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When thinning down the collection, what to keep and why?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ralif Redhammer" data-source="post: 8730781" data-attributes="member: 30438"><p>Same, for the most part. While I can't say I've regretted every book I've gotten rid of (good riddance to Lamentations of the Flame Princess; I didn't really still need a 20-year-old book on library classification systems; nor was I ever going to re-read The Crying of Lot 49, as much as I liked it the first time). That being said, there have been some notable instances of books I've regretted getting rid of, and for the most part reobtaining them has cost me significantly more the second time around.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My advice if you're getting rid of a book is to think about where your headspace is right now. If you want to get rid of a particularly book, ask yourself why? What is going on with you at the moment to make you want to toss it, and is it going to change in the future? RPG books in particular are only getting more expensive to get second-hand, so I'd advise thinking carefully about what you get rid of.</p><p></p><p>For example, you'll never pry my 2e Complete Book of Dwarves from me. But that third party, 3e Half-Orcs splatbook? I got rid of that years ago and all I can remember about it now is the cover.</p><p></p><p>It's okay to hold onto books for sentimental reasons, too. Sometimes a book is a monument to a time in our lives that we are unlikely to revisit, but that doesn't make them insignificant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ralif Redhammer, post: 8730781, member: 30438"] Same, for the most part. While I can't say I've regretted every book I've gotten rid of (good riddance to Lamentations of the Flame Princess; I didn't really still need a 20-year-old book on library classification systems; nor was I ever going to re-read The Crying of Lot 49, as much as I liked it the first time). That being said, there have been some notable instances of books I've regretted getting rid of, and for the most part reobtaining them has cost me significantly more the second time around. My advice if you're getting rid of a book is to think about where your headspace is right now. If you want to get rid of a particularly book, ask yourself why? What is going on with you at the moment to make you want to toss it, and is it going to change in the future? RPG books in particular are only getting more expensive to get second-hand, so I'd advise thinking carefully about what you get rid of. For example, you'll never pry my 2e Complete Book of Dwarves from me. But that third party, 3e Half-Orcs splatbook? I got rid of that years ago and all I can remember about it now is the cover. It's okay to hold onto books for sentimental reasons, too. Sometimes a book is a monument to a time in our lives that we are unlikely to revisit, but that doesn't make them insignificant. [/QUOTE]
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