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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:08 pm Post subject:
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| Onasander wrote: | | I have a few editions of the Dune series I found in Iraq- I think it's worth more than all your collection combined for where it's been. |
We've actually had a few soldiers write to us and tell us that a few Dune books have made the rounds in Iraq. Amazing where some books have traveled.
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They also have alot of Larry Niven books floating around oddly enough. None of the new books by KJA or BH though. Starwar books too, not sure if any are KJA- my roomamte had a sick fascination with them and had dozens under his bed... why anyone would do that to themselves is beyond me.
I also found the book Plauge Year there- it was pretty sweet reading about Nanites eating all mammals on the planet below ten thousand feet. And this weird, odd science fiction journal the size of a reader's digest with horrible stories in it- the journal was old.
Most the the books were grandma's old reader digest or women-rape-fantasy/ romance novels.... or books on why you were going to hell by very kind ministers who felt the need to send them to us. There was the odd new book on history or philosophy or on a science or current events.... they would be taken FAST. I had a case of books sent to me that I ended up just distributing towards the latter half of my stay- I think a good many of those books will be tossed around, many brought back to the US- but in every US base will remain this strange English library that will survive the exodus of Americans. Given learning English is now mandatory in Iraqi schools (not our idea) these forgotten libraries of warfare, science fiction, rape-romance novels, and reader's digest are going to have a future effect on the thinking of the Iraqi Army that won't be felt for a generation. It may actually spawn a middle eastern science fiction movement- as books on Sci-Fi are disposable when it comes time to pack and you realize you don't have room for the things you've collected.
So, this is how Dune comes to Arrakis/Iraq. We will have to wait to see how this plays out- it's dry in many places there, and these books in the Anbar desert can last for centuries. Don't be surprised (if you could be) that in a few hundred years, after the dune craze dies off, it is still being felt in the middle east on and off again. Many collectors will eventually flow in that direction looking for lost relics of our era.
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I have all the original 6 in paperback. The House series in paperback. The House, Jihad, and end series in hardcover plus Paul of Dune. Have 1st Putman edition of Dune. Book Club I think.
Have 8th impression 1969 Dune Messiah and Ace Hardcover edition.
1976 Book Club edition Children of Dune
1981 Book Club-I think, God Emperor of Dune
1984 Book Club- I think, Heretics of Dune
1985 Book Club- I think, Chapterhouse: Dune
The Road to Dune hardcover and Dreamer of Dune trade paperback.
plus the video incarnations.
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Very nice collection. Few years ago I also collected BCE. I have a question to Byron or any other expert.
I need to know how many printings are there in circulation of:
- Dune by Chilton (I know of 9),
- Dune Messiah by Putnam,
- Children of Dune by Berkley,
- God Emperor of Dune by Putnam.
Of course all hardcovers - first editions.
And one thing - Is there any uncorrected proof or advance reading copy of Paul of Dune? Because I have ARCs of GEoD, HoD, ChD, all preludes, all legends, Road to Dune, Hunters, Sandworms and Winds of Dune. But this one is missing.
Also I'm looking for ARC of Dune Messiah if there is any in existence.
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| Kwisatz wrote: | Very nice collection. Few years ago I also collected BCE. I have a question to Byron or any other expert.
I need to know how many printings are there in circulation of:
- Dune by Chilton (I know of 9),
- Dune Messiah by Putnam,
- Children of Dune by Berkley,
- God Emperor of Dune by Putnam.
Of course all hardcovers - first editions.
And one thing - Is there any uncorrected proof or advance reading copy of Paul of Dune? Because I have ARCs of GEoD, HoD, ChD, all preludes, all legends, Road to Dune, Hunters, Sandworms and Winds of Dune. But this one is missing.
Also I'm looking for ARC of Dune Messiah if there is any in existence. |
As far as the number of printings, I'm not sure. You could probably do an online search and find out; or contact the various publishers (that are still in existence). I know you can find quite a bit of information here http://www.arrakis.co.uk/herbert.html.
There should be ARCs of all the Dune books, but some are pretty coveted and in private collections (such as yours). Pretty tough to get ahold of them.
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Thank you for this fast answer. I know this site in every detail, even some of my book covers are on this site.
My friend in polish publishing house said once to me that there was no ARC for Paul of Dune. I need a confirmation on this matter.
Somebody, (I think it was Omphalos) also said that there was no ARC for Dune Messiah.
Clarification of these two things is important to me, because I'd like to close my search for Dune ARCs and have a complete collection of them.
BTW my most precious ARC is Heretics of Dune by Gollancz, London, signed by FH and it has a little oversized cover. Also interesting thing - HoD by Gollancz was published earlier than by Putnam and I think this is true also for ARC but I'm not sure about this.
Thanks again,
Kwisatz
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I have been experimenting with books to use in the sauna (I like to read in there, but the sweat and moisture is terrible on it.... so don't assume you have currently every known variant- I will have a steam proof GEOD soon.
In the US, it's legal to change out the cover of a book for resale (and of course private use- it's a law left over from the old practice of rebinding books- many libraries still exploit this and I am sure if you look hard enough, you will find some peculiar variants made here and there- publishers don't care because libraries are thier main consistent source of revenue and if they sell a book to them- who cares if it's physically modified modified )- and also for 'braille' versions of a book to me made from scratch from either St. Xavier's or Lighthouse (they like to use Duxsbury).
I think your just touching upon the tip of the iceberg in your collection- especially with the braille- there will be ALOT of one by one translations with special nuances (braille has a lot of religious shorthand in it as it was mostly the interest of the church to produce it for the blind parishioners- I've looked into creating raised maps on thermopaper). You will have a lot of books with special modifications and histories of where they traveled just as interesting as the literature inside. Some will have notes in them by philosophers and historians influenced by Herbert sitting unknowingly in a family library.
There is a book I recommend you read- 'The Book Nobody Read'- I think it will be heavily up your alley of interest as a book collector- he tracked down EVERY known first editon of De Revoluntionibus on the planet and read the notes written over the centuries on the inside. It was pretty damn impressive what he discovered.
I am also thinking of making a massive cloth paper version of the first 4 books for my private use- from scratch (paper and leather cured myself) and not for resale. I got to be honest- not a big fan of Heretics or chapterhouse- It will never be sold, and will never see the light of day outside- and thus will never become a issue. Just want you to know that you collection will never really be complete, and I'll have the prize collection. Might just write a kick a$$ commentary to the giant leather bound cloth edition too.... and keep it hidden from all. Ha ha ha ha ha
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