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The Garden (Star Trek: Voyager) by Melissa Scott

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Die schönsten Märchen

Cyberabad days by Ian McDonald

Stitch in Time (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) by Andrew Robinson

Raumschiff Enterprise, Die neuen Abenteuer by Alan D. Foster

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Favorite authorsIsaac Asimov, Kage Baker, Greg Bear, Margaret Wander Bonanno, Bill Bryson, Lois McMaster Bujold, Joseph Conrad, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Diane Duane, Jasper Fforde, Michael Jan Friedman, Stephen Fry, Robert Holdstock, David R. George III, Zoran Živković, Elmore Leonard, George R. R. Martin, Naomi Novik, Joyce Carol Oates, Patrick O'Brian, Terry Pratchett, Alastair Reynolds, Kim Stanley Robinson, Alexander McCall Smith, Karen Traviss, Jack Vance, Various, Robert Charles Wilson, P.G. Wodehouse (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresTyrolia, Wagner!sche Buchhandlung

About meI'm a bank clerk by day and a writer by night. My published fiction so far involves Star Trek, but I intend to branch out into general SF, and maybe fantasy, too, if I get the chance. My partner-in-crime is ex-Cincinnati resident Steve Mollmann, and together we’ve written one novella (Star Trek: S.C.E.: What’s Past #2: The Future Begins), two short stories (in Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Sky’s the Limit), and the forthcoming novel The Tears of Eridanus (in Myriad Universes: Shattered Light). You’ll notice that the book titles are getting shorter. The next sale will probably not even involve any colons.

About my libraryMy libary contains a lot of German fiction, because that is what I was reading when I grew up. Consequently, much of this is what is termed Young Adult.

The expanding majority, however, is English fiction and nonfiction. Much of that is tie-in fiction, because I enjoy reading it--mostly Star Trek and Doctor Who. Recently, though, I've decided to branch out and read more widely in areas that I once wouldn't have considered part of my comfort zone. I like to challenge myself; this is why my library includes a lot of Penguin Classics. (Also, the covers look spiffy!)

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Star Trek: Vanguard: Precipice by David Mack

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The Apex Book of World SF by Lavie Tidhar

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Snake Agent: A Detective Inspector Chen Novel by Liz Williams

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Shadow Gate (Crossroads (Tor)) by Kate Elliott

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Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett

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Flood by Stephen Baxter

The Book Depository's costs fluctuated upwards from when I picked the choices and when I posted them, though they still fit at that point (barely), so I can believe it. Shame.

posted by Stevil2001 at 10:34 pm (EST) on Dec 26, 2009

I was completely flabbergasted, let me tell you!

Anyways, I pride myself on my ability to select books for people, even when I haven't read them. For better or for worse. I feel like I know enough about him and people who do like him to suspect that you could like him.

Did Pastwatch never show up? I wonder if they missed it out, down at the bottom of the message.

posted by Stevil2001 at 9:35 am (EST) on Dec 26, 2009

Hi Michael -- I just wanted to say thanks for your SantaThing picks for me. They both look like excellent picks for my tastes. I'm particularly excited about "The Forever War" -- it is a book that I've looked at a number of times while browsing through bookstores, but for some reason I've never quite gotten around to buying or reading it. I need to play catch-up for Early Reviewers, but then I'm looking forward to digging into your selections.

I trust you and yours have had a Merry Christmas and that you'll have a Happy New Year.

Jonathan

posted by theprezz at 11:50 pm (EST) on Dec 25, 2009

Oh, I love the design, too, and they have good notes and stuff as well, but sometimes cheapness wins out! I keep on thinking of removing my Penguins from my normal shelving section so I can put them all next to each other and admire their spines.

posted by Stevil2001 at 4:06 pm (EST) on Jun 9, 2009

Whoo, I just bought The Moonstone last week myself, though mine was a cheap Signet Classics edition. Which made me sad, but had the benefit of only costing $2.50.

posted by Stevil2001 at 12:56 pm (EST) on Jun 9, 2009

I can't say I'm familiar with the work of Eric Hobsbawm.

posted by Stevil2001 at 1:01 am (EST) on May 28, 2009

I had to read it for class last semester, and hence the book was mentioned in one of my overly-frequent and -long reading roundups-- and from there to here on LT. If you read my review, you will find that I thought it definitely had some interesting things to say, though they're occasionally difficult to tease out. Like so many books, I'd like to read it over again and slower to really do it justice, though the class discussion we had really assisted my appreciation of the book. It most certainly could be useful for constructing a fictional nation-- a lot of things you wouldn't ordinarily think about.

Say, did you ever take a gander at The Victorian Frame of Mind? And did you find it tedious and boring?

posted by Stevil2001 at 2:39 pm (EST) on May 26, 2009

I see you've picked up Imagined Communities-- might I inquire into motives/reasons?

posted by Stevil2001 at 10:38 am (EST) on May 25, 2009

Whoa, we have over a 100 books in common. I guess that's not saying much considering how many books you have in your library, but still... awesome. I guess this means I'm going to be taking your recommendations from now on.

posted by senbei at 12:53 pm (EST) on Apr 23, 2009

Herr der Schlangeninsel
by Oscar Wilde

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posted by cmluise at 1:09 pm (EST) on Mar 11, 2009

You zee nuzzing!

posted by Stevil2001 at 9:47 pm (EST) on Mar 10, 2008

Congratulations: someone finally survived reading your work and didn't hate it enough to not catalog it. ;)

Alas, you get short shrift because of how LT handles multiple authors. Such is the life of the person at the back of the alphabet, I guess.

posted by ATimson at 3:30 am (EST) on Mar 10, 2008

Hi Michael. I did see you added a lot of "Lucky Luke" with Goscinny as author. Maybe it is better to add these "Lucky Luke Albums" with Morris as author (the creator of Lucky Luke) and Goscinny in "Other authors". Most of the titles are already added there. Regards, snellius

posted by snellius at 2:26 am (EST) on Jul 25, 2007

Up to 215 now...

posted by Stevil2001 at 5:13 pm (EST) on Jan 2, 2007

As you wish. </Princess Bride>

posted by ATimson at 1:08 am (EST) on Dec 17, 2006

Hey, dude. We share thirteen books. We should be friends!

posted by Stevil2001 at 10:54 pm (EST) on Dec 15, 2006