Doolittle and Pinback were in my dreams that night.more When I got home from work that night, I sat down on the couch in the living room, and read it again. I was several hours late for work that day, but it was irrelevant. I sat in front of the Metuchen train station, drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes, listening to Rush in my headphones and read this book. Really?" I could hear him smiling through the phone lines. I asked him: "you will never guess what I just found in this bookstore?" I don't think I even waited for my change. I took it immediately to the register and just dropped crumpled bills on the counter. I dropped my coffee and said aloud."NO FUCKING WAY". As I approached the SF/Fantasy racks.my eyes were trained to read sideways.and the words smacked me right in the middle of my skull. There was a new used bookstore that had just opened, so I grabbed a cup of coffee and ventured inside. I had to take the bus that day for whatever reason, and I had about an hour to kill. One day, I was heading to work in Metuchen. I grew up and my mind changed, but this book always remained a thought, like a pebble rattling around in your shoe, every now and then, giving you a stub to let you know it was there. Over the years, I sorta gave up on it, and those of you who know me well, you know I have difficulty giving up on things. We put up flyers, and my dad even had some other people he worked with trying to find it.
We combed book fairs, libraries, garage sales, all bunk. I developed a desire to read it, and me and my father began the quest. I used to read Starlog magazine a lot and there was an ad for this book.
#Dark star alan dean foster movie
I saw this movie on the Late Late show on CBS one night and I was floored. Some 20 years after starting to look for it. We A wonderful novel.almost as good as the search that was undertaken to find it. A wonderful novel.almost as good as the search that was undertaken to find it.
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