There's a reason I've put off this "buying stuff over the internet" for so long

[algeh]

So, as I may have mentioned, I've become a stupid ordering-shiny-things-over-the-internet munky lately. I'm currently waiting for volume 3 of the Babylon 5 script books (as well as a hat and some magnets with B5 quotes) to be sent to me. Babylon 5 script books look to be a year-long drain on my budget, since there are 14 of them (but then you get the 15th free). I'm finding them really interesting to read, though. I've always liked reading about television shows, which is odd because I don't watch much television.

I was doing a little poking around on some of my LiveJournal interests and what do I discover but that Peter S. Beagle is both having money issues and (on a highly related note) is putting out a sequel to The Last Unicorn which comes free when you buy the unabridged audiobook. Well, shit. I have to buy that. At one point, it was my stated ambition to word-for-word memorize that book. I'd recite aloud and have my grandmother check me to see how I was doing. I think I used to be able to get through about the first five pages without making an error. I still have most of the songs memorized (which are, incidentally, different from the songs in the movie, which I at one point had memorized to the point that I could recite the dialog with the movie on mute, and make a credible stab at it without the movie running). He also has written a book about writing a ST:TNG episode, which I of course also had to get since it's a book about writing television shows and has the bonuses of being by an author I like and about a show I've actually seen.

Curse you internet, for being full of things that appeal to my particular sort of fixation. I think this should be more or less the end of it, because there just aren't that many things left that I have this much of an historical attachment to that convinces me that I'll be upset later if I don't cough up the money now.

I keep meaning to make an actual about-my-life post that covers the end of winter break when I went to Canada all by myself, saw two of my friends get married (to each other), and went to a New Years party in Seattle where I did *not* make a big drunken ass out of myself, but this gets less and less likely as time goes on. However, since my cousin has not called me back, she probably isn't visiting me this weekend like she said she would, so I might have time before I completely forget everything. Unless something I've ordered arrives by then, of course, but that's pretty unlikely since I chose the cheapest shipping and it's been less than a week. Next week, of course, my evening classes start (this week I just have my practicum, which could also stand to have a post or two made about it) and I'll disappear from the face of the earth again for a while (except for making really whiny posts when I'm supposed to be writing papers).

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[connorfc.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to thank you for the kind words and support re Peter, and to let you know I shared what you said with him, because I know he'll get a big kick out of it.

It is amazing to me how many people I've now encountered who said they could recite big chunks of the book or film verbatim.

Just a note: he's not done with WRITING SAREK yet. Still adding stuff and polishing it. But soon!

-- Connor Cochran
business manager for Peter S. Beagle

[algeh]

It's a very memorable book. Something about it just says "read me over and over until you no longer actually need to book there in order to do so". I've read a lot of his other books (my favorite may actually be I See By My Outfit), but something about The Last Unicorn just encourages repeat readings. (I won't talk about the multiple tapes of the movie I've worn out over the years.)

I read that, but I didn't want to wait to order it, since the price would go up and I also might forget to go back and get it later. I assume it'll ship by late Juneish, right? Otherwise I'll need to change my shipping address between now and then, because I'm moving at the end of June. The thing I'm hoping will arrive pretty soon is the other pile of fandom stuff I've ordered recently (Babylon 5 stuff from Cafepress), since it's all actually available now. I figure the various Peter Beagle stuff will get here whenever it gets here.

Also, do you know if any of Peter's music recordings are available for sale somewhere other than the one tape at Firebird arts? That's more what I was poking for when I found out about the books (which I was also, obviously, more than happy to find) since it'd be nice to have a recording on something other than a cassette tape. I don't know if he ever recorded anything else or not, but I figured if he had you'd know.

[connorfc.livejournal.com]

It's a very memorable book. Something about it just says "read me over and over until you no longer actually need to book there in order to do so".

That point may never actually come. I've read the book more times than I could probably count, yet when we recorded Peter reading the audiobook edition there were still passages where I'd find myself thinking "THAT'S in there? I never noticed that before!"

(my favorite may actually be I See By My Outfit)

That one keeps popping up for me as well. Extraordinary book. (Can't tell you how cool it was to stumble across the TripTik in Peter's files.) We're working with the owner of a scooter company in Chicago to try and raise the money to make an indie movie based on it.

I read that, but I didn't want to wait to order it, since the price would go up and I also might forget to go back and get it later. I assume it'll ship by late Juneish, right?

My fingers are crossed for April, but we'll see. It really depends on when he says he is done.

From the Conlan site we only sell signed copies -- the price will be $30 for a signed hardcover up until actual release, at which point the signed copies will go up to $40.

We're working on having outlets in place for unsigned copies by release time, and at those the price will be $30 list for the hardcover. That's the plan, anyway.

Also, do you know if any of Peter's music recordings are available for sale somewhere other than the one tape at Firebird arts?

That's the only one so far, and Peter hates it because it is a live recording of a performance he did when he was jetlagged and sick.

But...

...you'll be pleased to know that we plan to record and release a proper CD of Peter's songs this year, under the title MAGICIANS' WIVES, with the support of a lot of Peter's musician friends like Guy Van Duser, Emerald Rose, Katt Eggleston, and others.

-- Connor Cochran