Ideally he'd release them in an ebook format so at least the stories would be out there without the publisher having to spend time and money on getting the physical book set up. Er, would the format even work in an ebook though, considering how Danielewski's writing is? Anyway, yeah I get it, it's just kinda unfortunate.

Mark Danielewski, author of House of Leaves, had started a series titled The Familiar. He actually did get the first 5 books published, but eventually it was decided that there weren't enough authors to justify publishing the planned 27 BOOK SERIES.

I work at a used book store. I see copies of Volume 1 on the regular, 2 is uncommon, I may have seen 3 once, and I don't know if I've ever seen 4 or 5. House of Leaves was amazing though.

Oh shit, prostate massage? Those terrorists were totally justified in calling in a bomb threat, in that case. I'm sure there's not any questionable material in any of the straight books, so this is completely fair and has nothing to do with *checks title of post* LGBTQ+ material.

They're comparing the hatred of black people and culture to the hatred of gay people and culture. I'd say it's an apt comparison, even if it doesn't line up 100%.

If you're looking for something fun and easy to read, DO NOT READ INFINITE JEST. That fucking book took like 4 months of my life and nearly killed my love for reading.

Awesome, thank you. Even if I didn't get the answer here, I was hoping to links to more specific subs. I'll also ask in the thread you mentioned as well, thanks!

This is more or less what I expected the answer to be, honestly. While there's no universal rule, there are individual rules like that dumb "add a 7 and buffer with 0's" method for the Vintage books mentioned in the main post. Mostly I'm looking to gather the information I couldn't find via google. I'll ask again during tomorrow's Simple Questions post. Thanks for your response though!

How do I convert that to a modern ISBN? If it had a single letter rather than two, I would have a shot at it but as it is, I haven't had luck with double letter codes. I'll take any answers you give though.

What do the older reference numbers mean? How do I convert them to modern ISBNs? Both. Please answer both, I'm dying over here.

Gotcha. Should I take this down and re-ask it there? Also I sincerely wish this was a Simple Question T.T

I work at a used book store, so reading has pretty clearly been beneficial in that I am more knowledgeable about the product.

Outside of work though, I feel like I catch way more references with the more that I read. Or I'll find some phrase or concept I like and I'll try it in my own writing to see how it feels.

Also it just makes me happy, which translates to performing better at work and at home.

In what way would it not be a computer. It's literally in the name. Quantum computer. It's the second word in there. It's still an incredibly complicated machine, but it can love, and it's a computer.

Then a quantum computer could navigate a hypersonic missile..

I'll ask you one better u/dcRoWdYh. What if a quantum computer could love?

Serious answers only, as OP would want.

Are you asking me why slave owners forced Christianity on slaves? If that's your questions, how is that possibly showing religion to be a good thing in this context? I might just be misunderstanding the question. And I disapprove of it being on the court walls, it snubs the separation of religion and government. My own beliefs are built on what I see of the world and what I learn from trusted resources, and I am willing to alter my view in light of new information, and do not cling unchangingly to disproven and morally inconsistent religious texts. Without religion there'd be oodles less violence and subjugation in the world. Some still, yes, but oodles less.

The wills of people who believe in your creator are trying to overwrite the will of those who don't believe in your creator. Pretty sure America was based on avoiding that, what with the whole freedom of religion thingy