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Transcend the biological shopping meat crowds. Buy your friends and family the gift of being informed about the Singularity. #QuimbysBookstore

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Transcendence: The Disinformation Encyclopedia of Transhumanism and the Singularity by R.U. Sirius and Jay Cornell (Disinfo) $19.95 – A multilayered look at the accelerating advances in artificial intelligence, cognitive science, genomics, information technology, nanotechnology, neuroscience, space exploration, synthetic biology, robotics, and virtual worlds that are making transhumanism (the use of science and technology to overcome the “natural” limitations experienced by humanity) a reality.

Zines & Zine-Related Books
zines from Jula Eff, $1.50 each: Let’s Wreck Their Precious Perfect Little Town, World is Big Enough Without You

Gratuitous Type #4 $18.00 – the pamphlet of typographic smut!

Zines by Ashley Ronning $2.50 each: Learn Some Milky Way Facts, Drake Equation

Zines by Sergej Vutuc & friends: Sweet Plant Under, Stage Reality

Public Collectors by Marc Fischer $28.00

Propositions Manifestos and Experiments by Cultural Producers, Temporary Services & Christa Donner $7.00

Madison Wisconsin A City in Nine Objects by Madison Mutual Drift $5.00

Hans Joachim Bohlmann by Rebecca Goldschmidt $10.00

Over Your Friend by Anna Campbell $20.00

Parking Ticket Project by Lucy Engelman $15.00

Book Zoo by Renee Lynn Reizman $3.00

issues of You Go Girl zine

Blasphemous Quote a Coloring and Activity Book by Betty Heredia $5.00

Comics & Minis
Wage Slaves v 1 by John Bailey $10.00

Pink Nerve Gum #1 by AP Westcott $10.00

Please Don’t Laugh by Charlie Newton $2.50

Coin Op Saltz and Pepz Go Electric by Maria Hoey $6.00

Hobbit by Max Bare and Melissa Sue Stanley $2.00 – Silly! Taken from the Tumblr web comic of the same name. My New Fighting Technique meets a Hugo Weaving meta-pop-culture fest, J.R.R. Tolkien style. I give this four out of four Agent Smiths. -LM

Sandman Overture #4 of 6 by Neil Gaiman & friends $3.99

Recidivist #4 by Zak Sally (Lamano 21) $20.00

Tales of the Night Watchman vol 1 #3 Dwellers of Big Bogie $5.00

Fuff #9 by Jeffrey Lewis $3.00

Future Masterpiece by Josh Burggraf $5.00

Zoonosis and Tipsy Nephrologists by Kriota Willberg $4.00

No Gods No Dungeon Masters  $2.00

Apple Orchard by John Drawdoer $5.00

Adventure Time Zombie Zine by Mikey Anderson $4.00

Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Creeping Death from Neptune: The Life And Comics Of Basil Wolverton vol 1 1940-1941 (Fantagraphics) $39.99

Saga vol 4 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples $14.99

Black Light the World of LB Cole by Bill Schelly (Fantagraphics) $39.99

Foolbert Funnies Histories and Other Fictions by Frank Stack aka Foolbert Sturgeon (Fantagraphics) $24.99

Another Suburban Romance Color Edition by Alan Moore and friends (soft cover) $9.99

DMZ Deluxe Edition Book Three by Brian Wood & friends $29.99

Authority vol 2 SC by Mark Millar, Frank Quietly et al. $24.99

Outer Limits
Alien Arrival: Salvation or Destruction by Michael Fitzgerald (Schiffer) $16.99

UFO Phenomenon: Should I Believe? by Robert Davis PhD (Schiffer) $16.99 – Why yes, you should.

Music Books
Who Killed Mister Moonlight?: Bauhaus, Black Magick, and Benediction by David J. Haskins $19.95 – Bauhaus and Love & Rockets behind the scenes by a founding member of both bands.

Magazines
Majestic Disorder #3 $17.00
Monocle vol 8 #79 Dec 14 Jan 15 $14.00
Monster Children #45 $11.99
Laphams Quarterly vol 8 #1 Win 15: Foreigners $17.00
Skeptical Inquirer vol 39 #1 Jan Feb 15 $4.95
Shots #126 Win 14 Annual Portfolio Issue  $7.25
American Atheist 4th Quarter 14 $4.95
Skeptic vol 19 #4 14 $6.95
Survivalist #20 Jan Feb 15 $7.95
Atlantis Rising #109 $5.95
High Times Feb 15 $5.95
High Times Best of #75 15 Special Collectors Guide $6.99 – Featuring 25 greatest strains of all time.
Wire #370 Dec 14 $9.99
Cineaste vol 40 #1 $8.00
Wire #370 Dec 14 $9.99
Maximumrocknroll #380 Jan 15 $4.99
Bitch #65 Win 15 $5.95
Harpers Magazine Jan 15 $6.99
Tattoo Energy #92 $9.99
TSQ vol 1 #1 #4 Nov 14 Transgender Studies Quarterly $12.00

Lit Journals & Chap Books
N Plus 1 #21 Win 14 $14.95
The Paris Review #211 $20.00
The Minnesota Review #83 $16.00
Little Star 2015 #6 $14.95
Frenetic Feels Poetic Discord by Tate $6.00

Kids Books
Pippi Wont Grow Up by A. Lindgren and Ingrid Vang Nymen (D&Q) $14.95 – Drawn and Quarterly’s third volume of Pippi Longstocking comics.
Someday a Bird Will Poop on You by Sue Salvi and Megan Kellie $16.95

Other Stuff
Caroline Paquita 2015 Calendar (Pegacorn Press) $12.00 – Riso like a sunday morning! -LM

Koshka #4 The Midwest Issue, ed. by Kaitlin Kostus (Temporary Services) $5.00 – The Midwest, and Chicago in particular is the home to many people with Eastern European ancestory. Kaitlin Kostus and eight contributors take a home-town look at the Eastern European diaspora. From Latvia to Serbia, from Ukrainian Village to Polish Village, the people are chanting “Koshka!” NB

Thrill Murray: A Colouring-In Book Inspired by the Great Man of Cinema $17.00

Zines
Remedy Quarterly #16 Change $12.00 – Stories of food tips & tidbits and recipes: Maple-Pear-Brandy Hot Toddies, Heirloom Tomato and Shishito Pepper Panzanella, Challah Bread Pudding and more!

Zisk #25 by Mike Faloon $2.00
He Rides A Motorcycle by Xavier Juarez by Tom O’Brien $3.00
Comb #3 by Ian Huebert $3.00
Nostalgia Digest Win 15 $4.50

Comics & Minis
Medicine Comic #1 by Michael DeForge, Patrick Kyle, Mickey Zacchilli $5.00
Tusen Hjartan Stark #2 by Hennessy. Annie Pearlman and friends $4.00
3 from Josh Bayer: Bloggers #1 ($2.00), Great Society ($2.00), Mr Incompleto #69 ($6.50)
The Magic Whistle #15 by Sam Henderson $4.99
Crawlspace by Timothy Sinaguglia (So What Press) $5.00
City Chickens by Jess Ruliffson $4.00
Cretin #2 by David Soileau $5.00
Johnny Viable and His Terse Friends #1 by Steve Aylett (Floating World) $7.95

Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
The Comics Journal Library vol 9 Zap: The Interviews, edited by Michael Dean & Gary Groth (Fantagraphics) $35.00 – Crumb, Spain Rodriguez, S. Clay Wilson, Robert Williams, Gilbert Shelton and more!
Batman The Jiro Kuwata Batmanga vol 1 by Jiro Kuwata (DC) $14.99
Pride of Baghdad (Deluxe Edition) by Brian K. Vaughan and friends (Vertigo) $24.99

Art & Design Books
Taxidermy Art: A Rogue’s Guide to the Work the Culture and How to Do It Yourself by Robert Marbury $18.95

Sexy Sexy
Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It by Anne Ishii, Graham Kolbeins, Chip Kidd (Fantagraphics) $35.00

Politics & Revolution
Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn’t Work and How We Can Do Better by Maya Schenwar $18.95

A Bit Harder to Classify
The David Foster Wallace Reader $35.00
You Have to Fucking Eat by Adam Manbach and Owen Brozman (Akashic) $14.95 – Yeah yeah Go the Fuck to Sleep we get it, we get it.

Mayhem
Wiccapedia: A Modern Day White Witches Guide by Shawn Robbins and Leanna Greenaway $14.95

Music Books
Peaches: A Chronicle of the Stranglers 1974-1990 by Robert Endeacott (Soundcheck) $21.95

Magazines
Juxtapoz #168 Jan 15 $6.99
Lodown #93 $16.99
Geek Out Spr 15 $9.99
Victory Journal #8 Heroes and Villains  $16.00
Lady #1 $40.00
Taproot #12 Bread  $9.00
Modern Farmer #7 Win 14 $7.99
Shock Cinema #47 $5.00
Horror Hound #50 Nov Dec 14 $6.99
Screem #29 $8.95
Ugly Things #38 $9.95
Fader #95 Dec Jan 15 The Now Issue $5.99
Viper #6 Fall Win 14  $20.00
Shindig #43 $12.99
Big Takeover #75 $5.99
Mojo #253 Dec 14 $9.99
International Socialist Review #95 Win 14 15 $10.00
AdBusters Jan Feb 15 $12.95

Sure, it’s spsd to be an ironic cover but it is actually really beautiful.

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Lit Journals
The Point #9 Win 15 Symposium – What Is Privacy For $12.00
Rock and Sling vol 9 #2 Fall Win 14 $10.00
Taddle Creek #34 $5.95
The Oxford American #87 Southern Music Issue 14 $12.95

Kids Books
No Such Thing by Ella Bailey (Flying Eye/Nobrow) $17.95

Other Stuff
Restock of handmade blank journals from Red Shorts Bindery, in  variety of colors and sizes!

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. by VIV Albertine $27.99 – Memoir from the lead guitarist and songwriter from The Slits.

New memoirish DIY book How Not to Write thingy from Lisa “Suckdog” “Rollerderby” Carver. #QuimbysBookstore #book #LisaCarver

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How Not to Write by Lisa Carver $15.95

The Pitchfork Review #4 Fall 14

Not to be confused with things about the band THE FALL ON Pitchfork.

Zines
Significant Others Guide to Interacting with the Disabled by William Takahashi $10.00
LTLE Letters to the Editor by Katherine Riley $2.00
Tokyo Records #1 $1.00 – A frequent Quimby’s shopper and music fan went to Tokyo and documented his experience with his experience buying records.
El Aleph Magazine vol 1 $20.00
Here It Is My Beautiful Fucking Heart by Jon Michael Frank $15.00
Emem in between two objects touching $5.00
Biff Boff Bam Sock #4 Nuptial Edition by Anna Jo Beck $3.00
SeXXX Files #2 by Elizabeth Tieri $6.00
Wild Pumpkin Patch by The Back to Print Creatives $20.00
Jelly Legs #1 by Kristy Black $4.00
Just Make Pictures Zine #5 Smoking in Public by Michael Jarecki $4.00
Chicago-based Temporary Services collective/publisher/troublemakers are doing this kind of residency/kind of exhibition where they put out like amillion zines in a short span of time and show it off at the SAIC. Here are a few new publications from them: Chiraq & Its Meaning(s) by Project NIA (Temporary Servies) $5.00, Leftover Rightunder 2 by Wes Janz $6.00, Due Time $5.00

Comics & Minis
Love Particle Three Stories by Sam Sharpe $5.00 – Includes the stories Love Paritcle (was in a CAKE Anthology), End of Action (from the Hic and Hoc Illustrated Journal of Humor vol 1) and Less Than Three.
Labyrinthectomy Luncheonette by Chris Cilla (Revival House) $4.99
Laskimooses #20 Päivän tuoksuvalla hetkellä $7.00
Hoody #2 Bandit and the Zomby Horde by Joel Maxime Jr. $15.00
Panthor #1 $9.00
Sexy Babes over Sexty Nine by Aaron Manczyk $2.25
Fuck the Already Alienated Author One Full Year by R. Burns $2.00
Ten Minicomics vol 2 by Alex Nall $5.00

Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Cochlea and Eustachia by Hans Rickheit (Fantagraphics) $19.99
Vapor by Max (Fantagraphics) $24.99
Big Oldie: A Collection of Comic Zines by Rick V $8.00
Mind Mgmt vol 4 The Magician by Matt Kindt (Dark Horse) $19.99
Saga Book 1 by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples and friends (Image) $49.99 – Fancy hardcover collecting the first three trade paperbacks (issues #1-18).
Runaways: The Complete Collection vol 2 by Brian K. Vaughan & friends (Marvel) $34.99
Fairest in All the Land by Bll Willingham (Vertigo) $14.99
Incal by Moebius and Alejandro Jodorowsky (Humanoids) $44.95

Fiction
Beautiful You by Chuck Palahniuk $25.95 – How much sex is too much sex? Isn’t that like, every Chuck Palahniuk book? Like how much (fill in the blank) is too much (fill in the blank)? -LM
Normal Ave by Alex Bonner $18.50

Humor
That’s Not Funny, That’s Sick: The National Lampoon and the Comedy Insurgents Who Captured the Mainstream by Ellin Stein $16.95 – Now in soft cover.

Essays & One Other Slightly Unclassifiable Book
Best American Nonrequired Reading 2014 ed. by Daniel Handler and Lemony Snicket $14.95
Unspeakable and Other Subjects of Discussion by Meghan Daum $26.00

Film & TV Books
Yes Please by Amy Poehler $28.99 – Would be a sort of appropriate mainstreamy companion to the aforementioned Lisa Carver How Not to Write book above. Haikus, lists, memoir-y stuff, instructions. Plus, for those of us who get Google updates for “Celebrity Memoirs,” the internet seems to be all up in arms because she did (GASP) ecstacy. Well I never! -LM

Politics & Revolution
Writers Block #1 Voices of Women Inside by Anotonio Garcia (Beyondmedia Education) $10.00 – From Beyondmedia’s Women and Prison project, a 36-page zine compilation of “deeply personal narratives, visceral creative writing and provocative scholarly essays” about the lives and thoughts of incarcerated women and their families. Includes Marilyn Buck’s “Prison Life: A Day,” a detailed and intense account of prison from wakeup count to lights out.-GS
Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto $16.95

Magazines
Tape Op #104 Nov Dec 14 $4.95
Bust Dec 14 Jan 15 vol 90 $5.99
Bite Me Magazine #2 The Hair Issue $20.00
Razorcake #83 Black Rainbow $4.00
Kinfolk vol 14 Winter Issue $18.00
Cabinet #54 Sum 14 Accident $12.00
Dwell Dec 14 $7.50
True Crime Nov 14 $8.99
Murder Most Foul #94 $9.99
Make vol 42 $9.99
Lula #19  $17.99
Lagom #1 $19.95
Paper Magazine Win 14 vol 31 #3 $10.00 – Yeah yeah it’s the one with the cover that everyone wants.
Internationalist #38 Oct Nov 14 $.50
Harpers Magazine Dec 14 $6.99
Tattoo Collection #65 $7.75

Lit Journals
Nimrod International Journal vol 58 #1 Awards 36 $11.00
Parody vol 3 #2 $5.00

Childrens Books
Anna and Froga: Thrills Spills and Gooseberries by Anouk Ricard (DQ/Enfant) $14.95
Books by MC McNellis: Ant Adaption, Ibex Idiom, Anteater Analogy, Kiwi Simile $12.00 each

Other Stuff
Field Notes Ambition Edition $9.95 – 25th quarterly COLORS edition: embossed, gilded edges and includes 3-Pack of datebook, ledger, and memo.