liked:

Fullmetal Alchemist (I actually own this one)
Death Note
Love Hina (for guys pretty much)
Dragon Ball Z (what can I say)
Ranma 1/2
GTO (the best manga EV4R!!)

Ce6 · Post by **Ce6** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:58 pm

I was quite pleased to have found Elfquest republished in manga form, though by the time I got around to collecting it I had to scrounge around a few comic shops because it's usually a low-stocked item.

As much as I enjoy prowling around bookstores, I have to be careful that I don't either
a) come home with even more computer books that I don't seem to make time to actually read,
or b) give in to the temptation to start moving the bibles to the "religious fiction" section and see how long it takes people to notice

Gengar003 · Post by **Gengar003** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:12 pm

I've never looked... but what sections are bibles/qurans/torahs (do they even have those in bookstores?)/vedas put under?

Ce6 · Post by **Ce6** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:15 pm

Most of the big book stores around here have a "Religion" section, usually located not too far from the computers, but all stores seem to have a completely different layout even from others in the same chain.

Squidflakes · Post by **Squidflakes** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:17 pm

Its been a while since I actually read any paper manga. I usually get all my stuff from the news groups, and even then, its typically old Urusai Yatsura or Crusher Joe scans, untranslated. I can read maybe 10 characters in Japanese, but a lot of the old manga was so action packed and art dense that you don't need to worry about it.

There is also this series that, near as I can tell, is about this kid who descides he wants to become the worlds best sushi chef, and he travels Japan, and in some latter issues, different parts of the world learning various techniques from different chefs. Its like a great cross between Golden Boy, Dragon Ball, and Iron Chef.

HoneyNClover · Post by **HoneyNClover** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:26 pm

My newest favorite manga is "Host Club"
and that's all I have to say about that.

Error of Logic · Post by **Error of Logic** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:59 pm

There are so many fun manga out there ... XXXholic, Tsubasa, Negima ... The list goes on and on and it's hard to keep up sometimes. ^^;

MaryxTyphus · Post by **MaryxTyphus** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:44 am

Ah, Manga, I'm picky when it comes to that anymore, more often I'll read Pet Shop of Horrors or Trigun, I did get into Wish for a little bit but it kind of faded out, I have been looking all over for Seraphic Feather though, that was good

HoneyNClover · Post by **HoneyNClover** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:08 am

MaryxTyphus wrote:Ah, Manga, I'm picky when it comes to that anymore, more often I'll read Pet Shop of Horrors or Trigun, I did get into Wish for a little bit but it kind of faded out, I have been looking all over for Seraphic Feather though, that was good

PSOH was my favorite manga ever ;___;
And WISH was cool...but I could *never* get over the fact that the main character was really a guy and they just changed pronouns for the English version ><

Error of Logic · Post by **Error of Logic** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:28 am

MaryxTyphus wrote:Ah, Manga, I'm picky when it comes to that anymore, more often I'll read Pet Shop of Horrors or Trigun, I did get into Wish for a little bit but it kind of faded out, I have been looking all over for Seraphic Feather though, that was good

Pet Shop of Horrors is a great series, isn't it? I have only one more volume to collect, then I've got the whole thing! ... And of course it's not to be found in the local shops.

Honor · Post by **Honor** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 2:36 am

Gengar003 wrote:I've never looked... but what sections are bibles/qurans/torahs (do they even have those in bookstores?)/vedas put under?

More varieties and types than you might ever want. See stop ten, on my local hasty map, at least.

Ce6 · Post by **Ce6** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 11:56 am

squidflakes wrote:Its been a while since I actually read any paper manga. I usually get all my stuff from the news groups, and even then, its typically old Urusai Yatsura or Crusher Joe scans, untranslated. I can read maybe 10 characters in Japanese, but a lot of the old manga was so action packed and art dense that you don't need to worry about it. ...

So it's like one of those comic strips where you have to make up your own dialogue as you go along?

Squidflakes · Post by **Squidflakes** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:52 pm

ce6 wrote:
squidflakes wrote:Its been a while since I actually read any paper manga. I usually get all my stuff from the news groups, and even then, its typically old Urusai Yatsura or Crusher Joe scans, untranslated. I can read maybe 10 characters in Japanese, but a lot of the old manga was so action packed and art dense that you don't need to worry about it. ...
So it's like one of those comic strips where you have to make up your own dialogue as you go along?

Something like that. Wow, wouldn't it be cool if someone really did a comic like that?

Gengar003 · Post by **Gengar003** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 2:51 pm

Honor wrote:
Gengar003 wrote:I've never looked... but what sections are bibles/qurans/torahs (do they even have those in bookstores?)/vedas put under?
More varieties and types than you might ever want. See stop ten, on my local hasty map, at least.

... I do not comprehend your reply.

Tellner · Post by **Tellner** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:00 pm

Gengar003 wrote:
Honor wrote:
Gengar003 wrote:I've never looked... but what sections are bibles/qurans/torahs (do they even have those in bookstores?)/vedas put under?
More varieties and types than you might ever want. See stop ten, on my local hasty map, at least.
... I do not comprehend your reply.

Her itinerary at the bookstore included a stop in the religion section for Gnostic and non-Christian works.

Another reason that The Great Sink of Time and Money (Powell's) is so nice is that they have a big enough selection to separate books pretty finely. Interested in history, European, early modern? It's in a different section than history, European, ancient. And for religion I can go straight to the traditions I'm interested in and bypass the rest.

Gengar003 · Post by **Gengar003** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:36 pm

Honor wrote:
Gengar003 wrote:Conclusions:

a.)Honor does not read much (unlikely) (Damn skippy, it's unlikely... But still, I don't read as much as I'd like.)
b.)Honor does not go to bookstores much (unlikely, if a is false) (Again... Not as much as I'd like. Maybe once a week.)
c.)Honor has tunnel-vision at bookstores
To illustrate this last conclusion, I have produced an 80k visual aid... Pardon it's sloppiness, it was made in five minutes on my tablet. Pardon it's vagueness, also... It was made from memory.

A typical trip to Barnes and Noble (for Borders, change the floorplan, and delete the Starbucks trip). You can assume the word "browse" after the numbers... Could be anything from looking for new titles, to sitting indian style on the floor and reading, to just grabbing titles outright.

[Big list]

So... yeah. I missed that. I thought I was keeping good tabs on this thread, I really did... I thought it was boring, that my comment had gone unnoticed... and yet... It did go unnoticed, but ONLY BY ME! ARGH!

Toawa wrote:I hope your carpet is soft.

So they're trying to sell it to libraries. Piffle. I haven't seen it in a library yet, so I'm safe. (But yes... my carpet, while delightfully soft, is not amazingly soft, as I would like. I'm next to my bed, though, and that IS amazingly soft. <3)

And I don't go to libraries, so it's unlikely that I will see it any time in the near future.

On that note, I'm almost afraid to ask about comics in general at libraries...

Honor · Post by **Honor** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:08 pm

Gengar003 wrote:
Honor wrote:
Gengar003 wrote:I've never looked... but what sections are bibles/qurans/torahs (do they even have those in bookstores?)/vedas put under?
More varieties and types than you might ever want. See stop ten, on my local hasty map, at least.
... I do not comprehend your reply.

I don't understand how you could not.

In bookstores, they generally have very, very many of the books of the types and sorts to which you refer in your question... (you asked "do they even have those in bookstores?")

They are typically kept in the religion and philosophy section, which, in the bookstore I floor-planned in my link, above - a Barnes & Noble, as it happens - is at the place I mark with the number ten... Denoting both a stop in my visit to said store, and a point on my explanatory list.

(Um... Nevermind... I was typing the same time others were typing also, aparantly... But thanks for calling me boring.

)

Honor · Post by **Honor** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:14 pm

Gengar003 wrote:...And I don't go to libraries...

*hisses and makes the Holy Sign of the Book with her hands and whispers* ...he's in league with the devil!

*wink*

Swordsman3003 · Post by **Swordsman3003** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:30 pm

Hey, this seemed kinda relevant. I went to the bookstore today and walked out with "The End of Faith", a new york times bestseller. I'm still on the first chapter, and it pwns nubs I'm telling you.