What's the coolest book you own?

[Worm of Despite]

[Fist and Faith]

I've always been pretty thrilled to own GILDEN-FIRE. Various spiritual/religious books also mean a lot to me.

Of course, none of them teach how to kill with any individual finger, so you win.

[drew]

I was going to say my book on Irish Mythology...but I guess it doesn't compare.

[Worm of Despite]

I've always been pretty thrilled to own GILDEN-FIRE. Various spiritual/religious books also mean a lot to me.

Of course, none of them teach how to kill with any individual finger, so you win.

Yes, Gilden's great to own. My favorite SRD illustrations! And yeah, killing with one finger--great stuff!

[Cail]

I have two...

An illustrated collection of Tennyson's poems that my great-grandfather got for Chrismas in 1897, and "Recollections and Letters of Robert E. Lee", compiled by his son, printed in 1924.

I also have a first-edition copy of Nevil Shute's "On the Beach", which is probably my favorite book ever.

[danlo]

Even tho I have 6 TC books (including Runes & Gilden Fire) signed by SRD, All 3 (so far) A Song of Ice and Fire books signed by G. R. R. Martin and 2 autographed Walter Jon Williams novels-my A Medicine for the Melancoly with the great Ray Bradbury's sig remains my all time fav! (...and shaking hands with the legend, Jack Williamson, has to rank up there too...)

[dennisrwood]

two books of poetry by one Samuel Francis Woolard. one is 1909, the other 1910. both signed by the author. addressed to one Mr.W H Mackey

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Oh man. What a question. The only fair answer is every one of them.

Got some nice old ones, like a first edition of The Origin of Species, but I love them all, from the most immaculate hardback, to the most beaten-up old paperback.

And every one is important to me in one way or another. Can you say Book-Junky?

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[dANdeLION]

I have 2 copies of Gilden-fire, one signed (thanks danlo!). I also have two copies of the first issue of "First Bass", an extremely rare magazine, and, as the title suggests, the first bass magazine ever. Most bass players never knew it existed, and frankly, they're not missing much.

[Furls Fire]

All my books are important to me. And I have ALOT. I'd have to say that my most prized possessions are "The Red Book of Westmarch", which is, for those who don't know, a red leather bound edition of There and Back Again: A Hobbits Tale And The Lord of the Rings: An Account of the Great War of the Ring. Also my 150 year-old King James edition of the Holy Bible, which has an accounting of our family tree and history. And, most important of all, all of my brothers journals. Not sure those would be considered books tho. I have them in a fire proof safe, however, so they would have to be my most important possessions.

[Leonard Nimoy]

A signed copy of "My Life". I had Hillary sign it, though, not her silly husband.

[Lord Mhoram]

Cail,
How good is "Recollections..."? I'm very interested in Lee's life, and have read quite a bit. I've heard of that one. It's good, yes?

[Cail]

Cail,
How good is "Recollections..."? I'm very interested in Lee's life, and have read quite a bit. I've heard of that one. It's good, yes?

It is, in a word, awesome. I'd like to get a more current copy of it, just for reading. It's Lee on Lee, assembled by, and commented on by his son. Really fascinating look into the man's life. If you're at all interested in the War Between the States, or history in general, it's absolutely fascinating.

[Nav]

I've got a copy of 'Hood and Bismarck' signed by Ted Briggs, the last living survivor of the HMS Hood, that's pretty special.

[Cail]

I've got a copy of 'Hood and Bismarck' signed by Ted Briggs, the last living survivor of the HMS Hood, that's pretty special.

ooohhhh, that sounds amazing! I'm a huge history buff, "Sink The Bismarck!" was the first historical book I read (when I was around 9) and got hooked.

[Myste]

This is tough. Is it my bound galley of Mirror of Her Dreams? (Which I don't feel guilty about buying because a) I must have bought copies of the actual book 3 times and b) I bought it at my favorite tiny bookstore, which was going out of business). Is it my first edition hardcover of Patricia McKillip's Something Rich and Strange, with color plates by Brian Froud? Is it the ancient edition of L'Histoire de Jongleur, which I don't know how to read, but which has illuminated gold-leafed capitals?

I think it's probably the scotch-taped paperback of "Good Night, Little ABC/Good Night, Benjamin Bunny" that I've loved since I was 2.

[lurch]

..I inherited my fathers hardbound ,,Dante's Paradisio and Inferno. This edition, translated some eighty years ago..has the magnificent engravings as illustrations. Them alone are treasures. But..the most magnificent...Robert Burnham's Celestial Handbook; An Observers Guide To The Universe Beyond The Solar System...beyond words....MEL

[The Pumpkin King]

I have this book that my friend gave me on his last day of school before he left back for Japan. (He was an Exchange Student)...

It's filled with kanji and various totally random black and white drawings.

I have absolutely no idea what it's about, as he didn't so much give it to me, but left it to a teacher to give to me, without telling her a single thing about it.

The book has no hints whatsoever as to its subject matter. It seems to have no discernable focus. It doesn't seem either particularly educational, or novellesque, or informative, or anything.

In short, I have absolutely no idea what it is or why he left it for me.

He gave it to me because I was one of the only friends he had there and I had quite a bit of interest in Japan. He was always the sort to do random things like..well...leave someone a book that they have absolutely no idea how to decypher.

It's medium-sized (larger than a standard paperback), about a third of an inch thick, with an olive cover with orange binding.

I want to learn the Japanese language one day just to figure out what the thing is about!

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I have a book on air conditioning and refrigerator repair.

[danlo]

It's always good to have a trade to fall back on in case the Ant Farming gig falls through