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Alchemist, v. 2, issue 1, Autumn 1946
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EBONY TOWER BY STANLEY MULLEN Inaugurating a new department requires some statement of policy. In the first place I am a connoisseur not a critic. When I mention a book, it is for the simple reason that I like it and believe that it will be of interest to fans similarly inclined. I have no intention of carping or knocking any book, and if I occasionally mention a book and then damn it with faint praise, I do so because I feel that it will be of interest to others even if I do not care too greatly for it. Secondly, you will not find too much comment on the market values of scarce items. I am interested in collecting the things I love, not in haggling over them in the market place. I have always resented any implication that current prices had anything to do with the pleasure I take in aquiring a fine or scarce item. As my wife tersely puts it, "What diference does it make how the price goes up on those books you buy? You'd never sell any of them anyhow." True, I am merely gloating because I got my copy when I could afford it. Fortunately for domestic harmony, my wife is as voracious a reader of fantasy as I am, and would kill me if I did sell them. Enough preamble. Below I list a few items as my suggestion for a basic lib-
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EBONY TOWER BY STANLEY MULLEN Inaugurating a new department requires some statement of policy. In the first place I am a connoisseur not a critic. When I mention a book, it is for the simple reason that I like it and believe that it will be of interest to fans similarly inclined. I have no intention of carping or knocking any book, and if I occasionally mention a book and then damn it with faint praise, I do so because I feel that it will be of interest to others even if I do not care too greatly for it. Secondly, you will not find too much comment on the market values of scarce items. I am interested in collecting the things I love, not in haggling over them in the market place. I have always resented any implication that current prices had anything to do with the pleasure I take in aquiring a fine or scarce item. As my wife tersely puts it, "What diference does it make how the price goes up on those books you buy? You'd never sell any of them anyhow." True, I am merely gloating because I got my copy when I could afford it. Fortunately for domestic harmony, my wife is as voracious a reader of fantasy as I am, and would kill me if I did sell them. Enough preamble. Below I list a few items as my suggestion for a basic lib-
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