The things that fell out of Rolanni's closet
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rolanniA sneak peek of what fell out when I opened the door. Ghod, I love this closet.
Anyhow, what you're looking at are:
*A Gofer T-shirt from Balticon 37, May 2003, the year Steve and I were Writer Guests of Honor. Size large, 50% cotton, 50% polyester, tag still on. To the best of my knowledge, never worn, though it has been in the closet for a number of years.
*A Razer Ray Gun from, I'm guessing, the 'way early (19)60s. Molded bronze plastic, the brittle kind that shatters when you drop it on the sidewalk. I had one very much like this when I was a wee thing. This is not that gun -- that gun was dropped on the sidewalk before you were born. It has a friction action -- you squeeze the trigger and it makes a noise. It used to spark, but I'm not seeing any sparks today, poor, sad old toy.
*An unbound, uncut Meisha Merlin edition of I Dare. Fifteen signatures, acid-free paper. This is the second one of these the closet has given up. The first was auctioned off. . .perhaps two years ago. I believe, but cannot guarantee that there isn't a third. Until this one appeared, I hadn't known there were two.
*A silver charm, one-eighth ounce of, so it says on the back, sterling silver, struck with the Tree-and-Dragon. I have five of these. They have been living in plastic envelopes inside of green satin bags since 2005. They were made as part of the promotion for the release of the Buzzy Multimedia audio edition of Local Custom, narrated by Michael Shanks. Two of the five have some minor tarnishing (the picture looks tarnished, but that's the charm picking up the yellow of the t-shirt), but they are silver and you ought to be able to clean them. The finish is a bright! mirror. Almost too bright to allow of a good picture -- as you can see.
*A leather bound Meisha Merlin edition of Pilots Choice, red leather, gold embossed Tree-and-Dragon on the front, gold embossed on black title and author names on the spine, all edges gilt, red-and-black end papers. One of ten copies bound by Antiquarian Bookcrafts, Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, Ireland, in 2001. This book was bound for us by Anne McCaffrey as a gift. No, I can't prove it; you'll have to take my word for it.
Behold, there are pictures:
Anyhow, what you're looking at are:
*A Gofer T-shirt from Balticon 37, May 2003, the year Steve and I were Writer Guests of Honor. Size large, 50% cotton, 50% polyester, tag still on. To the best of my knowledge, never worn, though it has been in the closet for a number of years.
*A Razer Ray Gun from, I'm guessing, the 'way early (19)60s. Molded bronze plastic, the brittle kind that shatters when you drop it on the sidewalk. I had one very much like this when I was a wee thing. This is not that gun -- that gun was dropped on the sidewalk before you were born. It has a friction action -- you squeeze the trigger and it makes a noise. It used to spark, but I'm not seeing any sparks today, poor, sad old toy.
*An unbound, uncut Meisha Merlin edition of I Dare. Fifteen signatures, acid-free paper. This is the second one of these the closet has given up. The first was auctioned off. . .perhaps two years ago. I believe, but cannot guarantee that there isn't a third. Until this one appeared, I hadn't known there were two.
*A silver charm, one-eighth ounce of, so it says on the back, sterling silver, struck with the Tree-and-Dragon. I have five of these. They have been living in plastic envelopes inside of green satin bags since 2005. They were made as part of the promotion for the release of the Buzzy Multimedia audio edition of Local Custom, narrated by Michael Shanks. Two of the five have some minor tarnishing (the picture looks tarnished, but that's the charm picking up the yellow of the t-shirt), but they are silver and you ought to be able to clean them. The finish is a bright! mirror. Almost too bright to allow of a good picture -- as you can see.
*A leather bound Meisha Merlin edition of Pilots Choice, red leather, gold embossed Tree-and-Dragon on the front, gold embossed on black title and author names on the spine, all edges gilt, red-and-black end papers. One of ten copies bound by Antiquarian Bookcrafts, Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, Ireland, in 2001. This book was bound for us by Anne McCaffrey as a gift. No, I can't prove it; you'll have to take my word for it.
Behold, there are pictures:
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Date: 2011-04-23 11:46 pm (UTC)The Magic Closet
Date: 2011-04-24 12:05 am (UTC)Re: The Magic Closet
Date: 2011-04-24 12:11 am (UTC)The charms, I think, can be a direct sale. I just need to do some research to figure out a fair price for a sterling silver charm in this age when silver is rising $48 an ounce.
The uncut I Dare probably ought to go to auction. And also the leather Pilots Choice.
The ray gun and the t-shirt? Dunno. Suggestions?
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Date: 2011-04-24 12:47 am (UTC)Your closet is way more interesting than mine.
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Date: 2011-04-24 02:23 am (UTC)The closet items should be all auction off to maximize the wellness of the cats. With the exception of the Ray-gun.
Slightly Off topic. In the Baen eARC download of Ghost Ship in the HTML form, there is a great variety of different fonts throughout the document. Is it suppose to be like that? Very enjoyable book.
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Date: 2011-04-24 02:53 am (UTC)Dunno. I, myself, have not seen the eArc of Ghost Ship. The manuscript we turned in was all, supposedly, in Arial, which is what we write in. Suppose it could be a Style thing...
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Date: 2011-04-25 05:44 am (UTC)What appears to be different fonts at first glance was actually words with embedded formatting (underlined, bold, italics, etc.) that also appear in the serialized Fledging & Saltation postings. But the download is an eARC, after all.
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Date: 2011-04-24 06:10 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-04-24 06:47 am (UTC)I can verify this, as Anne gave me a copy too.. I have documentation if needed. She loves Liaden and you guys!
a charm for me too please
Date: 2011-04-24 10:51 am (UTC)Edwige from london
t-shirt
Date: 2011-04-24 12:18 pm (UTC)Re: t-shirt
Date: 2011-04-24 12:30 pm (UTC)I feel certain...
Date: 2011-04-24 12:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-24 01:17 pm (UTC)And in the same vein as other posters, I find your closet fascinating. Mine is so very mundane by comparison. Old shoes, anyone?
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Date: 2011-04-24 01:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-24 02:34 pm (UTC)Fifteen versions of the same person's signature? Fifteen different people? All of the characters signed? I realize the answer is probably obvious to those who know more about publishing, but I'm intrigued.
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Date: 2011-04-24 03:04 pm (UTC)In Olden Times, before ebooks, and before we figured out how to make machines that glued pages directly to the binding, the signatures were sewn in and you could see how many signatures were in the book by looking down at the top edge of a closed book and counting the threads.
In fact... *gets up to check* Hmm. It looks like the red leather (leather over board) Pilots Choice in the picture may have the signatures sewn in. Pretty piece of work.
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Date: 2011-04-24 03:56 pm (UTC)Today, live silver is $46/oz, according to the exchange. Of course, there is also the sentimental value to consider.... You might want to set a minimum bid and auction them off.
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Date: 2011-04-25 01:47 pm (UTC)Melodie