Lost (and found) treasures

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

I was digging through the boxes of my old paperbacks looking for the Horseclans books after the topic came up in another thread, and re-discovered a bunch of lost treasures. I'm pretty sure I still have every book I've gotten since I was 10 or 11. I didn't even lose any in the great apartment flood a few years back, which was a miracle. Among other things, I found:

* The first book I ever bought with my own money (I think): the novelization of Logan's Run (1976). I got paid a dollar by Sister Victoria for watching the phones while the teachers had a meeting....

* The book that got me interested in RPGs: Hobgoblin

* The first several Thieves' World books

* A complete set of the Gor novels (try reading those as an adolescent and not end up wierd...I still can't believe my parents bought me half of them)

* "When Star Kings Die" by John Jakes (an extremely prolific writer of historical sagas, this is the only sci-fi thing I ever saw by him, and it remains one of my all-time favorites)

* "The Cellar" by Richard Laymon, a horror novel so perverted we wore out three copies passing it around in junior high. This is the surviving fourth copy...

So, what cool books do you have lurking in your closet?

 

[Jamdin]

I love Hobgoblin but I got my copy after I started playing D&D. I found another copy a few weeks ago at the local thrift store and almost bought it again. I still have my copy packed away somewhere.

 

[Prince Atom]

I remember I checked a book out of the school library when I was in 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade -- all I can remember is it was very much a "Choose-Your-Own" book, and while I was reading it on the bus home I made choices that ended up with the protagonists killed by a bugbear. It was a dungeoncrawl, yes, but like most "CYOA" books the protagonists were kids.

Our parents read us the Hobbit at a young age, and LOTR when we were in middle school, but I didn't read any TSR books until someone recommended The Crystal Shard. I was hooked, but I eventually kicked that habit. I sold all my Salvatore stuff, but I kept books by Eddings and a few other FR novels. I picked up the trilogy that started with Curse of the Azure Bonds a few years ago; I especially love The Wyvern's Spur. Dunno why.

Okay, I'm now going to go home and dig in my book closet for stuff I've already read, but forgotten about.

TWK

 

[MaxKaladin]

I especially love The Wyvern's Spur. Dunno why.

Perhaps it is because Giogi Wyvernspur was inspired by Bertie Wooster who, with his "man" Jeeves, was a very popular Wodehouse character. Wyvern's Spur reminds me a lot of the Jeeves and Wooster stories I've seen.

 

[Rackhir]

Perhaps it is because Giogi Wyvernspur was inspired by Bertie Wooster who, with his "man" Jeeves, was a very popular Wodehouse character. Wyvern's Spur reminds me a lot of the Jeeves and Wooster stories I've seen.

I bought my parents the complete Jeeves and Wooster DVD collection for Christmas one year and one thing became very clear.

You can not fully appreciate the Monty Python sketch "Upper Class Twit of the Year Award", until you have either read or watched the Jeeves & Wooster stories.

 

[KaosDevice]

I think the book that had the highest YAY factor I refound after pawing through boxes was 'The Phantom Tollbooth' by Norton Juster. I loved that book as a kid and immediately turned around and gave my copy to my nephew who in turn loved it.