My Secret Vice

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Originally Posted by Mithadan

Lot's of books. Multiple copies of the same books, many untouched, all stashed away. There's no rhyme or reason to it either. It's not as if I'm trying to collect versions of LoTR with different covers or slipcases. Nor am I trying to collect first editions, or second editions or anything in specific. I simply gather them all unto myself. This sounds like a hoard to me. Does anyone else do this? And if so, can you help me understand why? Why do I need 6 copies of LoTR, 3 of the Silmarillion, when I have 1 reading copy of each. Why all these other books, some of which I've barely glanced at?

At least we know where all of the old books have gone... I hope that you never travel to my part of the country, though maybe you already have, as there never seems to be any of Tolkien's works for sale at local yard sales.

The biological explanations for such a compulsion are readily available. Anyway, I (and surely others) am just glad that it's Tolkien's works and not 'roadkill' or 'dentures' or 'other people's laundry.'