In 2005, I was browsing through a secondhand bookstore and found something along the lines of "100% Accurate Predictions for the Upcoming Year 1984!" As one might guess, the accuracy was less than advertised for the year we all remember... but then I noticed something interesting.
The price originally printed on the back cover was $2. But the secondhand bookstore was selling it for $2.50. The value had *gone up* since it the book was published.
Newsflash: someone at that secondhand bookstore knows that there's a *second* 1984 coming down the pike!
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Date: 2010-03-16 06:05 am (UTC)The price originally printed on the back cover was $2. But the secondhand bookstore was selling it for $2.50. The value had *gone up* since it the book was published.
Newsflash: someone at that secondhand bookstore knows that there's a *second* 1984 coming down the pike!