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Tyranthraxus
Senior Scribe
Netherlands
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 Posted - 20 Jan 2012 : 18:47:31
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I've recently bought a whole bunch of Realms novels from a used book store and I found out that some of them were signed, but I don't know who's signature it is.
Signature in Canticle
Same signature in Spellfire
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Bakra
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 20 Jan 2012 : 19:14:29
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| It isn't Clyde Caldwells'. |
I hope Candlekeep continues to be the friendly forum of fellow Realms-lovers that it has always been, as we all go through this together. If you don’t want to move to the “new” Realms, that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with either you or the “old” Realms. Goodness knows Candlekeep, and the hearts of its scribes, are both big enough to accommodate both. If we want them to be.
(Strikes dramatic pose, raises sword to gleam in the sunset, and hopes breeches won’t fall down.)
Enough for now. The Realms lives! I have spoken! Ale and light wines half price, served by a smiling Storm Silverhand fetchingly clad in thigh-high boots and naught else! Ahem . .
So saith Ed. <snip>
love to all,
THO
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jan 2012 : 19:32:49
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| That is pretty strange. Definitely not Salvatore, Greenwood, or Caldwell. I believe Jeff Easley was the cover artist for Canticle, but that doesn't look like it matches. The initials sort of look like G and J to me. |
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Edited by - Artemas Entreri on 20 Jan 2012 19:33:13 |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
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Seravin
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1277 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jan 2012 : 21:13:17
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| Maybe it's the signature of the book's original owners :P |
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Aulduron
Learned Scribe
USA
343 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jan 2012 : 21:46:27
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| I'd bet against him being American, but that probably doesn't narrow it down much. |
"Those with talent become wizards, Those without talent spend their lives praying for it"
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Tyranthraxus
Senior Scribe
Netherlands
423 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jan 2012 : 17:45:21
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| Heh... Guess I'll never know. |
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Yoss
Learned Scribe
USA
259 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jan 2012 : 18:25:37
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| I'd put my money on it being the guy who owned it, date is when he bought it. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 24 Jan 2012 : 19:01:02
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Originally posted by Aulduron
I'd bet against him being American, but that probably doesn't narrow it down much.
I dunno, my dad's signature is pretty illegible, and my family has been in the US for generations -- going at least as far back as the Civil War. |
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Aulduron
Learned Scribe
USA
343 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jan 2012 : 19:36:20
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| I meant by the way he wrote the date and crossed his 7. Some Americans do one or both of those things, but that's usually the sign of a European. Maybe a Canadian, or Aussie, or New Zealander. I'm not sure |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jan 2012 : 19:46:20
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| I have never even thought of signing books i own. Seems sort of pointless. |
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Yoss
Learned Scribe
USA
259 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jan 2012 : 03:28:05
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My mom used to do it, I think in the hopes that if she lent them to someone she might someday get them back. I don't think it worked, can't really imagine the kind of person who never returns books ever looks on the title page and thinks "oh ya, I should give this back to (whomever)". Or if they do, they promptly forget again. Or if there's a chance of you leaving it at school/work so people know it yours? Anywhere I'm liable to leave a book these days is pretty easily tied back to me.
And I cross my 7s. I use slashes for dates cos I was rebelling in third grade where they tried to make everyone use dashes. *shrug* |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jan 2012 : 14:07:15
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Originally posted by Yoss
My mom used to do it, I think in the hopes that if she lent them to someone she might someday get them back. I don't think it worked, can't really imagine the kind of person who never returns books ever looks on the title page and thinks "oh ya, I should give this back to (whomever)". Or if they do, they promptly forget again. Or if there's a chance of you leaving it at school/work so people know it yours? Anywhere I'm liable to leave a book these days is pretty easily tied back to me.
And I cross my 7s. I use slashes for dates cos I was rebelling in third grade where they tried to make everyone use dashes. *shrug*
That would make sense, but i never lend out my books...i am a selfish bastardo regarding my pristine book collection. |
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Aulduron
Learned Scribe
USA
343 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jan 2012 : 18:50:55
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| It's not just the dashes. The date is 31-7-96, instead of 7-31-96. The other date is 9-5-96. In the US that means September 5th, in other places it means May 9th. |
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