Book Collection: ur2ndbiggestfan

[Brian861]

Did you see this, Steve regarding new UK PB's?

Hodder To Reissue King's Entire Backlist

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Yeah, I'm thinking about it...

Here's the rest of my Clarke books, not counting paperbacks. As soon as I win the Powerball I'll fill in all the early editions.

[jon10g]

Many thanks. Great looking Clarke collection.

[Stockerlone]

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Thanks Jon & Frank.

Yet another Bova proof to add to my groaning shelves:

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

I was cleaning out a closet and found the packing box for the 11-22-63 signed edition.
S&S even put the price of the book on the box, to discourage theft, no doubt.

[George at C-Springs]

Here is an Arthur C. Clarke picture.
I think I took pictures of these before but they've been re-arranged a bit since.

Yeah, I'm thinking about it...
Here's the rest of my Clarke books, not counting paperbacks. As soon as I win the Powerball I'll fill in all the early editions.

Steve - Pretty sure I've shared these before, but just in case. I've been a huge Clarke fan since the late 70's some time, "The City and the Stars " is one of my absolute favorite books; I was reading him long before I was reading King. These are all of my trade HC and PB Clarke books, couple in Italian, and a couple of proofs; all well-read, lotsa firsts, lotsa old paperbacks back when the art was great. The sole limiteds I have are the Centipede Against the Fall of Night and The City and the Stars duo, that's off in another bookcase. I wrote to him in 1988 after reading "Glide Path" and finding out we were both radar technicians who worked on the same types of radar systems; he wrote back with the annotated letter below.

If you ever want to part with your Clarke collection, I'm your man!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Part with Clarke?
You must be Stark!
Not as in George
That's just too Dark
Your stuff is cool
Those letters rule
The paperbacks
No brags just facts
They can't be beat
Cause they so sweet.

Whoa! Just dumped a bucket of ice water over my head.
That's what I get for watching 8 Mile again last night.

My favorite Clarke novels are 2001 and THE FOUNTAINS OF PARADISE.

Not a very good picture, but these are all the Clarke paperbacks that I have:

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

I see some of the horror paperbacks I bought ten, twenty years ago are starting to go for 50, 60 bucks or more on E-Bay, some in not so great condition. Either these people are getting ripped-off, or the books are getting scarcer because they were read and then discarded. Or it could be some other reason(s). This may be one of them:

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

This arrived today:

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Amazon delivered these today, along with a DVD and a CD, all rattling around in a box with zero protection.
Amazingly, there was no serious damage to anything.
The classic novels book has THE SHRINKING MAN in it.

[Brian861]

No air cushions! That's an Amazon staple.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

An Amazon customer rep promised me once that they would never again send me packages without adequate protection.
Hey, I think he lied!

The collecting bug must have bit me long ago. Here's a newspaper I've had since Tuesday, August 5, 1969:

[Brian861]

It was a great work of fiction

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

The best!

Got this today from The Folio Society:

[Garrell]

I like that version of The Road

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Me also.

Just because:

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Even though I highly disliked the book, I ordered the Easton Press Signed Edition of XENOCIDE just to be a completist:

[SystemCrashOverRide]

Nice to see another collector sharing his OSC collection. Mine is likely much less impressive, though I do have a few ARCs and signed books, none are SL's or overly special.

I will say though, that I'm very much of two minds when it comes to OSC. Love his work, greatly dislike his politics, to the point that I make an effort not to buy anything he publishes new - I buy it all second hand under the pretext that I'm not lining his pockets any. I bring all this up because I'm curious if you've ever felt conflicted about collecting his work. I would be interested to know.

[Stockerlone]

Congrats,
its hard to be a completist....

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Thanks Frank, that's for sure!

I quit reading Card because he just seemed to go into a different writing mode that I did not like.

[Ben Eads]

Very impressed! Awesome S/F collection!

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Thanks guys...

Oh, Mister Heinlein, you’re so fine
I read your books all the time
Hey Heinlein
Hey Heinlein
Oh, Tim, you are so fine
Without you, these numbered books would not be mine
Yes, Tim’s fine
Yes, Tim’s fine.

[lotuz]

Love the books (and the pup!) and am always most happy to help

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Tim is the man!
"Arf!"

I finally found a copy of THE MARTIAN US proof for a reasonable price.

All I need now is the signed UK edition, the lettered Sub Press and a 1st edition small size US paperback.



Oh darn, I also need a 1st UK trade hardcover.