Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site hou5e.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!ariel!hou5f!hou5g!hou5h!hou5a!hou5d!hou5e!ijk From: ijk@hou5e.UUCP (Ihor Kinal) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: SCIENCE FICTION BOOK CLUB Message-ID: <1101@hou5e.UUCP> Date: Thu, 28-Feb-85 13:49:44 EST Article-I.D.: hou5e.1101 Posted: Thu Feb 28 13:49:44 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Mar-85 05:13:35 EST References: <512@topaz.ARPA>, <27@unc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 20 I disagree. I just rejoined for the nth time, where n is approximately 10. I'm an avid reader, and go thru several books a month. I've been waiting for the latest Pohl Heechee book to come out, and when the Book club did, I rejoined. You get 5 books for a buck plus shipping; (total is $6.00); plus you have to buy 4 more in a year. (Say average cost is $7.00). In other words, you pay about $34.00 for 9 books, which is about the price of a paperback edition. Furthermore, I have yet to see the Pohl book in paperback. Note: I don't intend to stay in longer than necessary; after 4 books I just dropout. If you buy more than one book at a time, you sometimes save on shipping. Also, you can occasionally get specials not otherwise available, (such as the Dragon Rider's trilog) which work out as a better deal. Or on occasion, the book club may offer 6 books for a dollar. Also, once in the past, they sent me a special offer to rejoin; it seemed slightly better than the average deal. Ihor Kinal (I haven't read EVERYTHING in Scinece Fiction, but I'm trying). hou5e!ijk