Books cheapskates can afford (was Books lunatics hate)

Bargin (cheapskate) prices for space books recently mentioned on
Sci.Space.*:

I admit, I'm a cheapskate and I have purchased most of these books at
these
prices (or less). ;-)

(Survey of prices taken July 15, 2003.)

-"Space Shuttle..first 100 Missions by Jenkins -Amazon used $ 19.98
-Half.com $ 21.75 hardcover (1996)

-"Project Orion" by Dyson -Half.com $ 9.95 hardcover, -Amazon used $
15.00

-"The Demon Haunted World" by Sagan -Amazon used $ 5.50

-"UFOs and Space Mysteries" by Oberg -Amazon used $ 10.00

-"A Man on the Moon" by Andy Chaikin; -Amazon used - $ 1.05 and up.
-Half.com $ .75 paperback.

-"Apollo: Race to the Moon" Murray & Cox; -Amazon used - $ 72.95 and
up. -Half.com $ 45.67 hardcover.

-"Carrying the Fire" by Mike Collins; -Amazon used - $ 3.76 and up
-Half.com $ 3.75 paperback, $ 5.87 hardcover.

-"First on the Moon" by Armstrong, Collins & Aldrin; -Amazon - $ 5.99
and up. -Half.com $ 2.09 hardcover.

-"Full Moon" by Michael Light; -Amazon used $ 8.00 and up. -Half.com $
5.25 hardcover.

-"Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon" by David Reynolds; -Amazon - $
17.99 and up. -Half.com $ 14.50 hardcover.

-"The Home Planet" by Kelley / ASE; -Amazon used - $ 3.32 and up.
-Half.com $ 3.00 hardcover (1988), $ 3.75 paperback (1991)

-"Entering Space" by Joe Allen; -Amazon used $ 1.99 and up. -Half.com
$ 1.95 hardcover, $ 1.69 paperback.



NASA Mission Reports (Apogee Books):

(Amazon.com used unless otherwise noted)

-X-15 - $ 7.95 Amazon & Half.com

-Mars - $ 5.99

-Freedom 7 - $ 8.68
-Friendship 7 - $ 3.60 Amazon & Half.com
-Sigma 7 - $ 15.37 (only available new)

-Gemini 6 - $ 5.50 Amazon & Half.com
-Gemini 7 - $ 10.05 Amazon & Half.com

-Apollo 7 - $ 1.50 Amazon & Half.com
-Apollo 8 - $ 6.44 (Half.com $ 2.25)
-Apollo 9 - $ 3.75 Amazon & Half.com
-Apollo 10 - $ 2.40 - (At Half.com)
-Apollo 11 - Volume 1 - $ 3.50 Amazon & Half.com
-Apollo 11 - Volume 2 - $ 2.35 Amazon & Half.com
-Apollo 11 - Volume 3 - $ 14.00
-Apollo 12 - $ 1.69 Amazon & Half.com
-Apollo 13 - $ 10.29 (Half.com $ 10.99)
-Apollo 14 - $ 1.65 Amazon & Half.com
-Apollo 15 - $ 6.59
-Apollo 16 - $ 9.95
-Apollo 17 - $ 12.95

-Virtual Apollo - $ 12.56 Buy.com (Amazon $ 13.97)

-Space Shuttle STS 1-5 - $ 13.95

-Rocket & Space Corp Energia - $ 9.99


For used books, Amazon does not combine shipping. It's about $ 3.75
shipping per book (Media Mail).


The books are available at these URLs (as of July 15, 2003):

www.amazon.com

www.half.com

www.buy.com



--
Rusty Barton - Antelope, California