Questions and requests re: Donaldson's Gap series

[denny]

I've read the first book in the Gap series a couple of times, and recently bought it. I then found out that the rest of the series is out of print *scowls*

I happened to see books 3 and 4 in a bookshop in MK yesterday, so I've grabbed those - which leaves me missing books 2 and 5 from a five book series. Not ideal.

1) Does anyone know whether the Gap series benefits from / absolutely requires / doesn't really care about reading it in order or not?

2) Does anyone have the books I'm missing and would they be willing to lend them to me?

3) If anyone sees the books I'm missing for sale anywhere, please let me know.

Comments

[simont]

I've got the whole series; is there a convenient way for me to lend you bits of it?

It's more of a five-book-long single integrated (and very complicated) plot than a sequence of vaguely disconnected books; I really don't think I'd recommend reading them out of order.

I hadn't heard they were out of print. I'm quite surprised.

[androktone.livejournal.com]

i've got most of them somewhere.. i'll dig them out.

[chocojon.livejournal.com]

www.amazon.co.uk may be able to source them for you. IIRC, they also have a search system for books out of print. Possibly. HTH

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

It's more of a five-book-long single integrated (and very complicated) plot than a sequence of vaguely disconnected books; I really don't think I'd recommend reading them out of order.

Thanks... that was the impression I got from the authors notes in my copy of the first one, but I thought it was worth checking.

I hadn't heard they were out of print. I'm quite surprised.

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I've got the whole series; is there a convenient way for me to lend you bits of it?

Um. I dunno if I know anyone who moves between Cambridge and London at present... elise is pretty much my only Cambridge contact point these days. Thanks very much for the offer, but I suspect there's probably not a convenient and book-safe route between us.

[wildeabandon.livejournal.com]

Hrm. I'm not quite sure when I'm next going to London - it was going to be next weekend, but I've had to cancel that. There could be some kind of convoluted me to robert_jones to lizw to duranorak to dennyd or something, but it might be more faff than it was worth. Or if <lj user="dennyd" can cope with waiting a month or so I'm sure I will be in London eventually.

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Thanks... are you still Luton-based? Or did I misremember that?

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Yeah, don't pass books through that many hands, it makes me nervous on their behalf :)

Anyway, duranorak still hasn't collected her own Xmas present from me! *fetches kitten-poking stick*

[booklectica]

You've tried eBay?