3 books you'd grab if your house were on fire

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Your house is on fire. The pets/SO/Kids are safely out. You have enough time to grab three books from your personal library. Three books that either for sentimental reasons,rare or out of print copy, educational or whatever, you cannot live without for one day. Which ones do you grab?

My choices:
My PDR of Prescription Drugs.
1997 Film Actors Guide
The Cambridge: Factfinder

I use all three practically everyday, besides a dictionary and thesaurus.

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Thats a tough one…there are so many I would want

  1. Family Bible
  2. My Son’s Baby Book
  3. Book of love letters my dad wrote to my mom

I opened the door, and look who I found. Damn I’m good

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  1. My address book. I’m terrible with numbers so if I want to call anyone I’d better have it.
  2. The bible my mother gave me when I turned 21.
  3. My VCR manual (I have my priorities. LOL)

“Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.”

4

Hmm that would be my

  1. checkbook
  2. address book
  3. whatever book I was reading at the time.

I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature!

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Can’t choose. I’d have to go down with my books because a life without them would be meaningless, sniff!

One week only! Special holiday sig line:
“HO! HO! HO! Now it’s time for me to get jolly on your naughty asses!” – Futurama Santa

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Of course, being realistic, my copy of “Mostly Harmless” autographed by Douglas Adams is probably the only one with any sentimental, and possibly monetary value.

One week only! Special holiday sig line:
“HO! HO! HO! Now it’s time for me to get jolly on your naughty asses!” – Futurama Santa

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Hmmm, they are in a box, does that count? Easier to grab a box than one at a time & faster too…Just my usual books from college: CIA Explosives Manual, Getting Even I & II …

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  1. Agent of Change, because it can’t be found anywhere (neither can it’s 2 sequels, Conflict of Honors, which I have but was beaten out by 2 and 3 below and Carpe Diem, which I’ve only seen at my library)
  2. ElfQuest: Journey to Sorrow’s End, because, well I could buy another copy, it would be one of the new copies with the bright orange(?) cover, while my current copy has the full-color cover with the kidnapping scene illustration
  3. Dawn Song, which also cannot be found anywhere

**Note:[/b} Running with the Demon would have been on the list, except for the fact that I keep it in my car and thus would not be in any danger from a fire in the house.

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This is a tough one…

  1. The Magus by John Fowles
  2. Youth in Revolt by CD Payne
    and i would probably get burned up deciding whether to grab Junky by William S. Burroughs or The Stars My Destination by alfred bester.
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my journals… almost 30 years of my life

The things that come to those that wait may be the things
left by those who got there first.

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I have a ton of heavy Star Wars special behind the scenes books, also some expensive Disney Art books… but they hold little sentimental value.

I have a couple of autographed books which are cool and all, but I wouldn’t miss them much.

I have lots and lots of books I like, all of them are still available in book shops I’m sure…

Frankly, when our house burnt down, I just ran. So I’d do the same again. I don’t care about possessions much.

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I’d grab Byron’s most valuable Spiderman comics so we could sell them and buy all new books.

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Guanolad

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  1. My yearbook.
  2. My hardcover copy of “Flowers In The Attic,” by V.C. Andrews, because it’s my favorite book of all time.
  3. Tim Allen’s “Don’t Stand Too Close To A Naked Man,” because it is the funniest book I’ve ever read and no matter how many times I read it I alway laugh.
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All my copies of STAROAMER’S FATE. Anything else can be replaced.

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Wedding picture album
Baby picture album
??? TV Guide ???

I looked in the mirror today/My eyes just didn’t seem so bright
I’ve lost a few more hairs/I think I’m going bald - Rush

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Um… I can replace the books easily. I’d grab photo albums and my artwork.

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  1. Complete Works of Shakespeare

2-3) Fraser and Rabkin’s Drama of the English Renaissance, vols. 1 and 2.

I could replace the books, but not the marginal scribblings from six years of college and grad school.

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  1. The Way Things Work, Vol. 1
  2. " ", Vol. 2
  3. The Special Air Service Survival Guide

You were talking about the fire that will result from me trying to keep warm after Y2K comes down, right? :wink:

The first two books are out of print and I only found them last year… All three would be helpful in the event that I lost everything I own. Or if the world came to an end.

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  1. My only copy of my book, The Cowboy Hat Book. Ghostwritten, but mine, nonetheless.

  2. My limited-edition presentation copy of The Stand, signed by King and the illustrator, with gorgeous leather and gilt binding, housed in a beautiful wooden box with satin lining and engraved plaque.

  3. My autographed copy of Cecil’s latest book (thanks again, RngrJeff!)

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I Spy Ty.

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My copy of The Lorax that I’ve had since I was 2.

My journals

My sister’s journals. She died in a car wreck in 1983.

And Kat, the Elfquest book was up there for me, too. I have a bunch of the original comics, and they’d be #4 on this list if the list went to 4!