What other collectible has as devout a following?

[musicmeta]

I collect old science fiction "B" movies on VHS or if I can find them on DVD, but comics are my main passion.

 

 

 

[Red Hook]

I've got a pretty good PKD (Philip K. - and no jokes, dudes!) collection of first editions......and alot of other SF first editions....not worth nearly as much as my comic collection. And I actually read them (books and comics).

[Mushroom]

Can't help myself.....is he a BSD or a LSD (S stands for shrivelled)?

[garthgantu]

Musicmeta: Have you ever seen The Tingler by William Castle (and starring Vincent Price)? I went to a revival of the film in SF 15 years ago, and they'd actually wired the middle section of the theater so that many of the seats gave you a minor shock during the key scary moments, just like when the film was released in 1959. Very cool.

 

Redhook: Have you read any Alfred Bester? "The Stars My Destination" or "The Demolished Man" ? What about Jack Vance? I recommend his Planet of Adventure series and even more so, his Demon Prince series if you haven't checked 'em out...

 

 

[Mushroom]

Or is it Phillip Duke and you are into collecting white bed sheets.

[Mushroom]

Or is it Phillip Duke and you are into collecting white bed sheets.

 

Damn....I can't even get my jokes right. David Duke was the KKK dude. Phillip Duke played Rugby League for NSW and is famous down here for making a play that ranks with your very own Fred Merkle.

 

Sorry guys.

[Aman619]

Dave,

There are numerous other collectors out there. I don't know if you can compare the different interests in one being more serious then another, but here are a few examples off the top of my head. You have:

 

Civil War Memorabilia

Military Memorabilia

Antique Advertising

Toys (Modern/Antique)

Comic Character Memorabilia

Movie Posters

Pinback Buttons

Political Memorabilia

Postcards

Autographs

Ephemra (term for anything that was thrown away i.e comics, antique advertising, etc.)

Paper Money/Bank Notes

Mechanical Banks

Antique Bottles

 

gee Tom, I hope you didnt get a stern talking to or a memo from down the hall!!!

you left out THE most important collectible of them all - -

 

ARROWHEADS!!!

[Red Hook]

Can't help myself.....is he a BSD or a LSD (S stands for shrivelled)?

 

Actually he is a PDD (Pretty Dead ), since 1982....never got to enjoy all the profits from the movies now being made from his stories.

[Jagull]

there's a few Toaster collectors out there

 

same with them Matchbox cars

[chrisco37]

Yikes! Anybody else notice that Bob's two answers were:

 

Porno

Pictures of Steve Borock (well, he'd like to at least)

 

 

 

Oh yeah, and I'd say art collectors (not comic art) are probably the most hard-core. They drop some serious dough, and know their stuff!!!!

 

Chris

[fantastic_four]

Yikes! Anybody else notice that Bob's two answers were:

 

Porno

Pictures of Steve Borock (well, he'd like to at least)

 

 

Are you inferring that he might want to merge those two hobbies together?

[towards2112]

Betty-Boop.

Most ardent collectors known to human kind.

If Betty is on it, they will buy it.

Where's our resident hot rod gal....

 

My son collects speeding tickets....

My wife collects my short comings, and proudly displays

them to anybody, anywhere, anywhen...

[Timely]

I want to collect pictures of Steve Borock.

 

 

Talk about no monetary value!

 

But the smile...priceless!

 

Timely

[Zonker]

 

redhook,

Which do you prefer: Man in the High Castle, Scanner Darkly, Valis, or Timothy Archer? (Any others in the running for best PKD book?)

 

 

[chrisco37]

I like a bizzare tale as much as the next person, but I had to give up on Valis! I guess I wasn't in the mood for it when I read it.

 

Chris

[JohnBull]

For the record...........I store my albums alpabetically.

 

Anyone who doesn't store alphabetically isn't a true music fan. I hope you're chronological by artist as well !

[JohnBull]

I've got a pretty good PKD (Philip K. - and no jokes, dudes!) collection of first editions......and alot of other SF first editions....not worth nearly as much as my comic collection. And I actually read them (books and comics).

 

I'm seriously jealous. Please give me all your first editions and make me happy. I have a (very) few first editions by the man and a pile of very large, well thumbed paperbacks. Do you have anything autographed ? I met a guy once with a Man In The High Castle autographed first edition that must be worth a fortune.

[JohnBull]

 

redhook,

Which do you prefer: Man in the High Castle, Scanner Darkly, Valis, or Timothy Archer? (Any others in the running for best PKD book?)

 

 

I know you asked Redhook, but my .02

 

's best period is in the early to mid 60's and not the mid to late 70's. My favourite though is actually Flow My Tears which is about '74, but I think it was written a few years earlier. Good books from around '64ish are Man In High Castle, Martian Timeslip (although some hate this) and 3 Stigmata. Also Now Wait For Last Year, which never get's the plaudits it deserves. Most of these involve narcotics of a type that most brains could never even conceive of.

 

A Scanner Darkly is also excellent, about '77 and I think the last good book he wrote.

 

To me, those 6 are probably the core books, although I've possibly forgotten something obvious.

 

Valis and Archer come from a very confused period in his life. There is a Crumb strip which I think was published in Weirdo which goes into some explanation of what was going on here - 's divine revelations and explorations of Eastern mysticism and the insanity that was King Felix (uh oh, that's me on the CIA death list). The guy wrote great books, but was seriously .tup

[OldSchoolTerry]

For the record...........I store my albums alpabetically.

 

Anyone who doesn't store alphabetically isn't a true music fan. I hope you're chronological by artist as well !

 

You want an old bunch of LP's? I was about to use them for frisbees, and throw them out the window, but if anyone collects them......I have an awesome Leo Sayer album, for instance, and the 45 of "Pac-Man Fever"!

[tilleycs]

! I remember "Pac-Man Fever"! God, wasn't the Atari 2600 adaptation HORRIBLE?

 

Anyway, I think if anything's ever been manufactured, printed, distributed, or sold...chances are, someone out there collects it. I don't think any one group is more devoted than the other. People who collect Barbie dolls are just as avid and involved as people who collect coins, sports memorabilia, stamps, matchbooks, comics, sewing machines, first editions of books, etc. Every group has die-hard, hardcore collectors in it. And there are conventions for ALL of them somewhere.