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Today is my birthday, and here is what I just bought myself on eBay:
It's a first edition hardback copy of Ray Bradbury's 1962 short story anthology "R is For Rocket."
This is the exact edition of the book I read in, oh, I'd say 1980. My Dad brought it home from the library, along with Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles." I had never heard of Bradbury and I'm really not sure what inspired Dad to pick these particular books up... but I devoured "Chronicles" immediately in one intense, life-changing afternoon. "Rocket" I read on a road trip to my Aunt and Uncle's house a day later. I could actually feel those two books change my brain chemistry -- they had the biggest impact on me and my life of any artwork ever, with the possible exception of "Star Wars" and maaaaybe The Beatles' "Abbey Road."
This copy originally belonged to a library. It's got a library check-out card in it and dewey-decimal spine stickers on the dust jacket. That makes it almost valueless to collectors. For me that makes it perfect.
It's a first edition hardback copy of Ray Bradbury's 1962 short story anthology "R is For Rocket."
This is the exact edition of the book I read in, oh, I'd say 1980. My Dad brought it home from the library, along with Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles." I had never heard of Bradbury and I'm really not sure what inspired Dad to pick these particular books up... but I devoured "Chronicles" immediately in one intense, life-changing afternoon. "Rocket" I read on a road trip to my Aunt and Uncle's house a day later. I could actually feel those two books change my brain chemistry -- they had the biggest impact on me and my life of any artwork ever, with the possible exception of "Star Wars" and maaaaybe The Beatles' "Abbey Road."
This copy originally belonged to a library. It's got a library check-out card in it and dewey-decimal spine stickers on the dust jacket. That makes it almost valueless to collectors. For me that makes it perfect.