Fforde Frustration!

Jasper Fforde is a rare breed of near-extinct writer - he's an absolute original and is in the same league (in my world) as Neil Gaiman.

Anyway, I was doing my usual round of book-hunting, as happens whenever I visit the capital of the country, and I managed to buy books 2 to 4 of the Thursday Next series in different book stores. I couldn't find the 1st title, The Eyre Affair, but was happy enough with what I had even though the books had different cover designs because they were from different publishers.

Then I came back, and went to the local bookstore.

Imagine, then, how I felt when I saw the entire collection of the Thursday Next series in a box-set!!! To rub it in, the set was very cheap (as compared to standard novel prices) and - obviously - had matching covers.

Argh.

*jumps off cliff*