Random thoughts...

[jeffingoff]

It's a publisher and you are right. Cancelling anything would only harm authors whose work I like and enjoy.

When I'm roaming the world of specialty press I am enjoying some escapism.

I don't want others opinions getting in the way of my escape.

I'm not going to name names.

Yeah, I hear you on having your escapism destroyed. Usually I don't feel like my escapism can be destroyed by a publisher. And unless the book itself feels agenda-driven or overly lecturing and didactic to the point of interfering with the story, I don't tend to care about the author's personal opinions. Just my take. I know enough to know I don't know enough.

[Ben Staad]

It's a publisher and you are right. Cancelling anything would only harm authors whose work I like and enjoy.

When I'm roaming the world of specialty press I am enjoying some escapism.

I don't want others opinions getting in the way of my escape.

I'm not going to name names.

I AM DYING TO KNOW. But also, if you liked the book or author enough to buy their work, then celebrate their work and put their personality/beliefs aside. Unless they victimized people or committed awful crimes, I won't abandon an author over their opinion/beliefs. Everyone is entitled to be wrong. And my opinions have changed so much over the years when new information becomes available that I really have no idea what to believe in anymore. Other than this world is effffffffed. Might as well read all the best books before they're burned through censorship or nukes.

Still, I want to know!

[jeffingoff]

I am so tired of publishers, authors, or similar voicing their political opinions on social media.

Truly wish I could cancel a few pre-orders right now but I doubt I can with whom I am commenting on.

I AM DYING TO KNOW. But also, if you liked the book or author enough to buy their work, then celebrate their work and put their personality/beliefs aside. Unless they victimized people or committed awful crimes, I won't abandon an author over their opinion/beliefs. Everyone is entitled to be wrong. And my opinions have changed so much over the years when new information becomes available that I really have no idea what to believe in anymore. Other than this world is effffffffed. Might as well read all the best books before they're burned through censorship or nukes.

Still, I want to know!

[Ben Staad]

I am so tired of publishers, authors, or similar voicing their political opinions on social media.

Truly wish I could cancel a few pre-orders right now but I doubt I can with whom I am commenting on.

[mhatchett]

Merry day after Christmas!

[saginawhorror]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Just finished opening 4 Ghost Story books. Which is pretty much my main non limited collection.

[RonClinton]

Merry Christmas to all, and may the new year be a wonderfully bookish one.

[Sock Monkey]

Merry Christmas, everyone!

[brlesh]

Merry Christmas right back at ya, and to all the gang here. Hope everyone has a great holiday.

Agreed.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone here!

B

[dannyboy121070]

Merry Christmas everyone. It's been a bugger the last few months at work and I'm pretty happy to sneak in a little time off.

We have groups working today, Friday, and Saturday and I need to stay available to support. So I'm not 100% off.

Merry Christmas right back at ya, and to all the gang here. Hope everyone has a great holiday.

[Ben Staad]

Merry Christmas everyone. It's been a bugger the last few months at work and I'm pretty happy to sneak in a little time off.

We have groups working today, Friday, and Saturday and I need to stay available to support. So I'm not 100% off.

[Ben Staad]

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[RonClinton]

I'm not purging my McCammon collection, but I told myself I need to get rid of some of the random duplicates I have, and the rand PBs from Lividian that I bought even though I have the HCs (either 1st or the LEs). Just need to find a collector who would appreciate those editions rather than the nickel I'd get at the used book store (if I was lucky.)

Oh plus some random PBs from SubPress that I bought. I don't need every damn edition of a book. I'm not that mad.

Yeah, I jettisoned my duplicates of any book (save for a couple) and ARCs some time ago. That was an easy scraping of the skin kind of discomfort...now any book that has to be removed is like open flesh surgery, cutting into the meat of things, 'cause now that I've purged, I don't know, maybe 1000 books over the last two, three years, I'm down to the good stuff, the "essential" stuff, and the pain of removing that kind of book(s) is a lot more acute. But it is what it is...it 's not like I can take with me, anyhow, right?

I still don't know what I'm going to do about my prospective McCammon massacre, though.

[TacomaDiver]

Someone talk me out of the madness of this McCammon purge.

I'm not purging my McCammon collection, but I told myself I need to get rid of some of the random duplicates I have, and the rand PBs from Lividian that I bought even though I have the HCs (either 1st or the LEs). Just need to find a collector who would appreciate those editions rather than the nickel I'd get at the used book store (if I was lucky.)

Oh plus some random PBs from SubPress that I bought. I don't need every damn edition of a book. I'm not that mad.

[RonClinton]

I gave up (mostly) being a completist long ago. Just don't have the shelf space or the cash to make that happen. When I can do it, great, but I never really go out of my way anymore. Same with matching numbers. If I can do it, great, but it's never a deal breaker for me owning an LE book or collecting a series.

The problem with McCammon is that the Matthew Corbett series is just a large, seminal part of his body of work that, to my mind, its loss would go beyond the pangs of completism...it would be a huge, undeniable hole. That said, I guess I could keep the S/L of SEVEN SHADES OF EVIL so at least Corbett is represented on the shelf.