Books of My Youth

When you were a child, were there were books you never wanted to return to the library?

There were three books like that for me. I bought one of them a few years back, and I bought the other two tonight.

You Have to Draw the Line Somewhere. I was a repeat offender with this book. Checked it out, kept it for months, checked it out the next year, and so on, so much so that Mom almost bought the book for me on sale when the library cleaned out its shelves. That was the hardback, which today goes for 40 bucks, but I got the paperback for six a few years ago.

Wearable Art. I kept that one for a year, and it was the reason I surrendered my library card the first time. This was a gorgeous book with gorgeous clothing. Later it inspired me to sew a vest out of the scraps from my wedding dress.

Analog 9. This science fiction anthology had two unforgettable stories: The Gold at the Starbow's End and Answer "Affirmative" or "Negative".  The first one speculated what would happen if you gave scientists a lot of free time, and the other had a computer that recited poetry if you asked it to be more specific. 

I bought copies of Wearable Art  and Analog 9 last night. I do remember being a little disappointed when Adult Me read You Have to Draw the Line Somewhere. I am certain Wearable Art will NOT disappoint, and I can't wait to see what the other stories are in Analog 9.

I feel like I'm opening a retirement community for old friends.

Comments

[KC]

YAY BOOKS!!!

(did you, by the way, end up neatening up the books?)

[theQusen]

KC - current state of books: neat