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      Camp Hill, PA 17012-0001

    BSBISY club.  Good quality books.  A variety of history: military
    history, social history, etc.  Mostly American and European
    history, though there are books available on a wide number of
    countries.  After every fourth book purchased, you get a bonus
    certificate, allowing you to buy any book listed for about half
    price.  Regular club prices are approximately 20% less than
    published prices.

  * Literary Guild, The [US]

      6550 East 30th Street
      PO Box 6325
      Indianapolis, IN 46206-6325

    A BSBISY club.  Current hardcover fiction selection.  Good quality
    and reasonable prices.

  * Science Fiction Book Club, The [US]

      6550 East 30th Street
      PO Box 6325
      Indianapolis, IN 46206-6325

    A BSBISY club.  Inexpensive hardcover science fiction selection.
    They make their own books, and the quality is very cheap-looking.
    They tend to offer single-volume versions of multiple-book series.

  * Softback Preview, The [Australia]

      (Division of Time-Life Books Australia)
      Locked Bag No. 40 P.O.
      Strathfield, NSW 2135
      Australia

  * Quality Paperback Book Club [US]

      Camp Hill, PA 17012

    A BSBISY club.  This club prints paperback versions of many
    hardbacks.  Good prices, reasonable quality.  Excellent savings
    possible.  You earn bonus points with each purchase; each book is
    listed with the number of points it takes to get it for free.

  * Timeless Romance Reader Service [US]

      120 Brighton Road
      P.O. Box 5069
      Clifton, NJ 07015-9723

    Offers historical romances at reasonable prices.  4 books each
    month with 10 days to return or keep.  You do not pay postage or
    handling costs.  All books $4.00 apiece.

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Miscellaneous correction and additions to Edinburgh.

Additions:
    Stockholm

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Cities include:
Oxford, England
Edinburgh, Scotland
Glasgow, Scotland
Stockholm, Sweden

[Note 1: I collected these comments from a variety of people.  I personally
have no knowledge of many of these places and take no responsibility if you
buy a book you don't enjoy. :-)   Phone numbers and precise addresses can be
gotten by calling directory assistance for the appropriate city.  Call ahead
for precise hours, as even when I list them they are subject to change.]

[Note 2: If you can add information for any of these, in particular
addresses when they are missing, please send it to me.]

[Note 3: I am cross-posting this to rec.arts.sf.written, but the bookstores
listed include *all* types of bookstores, so please don't tell me that a
particular store has a limited SF section unless I have specifically claimed
otherwise.]

[Note 4: I know they're bookshops in Britain, not bookstores.  In the text
I try to follow this; the introductory material is used world-wide and
uses "bookstores" instead.]

Anyone who wants to compile a complete London guide to bookshops is welcome
to the task! :-)

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Oxford:

Blackwell's.  "The typical university bookshop but often missed is the rare
    books and special editions that Sir Basil Blackwell collected and
    put on display in a rather pleasant country house just south of
    Oxford.  The problem is, I cannot remember the village.  Near
    Nuneham Courtney?  Clifton Hampden?  Someone will know.  Sometimes
    a special book deserves a special typesetting, printing and
    binding."  Also has various second-hand sections.
Book Bargains (2 St. Ebbe St).
Bookshop on the Plain (cross Magdaelen Bridge and start up the Cowley Rd;
    it's immediately on your left).
The EOA Communist Bookshop (across the road from Bookshop on the Plain).
    Might carry Irish stuff for all the wrong reasons, I suppose, but
    being a Tory I wouldn't know :-."
Thorton's.  "Look out for Thornton's as it's *dear*."
Waterfield's (36 Park End St).  Good philosophy section.

"There's also a large second hand bookshop on the way down to the railway
station, go down the hill from the Westgate centre, past Nuffield College
and the prison, and straight on past the Queen's Arms, it then appears on
the right.  The antiques emporium just before it and the Jam Factory over
the road by the traffic lights also house minor booksellers amongst their
other denizens."

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Edinburgh:

Bargain Books (Princes Street).  Very limited selection, but a good place
    for picking up, say, the complete Shakespeare/Conan Doyle/Brothers
    Grimm practically free.
Bauermeisters (on the Bridges).
Castle Books (Canongate).  Used.
Church of Scotland Bookshop (George Street).  Stocks a wide range of
    Christian books.  The Church of Scotland has recently sold its
    chain of bookshops, but the terms of the deal constrain the new
    owner to continue them as Christian bookshops without much change.
Forbidden Planet (Teviot Place).  Science fiction.
Old Grindle's (Spittal Street).  Used.
Macnaughtons (Haddington Place, Leith Walk).  Used.
Second Edition (Canonmills).  Used.
Sheena McNeil (Bruntsfield Links).  Sheet music.
James Thins (South Bridge).  The biggest bookshop in Scotland and (after
    John Smiths in Glasgow, the second oldest.  Some people think it's
    great; others think it's the worst they've dealt with.  One sums up
    both sides, I think, with: "They have half a dozen branches in
    Edinburgh, a vast academic section, and maintain close contacts
    with the Universities.  However, they do tend to be rather
    complacent and unhelpful at times, and tend to act as if they were
    a monopoly supplier, with a `like it or lump it' attitude."  For
    those who follow such things, another reader says, "They are also
    a bunch of hypocrites, handing out propaganda in favour of
    retaining the Net Book Agreement, while marking up the prices of
    Non-Net Books higher than Waterstone's and Co."
Tills (Buccleuch Street).  Used.
Waterstone's (Princes Street and also Georges Street).  Large chain.
West and Wilde (Dundas Street).  Gay/lesbian
West Port Books (West Port near Lothian Rd.).  Used.
(a couple of shops in Teviot Row).  Medical, new and used.
(a shop in Spittal Street).  Second-hand football programmes.
(a remainder shop opposite Thins).
(a couple of used book shops in Broughton Street and at the top
of Leith Walk and several used book shops in the Grassmarket).

You can pick up a leaflet with a full list of used book shops from any one
of them.
The Assembly Rooms in George St. often holds book fairs on Saturdays
where many of the second-hand booksellers exhibit.

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Glasglow:

Bargain Books (chain of small shops).  Limited stock but excellent bargain
    prices.
Caledonia Books (Great Western Road).  Used.
Church of Scotland Bookshop (Buchanan Street near the Underground Station).
    Near Forbidden Planet.  The Church of Scotland has recently sold
    its chain of bookshops, but the terms of the deal constrain the new
    owner to continue them as Christian bookshops without much change.
Centerpeace (Stockwell Street).  Pacifist/feminist/Third World.
Clyde Books (Parnie Street).  Radical/socialist/feminist/green.
Dillons (the Argyle Street/Union Street corner).  A very large branch.
    More modern than Smiths and a great place to pick up book
    bargains.  Close to Smiths and Waterstones.
Dowanhill Books (in a lane off Byres Road opposite Hillhead tube station).
    Used.
Forbidden Planet (Buchanan Street).  Science fiction and comics.
Futureshock.  American imports and OLD paperbacks as well as imports.
Gilmorehill Books (Bank Street).  Used.
Obelisk (Virginia Galleries, Virginia Street).  Used science fiction and
    mysteries.
John Smith and Sons (St. Vincent Street).  Quite close to George Square.
    This is the main branch and is famous enough for you to be able to
    ask directions to it.  It has 5 floors and keeps books on just about
    any subject you can think of.  Main public transport terminals
    nearby (i.e., walking distance) include Central Station (trains),
    Queen Street Station (trains), Buchanan Street Station (buses) and
    Buchanan Street Underground Station.  Close to Dillons and
    Waterstones.
John Smith and Sons (University Bookshop, University Avenue, Hillhead) (west
    of the city centre).  A strictly academic bookshop, they specialise
    in stocking books on the recommended reading lists for students
    supplied by Glasgow University (who keep close links with the shop).
    Most university courses are in evidence in the shop - medical books
    particularly so.  Main public transport terminal nearby is Hillhead
    Underground Station.
John Smith and Sons (Byres Road Branch, Byres Road, Hillhead).  A mainstream
    three-storey bookshop.  Simply a scaled-down version of the main
    shop.  This shop is located next door to the Hillhead Underground
    Station.  The university shop is 5 minutes away on foot.  A nice
    area in general, well worth a look: there are several famous
    cafes/coffee shops around here too (e.g., The Ubiquitous Chip, The
    Underground Gallery).
Voltaire and Rousseau (Otago Street Lane).  Used.
Waterstones (Union Street very close to Dillons).  Large branch.
    More modern than Smiths.  Close to Smiths.
Word of Mouth (Bank Street).  Food and cookery; this place is amazing.
(a comics shop in Byres Road)
charity shops in Byres Rd, all of whom sell books, starting with Cancer
    Research, Oxfam, Dr Barnado's, Save the Children, Glasgow
    University's settlement(?), as well as the back alley secondhand
    books (next to Oxfam) and occasionally DeCourcy's arcade)

Regarding Smiths, one reader says:
"There are other branches of Smiths, but these three should cover all
your needs wherever you are in Glasgow.  All Smiths shops are tied by a
computer network allowing the facility for quick look up of stocks
elsewhere in the city and quick transfer between branches in the case
where a particular book is not in stock at a certain branch.  They can
also order ANY book in print as long as they can locate the ISBN, and
send it to any address you please.  They have British and Overseas Books
in Print on Microfiche for this purpose."

Regarding some of the other chains, another reader warns:
"AVOID the new, plush bookshops that are branches of big English chains
(Dillons, Hatchards, Waterstones).  These have a limited range of yuppie
best-sellers and their attempts to fu** publishers over through the years
(unilaterally refusing to pay before three months after invoicing and later
attempting to smash the Net Book Agreement) have been very destructive.
They have nothing in stock you can't get from John Smiths or Thins."
But on the other hand, yet another says:
"Someone bad-mouths Waterstones in the Glasgow section, but I use them a lot
because they have the longest opening hours of any bookshop in the city that
I know of.  They generally seem to have a good range of Scottish books too,
better than Thins."

W. H. Smiths and John Menzies are huge UK-wide chains that sell magazines
and airport bestsellers.

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Stockholm:

SF Bokhandeln (Atlasgatan 8).  Specializes in science fiction.  Open
    weekdays 1500-1900, Saturdays 1100-1500.

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Questions include:
    1) Where can I find book X by author Y?
    2) What is BOOKS IN PRINT?
    3) What is the answer to the Lewis Carroll riddle, "Why is a raven like
       a writing desk?"
    4) What Sherlock Holmes novels (stories) are there besides the ones by
       Arthur Conan Doyle?
    5) What is Project Gutenberg?  How can I access various electronic
       information databases?
    6) Who wrote the horror story "The Monkey's Paw"?
    7) Where can I find books on audio tape?
    8) What English-language authors learned English as a second language?
    9) What books or plays have been written about scientists?
   10) Is there really an S. Morgenstern, listed as the author of THE
       PRINCESS BRIDE and THE SILENT GONDOLIERS?  And what is the reunion
       scene?
   11) Does anyone have a list of alternate history novels?
   12) Does anyone have a list of female mystery writers?
   13) What is the difference between the male and female editions of
       DICTIONARY OF THE KHAZARS by Milorad Pavic?

[I am also posting lists/descriptions of bookstores in New York and the San
Francisco area in separate postings.  --Evelyn Leeper]

                  Frequently Asked Questions List
               (Quarterly Posting to rec.arts.books)

First of all, a few suggestions:

DISCUSSIONS: If you want a discussion on a particular topic, start one
by posting something yourself.  Asking "Why isn't anyone talking about
books here" is not likely to get you much (useful) response.  Asking
"Why isn't anyone talking about the latest book by I. B. A. Writer"
is slightly better, but posting your opinions and asking for comments
would probably be more successful yet.

SPOILER WARNINGS:  Many people feel that much of the enjoyment of a book
is ruined if they know certain things about it, especially when those
things are surprise endings or mysteries.  On the other hand, they also
want to know whether or not a book is worth reading, or they may be
following a particular thread of conversation where such information may
be revealed.  The solution to this is to put the words SPOILER in your
header, or in the text of your posting.  You can also put a ctl-L
character in the *first* column, though this only works if your readers
are using rn.  Some people think that spoiler warnings are not necessary.
We don't understand why, and do not want to discuss it.  Use your best
judgment.

REVIEWS:  Many people seem to be interested in reading book reviews.
Unfortunately, not nearly as many people are interested in writing them.
If you do review a book, please try to say more than, "THE RETURN OF
AHAB THE SAILOR was a great book!"  Unless you are a well-known
net.personality, this sort of comment tells the reader little about
whether s/he would like the book.  Reviews may also be found in
rec.arts.sf.reviews.  Which brings us to...

SCIENCE FICTION:  Some people think science fiction should be kept in
the sf hierarchy.  Other people think that "books" includes "science
fiction books."  This is one of those issues that will never be
resolved, so arguing about it is a waste of time and bandwidth.
If you object to reading about science fiction in this newsgroup,
put the string "/rec.arts.sf/hj" in your KILL file.

But for those interested in science fiction, there are archives of
interest currently stored on GANDALF.RUTGERS.EDU (128.6.7.26) in the
directory pub/sfl.  The archives are currently available to anyone with
FTP access to this machine.  (These are SF-LOVERS archives.)  Text files
of interest to readers include:
    alternate-histories.txt
    amber-timeline.txt
    gender-swapping.list
    hugos.txt        (awards)
    nebulas.txt        (awards)
    prometheus.txt        (awards)
    transformation-stories.txt

Also in the archives: the author lists provided and maintained by John Wenn
are available in the directory pub/sfl/authorlists.  The list for each
author is contained in its own file with the filenames being in the form:
Lastname.Firstname, e.g. Niven.Larry (Please remember, unix filenames are
case sensitive).  Many of the authorlists have recently been updated.

1) Where can I find book X by author Y?

The United States's most complete bookstore is the combination of BOOKS IN
PRINT and the U. S. Post Office.  BIP will tell you the price and the
publisher's address.  Send them a check for the price and they will be happy
to send you the book.  We do it all the time.  Some publishers grudgingly
send a note with the book saying "Next time please include N% for postage
and handling," but that is unusual.  Nobody has ever refused to send the
book and at least once they sent a check with the book because if ordered
direct, they gave a discount.  We rarely order through a bookstore because
it is so much easier to order the book and have it sent to us directly.
(This is probably not true for mass-market paperbacks where the handling
charges would be more than the book!)

If, on the other hand, you just want to borrow it, ask your library
about inter-library loans--chances are good they can find it for you in
a library they have reciprocal agreements with even if they don't have
it themselves.

2) What is BOOKS IN PRINT?

Just about every public library and every bookstore in the country has, for
public use, a multi-volume reference work called "Books in Print."  It is
just about what the title claims it is.  It is a listing by title, by
author, and by subject of every book currently listed by publishers as being
currently in print in the United States.  (There may be editions for other
countries as well.)  It tells you the list price and the publisher.  It also
has a volume of out-of-print books and a separate volume that lists the
mailing addresses of the publishers.  The local B. Dalton keeps it at the
information desk.  Almost bookstore or public library will have a set that
they would be happy to have you look at.

Also, "Books in Print" is available as file number 470 in Bowker's Online
Databases on DIALOG.  Bowker can be reached at 800-323-3288 and
DIALOG at 800-334-2564.

There is a similar reference set called "Paperback Books in Print."  I am
not sure what it would list that would not be listed in its bigger cousin,
but that reference might also be of interest.  In Britain, there is "British
Books in Print."  At this time, there is no public site that provides "Books
in Print" on-line.

(For used books, there is BOOKMAN'S, the used book trade magazine.  Lots
of books are advertised there that haven't been in print for decades.
You may be able to find the annual bound copy of BOOKMAN'S PRICE INDEX
(the used book dealer's pricing bible) in your local library.  There's
no guarantee that the book you want will still be for sale if you go
that way, but it is a good way to plan your budget.)

One way of getting out-of-print titles is to get in touch with
University Microfilms, Inc. (or other such companies).  They'll print a
copy of a book from microfilm, generally within 3 weeks of your order.
They take care of the copyright issues & royalty payments, and you get
the book (although I the printing quality is what you'd expect for a
photoreprint from microfilm).  They're a standard resource for
librarians.

A 106-page book was recently quoted as US$30.00, with a US$6.00
surcharge for cloth binding.  (The default is paperbound).  And of
course,not all books are available for reprinting--they've obviously
specialized in academic books.

University Microfilms, Inc.
300 North Zeeb Road
Ann Arbor, MI
48106
313-761-4700
800-521-0600
800-343-5299 (works in Canada)

(Most of this and the preceding entry were contributed by Mark Leeper
([e-mail].  Thanks to Barry Meikle ([e-mail])
for the UMI info.)

3) What is the answer to the Lewis Carroll riddle, "Why is a raven like a
writing desk?"

According to Martin Gardner, Carroll had no answer in mind which he first
wrote this.  However, Carroll did gave a solution himself, in an 1896
edition of "Alice": "Because it can produce very few notes, tho they are
very flat; and it is nevar [sic] put with the wrong end in front."  Gardner
has recently added another: "Because there is a 'b' in 'both.'"

A better-known answer is that Poe wrote on both.

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes says that both have inky quills.

4) What Sherlock Holmes novels (stories) are there besides the ones by
Arthur Conan Doyle?

See accompanying posting of non-canonical Sherlock Holmes works.  The
list includes all known works using Sherlock Holmes as a character,
though the individual stories by Conan Doyle are not listed, just
the book titles.  It includes hundreds of non-Doyle works (many of
which are out of print).  (This list was compiled by me over a period
of years from suggestions from many people.)

5) What is Project Gutenberg?

Project Gutenberg is planned as a storage- and clearing-house for making
books available very cheaply.  Clearly, this can only be done for books
where the copyrights have expired, so that effectively much of the work
has focused on classic literature.

Current available titles include Lewis Carroll's ALICE IN WONDERLAND and
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, and Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and
John Jay's FEDERALIST PAPERS.  Project Gutenberg is available by
anonymous FTP from mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu in directory /etext, and also
from oes.orst.edu.  (The latter has a larger selection.)

Another similar directory is held at info.umd.edu, in directories under
info/ReadingRoom/Fiction.  Found there are books by 14 authors including
Mark Twain, H. G. Wells, and F. Scott Fitzgerald [not that I found
--ECL].  They also have the Bible, Book of Mormon and Koran in ASCII
format.  Also available from info.umd.edu is a collection of economics
time series data from the Federal government, as well as daily and
long-term weather forecasts.

(I am told info.umd.edu allows you to telnet in and use an intelligent
front end to browse the files on line, and transfer them back using
ftp, tftp, or kermit?  Simply telnet info.umd.edu, and login as "info",
then follow the instructions on the screen.)

cwdynm.cwru.edu has the Bible, the Book of Mormon (and other Mormon
texts), and the Koran available via anonymous FTP.

And someone else says, "Probably the best available Bible depository and
concordance type program that I've seen on the net is the Online Bible,
available in the doc/bible subdirectory on wuarchive.wustl.edu.  This is
freeware and includes several different English xlations of the Bible as
well as Greek and Hebrew texts, concordances, etc.  I spoke to one of
the developers yesterday, and a major upgrade is coming (in August, I
believe).  There are also plans for foreign language Bible editions in
the works."

There is also a huge archive available from Oxford, but most of the
texts here require a physical letter of request be sent to England --
still cheap, but anyway -- if you want the address/catalog, send a
'help' message to [e-mail].

And if you're looking for general electronic information, try telneting
to consultant.micro.umn.edu and logging in as 'gopher'.  It is
menu-driven and you can access the library catalogs of many
universities, as well as lots of other neat stuff.

6) Who wrote the horror story "The Monkey's Paw"?

William Wymark Jacobs (1863-1943), an English writer of sketches of
seafaring and rural life, mostly comic.  He wrote a few other horror
stories, notably "The Toll-House."  For more information see E. F.
Bleiler's THE GUIDE TO SUPERNATURAL FICTION, Kent State Univ., 1983.

7) Where can I find books on audio tape?

Duane Morse (duane@anasaz) suggests several sources:

Books on Tape
P.O. Box 7900
Newport Beach, CA 92658
To order: 1-800-626-3333
Comment: very large selection of unabridged books on tape.  Rentals
available for just about everything in the catalog.  Good readers.

Recorded Books
270 Skipjack Rd.
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
1-800-638-1304
FAX: [phone]
Comment: unabridged books on tape.  Rentals available for just about
everything in the catalog.  Not nearly as large a selection as Books on
Tape, but rentals are cheaper.  Generally outstanding readers.

Audio Editions
P.O. Box 6930
Auburn, CA 95604
To order: 1-800-231-4261
Comment: primarily abridged books on tape, but some poetry and plays;
readers usually professional actors or acting companies.

The Olivia and Hill Press
905 Olivia Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
To order: 1-313-663-0235
Foreign language tapes, primarily French, German, and Spanish, but some
Russian, including stuff for kids.

Reddings Audiobook Superstores
2302 N. Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, Arizona 85257
To order: 1-800-REDDING
Comment: Produces nothing of its own, but rents and sells what they have
purchased from Recorded Books, Books on Tape, and others.

Dercum Press
P. O. Box 1425
West Chester, PA 19380
Comment: Has some unabridged short stories on cassette under the label
"Active Books," notably some SF collections.  Readers are average.