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I will agree that the notes of an author like Oliver Sacks or Mark Twain will be more interesting to far more people than whatever I end up scribbling in the ma

I will agree that the notes of an author like Oliver Sacks or Mark Twain will be more interesting to far more people than whatever I end up scribbling in the margin. On the other hand, I don't think a person needs fame in order to be important to other people: I would be willing to trade an awful lot to get a copy of my father's favorite book, annotated with his personal thoughts (it's Frank Herbert's "Dune").

pvg 8y ago
Of course - your father's annotated copy of Dune is understandably interesting and valuable to you, more so than, I dunno, a copy Sting scribbled all over while filming Lynch's Dune. But it still might not be the best way to read it for the first time.