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Nell-Lu
10 yrs ago
BCers are great!
Nell-Lu
10 yrs ago
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Some kind, anonymous bookcrosser has RABCK-ed me a set of lovely wings. Many thanks -- whoever you are!
Has anyone else been the lucky recipient of surprise wings recently?
Nell-Lu
10 yrs ago
The book had been on my shelf a while, waiting to find an appreciative reader. I'm glad this wild release turned out so well!
Nell-Lu
10 yrs ago
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I released a Star Trek book before a screening of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and was delighted that not only was it picked up and journaled, but the AF was a member of Starfleet!
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journ…
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BOOKRAY - Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - near future SF/technothriller - NOW INTERNATIONAL
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Billbooks has joined
Nell-Lu
10 yrs ago
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Hi Billbooks. Sorry, nearly didn't spot your message there! Welcome to the bookray. I've asked book-a-neer to send Little Brother on to you. Thanks for being willing to ship internationally.
Nell-Lu
11 yrs ago
... and found it a lot of fun. It's a distopian satire. The author, Karel Capek, wrote a lot of interesting early SF -- including the play that introduced the word "robot", Rossum's Universal Robots.
I don't want to s…
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Intl. BOOKRAY - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin - excellent fantasy
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RE: Please include me
Nell-Lu
11 yrs ago
You're in, JudySlump612. Thanks for joining, and for being willing to ship internationally. The shipping order works much better now.
Any more takers?
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Intl. BOOKRAY - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin - excellent fantasy
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RE: bump
Nell-Lu
11 yrs ago
Thanks for the bump, Andrasthe.
The bookray's still on, but the shipping order isn't working very well at the moment. I'm hoping for a few more participants before I send off the book. We could particularly do with ei…
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US ray: Cory Doctorow's Little Brother
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Thanks for starting this, hyphen8
Nell-Lu
11 yrs ago
I'm glad judyslump612 and others will have a chance to read Little Brother.
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BOOKRAY - Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - near future SF/technothriller - NOW INTERNATIONAL
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RE: Could I join this?
Nell-Lu
11 yrs ago
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You're in, book-a-neer.
Anyone else? Still Australia or New Zealand only -- US readers, take a look at hyphen8's bookray.
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BOOKRAY - Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - near future SF/technothriller - NOW INTERNATIONAL
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leahjett's finished reading Little Brother
Nell-Lu
11 yrs ago
Unless there are any more readers in New Zealand or Australia, this is where the bookray ends.
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Star Trek bookbox OPEN
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Star Trek RABCK - How Much for Just the Planet?
Nell-Lu
11 yrs ago
It's a shame this bookbox isn't coming to the UK! (But I completely understand that shipping for a bookbox is expensive.)
I have a Star Trek book I was going to wild release this week, but as there are a few Star Trek…
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BOOKRAY - Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - near future SF/technothriller - NOW INTERNATIONAL
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RE: RE: Little Brother's now in NZ
Nell-Lu
11 yrs ago
Glad you liked it, Kiwi!
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BOOKRAY - Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - near future SF/technothriller - NOW INTERNATIONAL
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RE: Please include me
Nell-Lu
11 yrs ago
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JudySlump612, at the moment it's not going to be possible to get Little Brother to you. If someone else in New Zealand or Australia joins and is happy to ship internationally then I'll add you to the list. Sorry!
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BOOKRAY - Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - near future SF/technothriller - NOW INTERNATIONAL
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Little Brother's now in NZ
Nell-Lu
11 yrs ago
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Any other readers in New Zealand or Australia who'd like to try Little Brother?
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Intl. BOOKRAY - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin - excellent fantasy
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*third bump*
Nell-Lu
11 yrs ago
xlacrimax, Andrasthe, Pookie08, carelaisa, and Izzy5000 are all in. We could definitely do with some more sign-ups to make the shipping order work better...
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"Server Error in '/' Application" in IE8 -- no longer a problem
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Now fixed
Nell-Lu
11 yrs ago
Whatever caused this problem has fixed itself. I can only assume it was the chocolate that did it!
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Intl. BOOKRAY - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin - excellent fantasy
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RE: I'm interested
Nell-Lu
11 yrs ago
I'll leave this open for a while longer so we get some more sign-ups. That way there might be someone closer to Australia you can post to!
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BOOKRAY - Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - near future SF/technothriller - NOW INTERNATIONAL
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Only one taker?
Nell-Lu
11 yrs ago
...even after hyphen8's recommendation?
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Intl. BOOKRAY - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin - excellent fantasy
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*second bump*
Nell-Lu
11 yrs ago
Anyone else interested?
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"Server Error in '/' Application" in IE8 -- no longer a problem
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RE: RE: "Server Error in '/' Application" in IE8
Nell-Lu
11 yrs ago
Now why didn't I think of that?! Good thinking, Kiwi. Chocolate solves everything...
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"Server Error in '/' Application" in IE8 -- no longer a problem
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RE: RE: "Server Error in '/' Application" in IE8
Nell-Lu
11 yrs ago
Thanks, Stoepbrak. I cleared the cache after getting the message the first time. It didn't solve the problem, but it's good to know I've tried the right things!
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BOOKRAY - Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - near future SF/technothriller - NOW INTERNATIONAL
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RE: Yes please
Nell-Lu
11 yrs ago
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Welcome to the bookray, Kiwi.
I think we're spoilt in the UK with comparatively low postage costs (although because they've gone up a lot in the past couple of years they seem high). I'm horrified by how much postage…
Nell-Lu
11 yrs ago
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I can't access the BookCrossing site at all, apart from the homepage, on IE8. The problem started earlier this week. If I go to any page other than www.bookcrossing.com I get the following message:
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