Books dedications

[gali]

Do you read the dedications in a book? I always do. "A book without a dedication is a love letter without a recipient".

Have you come across any interesting dedications?

[Gravy]

Yes!!! But I can't think of them right now
Very interesting

[gali]

Yes!!! But I can't think of them right now
Very interesting

When you do remember, please tell.

[DATo]

I want to thank everyone who helped me create this book, except for that one guy who yelled at me in Kmart when I was eight because he thought I was being "too rowdy". You're an asshole, sir.

Jenny Lawson (Let's Pretend This Never Happened)

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To my wife Marganit and my children Ella Rose and Daniel Adam without whom this book would have been completed two years earlier.

Joseph J. Rotman (An Introduction to Algebraic Topology)

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To those who inspired it and will not read it.

Juan Goytisolo (Makbara)

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You know how it is. You pick up a book, flip to the dedication, and find that, once again, the author has dedicated a book to someone else and not to you.

Not this time

Because we haven't yet met/have only a glancing acquaintance/are just crazy about each other/havent see each other in much too long/are in some way related/will never meet, but will, I trust, despite that, always think fondly of each other ...

This one's for you.

With you know what, and you probably know why.

Neil Gaiman (Anansi Boys)

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This book is dedicated to everybody you hate.
Sorry. Life's like that sometimes.

Dan Wells (Ruins)

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To Grandma, for being my first editor and giving me the best writing advice I've ever received: "Christopher, I think you should wait until you are done with elementary school before worrying about being a failed writer."

Chris Colfer (The Land Of Stories)

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For my parents, even though they never bought me a robot.

Prudence Shen (Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong)

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[gali]

I want to thank everyone who helped me create this book, except for that one guy who yelled at me in Kmart when I was eight because he thought I was being "too rowdy". You're an asshole, sir.

Jenny Lawson (Let's Pretend This Never Happened)

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To my wife Marganit and my children Ella Rose and Daniel Adam without whom this book would have been completed two years earlier.

Joseph J. Rotman (An Introduction to Algebraic Topology)

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To those who inspired it and will not read it.

Juan Goytisolo (Makbara)

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You know how it is. You pick up a book, flip to the dedication, and find that, once again, the author has dedicated a book to someone else and not to you.

Not this time

Because we haven't yet met/have only a glancing acquaintance/are just crazy about each other/havent see each other in much too long/are in some way related/will never meet, but will, I trust, despite that, always think fondly of each other ...

This one's for you.

With you know what, and you probably know why.

Neil Gaiman (Anansi Boys)

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This book is dedicated to everybody you hate.
Sorry. Life's like that sometimes.

Dan Wells (Ruins)

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To Grandma, for being my first editor and giving me the best writing advice I've ever received: "Christopher, I think you should wait until you are done with elementary school before worrying about being a failed writer."

Chris Colfer (The Land Of Stories)

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For my parents, even though they never bought me a robot.

Prudence Shen (Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong)

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[rssllue]

I always read the dedications in a book. They give me a brief view into the mind of the author before I even begin reading their book.

I currently cannot think of any good ones, but when I do, I will be back!

[LivreAmour217]

I can't think of any good dedications off the top of my head, but reading them is something that I have to do when I begin a book. Every time I open a new book, I halfway expect to see a dedication, and I'm a little disappointed if there isn't one.

[GandalfTheFey]

I was going to come in here to say heck no I don't read them but these are amazing. Crud. Maybe I have been missing out.

[Jojowrites4All]

Yes, it is part of the book.

[Morgan_Malone]

I'll sometimes read them but I'm usually too focused on starting the book to stop and read the dedication

[makenna-16]

I love the dedications in books. One of my favorites was by Rick Riordan in "The Blood of Olympus":

To my wonderful readers.
Sorry about that apology for that last cliffhanger.
I'll try to avoid cliffhangers in this book.
Well, except for maybe a few small ones....
because I love you guys.

[gali]

I love the dedications in books. One of my favorites was by Rick Riordan in "The Blood of Olympus":

To my wonderful readers.
Sorry about that apology for that last cliffhanger.
I'll try to avoid cliffhangers in this book.
Well, except for maybe a few small ones....
because I love you guys.

Nice!

[rssllue]

Very cool.

[B3cca 3ll3r]

I love dedications! My favorites are the dedicatons Ayn Rand wrote to her husband, especially in The Fountainheadalso anytime parents dedicate books to their kids.

[Gravy]

From my genre of the month book: Hell House, by Richard Matheson

"With love, for my daughters
Bettina and Alison
who have haunted my life so sweetly"