Anyone else with a good book-discovering story?

[yamshark]

I was out late a few nights ago walking the dog - no that's not a euphemism!

As I crossed the road I spied a book laying there..... probably fallen out of long gone parked car for it was near the kerb and close to a social club.

It was a book called Mister Monday by a chap called Garth Nix.

Never heard of him or the book.

Now I am totally hooked! Love it and apparently there's several in the series.....!

Thankyou god of books randomly falling out of cars (I presume that's what happened) a new one for the collection and enjoyable to boot

 

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

Oh wow. That is friggin AWESOME O_O

Clearly there is some benevolent divine agent at work in the world. ^__^

I think the closest I came to that was listening to a battered book-on-tape version of clive barker's  "Abarat" while working as a volunteer at the local library cuz I'd run out of listening material and my inter-library loans hadn't come in. I never just outright found a  good book though.

[itsjuststeffnow]

I've found a fiver on the street once that i used to buy a cheap book, does that count?  lol

[Trumpysgirl]

Garth Nix? Isn't he the guy who wrote Sabriel? Niiice find, dude!

[yamshark]

I've found a fiver on the street once that i used to buy a cheap book, does that count?  lol

Near as dammit  At least you didn't go out and by some weed/smokes instead   

[itsjuststeffnow]

I've found a fiver on the street once that i used to buy a cheap book, does that count?  lol

Near as dammit  At least you didn't go out and by some weed/smokes instead   

Na, I was at the mall.  No where to buy smokes there, and I don't do the other one anymore. 

[gbeenie]

I once found a copy of The Satanic Bible lying in the street near a bus stop.

[kodiakthejuggler]

I once found a copy of The Satanic Bible lying in the street near a bus stop.

Was it stamped inside the front cover? "Placed by the Devil."

[yamshark]

I once found a copy of The Satanic Bible lying in the street near a bus stop.

Was it stamped inside the front cover? "Placed by the Devil."

 

Wait a minute - why would George Lucas be placing books by bus stops!? - I think it's time to close ranks people! There's somethin' movin' an' it aint us!