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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Tuesday Thingers


Today's question: Work multiples. Do you own multiple copies of any books? Which ones? Why? Can you share your list?

You can find the link under Statistics, from either your home page or profile.

My answer: Yes, I have a few multiples. Here's the list:
  1. Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt (Vintage (1991), Paperback, 576 pages)
    Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt (Random House (1990), Edition: BOMC, Hardcover, 555 pages)
  2. New Our Bodies, Ourselves: A Book by and for Women by Boston Boston womens health book collective (Touchstone (1996), Paperback, 752 pages)
    Our Bodies Ourselves by Boston Women's Health Book Collective (simon and schuster (1973), Paperback)
  3. A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems (New Directions Paperback No. 74) by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (New Directions Publishing Corporation (1968), Paperback, 93 pages)
    A Coney Island of the Mind: 50th Anniversary Edition (with CD) by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (New Directions (2008), Edition: 50 Har/Com, Hardcover, 96 pages)
  4. The Lover by Marguerite Duras (Pantheon (1998), Paperback, 128 pages)
    L'amant by Marguerite Duras (Editions de Minuit (1984), Broché, 143 pages)
  5. Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire (Flammarion (1991), Poche, 18 pages)
    Flowers of Evil; Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire (Peter Pauper Press; Mount Vernon, N.Y.)
  6. The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry (Flap Jacket Press (2007), Paperback, 368 pages)
    Lace Reader, The: A Novel by Brunonia Barry (William Morrow (2008), Hardcover, 400 pages)
Possession is my favorite book, and I have a very well-read (and autographed) paperback, as well as a hardcover edition. I have the original paperback of Our Bodies, Ourselves, as well as a more recently-updated version. I got the 50th anniversary edition of A Coney Island of the Mind, one of my favorite volumes of poetry, on my recent vacation to San Francisco, and have (for now) decided to hold on to my old paperback. I decided to read (and keep) the two French books in both French and English because I have a nice, illustrated edition of the Baudelaire book and had to read the Duras novel in college. I was lucky enough to get a galley of the self-published version of The Lace Reader before Harper Collins picked it up, and I got a galley of that edition as well. I thought the self-published ARC was worth keeping for its uniqueness.
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29 comments:

  1. Lenore AppelhansNovember 4, 2008 at 4:18 AM

    You have more than I do!

    My post is now up here .

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  2. BooksPleaseNovember 4, 2008 at 5:21 AM

    I have a few. See here.

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  3. MeghanNovember 4, 2008 at 5:59 AM

    You have more than me, too. My post is up here.

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  4. YvonneNovember 4, 2008 at 6:31 AM

    Mine is up!

    http://socratesbookreviews.blogspot.com/

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  5. Kathy WNovember 4, 2008 at 6:48 AM

    Your list isn't bad. I thought I had more than what I did. Here is my list:
    http://kbr44.blogspot.com/2008/11/tuesday-thingers.html

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  6. LauraNovember 4, 2008 at 7:26 AM

    Hmmm ... none, but I posted anyway. I couldn't pass up the opportunity for a public service announcement!

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  7. JulesNovember 4, 2008 at 7:31 AM

    I think I have one more then you do.
    here's mine http://juliebooks.blogspot.com/2008/11/tuesday-thingers.html

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  8. ShanaNovember 4, 2008 at 7:59 AM

    Marie, it's really cool that you have the self-published ARC of The Lace Reader. I love the story behind that book.

    My answer is HERE.

    Shana
    Literarily

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  9. S. KrishnaNovember 4, 2008 at 8:25 AM

    I only have one! My post is here

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  10. Literary FelineNovember 4, 2008 at 9:14 AM

    You have quite a few, Marie! You've reminded me that I have a couple of duplicates I don't list because they're books I'm in the process of giving away--or intend to giveaway. I didn't log them into LT as a result.

    My response is up!

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  11. AlyceNovember 4, 2008 at 9:28 AM

    Here's my post.

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  12. Dawn @ sheIsTooFondOfBooksNovember 4, 2008 at 9:38 AM

    After cleaning up my bookshelves this weekend, and eliminating dull duplicates (not interesting multiples), I have no multiples.

    But I have come to terms with my TBR pile:

    http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/2008/11/04/tuesday-thingers-multiple-choice/

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  13. caiteNovember 4, 2008 at 9:43 AM

    I have a number..including some that I know I have and did not show up...makes me worry about the completeness of my LT entries..

    but nevertheless, here is my post.

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  14. Jen (Devourer of Books)November 4, 2008 at 10:08 AM

    I don't have many duplicates at all, but here you go.

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  15. AnonymousNovember 4, 2008 at 10:59 AM

    I have a few books in duplicate -- though not necessarily on purpose!

    My post is up!

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  16. WendiNovember 4, 2008 at 11:26 AM

    I didn't think to enter multiple copies!!

    Here's my Thinger!

    :) Wendi

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  17. -.-November 4, 2008 at 11:54 AM

    I haven't done this in awhile, but I have an answer for this one and I posted it here

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  18. Book Lover LisaNovember 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM

    I have more than I thought.

    http://bookthoughtsbylisa.blogspot.com/2008/11/tuesday-thingers.html

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  19. MariNovember 4, 2008 at 12:08 PM

    Here is mine.

    Happy Tuesday!

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  20. KatherineNovember 4, 2008 at 12:41 PM

    I have quite a few as well. Here's my list:

    http://agirlwalksintoabookstore.blogspot.com/2008/11/tuesday-thingers.html

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  21. CathyNovember 4, 2008 at 1:22 PM

    Took me longer than I thought to get my post ready. When you read it you'll know why.

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  22. jlshallNovember 4, 2008 at 2:55 PM

    This one took a bit of work, but it was fun work. My post is here.

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  23. Book Lover LisaNovember 4, 2008 at 3:13 PM

    OK, I just figured out how to put the link in; and since that makes it nicer, here it is again.

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  24. AliNovember 4, 2008 at 7:39 PM

    Interesting question. No multiples here!

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  25. Candy SchultzNovember 4, 2008 at 8:17 PM

    I have accidental multiples which, when I find them, I will winnow.

    The only book I deliberately have two copies is The Magus as he changed the ending and I read them side by side at one point. That is a difficult thing to do.

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  26. TimNovember 4, 2008 at 8:47 PM

    Mine is finally up.

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  27. marinekoNovember 6, 2008 at 8:26 AM

    http://marineko.blogspot.com/2008/11/tuesday-thingers-multiple-copies.html

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  28. Marcella O'ConnorNovember 6, 2008 at 1:15 PM

    I like Possession, but am reading the author's first novel, The Shadow of the Sun, and it's really bad. Surprisingly bad. I guess it's reassuring that it's possible to go from writing one of the worst novels to writing one of the best.

    The only issue I had with Possession was how uncreative she was with stereotypes. Her characters never deviate from typical British stereotypes. The Americans are either evil or fat. The Irish are bad in bad. The French are the eccentric noble savages. The Englsih are cool and intelligent.

    It's quite funny how the stereotypes were flipped to the American version for the movie. In the movie, the main charachter is changed to American, because let's face it, there's nothing less sexy than two Brits courting. And he is no longer cool and intelligent, but brash and his brashness becomes one of the underlying themes of the movie: sometimes you have to be brash to get the job done. The guy who's bad in bed is English. The French don't figure much because we can't understand them. The evil guy is now English. The kindly old grandfather is changed to Irish.

    But other than the stereotype issue, I really did think it was well done.

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  29. FlorindaNovember 7, 2008 at 11:35 AM

    Tuesday Thingers on Friday!

    I only had two. One reason I started keeping my books on LT was to try to avoid multiples!

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