Member: Ethaisa

CollectionsYour library (5,444)

Reviews13 reviews

Tagsfantasy (953), sf (889), anthology (467), trade (463), HC (291), WS (206), horror (200), vamps (171), collection (166), lgbt+ (163) — see all tags

Cloudstag cloud, author cloud, tag mirror

About my libraryI have a lot of books and I use a lot of idiosyncratic tags. Here's a brief explanation; categories subject to change without notice:

history - divided by subject area, usually academic press
historical fantasy - fantasy works heavily influenced by historical cultures
historical fiction - fiction set in historical periods
alt history - a world where one particular event changed history thereafter

feminist sf/f - speculative fiction written by self-identified authors; works that predominantly address gender, racial, social/cultural issues

lgbt - works addressing lgbt et al concerns, especially gender & sexuality; works by self-identified authors, fiction works featuring prominent lgbt characters & relationships

FN/NA - works addressing First Nation/Native American issues, themes and cultures; works by self-identified authors

WS - women's studies/history; women's spirituality

HC - hardcovers, so I know what bookcase to look on
trade - trade paperback fiction, also so I know where to look

collection - a collection of shorter works or short stories by a single author
anthology - a collection of shorter works or short stories by multiple authors
omnibus - a collection of larger, previously published single works

spec fiction - speculative works that lacks genre specificity

horror - works (usually with supernatural elements) that frighten or disturb; I tag contemporary vamp or werewolf books separately as very few manage to hit my fright button

sf/f - works (usually older) of speculative fiction that blur sf and f genre lines (eg. secondary world fantasy set on separate planets)

psi - mental stuff; telepathy, PK, precog et al

sf (science fiction) - works of futurism and/or works that require some degree of science or extrapolated science as a significant element

post apoc - aftermath of some great disaster

dystopia - someplace you really don't want to live

fantasy - works with fantastical elements, usually set in a secondary world

urban fantasy - fantasy (usually modern) where a particular city or urban environment plays a significant role in the story

contemporary fantasy - fantasy in the modern world

faerie - elves, fey, fairies, the Sidhe, or any variation or combination thereof

folklore - books regarding folk customs and belief

folktale - speculative fiction involving folk customs, beliefs; retold stories

romance - characters' relationship is the driving force of the book
para romance - one or more of the major character is supernatural/magical

YA - young adult genre fiction

GroupsNone

Favorite authorsLois McMaster Bujold, Octavia E. Butler, C. J. Cherryh, Samuel R. Delany, C. S. Friedman, Ursula K. Le Guin, Nalo Hopkinson, Tanya Huff, Ellen Kushner, China Miéville, Sarah Monette, Alice Walker (Shared favorites)

Also onBookMooch

Membership LibraryThing Early Reviewers/Member Giveaway

LocationCanada

Account typepublic, lifetime

URLs http://www.librarything.com/profile/Ethaisa (profile)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Ethaisa (library)

Member sinceMar 28, 2011