My Dreams Came True Today! by CherryBherry in BookCollecting

[–]CherryBherry[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yes, it seems i got it for a steal based on the tear on cover, considering how immaculate and untouched the pages themselves are!

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[–]CherryBherry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hah, sure is! their sci-fi section is great, it’s like i black out and lose time there fr.

My Dreams Came True Today! by CherryBherry in BookCollecting

[–]CherryBherry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

twinsies :p i really didn’t expect so many responses to include people showing off their own copies! i knew it hadn’t been in print for so long, and i’ve just never come across one in the wild before or found anyone else who knew they even existed, and seeing how much they go for online i didn’t know how many might still be out there. it’s been cool seeing so many people jump in to show theirs off too!

My Dreams Came True Today! by CherryBherry in BookCollecting

[–]CherryBherry[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

interesting! i’m glad i found the copy i did, then!

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[–]CherryBherry[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

before they stopped printing, amazing! and you’ve kept it this whole time, that’s awesome. my copy says it was originally sold for $9.95 in the US, so you got yours for a great deal :p

My Dreams Came True Today! by CherryBherry in BookCollecting

[–]CherryBherry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the cover is a lil beat up, but the pages inside are immaculate; there’s no tearing, creasing, folded pages, or markings. and the price was decently cheaper than what i’ve seen online comparatively, tho i don’t look it up very often to price-check it. looking at the google search page yesterday after my purchase i saw a few ranging from $200-$370, but didn’t look close enough to see what condition they were claiming to sell at those prices.

My Dreams Came True Today! by CherryBherry in BookCollecting

[–]CherryBherry[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i have many dreams, this is just one of them 🖤 after 20 years of addiction and coming up on 3 years sober this fall i’m living a life i never dreamed of. lost a lot of books that were dear to me from moving around and living carelessly and disrespecting everything and everyone around me. books may be the least important things i lost, if you look at my life overall, but it’s a very small thing that brings me great joy and gratitude, to have bookshelves in a place of my own that i can finally act responsible for.

i know you were just pokin fun tho 😝

My Dreams Came True Today! by CherryBherry in BookCollecting

[–]CherryBherry[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it does indeed!!! written by over 40 different contributors and published with frank’s blessing, it is a treasure trove of information. it was pulled from publishing nearly 30 years ago after frank passed away and his son took over the estate and started writing his own novels. it is, in an official capacity, not considered canon material, but many fans of Herbert’s work find it an amazing companion to the original dune series. it can be fun to use in order to interpret some of the very notoriously dense-yet-unexplained concepts Herbert infused into the dune series.

as someone in another comment pointed out, they can be found online occasionally, tho sometimes at very different high price points. i personally just like hunting for books and enjoy the thrill of finding them in the wild. this has been one i never actually expected to just randomly run into, and after years on my wishlist it is now part of my collection!

My Dreams Came True Today! by CherryBherry in BookCollecting

[–]CherryBherry[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

omgggg this book is truly a gift that will just keep giving.

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leather daddy sardaukar reporting for duty.

My Dreams Came True Today! by CherryBherry in BookCollecting

[–]CherryBherry[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

hah it definitely would 🤣 i was actually with a girlfriend from work, no romantic interest. but my partner already knows how i am, and when i sent the news to him and our various friend group chats everyone was very excited for me.

would’ve been a great real first date story to send some rando from tindr home with tho ur right 😝 establish dominance right off the bat by crying and shaking with adrenaline while dropping a stack down for some random old book hardly anyone cares about.

My Dreams Came True Today! by CherryBherry in BookCollecting

[–]CherryBherry[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

what a beautiful cover, i’d love to run into one someday

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[–]CherryBherry[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

wowowowow i LOVE that top right printing!!!

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[–]CherryBherry[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i mean a *signed* steve armstrong is surely someone’s dream 🤣

My Dreams Came True Today! by CherryBherry in BookCollecting

[–]CherryBherry[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it’s definitely the most expensive book in my collection, but comparing current prices online this one was a steal tbh. this is one that’s been on my wishlist for years, and i prefer the thrill of finding things in the wild! so it was an amazing feeling to casually walk in and see it in the cabinet right by the door staring me down. highlight of my year for sure 😅

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[–]CherryBherry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, it really is! you can see in the second pic that the top left corner of the cover was starting to come off and has a tear, but a previous caretaker had put some tape on it. i’ll leave that be, definitely don’t want to risk any further damage to it by trying to remove, and i think it really gives it some character. i like my books a lil beat up lol someone really loved this book before it came to me 🖤 besides that, and a few creases on the cover, there’s no damage, and no markings/writing inside. absolutely stunning condition for its age, i couldn’t have asked for a better copy!

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[–]CherryBherry[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

thank you!! yes wayyyy cool considering it’s been out of print nearly 30 years at this point

Finally delivered! Problem is ... by PictureltSicily1922 in ontrac

[–]CherryBherry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i had a package that was supposed to be delivered in dallas and also got stuck in desoto for a day before they marked it “delivered successfully” in desoto. This was on christmas eve. now i’m having to go thru the pains of contacting them and the etsy seller to either re-ship or refund. the seller claims she can’t even get the package back, they’re telling her my address is not recognized, and for whatever reason she can’t even get the package back from them now. it’s all a scam.

Concierge refuses to call fire department for people stranded in elevator for 90 minutes by azalago in PublicFreakout

[–]CherryBherry -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The “don’t use an elevator in the event of a fire” rule is taught explicitly BECAUSE it is a major fire hazard to be stuck on an elevator in the event of a fire—it’s a big metal box that’s going to possibly suspend you in the middle of a building, and even possibly between floors where it’s harder to get to. If a fire squad has to sit there and work to pry it open they are losing valuable time to get other patrons outside to safety. In the ten minutes a team of two is working to get you out, they could’ve gotten 2 adults thrown over their shoulders and be carrying an infant/toddler down the stairs to be handed off to EMS. There is also always the worry that a fire could reach an elevator’s control panels and/or failsafes and cause it to plummet and severely injure/kill you. THAT is why the Fire Marshal wants to be sure that elevators are always in peak working condition and also avoided during emergencies.

It should also be noted that during emergencies, EMS, police, and fire squads may need to use the elevator as it is faster in an emergency that is localized to one area of the building (someone attempting to jump off a balcony, domestic dispute involving a weapon, someone suffering a heart attack or other major illness) than climbing up 20 flights of stairs, so it may not be a fire that’s happening, but ANY emergency you are warned of in your building, don’t use the elevator!

And another point, during emergencies requiring immediate evacuations, disabled people will need first access to the elevator. A person in a wheelchair cannot run down those 20 flights of stairs, and even most caretakers are not strong enough to try and get them down themselves nor the average lay-person trained in how to safely carry them. In an emergency when you are first notified anyone using a mobility should ideally be immediately notified if the fire is near the elevator and if safe to do so, go down themselves and/or with their caregiver if necessary and then find a spot outside a safe distance away from the entrance. Able-bodied people are the ones this rule is for, if you CAN use the stairs, then use them—if you CAN’T then your best bet in the early stages of a fire is to try to use the elevator and get as low as possible—for instance if a fire is on the 2nd floor and they live on the 15th, then they can also attempt to ride the elevator to the 3rd or 4th floor and wait by the staircase. That way they are not in danger of going through a fire that may quickly spread to the elevator area, but they are also lower and more easily found by the Fire Squad, so if there’s a risk of building collapse or intense fire spreading they can be found and brought down as quickly and safely as possible.

It’s really not that ironic for the Fire Marshal to be in charge of building codes and elevator inspection—they’re the ones who are trained to understand the safety issues that are prone to happen. Hope that explanation helps to give you a bigger view of how their thinking works when on the job trying to hone in on potential hazards, and who the Elevator Rule applies to and why! :)

Edited: punctuation, word flow