My sweetie figmentj is in Portland for a visit. Because I am a mean and evil person whose sole goal is to make everyone fall in love with the Pacific Northwest, I introduced her to Powell’s Books.
Powell’s Books is a bookstore, in the sense that the Great Pyramid of Cheops is a pile of stones, or the Taj Mahal is a collection of assorted bits of marble. It is the soaring pinnacle of bookstores, a temple of the printed word so magnificent as to make grown men weep. Pilgrims have been lost in its sacred halls for years.
We didn’t have years (more’s the pity), so she got only the quick, two-hour overview. Afterward, there was tea in the store’s coffee shop.
my weakness is half.com & a huge local booksale because it’s cheaper to buy books instead of borrowing from the library & buying it full price eventually to replace the one I’m struggling to return to them…. 😉
my weakness is half.com & a huge local booksale because it’s cheaper to buy books instead of borrowing from the library & buying it full price eventually to replace the one I’m struggling to return to them…. 😉
I have a new quest – to visit said bookstore and haul my spoils back to my Master who consumes books like most breathe air. 😀
I have a new quest – to visit said bookstore and haul my spoils back to my Master who consumes books like most breathe air. 😀
Love the headline of this post…
Perhaps that’s the reason I have so many books. Love Powell’s, miss the left coast.
Love the headline of this post…
Perhaps that’s the reason I have so many books. Love Powell’s, miss the left coast.
I misplace my mother there when ever she comes to visit.
Heh. My father was about 15 pounds over the luggage limit when he left, and he had Powells to thank for that…
I misplace my mother there when ever she comes to visit.
The only reason I do not love Powell’s more than any other bookstore in the world is that the Tattered Cover in Cherry Creek, CO is my first love, and has grown to epic and ridiculously unreal proportions in my memory.
The only reason I do not love Powell’s more than any other bookstore in the world is that the Tattered Cover in Cherry Creek, CO is my first love, and has grown to epic and ridiculously unreal proportions in my memory.
We’re going to Powells’ today!!!!
**hugs** and hellos to figmentj too
L
We’re going to Powells’ today!!!!
**hugs** and hellos to figmentj too
L
I did! I haven’t read it yet, I’m excited.
Awesome. “Stardance” and “Starmind” are pretty good, but “Starseed” is far and away the best of the three, IMHO.
I did! I haven’t read it yet, I’m excited.
Awesome. “Stardance” and “Starmind” are pretty good, but “Starseed” is far and away the best of the three, IMHO.
Heh. My father was about 15 pounds over the luggage limit when he left, and he had Powells to thank for that…
I’ve been rationing Powells out since we got here – exploring one section at a time, compiling wishlists… I haven’t even made it to the upper floors yet, but that just means there are new bits to explore when we’re showing visitors around. *smile*
I’ve been rationing Powells out since we got here – exploring one section at a time, compiling wishlists… I haven’t even made it to the upper floors yet, but that just means there are new bits to explore when we’re showing visitors around. *smile*
Yay!
Just noticed that the book contains two Spider Robinson books. Awesome!
Yay!
Just noticed that the book contains two Spider Robinson books. Awesome!