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"When a
stranger sojourns in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the
stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for
you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God . . ."
--Leviticus
19:33-34
STAR
TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR DOUBLE D
I'm worried. Double D
hasn't left his basement since he heard Leonard Nimoy passed away. He's
not answering my phone calls. It's really bummin' me out.
I grab a book from the coffee
table. I never go far without a comfort book; they make the best
traveling companions . . . Well, at least next to Double D. I've
picked Neil Gaiman's Trigger Warning (9780062330260) 26.99. Of
course, it's a collection of short stories, which doesn't usually sell well,
but it's Neil Gaiman for Chrissakes. It also has his script from Doctor
Who in it and that's the bomb.
I slam the door behind me, truck
on down to Doctor Delay's house, and knock on his front door. Eventually,
his Mom arrives at the door. She's wearing a robe and slippers with her
hair in rollers. She opens the storm door and I'm engulfed in a cloud of
cigarette smoke. I notice she has a Pall Mall in one hand and a half
empty martini glass in the other. I glance at my watch; it's 11:37.
I say, "Hey, Mrs. D, I came
over to see how the Doctor is doing."
In a slurred voice soured by
thousands of cigarettes she croaks, "C'mon in Bill, he's downstairs."
In the living room, smoke is
billowing from her ashtray like a small forest fire. I suggest, "Gee, Mrs.
D, you should really cut back on the smokes. It's gonna be the death of
you."
I make a mental note to bring a
copy of Alan Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking (9780615482156) 16.99 on my
next visit.
He's not downstairs. In
fact, it looks like he left in a hurry. On his rolling table, which is
one of those big wooden pulleys that the telephone company uses to string
lines, I see an array of Joseph Heywood titles. Crap! Joseph
Heywood is always a sure sign Double D is upset. Harder Ground (9781493009022)
17.95 is a new short story collection. The other two titles, The
Berkut (9781493009046) 19.95 and The Domino Conspiracy
(9781493009053) 19.95 are re-releases of spy thrillers he wrote earlier in his
career. However, the really telling clue is on his desk, which was a
recreation of Sulu's console on the Enterprise D, a scattering of Star Trek
memorabilia is strewn across the tabletop. Underneath a copy of the DVD, Star
Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, I find a sticky note with the address to a
funeral in Los Angeles.
I say aloud, "Oh no, he's
going to stop Leonard Nimoy's funeral!"
Unbeknownst to me, Mrs. D is
listening on the stairs, "Bill, think about it."
I scratch my head, "Oh no,
he's going to crash Leonard Nimoy's funeral!"
"Bingo!"
Odds
& Sods
I have word on
the most exciting news that you are going to hear in the entire month of
March: The new Partners Book Distributing 2015 Great Lakes & Midwest
Catalog is here! You should be receiving your copy in the next few
weeks. Watch your mail! Can't wait? View the catalog online:
From The Chicago
Tribune, we have received the memorial edition of Ernie: Mr. Cub (9781629371702)
14.95. No one epitomized Cubs baseball more than Mr. Ernie Banks.
Every Cubs fan should have this book.
Dan Santat's The
Adventures of Beekle (9780316199988) 17.00, which won the Caldecott Award,
should arrive in the next few days . . .
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