Deprived of a skill?(rant)

[Refrigerator]

<rant>The other day, I was killing Radament for the first time on Open b.net, and when the skill book dropped, I couldn't pick it up, and then when I was in town, I talked to some townsfolk after selling my inventory, and the quest said it was finished, and then before I could go down there, the host of the game left!!! So I sadly tried to do it again, but there WAS NO BOOK!! </rant>

So, if there is any way to get the book, and I'm just being stupid, tell me.
Grrrr....