@CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 29 days agoWhat's the most expensive thing you've come to own that you've never gotten to fully use?message-square116fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down13
arrow-up191arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the most expensive thing you've come to own that you've never gotten to fully use?@CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 29 days agomessage-square116fedilink
minus-square@Ragnarok314159link33•29 days agoFirst edition, first run of the three Lord of the Rings books. I can’t bring myself to open them up and mess with the pages.
minus-square@blindsight@beehaw.orglinkfedilink4•edit-228 days agoI mean, yeah. The point of collectibles like that is in owning the thing, not using the thing. Read the ebook instead. Or the BBC radio play, which is the best version of LotR ever, including the original books and films, and I’ll die on that hill.
minus-square@spittingimage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•28 days agoBut you bought a reading copy as well, right? Right?
minus-square@Ragnarok314159link3•27 days agoI have one, but it’s not the same as the original. I have posted pictures of the books for people who want to see the original maps included in the books.
First edition, first run of the three Lord of the Rings books.
I can’t bring myself to open them up and mess with the pages.
The duality of book owning.
I mean, yeah. The point of collectibles like that is in owning the thing, not using the thing. Read the ebook instead.
Or the BBC radio play, which is the best version of LotR ever, including the original books and films, and I’ll die on that hill.
But you bought a reading copy as well, right?
Right?
I have one, but it’s not the same as the original.
I have posted pictures of the books for people who want to see the original maps included in the books.