With the release of my latest book, I went to Amazon to see if my previous works are currently available (SR-71: yes; B-47/B-52: yes; Vol 1: currently no). In the process, I was surprised to see that there is a *hardback* version of my SR-71 book available. This is surprising for several reasons… 1: No…
My next book, released for pre-order and to be shipped in a few weeks: US Supersonic Bomber Projects 2 “The threat posed by the Soviet Union throughout the postwar period coincided with an explosion of innovation and can-do attitude among America’s aircraft manufacturers. Challenging requirements and experimentation resulted in a huge variety of designs for…
I’ve added some more things to my eBay: “Dynascott.” There are some new cyanotypes, some books, a piece of vintage NASA test equipment that I bought *years* ago to serve as a prop for The Alternate History Movie That Shall Not Be Named. Some cyanotypes I’ve had before; the photos are of the *actual* prints…
At last, my collection of “Tom Swift Jr.” novels is complete. Since I’m a miser/dirt poor, I was only willing to spend a pittance for each book, but if you wait long enough pretty much everything shows up on ebay. Woo. And because why not, here’s the next shelf over: On a…
Huh. The Constitutional Instructor For the Use of Schools By Daniel Parker · 1848 From page 155: Article the Second . — This provision is so plainly proper that its propriety need not be argued. It will be sufficient to contrast it with the practice of despotic governments, who, while they maintain large standing armies, at…
I have a *pile* of books to sell; the first of them are now on ebay. More will be added as I get around to it… An Illustrated Guide to Space Warfare by David Hobbs, 1986 TC-188 Aviator’s Recognition Manual March 1977 FM-1-88 Aviator’s Recognition Manual July 1980 The Evolution of the Cruise Missile by…
Saw these at the local Barnes & Noble a few days ago: Honestly, I’m kinda torn between “yay, my books on a shelf” and “so… how many are actually gonna sell?”
And so Adam Savage goes to the Royal Society In England and gets to look at not only a first edition of Newton’s “Principia,” but the actual *manuscript.* And both he and the archivist handle them with their bare hands. Shudder. There are books that *I* own that I hesitate to actually touch without cotton…
Twenty copies of the new book have finally arrived, fortunately entirely intact. They took two days to cross an ocean, one day to cross half a continent… and two weeks to cross the customs office. Shrug. Anyway, here’s what I’m gonna do: signed, numbered and dated copies will be $20 plus postage (media mail). These…
Researching a forthcoming book, I requested a book through the interlibrary loan system. I was a little sad to see that it has only been checked out three times in the last fifty+ years, with me being the third. The first time was in 1970, which didn’t surprise me a whole lot. But what’s weird…
