Reason #5628 why it would be nice to win the lottery

[katster]

Because I would love to get my hands on this collection.

Alas, I am still not yet a multi-millionare, so I’ll have to keep dreaming.

Originally published at retstak.org. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[buran.livejournal.com]

They have these things called libraries.

[katster.livejournal.com]

*shrug* What's the point of owning any book since there's these things called libraries?

If I wanted to read them right now, like I'm currently doing with the Hugo winners, then yeah, a library works. But owning a first edition of every book that's won the Hugo (and/or the Nebula), many of then signed by guys long dead, isn't reason enough to sometimes wish that I had the money to burn?

-kat

[zibblsnrt.livejournal.com]

So... you never buy books?

[lirazel.livejournal.com]

For that matter, the books I collect (Early American religious fiction) are NOT in libraries, or not often. Some of the stars, yes. But generally speaking, not so much.

Holding a book published in 1847, with its creamy, faintly foxed paper and clear, crisp, higly-legible typeface has a thrill all its own. Knowing that book is "mine" for my life is even better.