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PORTLAND BUCKAROOS i will be trotting to POWELLS cedar hills crossing location for LUCKY DAY BOOK…

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Stopped in Powells and found some @lilithsaintcrow books

They now have one less new book for sale :)

Had never been to Powells or Portland before, definitely want to go back

That place has more books on the shelves than any library I've ever been in, amazing and overwhelmnig

#bookstore #powells

4 of her books blurrily on a shelf, some new, some used

🔗

#pdx #portland #powells #cringe

Sydney at Glen Powell’s sister’s wedding | IG March 2025 https://www.girlselfie.com/631775/sydney-at-glen-powells-sisters-wedding-ig-march-2025/ #glen #March #Powells #sisters #sydney #SydneySweeney #wedding

I had a nice moment of literary kismet today; after @benbrown reminded me earlier this week that I've been meaning to re-read #WilliamGibson's '80s #cyberpunk #Sprawl trilogy for the first time since the books originally came out, today I came across a #FirstPrinting of 1988's #MonaLisaOverdrive for eleven bucks at #Powells in #Chicago's #HydePark (not affiliated with the much more famous store in Seattle). See image alt text for many more details. Now let's find the 1st Ed. of Neuromancer!

First printing of William Gibson's 1988 "Mona Lisa Overdrive," the third of the cyberpunk #Sprawl trilogy that helped first define this genre in the early 1980s. On its own, I'll list it at eBay for $30 just in case I get a taker, would accept up to $15, and with a resale value of only about $10; if I get first printings of the entire trilogy, then you're talking maybe $100 to 150 at eBay; $500 if all are signed too. More importantly for me, though, if I manage to live to 100 (no reason I wouldn't), I can just hold on to this patiently for another 50 years, and the trilogy at that point will be worth major dollars, probably a thousand or more even for unsigned. As a low-budget rare book collector, I mostly specialize in things you can still find at yard sales and used bookstores for $1 to 10 -- namely, Postmodernist novelists of the 1970s, '80s and '90s, especially women and people of color; '90s and '00s culture books on cyberpunk, Generation X, slam poetry, early web design, etc.; and hypermodern stuff people aren't even thinking of collecting yet (like the first printing I own of the "I Can Has Cheezburger?" paperback). If I collect it now when it's in pristine condition, then quietly store it on a shaded bookcase for the next 50 years, all of that stuff will be worth from the hundreds to the thousands per book.

Book finds at Powell's in Portland this weekend:
Nomography, by Alexander Levens
Polyvagal Practice, by Deb Dana
A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow, by Noah Eli Gordon
Geometry of Grief, by Michael Frame

#books #reading #Powells

Four book arranged flat on a bed. The front covers of all four books are visible. The books are: Nomograms, by Alexander Levens; Polyvagal Practice, by Deb Dana; A Fiddle Pulled from the Throat of a Sparrow, by Noah Eli Gordon; Geometry of Grief, by Michael Frame

We only stopped for one night in #Portland on our drive from Ashland to Tacoma, but a visit to #Powells was mandatory.

Large brick building with large glass windows and a sign on it saying "Powell's Books: Used and New Books", seen from across the street. There's a diagonal shadow of a pedestrian in the foreground.

"Powell’s Books will sell off book backlog during 2-day warehouse sale next month"

https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2024/05/powells-books-will-sell-off-book-backlog-during-2-day-warehouse-sale-next-month.html

"The event will be held at the independent new and used book seller’s warehouse, located at 2720 N.W. 29th Ave., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 1 and 2.

The book sale will feature a variety of genres, from literature to nonfiction and children’s books, at deep discounts…"

#PDX #Portland #Books #Bookstodon #Powells

"We're trying to come up with ways to get people to come back downtown and engage with the Powell's brand, so we wanted to make it a really festive event"

Sold!

https://www.koin.com/news/portland/powells-books-will-hold-major-warehouse-sale-to-make-room-for-fresh-inventory/
#Powells #Warehouse #IndependentBookstores #pdx #pnw #books

Got the Mastodon-recommended #running book, and also supported the #Powells #bookstore union! 📚 https://www.ilwulocal5.com/support/

Hopefully this will help me figure out how to best train to accomplish my current short/mid-term goals, which are:

1) Run 3x/week (15K minimum)
2) Get to a point where running a 10K feels like running a 5K (i.e. I won’t procrastinate/be reluctant because it feels formidable/not fun)
3) Stop being out of breath all the time! 🥲

In Portland (Oregon) with Friends

This wanderlust trip was set up just to visit friends. We flew United. We still believe that United domestic and United International are two completely different airlines. We also believe that the "plus points" nonsense is just that...nonsense. Sure would be nice to have a domestic airline that was not a bus.

We landed just after sunset. Mt Hood was visible on landing. Our friends T&G live up on the hill overlooking the city. Portland remains as lush and green and slightly soggy as [...]

https://noplasticshowers.com/2024/05/14/in-portland-oregon-with-friends/

From OPB:

"Portland booksellers at Powell’s City of Books are experts on your favorite genre"

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/03/31/portland-booksellers-at-powells-city-of-books-are-experts-on-your-favorite-genre/

"Bookseller Katherine Morgan shares literary love with readers in the Pacific Northwest and beyond"

#Books #Bookstodon #Powells #PDX #Portland #Oregon

"Please don't play with me, I'm old and delicate."

#Powells

Ancient typrlewriter displayed among photography books, overlooking noghttime city streets

⚮⚮Amusing that #books are shipped from #Powells, Portland OR to Fife WA to Salt Lake City UT to get to Boise ID.
⚮⚮⚮Loud Year of the Dragon 2024 coffee cup is loud. I have, of course, misplaced it.

#BoringTravel After an only-slightly-excessive visit to #Powells and a filling Vietnamese lunch, relaxing in #Portland Union Station's Metropolitan Lounge awaiting my next train.

#BoringTravel Amtrak 27 arrived Portland about half an hour late. Now relaxing briefly in my hotel before finding some lunch and deciding which bookstores to visit this afternoon. (#Powells is reserved for tomorrow morning.)

The second one is a Belgian Secret Stich. This was such a fun one to make - and it feels so professional, too!

When we visited Portland last summer, the only place we went many times was Powell's City of Books. It is the best bookstore in the world. I grabbed an extra bag because I knew I wanted to make a book out of it.

2/2

#Chicago #Art #MastoArt #Craft #Crafts #Handicraft #Handmade #Bookmaking #Bookbinding #Paper #Recycle #Books #Bookstore #Bookstodon #Portland #PDX #Oregon #PNW #Powells

A handmade notebook with "Powell's City of Books" printed on the cover, resting on a cutting mat with measurements.

A book project in progress. There is a large paper rectangle with the text "Powell's City of Books" with bok graphic brown paper surface, with crafting tools including a bone folder, utility knife, and sewn binding.

Background reading. These arrived today.

#Israel
#Hamas
#Powells

Routledge Handbook of Israeli Security (a flag, three jets, and a prop-driven plane) & Hamas: From Resistance to Regime, New and Updated Edition (two girls in non-steteotypical keffeyehs bound by green headbands with Arabic script and a Hamas emblem featuring Al-Aqsa, an AK-47 (?), and a pine tree). The one with startling green eyes is holding a small green flag out of frame.

Lo! one heater was photographed at prior address and the second is in train, and Routlege's Handbook on Israeli Security hath left Salt Lake City and arrived in Boise whereas Hamas: From Resistance to Regime wandereth:

Nov 16
Departure Scan:
En route to USPS
Salt Lake City UT

Nov 16
Arrived at UPS Facility
Salt Lake Cit, UT

Nov 15
Departed UPS Facility
Fife WA

Nov 14
Shipment tendered to UPS MI
Portland OR

Nov 14
Package processed
Fife WA

#Powells
#Amazon

Hey #Portland #Powells folks, have there been any updates on the unionization attempts at Powells Books that included a 1-day strike last month? https://www.wweek.com/news/business/2023/09/04/powells-workers-shut-down-city-of-books-with-one-day-strike/

#Powells

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