"Unintended Consequences"

I finally found a copy of "Unintended Consequences" (by John Ross) on Amazon  ... in the "paperback" (mass market) version ... for under the $100 + price which has long been the standard for the ground-breaking novel.

The cost was $39.95 + shipping and handling.

That was last week.  This week, I checked again and the lowest price for the same book was $50.

If you're looking for a copy of the book, and can't really afford to spend 'too much', you'll must have to do what I did:  keep looking until you find someone willing to sell it for a decent price.  (I went through the same process trying to find a copy of  Col. Jeff Cooper's "The Gargantuan Gunsite Gossip: Volume I" a few years ago.  Note that Volume I, II and III currently sell starting at $40 and go UP!)

The book is almost 800 pages, and I'm taking my time going through it.  Although I do reread my favorite books frequently, I don't yet OWN all of my 'favorite books' --- and the county library is disposing of 'old books' because nobody is reading them anymore;  ref: Phylip Wylie's "Generation of Vipers" and "Tomorrow", and everything by Robert Ruark.


But by the way, people, in case you don't understand the premise?  The book is just a story.  It's not a blueprint for a new American Revolution, and it's not a meme.   It's not even one of Robert Heinlein's "If This Goes On ...." kind of story.  And the original reason I wanted to read it is that a friend loaned me his copy a few years ago, and I was impressed by the author's imagination.

So don't go bloating the market with demands for a reprint (and jumping up the price from resellers) just because you're politically active and ... like .. want to know "what to do next".