{"id":29,"date":"2007-05-12T21:09:04","date_gmt":"2007-05-13T01:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=29"},"modified":"2007-12-09T23:10:41","modified_gmt":"2007-12-10T03:10:41","slug":"sirens-of-titan-library-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=29","title":{"rendered":"Library Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for the next leg of the Vonnegut marathon! I have never read <em>The Sirens of Titan<\/em> before, but it&#8217;s supposed to be a great book and I&#8217;m really looking forward to it. I considered buying a copy, but some quick online shopping killed that impulse almost immediately. Here&#8217;s why.<\/p>\n<p>Spotty old paperback: roughly $6.00 (shipping incl.)<br \/>\nNew paperback: about $10.00-15.00, depending on shipping and taxes<br \/>\nUsed hardcover: over $50.00 (shipping incl.), may be ex-library or book club edition<\/p>\n<p>A little pricey, don&#8217;t you think? I feel like the George Foreman of book buying&#8212;&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to pay a lot for this novel!&#8221; Sorry, Booksellers, but spotty old paperbacks should cost $1.00 or less, new paperbacks are rarely made well enough to be worth $10.00, and anything more than $20.00 for a used hardcover is bordering on silly, unless it&#8217;s signed, collectible, and\/or a first edition.<\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m going to show my library some more love by letting them get this book for me. I love my library!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for the next leg of the Vonnegut marathon! I have never read The Sirens of Titan before, but it&#8217;s supposed to be a great book and I&#8217;m really looking forward to it. I considered buying a copy, but &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=29\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,14],"tags":[63,80],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}