Random books from SpacemanSpiff's library
Mammals: A Guide to Familiar American Species (A Golden Guide) by Herbert Spencer Zim
A Collector's Guide to Antique Clocks and Watches by Alan Smith
Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born by Peter David
The Literary Digest 1931 Atlas of the World and Gazetteer
Selected Western Stories and Poems by Bret Harte
Dreamcatcher by Stephen King
Funerals are Fatal by Agatha Christie
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Friends: DeborahWoehr, JeremyCShipp, joehill, LittleMaggie, solosummit, thegreattim, Treeseed
Interesting libraries: AsYouKnow_Bob, bluetyson, hailelib, iansales, john_sunseri, Neuromancer, stephmo
LibraryThing authors: Joe Hill (joehill)
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Member: SpacemanSpiff
Library1,348 books — see library
ReviewedNone so far
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Tagsfiction (938), science fiction (312), non-fiction (284), Stephen King (124), Hardy Boys (108), history (81), Agatha Christie Mystery Collec (65), John Carter of Mars (52), biography (46), Hardy Boys with dust jacket (44) — see all tags
GroupsAstronomy & Astrophysics, Calvin and Hobbes, Final Frontier - Spaceflight, Floridians, I See Dead People['s Books], List Five Books Parlour Game, Name that Book, Science Fiction Fans, Science!, The 'verse — show all groups
Favorite authorsAce Atkins, Ray Bradbury, David Brin, Octavia E. Butler, Orson Scott Card, Arthur C. Clarke, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth George, Ursula K. Le Guin, Stephen Hawking, Zenna Henderson, Frank Herbert, Joe Hill, Shirley Jackson, Lynn Franks Johnston, Stephen King, Gary Larson, Dennis Lehane, Peter Meinke, Toni Morrison, Edgar Allan POE, Alastair Reynolds, Kim Stanley Robinson, J.K. Rowling, Carl Sagan, Leslie Marmon Silko, Frank G. Speck, Bill Watterson, C. A. Weslager (Shared favorites)
Favorite bookstoresBig Chicken Barn Books & Antiques, Blue Moon Books, DeWolfe & Wood Rare and Used Books, Fairfield Antiques Mall, Golden Bough Bookstore, Harding's Rare Books, Haslam's Book store, Inkwood Books, Lighthouse Books, Mojo Books and Music, Paperback Palace, Proviance Music & Books, Shoestring Rare Books, Small Adventures Book Shop, Tampa Antiquarian Books, Wilson's Bookworld
Favorite librariesArthur Johnson Memorial Library, Barrett-Wharton Branch Library, John F. Germany Public Library, Peter H. Armacost Library (Eckerd College Library), St. Petersburg Public Library [Main Branch]
Other favorites28th Annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair, Florida Bibliophile Society
About me (Check out the MySpace link below).
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About my library Click here to see a few shots of my actual library. (Once you're on the page, just click on the "View Slideshow" link in the yellow box. You DON'T need to sign in. Then click on the yellow forward arrow on subsequent pages to see the additional shots).
As far as entering all of my books into LibraryThing, I've finished with the upper/open shelves and am now working on adding the books from the lower shelves (mostly paperbacks), behind the doors. Not much further to go; the end is in sight!
Also note: Regarding my LT entries for some of the series' (Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Tom Swift, etc), I've played with the Date field a bit in order to get them to display in proper sequence/groupings. I've done my best to keep them in the approximate era of their publication (not an easy task, considering the multitude of publication variations of these series), so please forgive the seeming date-entry errors. (I've left the correct dates in the Publication and Summary Line fields; it's only the Date field that I've tinkered with).
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Member sinceJan 21, 2007
Comments from other LibraryThing-ers
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A quick reccomendation, if I may. Ever hear of Scott Sigler? I just finished his novel Infected. It's like the early Stephen King (Misery, Pet Sematary)... on crack. Unreal! The book's prose isn't quite the same as King... but man, the stroy is relentless!
Give it a try if you get some time. :-)
~Tim
posted by thegreattimsbooklist at 9:32 am (EST) on May 1, 2008
P.S. I did notice my amatuer HTML coding was off, on my other profile. If you're bored sometime, feel free to send me the code your using. I have a feeling I know what it is, but every time I edit something I mess up something else and loose the whole thing... :-P
Later,
~T
posted by thegreattim at 6:38 pm (EST) on Apr 26, 2008
- Bob
posted by AsYouKnow_Bob at 11:22 pm (EST) on Apr 21, 2008
posted by LittleMaggie at 9:06 pm (EST) on Apr 19, 2008
What does it look like from you're point of view? Just curious...
posted by thegreattim at 11:04 am (EST) on Apr 18, 2008
Thanks for the comment and thanks for stopping by my MySpace page. I'll pop over there after this and see your page. I love making new friends and I love snooping around in the libraries of other people. LibraryThing...Yay! Hope to see you around.
~Terrie
posted by Treeseed at 4:43 pm (EST) on Apr 16, 2008
Rock on,
Joyce
posted by starcitywoman at 4:30 pm (EST) on Apr 15, 2008
Hope you don't mind, but I "borrowed" your reading queue/history idea for my "reading list" companion profile I am keeping.
Thanks! :-)
~Tim
posted by thegreattim at 8:57 am (EST) on Apr 15, 2008
I had not realized that you were not entering paperbacks, I have beeen doing that all along (by the way; up to 167 matched already.) Although, truth be told I have very few paperbacks these days. About five years ago when I moved to Chicago, I was forced to get rid of most of my collection, only keeping the hardcovers. Since then I have bough only maybe 75-100 paperbacks (mostly J's books, but for me mostly books that are too expensive or rare to get the hardcover version; or that only come out in paperback).
And Yes! Pop Art was my favorite from 20th Century. It moved me so much, more than probably any short story I've ever read. And the others are just as good. I may be going out on a limb here, but I think this collection is better than any of the short story collections his father put out. Hill is a genius. I can't wait to see more material from him. A New novel would be very exciting.
Anyway, good luck with the entering of books! I've fallen pretty far behind myself lately.
~Tim
posted by thegreattim at 11:46 am (EST) on Apr 13, 2008
posted by LittleMaggie at 3:28 pm (EST) on Apr 11, 2008
posted by thegreattim at 11:36 am (EST) on Apr 9, 2008
I'm going back to school this summer, also. I imagine my reading will get way behind as I am taking a full load of classes and working two jobs. It makes me sad, in a way, although I am excited to finish my degree after 8 years off.
Anyway, good luck with all of those. The new comic looks pretty great, with new material this time instead of rehashing W&G. I heard that Marvel and Furth have scripted a total of 5 mini-arcs, this one being only the second. It sounds great!
Cheers,
~Tim
posted by thegreattim at 11:47 am (EST) on Apr 4, 2008
I got to ask, have you finished Duma Key yet? What do you think? I just need chat about this with someone.
Also, I see you have 20th Century Ghosts in you queue. Let me know what you think about that one too... :-)
And The Long Road Home?? Lot's of great new stuff!
~Tim
posted by thegreattim at 11:38 pm (EST) on Mar 31, 2008
posted by thegreattim at 4:42 am (EST) on Jan 17, 2008
Cheers!
posted by makifat at 1:54 am (EST) on Dec 29, 2007
Now for my library, I just need to get some custom shelves built in like you have. My various stand up shelves are already overflowing. It's not as nice as I would like them to be. But one of these years I will get that done!
So, NO, I never did get the Secretary Of Dreams 1. I was going to buy it on Amazon, they were actually listing them new for weeks, when the book first came out, for about $46. When I actaully went to purchase it, they were gone! And right now the $75 is just too much to spend on one book. My wife would have my head! :-) With the new house and all the associated expenses... I'm probably goign to have to suck it up and buy them for around $100 a piece when I can actually afford it!
I'm still debating as to whether or not to pick up the DT comic hardcover. I probably will eventaully, but I do already have two each of the comics, sketchbook, and guide. The art was amazing, no? But I was sad that there was no new material. All just re-hashing of DT:4. I heard rumors that mabye another arc was coming out in '08. Hopefully they will do some new work for that one. I personally would love to see an indepth look at the battle of Jericho Hill and the events leading up to it and after it.
Anyway, I'm about to finally pass 1000 books too! I probably only have another 200 to add and I will be done (if I don't buy any more). 132 books shared already! That's very cool.
Enjoy the holidays!
~Tim
posted by thegreattim at 9:40 am (EST) on Nov 20, 2007
Tricia
posted by hailelib at 8:54 pm (EST) on Oct 11, 2007
I just love your library! Do the two cuckoo clocks go off at the same time? I showed my daughter your album, and even she approved! Do you have an ugly floor lamp that had to be moved for the picture, or do you read by the room light? All you need are are floor lamp and a window seat cushion. The globes and leather wing chair are beautiful!
webecca
posted by webecca at 8:43 pm (EST) on Aug 5, 2007
So you still need to enter a ton of books!? Wow... I'm finally getting close to being done with mine. (2 boxes left?) As a huge science fan, fiction and otherwise, it will be interesting to see how many more books we have in common.
We also probably would have more "favorite" authors if I listed them all, Bradbury and KSR just quikly naming a couple if see in your list... I was just trying to name a representative selection. :-)
So was HP worth it all? (don't give anything away!)
posted by thegreattim at 5:33 pm (EST) on Jul 23, 2007
posted by lgaikwad at 9:01 am (EST) on Jul 22, 2007
posted by thegreattim at 12:10 pm (EST) on Jul 20, 2007
posted by thegreattim at 11:57 am (EST) on Jul 20, 2007
T is for....?"
Captain Napalm and the evil forces of well....evil
oh yeah put thecomplete c+h evidition in your library
:(=)
posted by blackpig at 10:30 am (EST) on Feb 21, 2007
there is this collection (like 20lbs or somthing) that has it all
...to be debriefed. little do they know, our hero is not wearing briefs....
:(=)
posted by blackpig at 10:38 am (EST) on Feb 16, 2007
!
!!!!!!!!!!!
How much do you love calvin and hobbes?
they are my absolute un questionable FAVORITE cartoon
Our hero, space man spiff... CALVINNNN!
sorry
I REALLY like 'em
have heard of any Watterson auto/biographies?
posted by blackpig at 3:48 pm (EST) on Feb 12, 2007
I am eagarly awaiting my purchase of The Secretary of Dreams. Are you picking this one up as well? And I'm super excited now that Marvel's DT comic is finally here.
Anyway, Bravo!!
posted by thegreattim at 9:06 am (EST) on Feb 8, 2007
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