Colonel Edmund J. Burke schrieb:
> "MeaningWhat" <meaningwhat2009@googlemail.com> wrote in message 
> news:7hspp8F2u4slgU1@mid.uni-berlin.de...
>> Colonel Edmund J. Burke schrieb:
>>> "MeaningWhat" <meaningwhat2009@googlemail.com> wrote in message 
>>> news:7hsk5iF2vnc7nU1@mid.uni-berlin.de...
>>>> Colonel Edmund J. Burke schrieb:
>>>>> Yesterday I received one of those generic responses from a book 
>>>>> seller on Amazon.com.  You may peruse it as follows:
>>>>> ------------------------------------
>>>>> "Thank you for your enquiry.
>>>>>
>>>>> When a title is considered to be in good condition it will have all
>>>>> pages present, and may have:-
>>>>>
>>>>> -slightly crooked spine or slightly torn dust jacket
>>>>> -mild creasing of cover
>>>>> -slightly loose bindings
>>>>> -mild browning
>>>>> -slight highlighting or note taking
>>>>>
>>>>> If we can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to
>>>>> contact us."
>>>>> --------------------------------------------
>>>>> I simply wanted to know what condition the book they are selling is 
>>>>> in. I don't give a rat's ass about the definition of "good 
>>>>> condition," which wasn't my question in the first place.
>>>>>
>>>>> And people wonder why business is so bad!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> which book do you want to buy?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Low-Flying Aircraft"  (1976 - collection of short stories/out of 
>>> print in U.S.)
>>>
>> more transgressive fiction? or is it just ballard?
> 
> 
> It's both.  Ballard wrote trangressive fiction.
have you read "drowned world" yet? i have it on my shelf of unread books 
for about 2 years and not started. (though thats not so long, my sub is 
pretty big)
wanted to try some ballard from time to time, but never felt like it. 
any recommendations?