tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post7351922540911687496..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: You've GOT to Read ThisAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-74023812332673674252014-02-27T04:32:43.803-05:002014-02-27T04:32:43.803-05:00There's something about getting a bargain on a...There's something about getting a bargain on a book that makes my heart sing... Yes, I know that as an author I should want everyone to pay full price for everything, and for all used books to be pulped so that readers are forced to buy new copies... but I honestly don't feel that way.<br /><br />"You GOT to Read This" sounds like a bit of a roller coaster ride. Must be interesting for an author pulled in as a recommender to see his or her own work recommended by somebody else, though.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-67198217328537515892014-02-26T21:17:20.304-05:002014-02-26T21:17:20.304-05:00I've seen the book you mentioned first, "...I've seen the book you mentioned first, "You've got to read this." It seems like the sort of thing that would be up my alley. I love short stories and I love writers on writers. As far as your recommendation to read the stories before the intros, I often wonder why things don't get printed more often as afterwords. I love reading afterwords, but too often it feels as if an introduction is telling me how to feel about things I'm about to encounter. I am a bit too susceptible to others' opinions, so I prefer to meet content freshly and hear later what others thought.Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-87083780356729318302014-02-26T14:56:10.327-05:002014-02-26T14:56:10.327-05:00Yeah, Sacchi- First editions are quite a science. ...Yeah, Sacchi- First editions are quite a science. Not every 'first edition' is a true 'first' edition. All the particular quirks of the actual first edition must be fulfilled before the designation is considered genuine for a book. <br /><br />JP- It's a wonder how the reactions range for King. And yep, the Civil Action movie is just a whisper of a memory.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-25014391285662071782014-02-26T14:08:58.009-05:002014-02-26T14:08:58.009-05:00I've enjoyed Stephen King on and off over the ...I've enjoyed Stephen King on and off over the years, but the one story of his I really, really liked was Rose Madder, one of his lesser known books I think. A Civil Action, yes - excellent. Are movies ever as good as the book?JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10305127219838784688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-24225557527577061582014-02-26T12:41:03.051-05:002014-02-26T12:41:03.051-05:00Out of curiosity I just looked up editions of Seve...Out of curiosity I just looked up editions of Seven Pillars of Wisdom on Abebooks, and apparently there were several limited-edition sets printed more recently, at least one claiming to be "parallel printing" the original privately published edition, so it might have had the "subscription" wording. Illustrations were added, too, and I think there were illustrations. So probably not the original, but still worth a good deal.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-32697512889415400232014-02-26T12:22:59.360-05:002014-02-26T12:22:59.360-05:00What a find! Glad you have it.
I used to work on ...What a find! Glad you have it. <br />I used to work on the local League of Women Voters book sale, long ago, mostly with the pricing-and-sorting team si I could get a look at the donated books. Once I came across a set of what appeared to be the subscription edition (therefore first edition) of T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom. It was in beautiful condition, complete with box, or sleeve, or whatever it's called. We were supposed to set books of possible higher value aside for someone with more expertise to inspect, so I did, hoping that I might be able to afford it myself once a price was set. And as far as I could ever tell no one in the League ever saw it again. Not at the sale, not at the auction where the more valuable things were sold, and none of the League officers (I was secretary at that point) knew anything about it. I couldn't swear that it wasn't a reproduction, if such a thing existed, but not too long afterward I saw an article about a resurgence of interest in Lawrence, and the set was supposedly then selling for $30,000. I wish I'd kept it. Well, no, but I wish I'd taken it briefly for safekeeping. Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.com