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08/19/2006: "Dune Done!"

Greetings friends and fellow booklovers!

It’s here! I got my first five copies of Frank Herbert’s last unfinished book, the seventh book of the Dune series: Hunters of Dune. Son Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson have finished the book. I was up until 2:00 AM last night reading it, and it’s pretty good!

For those who remember the last scene in Dune: Chapterhouse, ghola Duncan Idaho and Reverend Mother Sheeana, the only human able to control the titanic sandworms, escaped in a spaceship just as the planet was being overrun by the invading Honored Matres. The story picks up three years later—the ship is lost, with 150 important refugees aboard.

The story contains many of Herbert’s own unused epigraphs (quotations) and has many of the same props we’ve come to know, from sligs to no-fields. What’s truly exciting is the prospect of familiar faces returning to front and center—very familiar! But, if you truly want more, come pick up a copy. It’s brand-new, and available here at Book Oasis.

ACQUISITIONS:

We recently got our hands on the library of a golfer, so if another of your passions is traveling the links in search of the perfect birdie, now’s the time to come in! The books comprise everything from guidebooks to golf courses, to instructions on improving your swing. The stack is quite large, but they won’t last long.

Also in are multiple titles in the science section, including some hard-to-find books on the subject of optics.

Now, here are some more titles that we recently acquired:

Roughing It, by Mark Twain. This is a second printing of the First Edition, illustrated by period artists from 1872!

The 25th Man. The Strange Story of Ed Morrell, the Hero of Jack London's "Star Rover", by Ed Morell. This is a must for lovers of Jack London’s work.

Velocity, by Dean Koontz.

DSL for Dummies.

The Rabbit Factory, by Larry Brown.

Good Harbor: A Novel, by Anita Diamant.

Mama Leah’s Jewish Kitchen, by Leah Loeb Fischer.

Anatomy of the Spirit, by Caroline Myss.

Paper Tiger, by Tom Coyne.

Lance Armstrong’s War, by Daniel Coyle.

Fiberoptics and Laser Handbook, Second Edition.

BULLETIN: The appearance by Livermore Poet Laureate Connie Post has been cancelled due to a scheduling conflict.