Looking for Lost Treasures

[bibliogramma]

I have lost count of the number of times in my life that I have had to liquidate a personal library because I had to move and there was no way I could manage moving all those books.

I've decided I'm not ever doing that again - culling, maybe, but not liquidating. I've reached the point in my life where I can bloody well afford to pay some heavily-muscled movers with large truck to hoist the mountains of boxes of books and transport tham from one place to another.

So I've begun a project of reaquisitioning - making lists of the books I remember from all those times when I just ached to part with a book, and trying to restore to my current library the treasures and gems from the distant past.

The first of these reacquired lost treasures: Naomi Mitchison's Memoirs of a Spacewoman.

Bounce, bounce.

Comments

[wolfinthewood.livejournal.com]

I like Michison *a lot*. Have most of her books. Have you ever come across her very strange Arthurian novel, 'To the Chapel Perilous'?

[bibliogramma.livejournal.com]

No, I have not. And now I must make certain that I do. The combination of Mitchison and the Matter of Britain sounds like something one would not want to miss. "Very strange" makes it sound even more interesting.

I've actually begun a small project of creating a collection of 20th century Arthurian fiction. I'm not trying to be exhaustive, by any means - I'm just collecting the works that I like, for one thing - but everyone needs a project or two to amuse them, and this one amuses me.

So your mention of Mitchison's book is doubly welcome.

Arthurian fiction

[wolfinthewood.livejournal.com]

Do you know Jo Walton's two books, The King's Name and The King's Peace? Another very unusual take on the Arthurian legend. I enjoyed them very much.

Re: Arthurian fiction

[bibliogramma.livejournal.com]

I know of them, and they are on my list of Arthuriana to collect, but I haven't read them yet.

Sigh. I was going to say there are too many books to read, but then realised that that's not the problem. The problem is that there's not enough time.

Re: Arthurian fiction

[wolfinthewood.livejournal.com]

It's nice to have some good stuff to look forward to, anyway.

I have a habit of mentioning/recommending books. Some people like it. But there have been some people who have started to find it a bit overwhelming. If you'd rather I stopped, just tell me and I'll lay off.

Re: Arthurian fiction

[bibliogramma.livejournal.com]

Oh Lord, no. Please, mention/recommend all you like.

See, I'm severely mobility challenged, as in, I don't go out at all any more unless I book a handcapped van to take me to the doctor or some other essential destination. I can't go wandering about in bookshops looking for new books or old books I missed when they were new. I do browse publishers' and booksellers' and book reviewers' websites a lot, but I can't pick up the books, read a bit here and there, get a feel for the essence of a book and decide whether I want to take it home with me or not.

I place a great deal of importance on the recommendations of people whose "book sense" I trust and whose tastes and interests show some overlap with my own - and you are definitely one of those people.

Re: Arthurian fiction

[wolfinthewood.livejournal.com]

I'm severely mobility challenged

I'm really sorry. I'd gathered you had some health problems but not that they affected your mobility so drastically.

I too suspect there may be quite a bit of overlap in our tastes, at least in some areas, so I look forward to your future postings on books, and I shall continue to chip in with comments as they occur to me.