Republic of Ireland - The Cloud of Desolation - Sam Baneham

So my history with this book is a pretty good story. After reaching out to a guy called Damo, on the science fiction book club FaceBook group asking him about Irish Science fiction from the Republic of Ireland. Damo came back recommending Cloud of Desolation, but warned me it was a very rare and therefore pretty expensive book. This project has taught me that searching for books all over the internet is quite good fun and i'm getting pretty good at it. Damo was super generous and offered to lend me a copy of his book, but i also really like collecting physical copies of the books for this project too. 

I eventually found a copy in a small 2nd hand online bookshop based in Ireland, so I purchased a copy from them. The owner was super friendly and sent me a few emails about delivery times and prices. The book went past its due date by a week or so, so I emailed the book store owner, who was very apologetic and went on a mission to kick the couriers ass and get the book into my hands. The owner did the job and book arrived a couple of weeks later on the 11th Aug 2023.