Don't you just hate it ...

[ramtops]

... when a book goes missing.

We watched a documentary about Able Archer and the nucular war that almost happened.

It reminded me of a couple of books I wanted to read again: Trinity's Child, and Down to a Sunless Sea.

The first was on the shelves, exactly where it should be, and has gone on the "to read" heap (which now needs a Sherpa to navigate). The second is gone - lost. Not even in the book database, so really gone. And out of print, although I can get a second hand copy, and I will.

Comments

[gmul.livejournal.com]

I think I may still have a copy of DtaSS. I'll have a look over the weekend and let you know. Should be with Sidewall, unless I got rid of both in the last clear out...

[ramtops.livejournal.com]

Cool - thank you

[gmul.livejournal.com]

And it did indeed turn up in a box during the Great Move Of Stuff yesterday. I'm down in your neck of the woods next month so maybe I can drop it (and the book I have on loan from your collection) off then? Will be in touch directly near the time...

[ramtops.livejournal.com]

Lovely! We'll look forward to seeing you.

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

Coo. It's ages since I read Sidewall.

[ccomley.livejournal.com]

Me too! Spooky overlapping ven diagrams going on here...

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

The trouble is that there are two versions of DTaSS - the OK version where everyone dies, and the sucky version with the extra chapter where the hero and heroine (rot13) qevir bss va n fabjzbovyr gb qvr gbtrgure, zrrg Tbq, naq orpbzr Nqnz naq Rir...

I can't remember which is the common one. Which one are you after?

[ramtops.livejournal.com]

Oh ,the version where everybody dies, of course! That other version sounds dreadful.

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

The later is the most common version - it's the UK paperback edition...

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

Another good one in that vein (if "everyone dies in nuclear war" can ever be good) is David Mace's Demon-4.

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

I should have a copy of DTaSS you can borrow - though it does have the last chapter...

[ccomley.livejournal.com]

I have -somewhere - a copy of DtaSS - if I can find it,a nd you can't find yours* you're welcome to a borrow.

* - unless they've *all* disappaered through a wormhole and are congregrating somewhere, plotting...