I picked up these two paperbacks several years ago, and finally read both of these books on my Kindle in the last month. I just have a hard time reading an actually paperback now. The ability to increase the font size on my Kindle improves my reading experience a lot, and since it is lit we can have the lights down low and I can still read.
Still – I am so drawn to collecting these books as paperbacks or hardbacks (if I can get them). Why? Just to have them? Yes, pretty much. There is something pleasing about having shelves full of the books you love, even if you rarely if ever go back and read them again. It’s so dumb, and yet true. I love the idea of having a library full of SF novels, but I don’t want all that stuff in our house. Having a house devoid of clutter gives me a lot more satisfaction, and more importantly tranquility, than having a bunch of shelves full of books. Yet still…I…am…drawn…
But in ten years I don’t want to be back at Half Price Books selling my stuff just to get it out the house again.
