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Subject: DAW Collections
Date Posted: 3/27/2009 10:09 PM ET
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Why are DAW books collected?  Is it because they are numbered so we (in general) feel an obligation to complete the sequence?  I know DAW was one of the first sf more...
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Date Posted: 3/28/2009 9:57 AM ET
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As I see it, DAW came onto the scene rather late, in 1972, compared to Ace, Dell, Ballantine and a few others...but Donald Wollheim was purely a scienc more...
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Date Posted: 3/28/2009 11:10 AM ET
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ok I can see why you personally do it.  Some of the titles and authors are pretty g more...
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Subject: DAW
Date Posted: 3/28/2009 2:46 PM ET
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I think the distinctive yellow spines are more...
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Date Posted: 3/28/2009 3:55 PM ET
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That was my initial thought - maybe they were numbered to create a collectable series  sort of like Nancy Drew on more...
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Date Posted: 3/28/2009 4:25 PM ET
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I was not aware many people collected DAW books.  I thought more...
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Subject: collectibles
Date Posted: 3/28/2009 5:36 PM ET
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You are a part of a fairly large (maybe underground) community -at least I have heard of a lot of people collecting DAW.  The first person I met collecting more...
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Subject: collecting
Date Posted: 3/28/2009 6:10 PM ET
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why collect tor doubles and not ace doubles? Well, more...
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Date Posted: 3/28/2009 7:47 PM ET
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What are laser books?  What authors?  That sounds like an interesting bu more...
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I don't collect DAW more...
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Date Posted: 3/31/2009 5:20 PM ET
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Give up my DAW's more...
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Date Posted: 3/31/2009 7:30 PM ET
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I just ge more...
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Date Posted: 3/31/2009 10:27 PM ET
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well i didn't know some people were collecting D more...
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Date Posted: 4/1/2009 9:25 AM ET
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Ha!&nb more...
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Subject: collecting
Date Posted: 4/2/2009 10:35 PM ET
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So, I just ordered a bundle of 100 poly-bag more...
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I read and po more...
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Date Posted: 4/3/2009 7:56 PM ET
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well i didn't realize that some of the older books would be desired. I more...
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Date Posted: 4/3/2009 9:04 PM ET
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oh definitely post those older books if they are in PBS postable condit more...
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Date Posted: 4/3/2009 9:37 PM ET
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ok i will work on posting them  but i first have to look over the  PBS postable conditions here .. more...
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Date Posted: 4/3/2009 11:40 PM ET
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Down at the bottom of every page is a link to upload more...
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Date Posted: 4/4/2009 7:45 PM ET
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I've found that my books move faster if they have cover art and a descriptio more...
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