She met a man named Paul in 1994, a rare-book dealer who smelled of paper dust and patience. On their third date, he saw the bins. “Magazines,” he said, not unkindly. “You know they don’t hold value like books.” Silwa pulled out the October 1979 issue of Starlog , the one with the Alien cover. “This held me together,” she said. “That’s a different kind of value.” Paul stayed.
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Occasionally lists rare vintage Silwa reprints and collector's editions. She met a man named Paul in 1994,