After finally getting determined a little about writing something longer than just few pages, I was searching for some ideas to start with. It's often told that writings are generally dedicated to darling, dearest and dead but I stopped to the fact that, non of those three has influenced me enough to write a book for.(parents being exception though ;) )
Anyway, I found these few intriguing book dedications. I am of course not copying these while writing mine because they are far beyond my imaginary plots but yes they are touching, humorous (one of them if not all) and worth sharing.
I am not sure if I'd ever want to go for number 3 for idea of marriage really freaks me out but I'm sure he'd got a yes ;) good writers out there can really try this and I suggest you to.
So, here are some that i liked the most:
0) i will add mine here after I finish writing one. Mine is going to be even better you know ;)
1) Joseph J. Rotman
book: An Introduction To Algebraic Topology
'To my wife Marganit
and my children Ella Rose and Daniel Adam
without whom this book would have
been completed two years earlier.'
2) C.S. Lewis
book: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
TO LUCY BARFIELD
My dear Lucy,
I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand a word you say, but I shall still be
your affectionate Godfather,
C. S. LEWIS
3) Peter Leeson
book: The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates’
Ania, I love you, will you marry me?
4) Sean Carroll
book: The Particle at the End of the Universe
To Mom,
Who took me to the library.
5) Edited by Edward E. Kramer:
book: Dark Destiny
This book is dedicated to Robert Bloch, grand master of darkness. May the blood drawn from your typewriter’s keys sustain us always.
6) Neil Gaiman
book: Anansi Boys
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/haven’t seen 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.
*picture is taken just for illustration.
