Greg, you are just trying to make the rest of us jealous aren't you? Just kidding! I, for one, am very happy for you and, I have to admit, a bit envious.

Hey Biplane! Thanks, but I have to say with all honesty that I truly envy only about three people who frequent our covey of readrayomniacs at rb.com and you sir are at the apex of my list for having such a long standing personal relationship with the master himself! Plus your one of the nicest, most genuine people to boot. I forgot what the question was now...oh yeah, is a hardback of F-451 really that rare? I mean, I never have seen one come into the store, may have to check that out.

p.s. interesting side note, the library edition that my friend gave to me came originally from a local school called Ballard High School, ironically that is the school out of about ten that my daughter chose for her high school!

Thank you very much for your kind comments Greg. I was just looking at the book, The Vintage Bradbury, that I have left that Ray signed for me so many years ago and I have been thinking that it was March of 1967 but his date says February, 1967. He gave me two other paperbacks which he autographed but I, like an idiot, lent them out and never got them back.

My wife found another copy of The Vintage Brabdury that is in good shape so I am thinking that I will send that to him and have him sign it and date it February, 2007, forty years later.

Wow, that is awesome! You should definitely do that Michael. He'd probably get a kick out of it as well.

B-Two, just a side note. Yesterday at work somebody was doing a book lp buy and when he was finished with the buy, he was getting ready to take a cart of about 200 moldy and pet chewed lps to the garbage. I said, "oh can I take that to the garbage, there might be something salvageable." He said he doubted it, it was all junk. It was pouring rain when I took them out to the dumpster and rummaged through them. Granted upon first sight, it looked bleak. You would not believe what I pulled out of there. I got about a hundred and fifty albums from early sixties/seventies rock, folk, bluegrass, jazz, classical. Too many prominent names to list. I cleaned about twenty five moldy ones off with a mild bleach mixture. Most are in mint condition. Right now, I'm listening to Joan Baez, Come From The Shadows. An anti-war album. Its good. Gonna try some Gordon Lightfoot next. I'm in lp heaven right now...

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My wife found another copy of The Vintage Brabdury that is in good shape...

Brabdury? Is he any good?

Well, if that isn't the character calling the storyteller dark...

Rocky, "I'm in lp heaven right now..."

I was going to buy the unit suggested by dandelion for spinning my platters, but for Christmas, my wife ("She Who Must Be Obeyed") bought a Bose Wave which only plays CDs. I'm going to have to wait awhile before buying anything else (*sigh*).

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Originally posted by Braling II:
...my wife "She Who Must Be Obeyed"...

You've been at Rumpole again.

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Doug Spaulding, in another posting concerning Pan's Labyrinth, you mentioned you are not big on violence. But Sex and Nudity, well, that's another thing. Perhaps you need the info from the above link.

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Doug Spaulding, in another posting concerning Pan's Labyrinth, you mentioned you are not big on violence. But Sex and Nudity, well, that's another thing. Perhaps you need the info from the above link.

Thanks for the link, but I'm not really into porn, although I did enjoy Boogie Nights.

The comment was intended as dry humour. Problem is, most of my humour is so dry, it goes right over most folk's heads!

Douglas, explanation understood.
So as not to freak out anyone, that link had to do with an outreach of a large Assemblys of God Church near Rochester, NY. promoting their reaching out to those addicted to sex in the media with a pancake breakfast in February, '07. The title is gaining a lot of notice.

I came across a cache of old books being tossed at work the other day. It's in the vein of "sometimes you can get shown the light in the strangest places if you look at it right."

This from a book called Four Minute Essays by Dr. Frank Crane, 1919. This is the dedicated opening quote to the book.

"As for me, let my bones and flesh be burned, and the ashes dropped in the moving waters, and if my name shall live at all, let it be found among Books, the only garden of forget-me-nots, the only human device for perpetuating this personality."

Another I came across in the book 1984 which I am currently reading is:

"We shall meet in the place of no darkness."

This from my Winnie The Pooh book, when I release a book in the wild, I use this and I love it.

"Hand in hand we come
Christopher Robin and I
To lay this book in your lap
Say your surprised?
Say you like it?
Say it’s just what you wanted?
Because it’s yours--
Because we love you."

My soul feels a little less fluffy now. Thanks, rocket.

Well, if Ray didn't drive one of these here,
he ain't going to be driving one over there...

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No, but Patrick could drive it for him.