I recently sold off my book collection, and now I just need to do the same with my comics.

I’m selling my old house back in New Jersey, and that means I need to find a new home for all the comics I left behind, which have been in storage the last couple of years. It worked out well when I posted about selling my books, so I thought I’d also just post this note as well, in the hopes that these can find a good home.

Note: You’d have to make arrangements to pick them up yourself; I can’t ship them anywhere unless you want to pay a ton of postage costs! The comics are located in Perth Amboy, NJ (which is just across the bridge from Staten Island).

The collection:

1. Looks like long boxes typically have between 200-225 bagged/boarded comics. I have 6 full long boxes available, which means there’s about 1300 comics. Plus there’s a 7th box that is about 1/3 full.

2. These are mostly from 1990 – 1996 or so.

3. The vast majority of the books have been bagged and boarded and read with care, but they have all been read, and though they were read carefully they were not handled with gloves or anything, so I would say they’re probably in “good” condition for the most part, though some may be better (or worse) than that.

4. It’s entirely possible there’s some rare valuable gem in the mix. I don’t really remember what all is in there.

5. You can see what comics are in there more or less by looking at these photos my mom took for me: http://www.flickr.com/photos/slushgod/sets/72157635689757444 (Apologies for the quality.) FWIW, the title cards are BEHIND the comics, so if you see a title card that says HULK, all of the comics in FRONT of the title card are HULK books. There’s also a few books I had not bagged or in boxes that are photographed individually in the set.

I’m looking for $100 for the lot. If you’re interested–and remember, you’d need to go pick them up in Perth Amboy, NJ–please email me.

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I posted my Worldcon schedule the other day, but here’s an additional item which will not be found on the official program:

Autographing: Epic: Legends of Fantasy
Saturday 11:30 – 12:30
John Joseph Adams, Robin Hobb, Carrie Vaughn, Mary Robinette Kowal
Tachyon Publications table in the Dealer’s Room

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Working in publishing, and as an interviewer and book reviewer, over the years I’ve amassed a large number of books, as you might imagine. When I moved to California a couple years ago, I only took what I considered essential books with me–namely, my anthologies and collections, since I need those for work, plus some selected novels that were important to me, etc.

I’m now selling my old house back in New Jersey, however, and that means I need to find a new home for all the books I left behind, which have been in storage the last couple of years. So: I’ve reached out to some booksellers to see if there’s any interest there, but I thought I’d also just post this note publicly as well, in the hopes that these can find a good home.

Note: You’d have to make arrangements to pick them up yourself; I can’t ship them anywhere unless you want to pay a ton of postage costs! The books are located in Perth Amboy, NJ (which is just across the bridge from Staten Island).

The collection:

1. I’d estimate it’s somewhere between 1000-1500 books.
2. It’s almost entirely science fiction/fantasy novels. There’s likely a small percentage of mystery novels, and probably with a few random non-genre novels mixed in, and maybe some nonfiction books about science, science fiction, or writing. The vast majority of the collection is SF/F novels, though.
3. It’s a mix of paperback and hardcover. If I had to guess, I’d say it’s close to 50/50, with the paperbacks being split about 50/50 between mass markets and trade paperbacks.
4. Since I was a reviewer, and a lot of the books I got were new titles, it’s largely comprised of books published from 2001 – 2010. I would guess it’s about 60% from that period, with the other 40% being older books, mostly bought used.
5. If you’re a fan of post-apocalyptic fiction, note that I believe the collection contains most of the books mentioned in the “Further Reading” list I included in my anthology, Wastelands.
6. It’s entirely possible there’s some rare valuable gem in the mix. I don’t really remember what all is in there.
7. Most of the books in the collection should be in at least “Very Good” condition; I always treated my books very carefully and never cracked the spines of paperbacks. However, I certainly acquired my share of used books over the years that won’t be as in good condition.

I’m looking for $500 for the lot, which boils down to 50 cents per book. Or if it ends up being closer to 1500 rather than 1000 books, then you’d be getting an even better deal.

If you’re interested–and remember, you’d need to go pick them up in Perth Amboy, NJ–please email me.

ETA: Buyer found!

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