Cute Little Buggers
I make it a point to always take a peek inside Power Books' new arrivals section whenever I get to pass by it's easily accessible branch at the 2nd Floor of Greenbelt 4, which I should really limit doing since I almost always end up buying stuff I would not even dream of getting at that particular time.
It happened yet again on Friday.
I was on to some dinner-place hunt with friends when we passed by the bookstore. Almost irritatingly habitual, my neck stretched a fraction of two inches than it's normal threshhold and lingered on what I could barely make out to be the word Endless on the royal-bluish cover of a hardback book. I waved at the group I was with, gesturing that I'll follow suit after I checked something out, and headed straight to the center table supporting the assortment of latest inventory of books. And there it was. The Little Endless Story Book. Something I had only read about in the net for a period of like two years in the running.
I scanned the preview copy, checked the credits for any sign reading "first printing" or something similar. Nothing. Satisfied, I got a copy and, without wasting a second to rethink of the would-be purchase, mindlessly fished out a bill to foot it's P411 (or so) price tag.
At home, I lazily gave it a once over, checked creases, and read the book from start to end in less than 15 minutes.
The verdict?
Having the Endless in the title had me thinking that it's one of Neil's. Dead wrong. And I realized all too late.
It's in a children's book format written by Jill Thompson (who also did the Death at Death's Door manga released last year) with, well, kids as its intended audience. It's got cute painted versions of the Endless, all done by the author, where I found Despair to be the cutest in a weird nearly-grotesque way. The plot is simple, the pages few, and the intellect stimulating factor low. Then again, it is intended to be read and shown to children (which I go on telling myself instead of sulking on why I ever ended up buying the thing in the first place).
Want to grab a copy? I'll sell you mine for P400! In mint condition!
Bookcover photo from the DC Comics site.
posted by Fritz @ 10:09 PM
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Nakakaloko nga ano?
Uy Anansi daw is available na!!!
Shyaks!
Yep, pucha sa HK merun na. Sa Canada nagkapirmahan na sa mga venues. Sa atin kelan kaya darating? Yoko ng galing US na prints. hehehe. Gusto ko yung publisher din ng American Gods ko. Maghihintay ako ng ganung print. :D
Alert muna, I posted 2 more pics sa blog directly below this. Nakuhanan ko sa Makati Ave last night.
Si Sidney may Anasi na. He bought it in Bibiliarch! 1,000 + pesoses... Pero ang nipis... i mean i thought super kapal siya na book... o well
Parang gusto ko nalang intayin yung paperback a released sa Europe. Mas mukhang sosyal kasi mga prints nila eh. Manipis? Eh di kung talagang pinakingan natin yung readings nya ng tatong chapters sa tatlong venues dati eh parang nakalahati na siguro natin yung book? Exaggerating lang ako. Hehehe.
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