Patrick

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  1. Tod Kelly says:
    June 17, 2014 at 11:27 pm

    That IS hilarious.

    Many, many, many years ago I used to work for Powell’s Books, and I was the guy who tracked down volumes we didn’t have in the store. I can’t tell you how many conversations with customers started out something like,

    “I”m looking for a mystery book. I can’t remember the title, but I think the authors name starts with an S? There’s a woman on the cover. Do you know it?”Report

    • Saul Degraw in reply to Tod Kelly says:
      June 17, 2014 at 11:32 pm

      If you know the guy, I have some requests and know the titles 🙂Report

    • Patrick in reply to Tod Kelly says:
      June 18, 2014 at 12:16 am

      There’s a Facebook group called “Adult Nerdfighters” where every once in a while someone posts, “I’m looking for a book or a short story, I can’t remember the name, but *blah* *foo* *bar*”

      So far I’ve seen six of these posts, and twice I knew what the book or story was (the book was Craig Shaw Gardner’s Dragon Cycle trilogy and the story was one of Alan Dean Fosters’s)Report

      • North in reply to Patrick says:
        June 18, 2014 at 7:41 am

        I’d assumed Google had put an end to this phenomena. I have all kinds of books I half remembered from childhood but had no recollection of title or author that I was eventually able to find by googling the plot points.Report

      • Kim in reply to Patrick says:
        June 18, 2014 at 12:05 pm

        North,
        google can’t put an end to people deliberately erasing their work as part of the joke.Report

  2. Maribou says:
    June 17, 2014 at 11:31 pm

    lolololol.Report

  3. Burt Likko says:
    June 17, 2014 at 11:45 pm

    I’m sure that when the Elder Gods return, they’ll slay the book store employees first, as a demonstration of their gratitude for the prompt and friendly customer service.Report

  4. greginak says:
    June 17, 2014 at 11:49 pm

    “The Great Cthulu asked about another book. It’s about vampires in PNW. It’s called Dusk or something like that and has a chick in it. Do you have that one?”Report

  5. aaron david says:
    June 18, 2014 at 12:06 am

    What makes it truly funny is the Calvino…Report

  6. Kazzy says:
    June 18, 2014 at 5:05 pm

    What’s a Cthulhu? Is he one of the soccer players?Report

  7. Aaron david says:
    June 18, 2014 at 6:46 pm

    Played for Ghana.Report

  8. http://apipubl4671.askpdf.org says:
    June 20, 2014 at 12:23 am

    He looked into congregation members giving cash “love offerings” to the bishop on top of their tithes.”There’s nothing wrong with anybody being wealthy,” Grassley said. “It’s how have you gotten there?”In June,, Long told his congregation that New Birth is audited every year,, but he refused Channel 2’s requests to provide copies. Some 65% of NFL players are black. Cooper spends endless hours hunkered down with his African American teammates,, in confined spaces like the locker room,, film roomsReport

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