true love

[orangerful]

I recently got one of the pages hooked on 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', my favorite book of all time. In fact, the book that got me reading non-movie books again. haha.

I remember it well - 8th grade, writing some paper for english and my mom cracks a joke about 42. And I stare at her blankly. She explains that it's from this book. Up until then, I had assumed the book was an astronomy guide. So, I decided to read it. And a love affair began!

And after years of being the book that I traveled with at all times and lent out to friends (to test their level of geekness), my first copy is a tad bit beat up. But I love it. I own a new copy in paperback and hardcover, plus I have a small collection of ones I snagged from the donations pile back in my paging days.

But I wanted to show you a picture of true love. THIS is what a good book looks like:





You can't really see it, but there's some scotched tape on the spine haha. Poor thing. It's my precious though. *pets*

Comments

[moonfall.livejournal.com]

that's neat! :D it kinda reminds me of the babble i was talking in that post where i was offering to give away those paperbacks.

for me, i still haven't gotten through the whole damn "trilogy", because my geeky friends kept wandering off with my books! i now have the big-bible of a black hardcover, but i haven't been able to read all of it because of school.

[brokenwhole.livejournal.com]

So, I think this confirms it...I've heard about 9 million times that I HAVE to read that book. I'm going to get when I'm at the book store again.

[teach81.livejournal.com]

Nah do like I did and borrow the book on CD. Its much better that way and you can listen to it in crappy traffic at least then.

[gypsyjr.livejournal.com]

Hee. This is what my copy looks like (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hippiegeekgirl/29175668/). XD I've had it since I was 13. It's so old it doesn't include Mostly Harmless.

[vertigozooropa.livejournal.com]

*wonders how much it would cost to just mail one of my many copies to Connecticut*

[vertigozooropa.livejournal.com]

I thought I was the only one who hoards copies of those books. I'm serious. Just today, I bought another copy of Life, The Universe, and Everything.

But for the life of me, I can't find a single copy of Restaurant on my shelves. Nowhere. I know I have at least two copies, but where are they?

The reason I started doing this was my first copies were deteriorating. They're old pulp novels, you see, and they weren't meant to stay together for this long. Thus, I but them when I can, so that I'll always have a copy with a few reads in it.

The other reason is that I keep a few copies around, in case I find someone I can convert.

[destertale.livejournal.com]

That's just what my first copy of The Last Unicorn looks like now too! lol And I treated it gently, it's just been read so many times, and been taken on too many trips.

[brokenwhole.livejournal.com]

haha I should in fact do that. ;) Except in my case, I'd get a book on TAPE to listen to in crappy traffic.

[brokenwhole.livejournal.com]

I'm getting the feeling that I'm the only one who has yet to read that book :/

[demonqueen666.livejournal.com]

My copy of Voyage of the Dawn Treader is in a similar state...not quite as well-loved as yours, but it's getting there.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

heehee, well they are quick reads. Maybe you can reward yourself when you have a break from school and start reading them again. :) After all this talk, I really feel the need to re-read them all. the first one is the only one I've read multiple times.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

i'll bet you anything your local library has a copy and that any book store near by at least as the first book on the shelf. :)

And it was originally a radio play before it was a book, so you could just buy the radio show on tape and listen to that. Almost exactly the same.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

not that is a well loved book. Is that duct tape on the cover? Poor thing. I hope you keep it with you forever though! When you're 100 years old and the grandkids are over and say "grandma, what is that amazing looking thing on your shelf! it's not all smooth and white and it doesn't make beeping noises!" Then you can tell them about the book.

Of course, it won't matter because by then 'Hitchhiker's Guide' will be part of the school curriculum and Douglas Adams will be studied alongside those plays by Bill Shakespeare ;)

Hey, I can dream!

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

oh yes, you can never have too many copies. It's such a lendable book. I think all of my friends have read it now, mostly because of my constant babbling about it.

But my hoarding of the books started the same as you, I mean, LOOK at my book! I was suddenly afraid I'd never see the book again so I started to snag it.

Plus I love the little green planet with his tongue hanging out like that. I was so obsessed with HHGTTG in school, in our wood shop class I made a clock out of that face.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

some things I'm proud I kept in pristine condition, others, like this book, well, I think it gives it just a little more character. :) It looks like it could have been in Ford's satchel the whole time he was trapsing around the galaxy!

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

there's something so magical about old books that are a little worn. I'm so used to keeping all my books in perfect condition but this one....i looks good wrinkled. :)

[moonfall.livejournal.com]

nono--not a break. damn graduation in a couple months. lol! i have a happy pile of stuff i can't wait to start reading once my thesis is done.

[vertigozooropa.livejournal.com]

Well, I buy every copy I can find at garage sales and on library discard racks, just so I can hand them to people who need to read them. :-)

[vertigozooropa.livejournal.com]

Douglas Adams hated it. He resented that they put this silly logo on his book.

But Americans think it's the "logo" for the series, and you're the only country who thinks that. :-P Everyone else got PAN editions, and they're a little more surreal. Maybe Americans don't like surreal.

They prefer pork rinds and tractor pulls. ;-)

It is funny, though, because the American editions of Harry Potter look quite different from the ones we get (the British ones). The American ones seems quite garish in comparison.

[vertigozooropa.livejournal.com]

I'd recommend buying the TV series on DVD. It's a killer.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

every country seems to get their very own harry potter cover, at least, if the leaky cauldron updates I kept getting when 'half blood prince' came out are any measure (though I think some of that might be to drive the collector's crazy).

I saw a picture of the original british cover of HHGTTG on Wikipedia. It was basic text on very tie-dye colored background.

And it was the logo for the series here in the US as all subsequent editions of the book featured the weird smiley guy. (heck, the 25th anniversary collector's edition I have sitting next to me, that came out a couple years ago, has him right on the spine label!) I like him though, I think I scribbled him all over my notebooks.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

I have that as well! Cutting edge technology back in the day. Plus, I think a good chunk of the cast is the same as the cast from the radio drama (I know for sure that Arthur and Zaphod are the same). Though it looks very dated now, I still love it (i had a crush on Ford too, but that's beside the point)

don't rent the recent movie until you've read the book though. Just...don't. It's not bad but it's not as good as it could have been.

[vertigozooropa.livejournal.com]

I own the tie-dyed version of Hitchhiker. I would have done the photo thing last night, but it was 1 AM.

[blu-harvest.livejournal.com]

Oh wow! Yes, that's a book who has seen things, gone places. That's a book that knows where's towel is. :)

Yeah, I agree with you about Hitchiker's. I reccomend that to everyone and also, on the same level of book loving is Barry Hughart's Bridge Of Birds. When I really really want to read a good book I just re-read either of those. Or the Phantom Toll Booth.

[gypsyjr.livejournal.com]

Is that duct tape on the cover?

Er... yes. XD The cat used it as a scratching board. *facepalm*
It's also doodled on *everywhere* and randomly highlighted in a few places. Me and gel pens shouldn't mix.