On Oct 1, 2011, at 9:39 PM, CJ Jacobson wrote: > On 10/1/2011 11:52 PM, Raymond E. Feist wrote: >> >> I have no idea. I've got boxes in storage and boxes in the garage. I try >> giving away as many as I can to the foreign language departments at schools >> and colleges around town, but they really have issues of their own on what >> they can take (how much storage they have, how much space they can dedicate >> to elective reading outside the curriculum, inventory control, etc.) so I >> can only get rid of so many. And no, I am not mailing them out to any of >> you lot. >> >> Best, R.E.F. >> ---- >> www.crydee.com >> >> Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by >> stupidity. >> > How many books would you say you have in your personal library that were not > written by you and what topic/genre would you say you read most for leisure?
Christ, I have no idea, really. I've got a lot of books in storage waiting for after the first of the year when I have a carpenter in for a new set of bookshelves upstairs and down. After my divorce, I took my library (from a 6,000 sq ft house) and moved into a house half that size. Lots of books. I used to get lots of freebees being a "famous" author and all that. I finally asked for the publishers to stop sending (I don't need another "Best Steam Punk SF of the Year" anthology). And I started giving stuff away to libraries, Goodwill, Salvation Army, etc. What I have hung on to are first editions of books I really like a lot and mean to read again someday, reference works (though the internet makes them a great deal less precious) and decent copies of stuff I want to keep for my kids. Best, R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
