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There was a wonderful, very stuffed book/CD shop in Turku, called Alfa Antikva. Most of their space is taken by second hand books and comics and new(?) CD’s, but there was also a good selection of manga (English translations) and some DVD’s.

In one corner, between a table/shelf of comics and under a shelf of 2nd hand sci-fi books, there was the set of about six brown cardboard boxes labeled “proge”, full of CD’s. I picked the box which had ‘H’ bands, and found the album I’ve been looking for years: Huono parturi by the Finnish prog group Höyry-kone. うれしかった!

From another second hand bookshop and from some seller in Finncon I bought a set of sci-fi fantasy books:

• The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
• Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
• Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
• Star Trek the Next Generation #1: Ghost Ship by Diane Carey
• Starship Troopers and The Door Into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein