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My Wish List:
I'm open to gifts any time. Really. Just-because gifts can be even more special than birthday gifts, or Yule gifts, or name-day gifts. There aren't enough holidays to use as excuses to gift people, in my humble opinion.
So here's my list o'stuff, in no particular order. For your shopping convenience, these have approximate prices in Canadian dollars, and are sorted into Books, CDs, DVDs, and a miscellaneous section. Where possible I've listed the paperback edition of books, unless the title is only available in hardcover. If you're not local, I have wish lists under A. Murphy-Hiscock on both Amazon.ca and Amazon.com.
I'm not picky; secondhand in decent shape is fine. Gift certificates to Indigo, Amazon, HMV, and so forth are all equally welcome. Gift certificates to Shar Music online to help buy things like cello strings and accessories are great too.
And in case you think I'm materialistic, and measure love by presents... you're wrong. I just love getting mail, and opening packages. And reading books. So sue me.
Latest update: May 5, 2006
I'm open to gifts any time. Really. Just-because gifts can be even more special than birthday gifts, or Yule gifts, or name-day gifts. There aren't enough holidays to use as excuses to gift people, in my humble opinion.
So here's my list o'stuff, in no particular order. For your shopping convenience, these have approximate prices in Canadian dollars, and are sorted into Books, CDs, DVDs, and a miscellaneous section. Where possible I've listed the paperback edition of books, unless the title is only available in hardcover. If you're not local, I have wish lists under A. Murphy-Hiscock on both Amazon.ca and Amazon.com.
I'm not picky; secondhand in decent shape is fine. Gift certificates to Indigo, Amazon, HMV, and so forth are all equally welcome. Gift certificates to Shar Music online to help buy things like cello strings and accessories are great too.
And in case you think I'm materialistic, and measure love by presents... you're wrong. I just love getting mail, and opening packages. And reading books. So sue me.
Latest update: May 5, 2006
Books:
Crown of Dalemark by Diana Wynne Jones (paperback approx $9)
Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett (paperback approx $10)
Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire (hardcover approx $35)
Quicksilver and Shadow by Charles de Lint (hardcover approx $40)
Mabinogion Tetralogy by Evangeline Walton (hardcover approx $51)
Old English and Its Closest Relatives: A Survey of the Earliest Germanic Languages by Orrin W. Robinson (paperback approx $29)
A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary by J. R. Clark Hall (paperback approx $23)
Patience and Fortitude by Nicholas A. Basbanes (paperback approx $25)
Romances of the Archive in Contemporary British Fiction by Suzanne Keen (Paperback approx $35)
Nine Worlds of Seid Magic: Ecstacy and Neo-Shamanism in North-European Paganism by Jenny Blain (Paperback approx 35$)
Virginia Woolf by Nigel Nicolson (Hardcover approx $30)
Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer? by Rhonda Wilcox and David Lavery (Paperback approx $40)
Beowulf: An Imitative Translation Trans. Ruth P. M. Lehmann (Paperback approx $15)
OR
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation Trans. Seamus Heaney (Paperback approx $20)Roles of the Northern Goddess by Hilda Ellis Davidson (Paperback approx $50)
The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe by Hilda Ellis Davidson (Paperback approx $50)
Brigid's Charge by Cynthia Lamb (Paperback approx $20)
The Great Goddesses of Egypt by Barbara S. Lesko (Paperback approx $25)
Feasts of Light: Celebrations for the Seasons of Life Based on the Egyptian Goddess Mysteries by Normandi Ellis (Paperback approx $30)
Uncharted Territory by Connie Willis (Paperback approx $10)
Pagan Paths: A Guide to Wicca, Druidry, Asatru, Shamanism and Other Pagan Practices by Peter Jennings (Paperback approx $25)
Guide to Literary Agents by Kathryn Brogan (Paperback approx. $40)
Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 2006: 1,900+ Places to Get Your Fiction Into Print by Anne Bowling, Vanessa Lyman (Paperback approx $40)
DVDs:
[widescreen where possible, please and thank you!]
Series of Unfortunate Events double disc set Dir. Brad Silberling, 2004 (Approx $35)
Fifth Element Dir. Luc Besson, 1997(Approx $25)
Amadeus (director's cut) Dir. Milos Forman, 1984 (Approx $30)
Howards End Dir. Ismail Merchant (Approx $30)
The Storyteller Collection Dir. Jim Henson et al, 1987 (Approx $25)
The Great Muppet Caper Dir. Jim Henson et al, 1981 (Approx $25)
The Muppets Take Manhattan Dir. Jim Henson et al, 1984 (Approx $25)
Labyrinth Dir. Jim Henson et al, 1986 (Approx $25)
Muppet Treasure Island DIr. Brian Henson et al, 1996 (Approx $25)
Mists of Avalon Dir. Uli Edel, 2001 (Approx $25)
Impromptu Dir. James Lapine, 1991(Approx $25)
Fraggle Rock: The Complete First Season [5 discs](Approx $45)
The Muppet Show: The Complete First Season(Approx $50 )
Farscape: The Complete First Season [11 discs](Approx $180)
Farscape: The Complete Second Season [10 discs](Approx $180)
Farscape: The Complete Third Season [10 discs](Approx $180)
Farscape: The Complete Fourth Season [10 discs](Approx $150)
Angel: The Series: The Complete Fifth Season [6 Discs](Approx $70)
Angel: The Series: The Complete Fourth Season [6 Discs](Approx $70)
Angel: The Series: The Complete Third Season [6 Discs](Approx $70)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Second Season [6 Discs](Approx $70)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Third Season [6 Discs](Approx $70)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Fourth Season [6 Discs](Approx $70)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Fifth Season [6 Discs](Approx $70)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Sixth Season [6 Discs](Approx $70)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Seventh Season [6 Discs](Approx $70)
Smallville: The Complete Fourth Season [6 Discs](Approx $70)
Smallville: The Complete Third Season [6 Discs](Approx $70)
Smallville: The Complete Second Season [6 Discs](Approx $70)
CDs:
Hipeponymous -- The Tragically Hip Box Set The Tragically Hip (approx $50)
Essential Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma (approx $18)
Angel: Live Fast Never Die original TV soundtrack various (approx $18)
Life for Rent Dido (approx $18)
Invocation of the Graces Lisa Thiel (approx $20)
Mirror of the Middle Ages The Soil Bleeds Black (approx. $20)
Mists of Avalon soundtrack Lee Holridge (approx $20)
Edda: Myths from Medieval Iceland Sequentia Ensemble for Medieval Music (approx $25)
Count Your Blessings Holly Cole et al, Christmas live recording (approx $25)
Other:
A bread machine. With a timer function so we can wake up to fresh bread. Mmm...
A high-quality set of kitchen pots and pans such as Paderno or Lagostina
A small food processor
A Fishman C-100 cello pickup, or a Barcus-Berry 3125M clamp-on cello piezo pickup
All content (c) A. Hiscock. Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine.