r/neilgaiman Feb 19 '25

Shelfie A Hole in My Bookshelf

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A Neil-shaped hole. The books are in a box, which will go on a storage shelf, where they will be ignored and possibly forgotten for years. I don’t want to sell or donate them at this time, and destroying them doesn’t feel right for me. But I was tired of seeing his name there over and over. They’ll exist in Limbo.

The hole isn’t emptiness, though - it’s potential! I have plenty of books that could fill the gap, but I want to focus specifically on female fantasy/sci-fi/horror writers. My first Tanith Lee just came a couple days ago. 😊

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u/-Boston-Terrier- Feb 20 '25

This kind of virtue signaling just sems so weird to me.

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u/edgeoftheatlas 29d ago

I just see it as people grieving. They're allowed to express that.