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The Complete Far Side Archive

Posted by michael on from the boneless-chicken-ranch dept.

Muddie writes "Amazon is carrying the complete works of The Far Side. Weighing in at about 19 pounds, it features over 4,000 cartoons, including 19 Larson made after retirement, letters from readers, and more packed into 1,250 pages in 2 hardcover books boxed as a set for about USD$95. My life is complete."

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  1. Overstock.com by Krackbaby · · Score: 5, Informative

    Overstock.com has it for a little over $79 plus a couple bucks for shipping.

  2. Referrer... by Echnin · · Score: 2, Informative

    Damn, now that's rude: using Slashdot to earn referrer revenue. Shouldn't the editors have spotted this? Oh well. Nice offer, anyway.

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    1. Re:Referrer... by Trigun · · Score: 1, Informative

      Slasdot and every other Referrer Free link! for those who want to fight the establishment (well the establishment minus Amazon)

  3. Metric r00lz by immel · · Score: 2, Informative

    "Weighing in at about 19 pounds." That's about 8.62 kilograms or 84.5 Newtons

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    1. Re:Metric r00lz by InOverMyFeet · · Score: 1, Informative
      Recall that there is a pound mass and a pound force (or weight as you have stated). While pound mass cannot be used in engineering computations (because it is of a gravitational system of units and not as absolute system of units), it serves as the unit of mass in comercial transactions in the United States (such as the 19 pounds for the set of Far Side Books).

      1 lb mass = 0.4536kg (National Institute of Standards and Technology)

      Oh, and the parent post was correct.....lose the my-shit-don't-stink attitude.

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  4. Save some Dough by akuma624 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hey man its 10 clams cheaper at alldirect.com

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  5. Costco has it for $79.99 by Gavin+Scott · · Score: 4, Informative

    Picked it up at the local Costco here in the SF bay area the other day. They had a pallet-load of them for about $80.

    Yes, it actually weighs 19.5 pounds.

    G.

  6. Re:take back your time machine... by Gavin+Scott · · Score: 3, Informative

    Instead of working the extra time to spend $80 - $100 for this, just buy the 5 volumes at $5 - $15 (depends on new or used, paper or hardback) that are already out.

    But the new version includes something like 1,100 strips that are not in any collection.

    Also over half of the strils in the book have been very nicely colorized by various artists using watercolors, so even if you have the original (black and white) books, the new one is worth having too.

    And the colored strips really do look quite nice.

    G.

  7. Alternatives to Amazon.com? by rizzo · · Score: 3, Informative

    Some of us are still boycotting that joint. Anyone care to collect some alternatives?

    Buy.com has it for $89.77.

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  8. For the *TRUE* Collectors by Chibi · · Score: 2, Informative

    There is also a leather-bound collector's edition. Rather than have people paranoid about a hidden referral link, just look for it yourself. :) The title is "The Complete Far Side Leather - Bound Edition." $750.00 List Price !!

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  9. buy.com has it cheaper by neile · · Score: 2, Informative

    Buy.com has it for $89.77 with free shipping. If you set up an account at fatwallet.com and order through their referral link you can also get 2% cash back.