Sign that you are getting old #19545

[th3l0rd]

I'm following you I still have my first HC (not 1st edition) of the neverending story (italian edition) dated 1986 IIRC. Illustrated and printed in two colors (one for this world, one for Fantasia. Bound in red velvet, and the first leter of every chapter is illustrated like medieval manuscripts

[srboone]

Some pretty good 1970's art:

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[srboone]

My bookshelves are littered with those kinds of books! I still have the first copy of dracula I ever read. It's a kid's adaptation. It's not even an abridged version! (of course the story is told in the form of correspondenses and diary entries--that would not make for a simple abridgement, I guess.)

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It's a 6 X 9 92-page paperabck that I bought new at a bookstore in Goodland, KS in 1973 for $1.25.

[bsaenz24]

Yep!! I remember riding several miles on a bike to pick up IT the day it came out. Good times.....You felt like you "earned" that book when it didn't just show up at your door.

[TerryE]

I don't have that problem so much as seeing some of the anniversary reissues. I remember the hub-bub about "The Exorcist" (couldn't read it or see it when it first came out) and that book is 40 years old now. "It" is 25 years old now???!!! I have distinct memories about reading that, and avoiding all the storm drains on the college campus for a full month after I read it. The ending of the book was so nice, but now that I realize it's 25 years later, I'm wondering if the cycle is about to start again.

[mhatchett]

"Older", brother, "Older"!! HAHAHA!!
MDH

[Menace]

You can look at your bookshelves and find several hardbacks that are 30+ years old that you bought new yourself as a teenager when they were first released....

Thanks now I feel old again

[Tito_Villa]

Luckily being 25 i don't have that problem ... yet, but i do feel the years sliping away!

[bsaenz24]

You can look at your bookshelves and find several hardbacks that are 30+ years old that you bought new yourself as a teenager when they were first released....