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[Hermit]

That is your origin story as a collector.

I think I define myself more as a hoarder than a collector. A collector has the things they collect all on a good display. I do not. I have my books crammed, perched, shoved, piled where ever I can store them for reading. I have a few bookcases but they got filled up years ago and now I have books cascading from whatever available space I have left them in.
I did at one time have the fake idea that I would gain a room back when our eldest moved out, but now hes nearing the age of an adult, hes quite happy to remain in this house as he knows its a better option. lol so thats my dream of gaining my art and book room fading

[RonClinton]

I think I define myself more as a hoarder than a collector. A collector has the things they collect all on a good display. I do not. I have my books crammed, perched, shoved, piled where ever I can store them for reading. I have a few bookcases but they got filled up years ago and now I have books cascading from whatever available space I have left them in.
I did at one time have the fake idea that I would gain a room back when our eldest moved out, but now hes nearing the age of an adult, hes quite happy to remain in this house as he knows its a better option. lol so thats my dream of gaining my art and book room fading

Even after doing this for 35ish years and buying thousands of "collectible" books, I still think of myself as as hoarder, albeit an organized one, with everything on display and shelved, I think, beautifully. But to me, a "collector" is someone who collects with a focus, either an author(s) or a time period (e.g. 19th century 1sts) or a niche interest (religion, botany, WWII, etc.) or a publisher(s) or etc. etc...something that ties each book within their collection together to form a holistic unity, where the individual books are components to a cohesive whole that offers a wider, expansive understanding of a particular topic or era. With the diverse nature in what I buy -- old vintage noir paperbacks, modern horror collectibles, a few important SF titles, genre and bookstore history, and so on -- there's no "cohesive whole" to be discerned, other than my own particular, personal interests. It's a reflection of me as a reader and being, and as such it's more a hoard of reflective pieces of that approach, as opposed to a true collection. I still call my hoard of books "my collection" for the linguistic ease of it and perhaps the distinction is more about semantics than I give it credit for, but I've never considered myself a true collector, not really. But for me, that type of focus is unappealingly restrictive, so I don't aim to be one, either.

[Ben Staad]

I concur. I used to exclusively collect SK but over time I realized I could never afford to be a real SK collector.

Now I just buy editions that appeal to me. If it's the art, story, author, or publisher that catches my eye then it becomes part of my hoard..,erm, collection.

I still call my hoard of books "my collection" for the linguistic ease of it and perhaps the distinction is more about semantics than I give it credit for, but I've never considered myself a true collector, not really. But for me, that type of focus is unappealingly restrictive, so I don't aim to be one, either.

[Hermit]

I have to say, I'm enjoying reading BJF and Lividians origin stories via patreon

[Brian James Freeman]

Now I just buy editions that appeal to me. If it's the art, story, author, or publisher that catches my eye then it becomes part of my hoard..,erm, collection.

Same here. You put it perfectly.

[Brian James Freeman]

I have to say, I'm enjoying reading BJF and Lividians origin stories via patreon

Thank you! I've been meaning to work on this sort of series for a while now, and finally had the perfect opportunity to do so.

[Brian James Freeman]

All preorders have been shipped for the TRADE HARDCOVER of SEVEN SHADES OF EVIL by Robert McCammon, and we now have approximately 50 copies of this edition left available: https://lividian.com/all-preorders-s...bert-mccammon/

[Ben Staad]

That is awesome. I hope this was a great success for LP!

Two of those bad boys will be in my hands on Saturday.

All preorders have been shipped for the TRADE HARDCOVER of SEVEN SHADES OF EVIL by Robert McCammon, and we now have approximately 50 copies of this edition left available: https://lividian.com/all-preorders-s...bert-mccammon/

[sholloman81]

That is awesome. I hope this was a great success for LP!

Two of those bad boys will be in my hands on Saturday.

Am jealous! I held off on the trade since I ordered the limited. I just can't have two versions of the same book in my collection any longer and already have all the other Corbett books as LE's. The LE for Seven Shades cannot be published soon enough!

[swintek]

All preorders have been shipped for the TRADE HARDCOVER of SEVEN SHADES OF EVIL by Robert McCammon, and we now have approximately 50 copies of this edition left available: https://lividian.com/all-preorders-s...bert-mccammon/

Thought I had this on order, but think I missed it. Checking it out- does the trade not have the signed, "pictorial" tip-in that most (all?) of the other trades had?

[Brian James Freeman]

Thought I had this on order, but think I missed it. Checking it out- does the trade not have the signed, "pictorial" tip-in that most (all?) of the other trades had?

This one does not. With a handful of different projects on McCammon's plate this year, and most of them requiring signing sheets, it was decided to skip the signature tip-ins for this trade hardcover.

[swintek]

This one does not. With a handful of different projects on McCammon's plate this year, and most of them requiring signing sheets, it was decided to skip the signature tip-ins for this trade hardcover.

Thanks, Brian. Still going to need it anyway!

[Ben Staad]

Guesses on the email hint(s)? I have not a clue.

[Martin]

Guesses on the email hint(s)? I have not a clue.

I did not receive an email from Lividian so I can't be sure. I do know what the limited shipping soon is though, I have the ARC and it is a beauty!

[Brian James Freeman]

I did not receive an email from Lividian so I can't be sure. I do know what the limited shipping soon is though, I have the ARC and it is a beauty!

Weird. Still no sign of the email?