We are not talking about destroying single works of art here. We are talking the equivalent of a book going out of print.
That's the analogy that I've been looking for. Keith Laumer wrote a beautiful set of books about a character that fascinated me. And frustrated me because for the longest time, the books were out of print. Either I had to try to track them down on ebay and pay premium for a ratty copy, or haunt used book stores, digging through musty boxes hoping to find gold.
It sucked I had to resort to that and it made me mad that I had to go to those extremes. But that is the fact of life for books going out of print.
And now it appears they are being rereleased. Or...at least my karma finally won out and I can start filling in the series gaps
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Date: 2006-10-28 05:58 am (UTC)That's the analogy that I've been looking for. Keith Laumer wrote a beautiful set of books about a character that fascinated me. And frustrated me because for the longest time, the books were out of print. Either I had to try to track them down on ebay and pay premium for a ratty copy, or haunt used book stores, digging through musty boxes hoping to find gold.
It sucked I had to resort to that and it made me mad that I had to go to those extremes. But that is the fact of life for books going out of print.
And now it appears they are being rereleased. Or...at least my karma finally won out and I can start filling in the series gaps