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It's that time of year again! If you like getting books for Christmas, or if you think Christmas is all humbug but still like getting books, this is the thread for you. Whether you've been around for all of the previous Secret Santas or are new to TBB entirely, you are invited to join this Secret Santa and spread the joy of books this year. The Rules
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And, finally... Merry Christmas! Happy reading!
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Thread recap, better late than never! Tree Goat sent Gertrude Perkins The Secret Service, by Wendy Walker A Brief History of Portable Literature, by Enrique Vila-Matas Phototaxis, by Olivia Tapiero Locus Solus, by Raymond Roussel Gertrude Perkins sent Opopanax Sleepwalking, by Lauren Monger The Holiday Yards of Florencio Morales, by Amy V. Kitchener and Florencio Morales The Blast Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, by Sarah L. Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth Art prints Opopanax sent The Grey Very Bad Poetry, edited by Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras Fantasticland, by Mike Bockoven The Grey sent Chip McFuck Relics, by Tim Lebbon Empire State, by Adam Christopher Badass: The Birth of a Legend, by Ben Thompson The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet, by Reif Larson A Rage Page notebook Chip McFuck sent Sham bam bamina! A Gronking to Remember, by Lacey Noonan Sudden Death, by Álvaro Enrigue Uzumaki, by Junji Ito A handmade notebook Sham bam bamina! sent Tree Goat Fourth Mansions, by R. A. Lafferty The Emperor, by Ryszard Kapuśiński The Dramatic Symphony, by Andrey Bely A chocolate orange and candied ginger Mr. Nemo sent Hieronymous Alloy The Eternaut, by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano López Let My People Go Surfing, by Yvon Chouinard If Cats Disappeared from the World, by Genki Kawamura Our Shared Storm, by Andrew Dana Hudson Hieronymous Alloy sent Antivehicular Greyfax Grimwald, Paragon Fairingay, Calix Stay, and Squaring the Circle, by Niel Hancock Black Marigolds & Coloured Stars, by E. Powys Mathers Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, by Fu Songling Flowers of Evil, by Charles Baudelaire Antivehicular sent NTRabbit The Cyberiad, by Stanisław Lem Master and Commander, by Patrick O'Brian Fires on the Plain, by Shohei Ooka The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien NTRabbit sent Punkin Spunkin History of the World Map by Map, edited by Peter Snow Punkin Spunkin sent Lord Zedd-Repulsa Around the World in 80 Trees, by Jonathan Drori Lord Zedd-Repulsa sent Dr. Activisionary Manhunt, by Gretchen Felker-Martin Echo, by Thomas Olde Heuvelt Dr. Activisionary sent TheCog Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood and Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return, by Marjane Satrapi TheCog sent Teach The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem, by Matthew Hollis A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré, edited by Tim Cornwell Teach sent Rid Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics, by Jonathan Wilson A notebook and other extras Rid sent PatMarshall Fog, by Miguel De Unamuno The Honjin Murders, by Seishi Yokomizo Beware of Pity, by Stefan Zweig PatMarshall sent FPyat Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919, by Mike Wallace The Historical Atlas of New York City, by Eric Homberger Lost Christianities, by Bart D. Ehrman FPyat sent Mr. Nemo An omnibus of the Gormenghast novels, by Mervyn Peake Planet of Adventure, by Jack Vance War Day, by Whitley Strieber and James Kunetka Working, by Studs Terkel Additionally, a mysterious benefactor sent Clash of Angels, by Jonathan Daniels, to Gertrude Perkins The Lizard of Oz, by Richard Seltzer, to Antivehicular The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet, by Reif Larson, to Mr. Nemo Six Novels in Woodcuts, a two-volume omnibus of Lynd Ward's wordless novels, to Chip McFuck Einstein on Humanism, by Albert Einstein, The True Believer, by Eric Hoffer, and Faces of Science, by V. V. Nalimov, to Lord Zedd-Repulsa Sham bam bamina! fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Nov 10, 2023 |
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Nov 4, 2022 02:09
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Signing up here. Give me the craziest thing you can, good or bad.
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Nov 4, 2022 02:14
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The Christmas wishes are in the posts; yours should have one too. If your match's wish is more general than you'd like, then sure, see what books they've been posting about.
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Nov 8, 2022 01:33
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 The mysterious benefactor from last year has returned. Five books will be sent to those who claim them first, within the USA.
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Nov 13, 2022 06:36
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Lord Zedd-Repulsa posted:Claiming a mystery gift because it's my birthday next week.
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Nov 13, 2022 21:14
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You may. All of the mystery gifts are now claimed.
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Nov 14, 2022 19:50
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TheCog posted:I haven't gotten a confirmation yet, and wanted to make sure I didn't get caught in a spam filter or something.
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Nov 18, 2022 21:00
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Sign-ups are now closed. Matches will be made shortly.
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Nov 26, 2022 07:00
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Matches have been made. I apologize for the delay; I had a much busier weekend than expected.
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Nov 29, 2022 05:28
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I wish I could take the credit (and I've given that exact Lynd Ward set as a Christmas gift before), but that is not from me!
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Dec 13, 2022 06:00
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That would be a gift from the mysterious benefactor, who is using my return address. I hadn't considered this complication. My actual package will have my handwriting:  Edit: Whatever you do, don't lose that card! Sham bam bamina! fucked around with this message at 06:59 on Dec 13, 2022 |
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Dec 13, 2022 06:52
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I received a hefty package today. I thought about saving it for Christmas proper, but the past several days have been drizzly and dreary, and I could use some early cheer.     Ah. Hm. Well. Yes. Thank you, Santa.    Even steamier! As flashy postmodern novels about tennis go, I expect I'll like this one more than Infinite Jest.   A very nice notebook for me to ruin. Feels expensive.    Hell yeah. Perfect gift, something I've always wanted to read but would never have prioritized enough to break out of my normal spending habits and actually buy.   You made that notebook yourself? Incredible stuff. All of these gifts are wonderful, but that's really something special.  And that's that. Quite the embarrassment of riches. Thank you, Chip McFuck!
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Dec 14, 2022 22:43
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Glad you like the ginger. I just threw that in at the last minute because the only box I had was too big for the books alone; I had no idea that it would be such a good match. Happy reading!
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Dec 23, 2022 05:58
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I went to The Lizard of Oz's author's site, and it turned out to have the whole book online for free. For anyone who didn't get it for Christmas, check it out if you want to see what a completely witless version of The Phantom Tollbooth looks like. (Its idea of wordplay is "Pothead Land", where everyone has a flower pot for a head.) As a bonus, the online version is an update from 2018 that adds hee-larious Harry Potter references. What a treat!
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Dec 26, 2022 22:39
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Any progress with the code?
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Jan 3, 2023 05:05
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Has anyone gotten anywhere with the code? I've pasted all four quadrants of the message together for a start: (Sorry for not doing this weeks ago; I've had a lot on my plate and little attention to spare for this thread.) Sham bam bamina! fucked around with this message at 15:57 on Feb 7, 2023 |
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Feb 7, 2023 15:54
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