So the Aaron Conners book UKM is currently on ebay for $44.90...
I looked over the description and didn't see anything particularly rare about it (autograph, misprints, etc.).
I was lucky enough to find both books (UKM and Pandora Directive) at a used book store in town a few years back.
And I still come back and read that book (partiularly since my PC has gotten too fast for some of the older games)... It's a great read with a lot of character study and a more in-depth plot...
But $44.90??? And that's cheap, apparently... I just saw the same book on biblio.com for $99 at the bargain rate... and Pandora Directive for $66.78 at another site... what gives?
Maybe there's enough of a fan base out there to prove what we've known all along about our Mr. Murphy...
I looked over the description and didn't see anything particularly rare about it (autograph, misprints, etc.).
I was lucky enough to find both books (UKM and Pandora Directive) at a used book store in town a few years back.
And I still come back and read that book (partiularly since my PC has gotten too fast for some of the older games)... It's a great read with a lot of character study and a more in-depth plot...
But $44.90??? And that's cheap, apparently... I just saw the same book on biblio.com for $99 at the bargain rate... and Pandora Directive for $66.78 at another site... what gives?
Maybe there's enough of a fan base out there to prove what we've known all along about our Mr. Murphy...
We talked a little about the cost of the books in this thread just recently so some of my comments are there:
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It really does seem odd that Under A Killing Moon is so expensive, and I'm not sure either why every single copy is always automatically considered 'rare'. I guess less copies were amde than Pandora Directive? I've never actually heard anyone state factually why it's supposedly such an item that deserves such a consistently sky-high price range....
Pandora Directive for $66.78!? You'd be ripped off there in my opinion. Maybe I'm mistaken these days but I was always under the impression that you can get that for pretty cheap. Maybe $10 at the most? Maybe times have changed. Copies on Amazon.co.uk seem to be around £30... oh well I guess its gonna rocket up soon...
Anyway you're lucky you got both for a good price. I got Pandora Directive for about £3-6 or something. As for the other one, at least it can be obtained electronically thanks to kind people here.
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It really does seem odd that Under A Killing Moon is so expensive, and I'm not sure either why every single copy is always automatically considered 'rare'. I guess less copies were amde than Pandora Directive? I've never actually heard anyone state factually why it's supposedly such an item that deserves such a consistently sky-high price range....
Pandora Directive for $66.78!? You'd be ripped off there in my opinion. Maybe I'm mistaken these days but I was always under the impression that you can get that for pretty cheap. Maybe $10 at the most? Maybe times have changed. Copies on Amazon.co.uk seem to be around £30... oh well I guess its gonna rocket up soon...
Anyway you're lucky you got both for a good price. I got Pandora Directive for about £3-6 or something. As for the other one, at least it can be obtained electronically thanks to kind people here.
(Ruri_Ayanami from the old Tex Murphy ezboard).
"I don't believe in intuition, don't know why... just a feeling." - Tex Murphy
"I don't believe in intuition, don't know why... just a feeling." - Tex Murphy
Jim, would you be kind enough to send a pic of those spines? Very frustrating. I was working at Barnes and Noble when they came out and remember ordering and reordering them in. (It was my Staff rec.) I've still got my UAKM and 1 and a half PD. (one is a strip) Neither have the pink. I've had at least a dozen PD's and a few UAKM's pass through my hands. Never seen it.
I thought it was an urban legend!
Love to all!
Jen
I thought it was an urban legend!
Love to all!
Jen
LOL Cub! 
Maybe it's time I got out the almanac and started placing bets.
Jen, the other day I won the ebay auction for UAKM the novel. I think I paid $5.95 plus S&H cause no one else bid on it. Guess what? Pink spine!!!
When I opened the package and saw the pink I went into a euphoric state of nth degree happiness.
Maybe it's time I got out the almanac and started placing bets.
Jen, the other day I won the ebay auction for UAKM the novel. I think I paid $5.95 plus S&H cause no one else bid on it. Guess what? Pink spine!!!
When I opened the package and saw the pink I went into a euphoric state of nth degree happiness.
"If you look to me for illumination, you better have a flashlight!"
Jim
Yes, I saw the UAKM novel that you got a hella good deal on. That's why in one of my posts I mentioned letting me get the next one. I was watching the auction, and didn't want to bid against you. Now that I know it was pink spined.....
just kidding
A jpeg would be very nice though, of the novel and your other secret goodies.
Jen
Yes, I saw the UAKM novel that you got a hella good deal on. That's why in one of my posts I mentioned letting me get the next one. I was watching the auction, and didn't want to bid against you. Now that I know it was pink spined.....
just kidding
A jpeg would be very nice though, of the novel and your other secret goodies.
Jen
thanks for the welcome everyone (on the last post too!)
wow, a pink spine? i'd like to see that too... mine aren't that cool. but i like them nonetheless.
i was on this board when i was 18 (like the picture) and now i'm 23... it's been quite a few years i suppose
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know what's cool? i actually got to go to san francisco this year for the first time... (only my second trip to california)... and i was so stoked. i kept talking about tex but no one in the car with me knew what i was talking about or why i was so excited to be on Lombard street... never saw chandler avenue though. it was a quick trip... spent most of the time in napa valley .
big e-mail hugs to all!
wow, a pink spine? i'd like to see that too... mine aren't that cool. but i like them nonetheless.
i was on this board when i was 18 (like the picture) and now i'm 23... it's been quite a few years i suppose
.know what's cool? i actually got to go to san francisco this year for the first time... (only my second trip to california)... and i was so stoked. i kept talking about tex but no one in the car with me knew what i was talking about or why i was so excited to be on Lombard street... never saw chandler avenue though. it was a quick trip... spent most of the time in napa valley
. big e-mail hugs to all!
