The wonderful <a href="http://www.loompanics.com" target="new">Loompanics</a> book catalogue is going out of business after at least two decades.

Source of some of the strangest books and pamphlets ever published, as well as such bona fide classics as <em>How to Start Your Own Country</em>, Loompanics was an essential source of bizarre information for those of us who grew up wyrd in the pre-Internet age.

That's the sad news. The good news is that they're selling off their stock at half price! Huzzah!