I have 300 UFO books. Who should get them?

[Schuyler]

Other than you.

I know this is a weird question, but I have been collecting a long time. There was a time when I wanted them ALL, but that proved too expensive. I have old books such as George Adamski's "Flying Saucers have landed" to more contemporary books such as "Communion." I have the first two coffee table Billy Meier books as well as some pretty esoteric ones such as the $100 "UFOs and the extra-terrestrial contact movement," an annotated bibliography. There are quite a few videos as well. It's a lot of stuff that represents the UFO field from the early 1950's until today. I REALLY hope the issue of dispersal of this collection does not come up any time soon, but the plain fact is that I don't want these books to be dispersed into a library book sale or a land fill. I'm interested in what YOU think the best place for these books to go for the greatest benefit of everyone would be. Any suggestions appreciated.

[The Hawk]

To benefit the most people possible, in the shortest amount of time, on any given day; just throw the Billy Meier books in the trashcan..

[Rick Deckard]

Erm, I dunno - why do you need to get rid of them?

[Aaron LeClair]

Originally Posted by The Hawk

To benefit the most people possible, in the shortest amount of time, on any given day; just throw the Billy Meier books in the trashcan..

I was going to say the EXACT same thing.


As for the thread. Give them to someone who is interested in UFOs.

[dorkbot]

Possibly the Archives for UFO Research. They probably have all of your books but they might be interested in extra copies. They would probably be good to contact anyways as they exchange material with other collections so they might have some good references for you.

Possibly the Woods' UFODEX project which is attempting to digitize everything and turn it into an online database.

You might also inquire with universities(local and otherwise) to see about donating the entirety as a reference collection that cannot be split up or sold off. The university I attended actually had such a ufo book collection in reference that was donated by an individual. It was sort of amusing as I can recall going into this special room with beautiful wood paneling, signing in and showing ID and then having the reference materials librarian retrieve some crappy sensationalist ufo paperback from the 90's and watch me sit there and read it.

I'm a collector as well (right now I'm kind of interested in rare stuff from the early contactee era) so if you change your mind about the "you" part send me a private msg.

[dorkbot]

Oh, also, I'd have to disagree about the Billy Meier books. I think part of the value of a collection like this is being able to really get a broad overview of what is published on the topic, warts and all. Future researchers with access to the collection may find minute details in names, dates, locations, etc. that are in some way relevant to a topic they are working on even if the book itself is garbage.

[musictomyears]

Originally Posted by dorkbot

Oh, also, I'd have to disagree about the Billy Meier books. I think part of the value of a collection like this is being able to really get a broad overview of what is published on the topic, warts and all. Future researchers with access to the collection may find minute details in names, dates, locations, etc. that are in some way relevant to a topic they are working on even if the book itself is garbage.

Very good point. We are talking about historically relevant material, useful for referencing. Mind you, I hope that future generations will be possessed of sufficient brain power to not mistake a wedding cake for a space craft!

[Aaron LeClair]

Originally Posted by musictomyears

Very good point. We are talking about historically relevant material, useful for referencing. Mind you, I hope that future generations will be possessed of sufficient brain power to not mistake a wedding cake for a space craft!

My Meier comment was tongue in cheek.

There will always be a percent of people who will mistake a wedding cake for a space craft, as you put it.

[Schuyler]

Originally Posted by Rick Deckard

Erm, I dunno - why do you need to get rid of them?

I don't. Someone else will need to do that.

[Schuyler]

Originally Posted by The Hawk

To benefit the most people possible, in the shortest amount of time, on any given day; just throw the Billy Meier books in the trashcan..

You could say that about half the collection. After all George Adamski met his re-incarnated wife on the surface of Venus where there is a thriving civilization.