And just like the tumblers in a lock events occur that make me purchase more books.

I was contemplating placing an order with Neil over at Clarkesworld Books since he is closing up shop and he needs to get his inventory moved. Who am I to not help the guy out.

This order would have been for most of the Earthling Publications stock he has. I was not completely convinced I would make this purchase until well into the spring. Until one of those events happened.

I get an email from Neil saying that my pre-order is in and that he was getting ready to mail it out. I had two options. Email Neil back and confirm and thank him or email him back and tell him to hold the pre-order since I would be ordering some in stock stuff in the coming weeks. I chose the latter.

I knew Neil would hold it and I knew I would be ordering. Then it hit me. Why wait a few weeks to place the order since you know what you want. So over to Clarkesworld Books I go and I place the order consisting of most of his Earthing Pub stock.

That third option is usually the reason why I have more books than space. And why I need to build custom cases.

Why wait?

So here is my purchase list from that moment of weakness:

• Home Before Dark (The Collected Cedar Hill Stories, Vol. 2) by Gary Braunbeck (Hardcover) and Volume 1. (Which it looks like I snagged the last one.
• American Morons by Glen Hirshberg (Hardcover)
• World of Hurt by Brian Hodge (Hardcover)
• King Rat by China Mieville (Slipcased Hardcover)
• Song of Kali (20th Anniversary Edition) by Dan Simmons (Slipcased Hardcover)
• Pressure by Jeff Strand (Hardcover)

I think the one thing that has come out of this is that I am now on the quest to complete my Earthling Pub collection. Add that to obtaining all of what Cemetery Dance has published and I think I have my hands full (and my wallet empty).

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