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Old 11-11-2011, 02:59 PM   #45
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Originally Posted by Andrew H. View Post
Note that this was probably 1992, where my usual method of looking for new books was to wander around the bookstore looking for books that caught my interest and then trying to determine whether I might like it by reading the cover blurb and some of the inside. How primitive we were then!

(As an aside, I always liked sf covers that depicted some scene from inside the book, since it was always cool when I reached that part of the book and realized *that's* what's on the cover.)
This is still my preferred method and yes, I love that Ah, here's the cover moment too.

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