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Thanks for the kind words. I'm a book addict married to a book addict and we both have book-heavy professions.

Really enjoying this thread and glad you started it. Can confirm that we share at least one title with at least ten other posters ITT, and no they weren't all poker books.

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01-02-2019 , 06:43 PM

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pokeraz

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Yeah, unless we hear from a late contender, thread has been won.

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01-02-2019 , 06:54 PM

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Garick

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I really hope folks keep posting. This wasn't meant as a thread ender, just a chance to share the bibliophile love.

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01-02-2019 , 07:31 PM

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Didace

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Can confirm that we share at least one title with at least ten other posters ITT, and no they weren't all poker books.

You're going to make us look?

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01-02-2019 , 07:46 PM

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Garick

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At least one of yours should be super easy, as I photographed the E-F section of my paperback shelves.

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01-02-2019 , 07:53 PM

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John Cole

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At least one of yours should be super easy, as I photographed the E-F section of my paperback shelves.

I did spot The Magic Labyrinth on your shelf. I know it's on mine somewhere.

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01-02-2019 , 09:05 PM

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Garick

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But do you have Venus on the Half-Shell? And if so, did you file it under the same author?

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01-02-2019 , 10:02 PM

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John Cole

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But do you have Venus on the Half-Shell? And if so, did you file it under the same author?

I read it many years ago, but I never owned a copy. Used to read tons of science fiction when I was a kid, and one friend and I traded books constantly.

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01-02-2019 , 10:08 PM

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Garick

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When I was a kid there was a big controversy as to who the real author of that book was. I think Farmer copped to it a while back, though.

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01-02-2019 , 10:09 PM

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Didace

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At least one of yours should be super easy, as I photographed the E-F section of my paperback shelves.

Well, you made me go look. I did see Dave Duncan and David Eddings. Anything else I missed?

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01-02-2019 , 10:13 PM

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John Cole

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When I was a kid there was a big controversy as to who the real author of that book was. I think Farmer copped to it a while back, though.

Yes. When I first read it, we thought it was Vonnegut.

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01-02-2019 , 10:56 PM

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Garick

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Well, you made me go look. I did see Dave Duncan and David Eddings. Anything else I missed?

I didn't look in that much detail. Once I found one book in common in a given picture, I moved to the next one. On yours, it was the Eddings, specifically Belgarath.

Looking again, I see Elizabeth Moon, Frankowski, Resnick, Heinlein, Turtledove, Watt-Evans, Chalker, Herbert, and Asimov books that we both have, at least.

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01-03-2019 , 12:19 AM

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Didace

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I think I'm starting to like you.

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01-03-2019 , 08:33 AM

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deucedeuces

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My book shelf has exactly 5 books on it. The "A Song of Ice and Fire" box set, still wrapped in plastic. You guys have inspired me to read more.

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01-18-2019 , 06:29 PM

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Garick

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Got to move in to the master suite last weekend, so I was able to finish the library set up. Here's the finished product.

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01-18-2019 , 06:31 PM

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proudfootz

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^^^

Nice!

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01-18-2019 , 06:42 PM

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whatthejish

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Yeah, that's hawt

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01-20-2019 , 07:42 PM

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marknfw

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That's great. Love it.

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01-24-2019 , 04:46 AM

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Viggorous

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Here's my bunch, I have a few more but I lack space in my 1 room.

Might be a little hard to decipher as some are in Danish.

Disclaimer: I haven't read them all (yet)

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01-24-2019 , 10:20 AM

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Garick

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That's a lot more Dostoevsky than I would want to power through. GL!

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01-25-2019 , 06:47 PM

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That's a lot more Dostoevsky than I would want to power through. GL!

Thank you, I love his writing, I have read the "big 3", have a few of his other books as well. Am currently reading Notes from the Underground, it's very different from the novels. Iirc that one was a big inspiration for Nietzsche (some of whose works I'm not sure is too badly rendered to be able to see in this picture :-p) and how he came to view the human condition, the writing style is very similar to how Nietzsche writes.

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09-26-2020 , 02:18 PM

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Tuma

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09-27-2020 , 01:10 AM

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SiMor29

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priorities.

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09-27-2020 , 02:59 AM

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Bighurt52235

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Are those to be rotated into imbibery or just collection?

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09-27-2020 , 04:26 AM

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SiMor29

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Ohh rotation for sure. That's actually an old photo but this thread reminded me of it, but yeah my friend works for the brewdog distributor so I get "shipments" from time to time when we're both in Scotland.

I've never really had a bookshelf for actual books. I have a stack next to the bed and once they're done they go either into this big chest I have or into a box in the garage never to be seen again.

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