http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: OT: which bookshop? en Thu, 21 May 2026 07:18:37 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-362357 Sat, 06 Aug 2022 12:56:29 +0000 chdot 362357@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Another one coming </p> <p>“</p> <p>We're too excited to keep this quiet and just had to let you know! We've just got confirmation that we will be moving into 179-181 Great Junction Street (near the bottom of Leith Walk). We get the keys next week and will be opening on 1st October!</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/edicommbookshop/status/1555593427726786561" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/edicommbookshop/status/1555593427726786561</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-320008 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 18:38:14 +0000 gembo 320008@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>RIP Old Al </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-320007 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 17:54:26 +0000 Cyclingmollie 320007@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I couldn't get into A Confederacy of Dunces. Ignatius struck me as the prototype for Sheldon Cooper. Sad about Alasdair Gray. I enjoyed Lanark.</p> <p>IWRATS, I can't remember the cat scene. Was that in the first book? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-320002 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 13:24:50 +0000 minus six 320002@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>very good innings, all things considered </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-320001 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 13:14:01 +0000 Frenchy 320001@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Alasdair Gray died this morning.</p> <p><a href="https://canongate.co.uk/news/alasdair-gray-author-and-artist-has-died-aged-85/" rel="nofollow">https://canongate.co.uk/news/alasdair-gray-author-and-artist-has-died-aged-85/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-310373 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 15:31:51 +0000 gembo 310373@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@threefromleith, the statue modelled on a New Orleans actor (from wiki) John Spud McConnell</p> <p>The sun cannot set at the end of canal street etc</p> <p>I am guessing the whole thing sags a little after very strong start. Recommended by Billy Connolly at Xmas hence the six month wait at the library van </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-310365 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 13:12:14 +0000 I were right about that saddle 310365@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Could A Confederacy of Dunces join PV Glob's The Bog People as a CCE gateway text? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-310364 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 13:09:42 +0000 threefromleith 310364@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One of my favourite-ever books, "A Confederacy of Dunces". Little did I know when I first read it that in the years to come, my sister would marry a New Orleans native and that I'd visit the place for her wedding as the cruise ship she worked on sailed out from there.</p> <p>My highlight of the visit was unexepectedly stumbling across a statue of Ignatius, outside the former Holmes department store: (from Wikipedia) "A bronze statue of Ignatius J. Reilly can be found under the clock on the down-river side of the 800 block of Canal Street, New Orleans, the former site of the D. H. Holmes Department Store, now the Hyatt French Quarter Hotel. The statue mimics the opening scene: Ignatius waits for his mother under the D.H. Holmes clock, clutching a Werlein's shopping bag, dressed in a hunting cap, flannel shirt, baggy pants and scarf, 'studying the crowd of people for signs of bad taste.'" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-310343 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 11:50:15 +0000 I were right about that saddle 310343@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>IWRATS' two funniest scenes in literature;</p> <p>1) Humbert Humbert's assassination of Quilty.<br /> 2) The cat scene in Don Quixote. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-310342 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 11:43:47 +0000 gembo 310342@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think I will persist. I did with Don Quixote. (On a holiday over Xmas 1989 in Malta). THere is a MTB place in La Mancha over the pentlands there called Don Coyote.</p> <p>What I like about confederacy of dunces so far</p> <p>Title from Jonathan Swift</p> <p>His mum is already bored by the story of Ignatius’s one trip outside New Orleans to Baton Rouge</p> <p>John Kennedy Toole’s mother persisted in getting the book published 11 years after his death (the forward from Walker Percy about how she insisted he read the book is also great)</p> <p>There is a very grumpy barman (sorry cant serve you, no more clean glasses - he has been listening to them bitching)</p> <p>The movie versions have most of your favourite big lads cast as Ignatius</p> <p>Belushi, Candy, Galifakias, Goodman. </p> <p>That project is however cursed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-310341 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 11:43:02 +0000 paulmilne 310341@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A Confederacy of Dunces, one of the few books I was laughing out loud throughout. </p> <p>John Kennedy O'Toole's personal story is rather tragic though. After failing to find a publisher for his book, he eventually committed suicide. His mother persisted and his comic genius was finally recognised, alas too late for the author. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-310337 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 11:22:05 +0000 I were right about that saddle 310337@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ignatius J Reilly's plastic cutlass is an invention of genius. In the pantheon of literary weapons it is up there with Humbert Humbert's gun Chum.</p> <p>In my mind I sometimes start corporate e-mails 'Dear M*******d'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-310336 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 11:18:00 +0000 Stickman 310336@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I gave up on Confederacy Of Dunces halfway through. Just couldn’t get into it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-310335 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 11:14:20 +0000 I were right about that saddle 310335@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I do want to buy A Confederacy of Dunces </em></p> <p>Was just thinking of tracking down my yellowed copy now that I have wallowed in Lanark.</p> <p>I have never dared read the Neon Bible. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-310334 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:54:04 +0000 Frenchy 310334@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aye. Also bike repair places. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-310332 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:42:38 +0000 gembo 310332@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cheers @Frenchy, I was like guessing. Did not think the figures would be quite as high. </p> <p>Second hand bookshops and bike shops in the total I assume. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-310331 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:36:42 +0000 Frenchy 310331@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Edinburgh bookshops and bike shops about same number?</em></p> <p>OpenStreetMap (usual caveats apply) has 38 bookshops in Edinburgh and 39 bike shops. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-310329 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:30:03 +0000 gembo 310329@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Will the one in porty open before toppings? It does have a chance. I nearly bought sunset song in the Golden Hare the other day, we have a Scots quair somewhere in the house with photo of Chris Guthrie on the cover aff the telly.</p> <p>Alas despite the new cover the book still had the ancient typeface that is a real stretch to read.</p> <p>I do want to buy A Confederacy of Dunces after waiting 6 months for it to arrive at the library van outside work in the first week of my hols.</p> <p>Good ole library transferred it up to Balerno. Unlikely I will read it in 3 weeks tho but.</p> <p>Edinburgh bookshops and bike shops about same number?</p> <p>In my head you might want to have a coffee shop combined with a bookshop and open like 9am to 9pm to maximise your lease? WTF do I know tho. Did not work for Ronde. Did they just sell bikes and coffees but not do repairs? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-310326 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:57:40 +0000 chdot 310326@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/opening-date-revealed-for-the-portobello-bookshop-which-will-stock-around-8-000-titles-1-4961621" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/opening-date-revealed-for-the-portobello-bookshop-which-will-stock-around-8-000-titles-1-4961621</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-306623 Tue, 14 May 2019 19:29:56 +0000 I were right about that saddle 306623@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>some sort of metal cart</em></p> <p><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/81/b3/00/81b300874abec25b46beb0d349a32b2d.jpg">Draisine for @unhurt!</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-306615 Tue, 14 May 2019 18:54:18 +0000 gembo 306615@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sittin about an readin an stuff instead of goin outside and causin trouble as Just William would say.? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-306614 Tue, 14 May 2019 18:33:25 +0000 unhurt 306614@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@urchaidh you take that back. Most bag ladies know that panniers are far superior to some sort of metal cart. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-306613 Tue, 14 May 2019 18:25:14 +0000 I were right about that saddle 306613@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@urchaidh</p> <p>That siren you can hear is the fashion police. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=3#post-306609 Tue, 14 May 2019 17:29:14 +0000 urchaidh 306609@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>..and 'bearded bag lady on a bike' chic is not in this year? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=2#post-306607 Tue, 14 May 2019 16:48:28 +0000 I were right about that saddle 306607@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apparently the proprietor only stocks books that fit the decor and <em>esprit</em> of the place. <em>Very</em> particular. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=2#post-306598 Tue, 14 May 2019 15:13:21 +0000 unhurt 306598@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you ask them they may stock. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=2#post-306567 Tue, 14 May 2019 09:45:43 +0000 urchaidh 306567@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Portobello will soon have a new <a href="https://www.theportobellobookshop.com/">bookshop</a> next to the LBS. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=2#post-306552 Tue, 14 May 2019 08:32:00 +0000 I were right about that saddle 306552@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://goldenharebooks.com/?s=overlander&amp;post_type=product">Are we quite sure this is the best shop?</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=2#post-306545 Mon, 13 May 2019 23:52:33 +0000 unhurt 306545@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh, nice! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18555&page=2#post-306538 Mon, 13 May 2019 22:13:33 +0000 Stickman 306538@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Golden Hare has won Independent Bookshop of the Year. Well deserved. </p>