Bookmans: Archive

Aug 17th

Genesis: 20 years later - Nerdvana: Sci-fi,... →

Twenty years ago today, Nintendo’s grip on the U.S. video game industry was challenged for the first time. (It wouldn’t be the last.)

Aug 15th

Aug 7th

Aug 6th

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“Looks like Elton John sucking on a lollipop.”

– Our graphic designer, Joel, working on our Fight Censorship 2009 campaign.

Aug 5th

Aug 4th

MSN City Guides: Trade Locally and Save at These... →

Thanks to Liz for pointing out that Bookmans was featured on MSN City Guide’s front page! Yes, you could call it a chain store (six Arizona locations), but Bookmans is truly dedicated to selling and buying used books and other reusable media. When you visit a Bookmans in Phoenix, Mesa, FlagstaffTucson (three stores), you’ll find that the inventory takes cues from the local community,...

Aug 4th

One Dollar Thirty-Six, Kids, and You’re Out the...

williamfosterhillis: Every generation is a secret society with tastes and enthusiasms and interests which are a mystery to outsiders and to posterity itself. Someone said that. Do you care who? The point is that young people are a mystery and the older you get the more young people there are. Conversely, old people are not much mystery to the young but are more like wallpaper or stop...

Aug 3rd

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Jul 28th

Librarian Dance Competition →

jesshbooks: “There’s a stereotype that librarians are boring. And I think they want to change that stereotype to ‘librarians are crazy,’ “ Yup, librarians doing synchronized dance routines with their BOOK CARTS! This needs to happen at Bookmans! I think Speedway and Grant should have a cart off!

Jul 23rd

In the Shadow of the Moon

jesshbooks: All the moon talk today has made me think of “In the Shadow of the Moon”—a documentary about the Apollo missions that came out in 2007. I really liked the movie, and especially liked Michael Collins, the 3rd guy from the Apollo 11 mission, who didn’t get to walk on the moon because someone had to guard the spacecraft. (You know, in case it got lost). Apparently in an HBO...

Jul 23rd

Jul 19th

Jul 17th

Revelation

jesshbooks: The 4th book in the Matthew Shardlake series is a big improvement on the 3rd. Matthew Shardlake, now a Serjeant of the Court in London is a successful lawyer and investigator (as well as a ‘hunchback’ or ‘crookback’.) Shardlake is again drawn into the intrigue of the court, along with his faithful servant Barak, and his friend Guy, the doctor and ex-monk, when a series of gruesome...

Jul 17th

“Hired and surprised, Lint set about creating a product that would outreach the...”

– 5th line on the 56th page of the book closest to me. “Lint” by Steve Aylett

Jul 15th

Mysteries unraveled

customer: this is earth isn't it?!
me: Yes?
customer: why you gotta be all Sherlock Holmes on me? this world would be a better place if everyone was just chill.

Jul 14th

Top 10 comic book cities | The Critics |... →

From Gotham City to Mega City One, the Architects’ Journal presents a selection of the greatest illustrated urban spaces.

Jul 13th