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Subject: Science Fiction Book Club
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Date: Sun, 3-Feb-85 12:59:19 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb  3 12:59:19 1985
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From: FIRTH@TL-20B.ARPA

Here is a response from a satisfied customer.

I joined the SFBC about 18 months ago, and since then have bought
not quite one book per month.

The books are of usual "club edition" quality - hard bound, fairly
inexpensive, pages sometimes irregular &c.  However, the average
cost, including shipping &c, was about $6 per book, which I consider
a reasonable price for something that is definitely more durable
and more pleasant than a pb.  The printing has always been clear and
legible.

If you just get the "5 books for $1" or whatever, and then take only
the minimum required number of books, you have a tremendous bargain.
I could have filled my quota just with

	Helliconia Summer
	The Crucible of Time
	Code of the Lifemaker
	Moreta
	Heechee Rendezvous

to name just five really good books from SFBC.

As you've gathered, I like the old-fashioned "hard" science fiction.
But the catalogue also contains a good deal of sword & sorcery,
fantasy, valuable reprints, and much else.

In my opinion, the SFBC is well worth joining.

Robert Firth
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