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thecurrentThe Current #1 Spr 09 $3.00 – New Chicago-based occult periodical. Read what thou wilt.

Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave (Faber) $25.00 – New fiction from the sideburned musician.

Down the Block: An Anthology of City Life From Metrolingua (Metrolingua) $12.00 – Chicago-related essays from locals.

North Georgia Gazette of 1821 (Green Lantern) $30.00 – Reprint of a winter chronicle from local press faves Green Lantern. Now with more art!

Roctober #47 $4.00

You’re a Genius All the Time Belief and Technique For Modern Prose by Jack Kerouac (Chronicle) $12.95 – Tiny hardcover reprint with photos. The price is right!

Whats My Pee Telling Me by Josh Richman and Dr. Anish Sheth (Chronicle) $9.95 – For lovers of What’s Your Poo Telling You.

Fuck a History of the World in 65 Unfortunate Incidents by Martin Rowson (Universe) $14.95

Occult America The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped our Nation by Mitch Horowitz (Bantam) $27.00

A whole slab of show catalogs from the local Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery including but not limited to:

Joseph Goto: Iron Man Paintings and Sculpture 1950-65 $20.00

Robert Donley: Red Sun Black Moon The LA Paintings 1959-64 $12.00

Rebecca Shore: AEIOU And Sometimes Y $12.00

Harold Haydon: Binocular Vision Paintings 1930-60 $12.00

Philip Hanson: Etymology Recent Paintings and Their Roots $10.00

And many, many more!

2666 by Roberto Bolano (Picador) $18.00 – Yes! Back in print!

Bitch #44 $5.95

Hotshoe Aug Sep 09 $9.50

Nude and Natural Fall 09 $9.00

Z Magazine Sep 09 $4.95

Skeptical Inquirer Sep Oct 09 $4.95

True Detective vol 2 #18 $4.49

N Plus 1 #8 Fall 09 $13.95

Bob’s World: The Life and Boys of A.M.G.’s Bob Mizer by Dian Hanson (Taschen) $59.99 – An overview of Bob Mizer’s 48 years making photos and films for his Athletic Model Guild, and 41 years publishing Physique Pictorial, America’s first, and most explicitly gay, physique magazine.

Cat Burglar Black by Richard Sala (First Sec) $16.99 – New graphic novel from the artist of Evil Eye fame.

The Adderall Diaries A Memoir of Moods Masochism and Murder by Stephen Elliott (Graywolf) $23.00 – Don’t miss Stephen Elliott here at Quimby’s on Nov 1st with Joe Meno! More details TBA!

Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern (Squarefish) $8.99 – Fiction about being committed to a mental hospital.

Invisible Dragon Essays on Beauty Revised and Expanded by Dave Hickey (University of Chicago) $22.00 – From the author of Air Guitar.

Our Noise: The Story Of Merge Records by var. (Algonquin) $18.95

Day After Roswell by Philip J. Corso (Pocket) $6.99

AM PM A Book by Amelia Gray (Featherproof) $12.95 – Fiction published by local press faves.

The Believer #65 $8.00

DMZ vol 7 War Powers TPB by Brian Wood etc. (Vertigo) $14.99

Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep #3 $3.99 – Comics based on the PK Dick story, now with added awesomeness!

Strange Tales #1 (Marvel) $4.99 – With contributions from Peter Bagge, James Kochalka, Johnny Ryan and more!

Lynnee Breedloves One Freak Show by Lynnee Breedlove (Manic D) $14.95

Women Who Kill by ann Jones (Feminst Press) $15.95

College Without High School: A Teenagers Guide to Skipping High School and Going to College by Blake Boles (NSP) $16.95

Bang Ditto by Amber Tamblyn (Manic D) $16.00

Book of Jokes by Momus (Dalkey) $13.95

Comics Journal #299 Aug 09 $11.95

Complete Stories of JG Ballard (Norton) $35.00 – For real! One fat hardcover mutha!

Reheated Cabbage Tales of Chemical Degeneration by Irvine Welsh (Norton) $14.95

Stitches by David Small (Norton) $24.95

Dot Dot Dot 18 (Princeton) $16.95

Mojo Oct 09 #191 $9.99

Art By Tattooists Beyond Flash by Jo Waterhouse (Laurence) $19.95

Sleeper Car by Theo Ellsworth (Secret Acres) $6.00 – Beautiful comic from the most recent artist of our bookmarks! Ya gotta come in to see ’em, is the thing. Or order stuff from our website!

Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Ruined Government Enriched Themselves and Beggared the Nation by Thomas Frank (Holt) $16.00 – As in yes, Thomas Frank of The Baffler.

Top 10

This is the Top 10 Bestsellers for Quimby’s Bookstore During the Week of 8/23/09-8/29/09:

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1. Naked Lunch the Restored Text SC by William S. Burroughs (Grove) $14.00 – Click on the above picture to see photographs from the off-site event we sold books at to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Naked Lunch!
2. Cometbus #52 by Aaron Cometbus $3.00
3. CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting #5: Things You May Not Know About Iran Contra (Microcosm) $1.50
4. My Father by Yasmin $6.00
5. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami (Vintage ) $14.00
6. Hamburger Eyes #13 $10.00
7. Swoon NYC Music Issue $5.00
8. I’d Start a Revolution But I Don’t Have Time by Jolie $1.00
9. Transition Transportation by Joey Jacks $1.75
10. Acme Novelty Library #19 by Chris Ware (Drawn+Quarterly) $15.95

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New Stuff This Week — Just a Smattering!

Dear High School Boy by Eryca $1.00 – cute little thingy.

Never Kneel #1 A Testimony of Personal Enlightenment Through Rejection of Faith by Seth Graham $2.00

Worst Future Ever #2 The Alienated Virtually Unreal 1990s by JD $1.00

Garfield In Chains by Ian McDuffie $6.00 – Holy smokes hilarious.

Fadge 100 Doodles by BT Livermore $9.00 – Attractive comics!

Blindworms Null 1012 2008 by Paul Nudd $5.00 – And restock of his awesome blobby art zines. And check out DVDs too! One about Keih Herzik and one about Nick Black! $5.00 each.

Mourning Star vol 2 by Kazimir Strzepek (Bodega) $13.00

Hungover Gourmet #11 by Dan Tylor $2.00

Blood and Thunder #12 $5.99

EVP Electronic Voice Phenomenon Massachusetts Ghostly Voices by Michael Markowicz (Schiffer) $19.99

Paranormal Great Lakes An Illustrated Encyclpoedia by Charles Cassady Jr (Schiffer) $14.99

Portable Atheist Essential Readings For the Nonbeliever by Christopher Hitchens (New Press) $17.95

Ink In the Hood Tattoos For Darker Skin by Dragon Randy Holder (Schiffer) $29.99

Sick a Compilation Zine on Physical Illness edited by Ben Holtzman (Microcosm) $6.00

Dwelling Portably 1990-1999 by Brett and Holly Davis (Microcosm) $8.00

Label 228 Street Art Project by Camden Noir (Soft Skull) $24.95

Spliffigami by Chris Stone (Ten Speed) $12.95

Ghanavision Hand Painted Film Posters From Ghana (Bongout) $25.00

Sports Book by Jonas Wood (Picturebox) $20.00 -Some pretty hilarious illustrations of athletes.

Anxiety and Depression by Scott King (JRP) $15.00

Pigxote by Harmony Korine (Nieves) $28.00

Hamburger Eyes #13 $10.00

Pelu vol 1 Little Fluffy Gigolo by Junko Mizuno (JaPress) $17.95

Best Erotic Comics 2009 edited by Greta Christina (Last Gasp) $19.95

Diary of a Catering Whore Years 1-3 by Sean Seamous McWhinny $3.00 for each issue – A comic for anybody in the food service industry.

Burlesque Poster Design The Art of Tease by Chaz Royal (Korero) $34.95

Juxtapoz Car Culture (Gingko) $29.95

Smile Hon Youre in Baltimore #11 by Patrick William Tandy $3.00

Lesbian Cowboys Erotic Adventures by var. (Cleis) $14.95 – Giddyup!