Somewhere along the line, I’ve lost my copy of Brust’s Athyra<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Now, this is commonly accepted as the weakest of his Taltos series. And I agree with that assessment. I remember being disappointed when I finished it, something I am Generally Not when reading that series.<\/p>\n
Still, I’d like to have the book, just to read it again.<\/p>\n
But not for $25.<\/p>\n
That’s the going price, at least in the Amazon marketplace, for copies that come on the market. The book is out of print, and those who are selling theirs are selling them for about that price. And, amazingly, some folks are actually buying them at that price. Yeesh.<\/p>\n
And annoying. I usually get about one Amazon Alert about it a week. Presumably they could make a nice bundle of money, reissuing that particular volume. Is anyone listening?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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