Member: aethercowboy

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Reviews272 reviews

Tagsliterature (471), prose (466), fiction (355), speculative fiction (244), American (242), fantasy (160), science fiction (143), nonfiction (121), anthology (117), short story (83) — see all tags

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Groups75 Books Challenge for 2008, 75 Books Challenge for 2009, Board for Extreme Thing Advances, Google Wavers, Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple, More Power to the Date Fields!, Until the hunt is done, Writer-readers

Favorite authorsDouglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Lewis Carroll, Susanna Clarke, Mark Z. Danielewski, Neil Gaiman, Joseph Heller, Frank Herbert, James Joyce, Michael Moorcock, Chuck Palahniuk, Thomas Pynchon, Quentin Tarantino, Hunter S. Thompson, J. R. R. Tolkien, Bill Watterson (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBarnes & Noble Booksellers - Baybrook, Borders - Baybrook, Half Price Books - Clear Lake

Favorite librariesHarris County Public Library - Clear Lake City-County Freeman Branch

About meI do so love cataloging my books. I'm also an avid reader and an author of mostly short fiction. I don't blame you if you've never heard of me.

In my free time, I do software-related work for NASA, and spend time with my wife and a nuisance of house cats.

About my libraryMy library contains all the books I have read and still own, and all the books I am currently reading.

Additionally, if I have borrowed a book from somebody or the public library, they will appear here.

I tend to have borderline bibliophily, so I do enjoy collecting books, even if the subject matter doesn't interest me. I'll read them all anyway, because that's what a good bibliophile does.

I dole out stars depending on how many relative utils a book provides me. 5 stars is equivalent to 2 relative utils; 4 stars is equivalent to 1 relative util; 3 stars is equivalent to 0 relative utils; 2 stars is equivalent to -1 relative util; and 1 star is equivalent to -2 relative utils. Half stars would naturally fall somewhere between the two (and a single half star is a truly horrid book for me).

Here it is in more humorous terms:

0.0 - I haven't read it, or haven't gotten around to rating it.
0.5 - I wouldn't wish this book on my worst enemy.
1.0 - I pray to the powers that be for an acute case of alexia.
1.5 - I would wish this book on my worst enemy, if the Geneva Convention allows.
2.0 - The Half Price Books employees are on a first-name basis with me.
2.5 - Can I have my time back, plz?
3.0 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
3.5 - This book was definitely worth reading.
4.0 - This is a good book.
4.5 - This is a pretty danged good book.
5.0 - This is (one of the) the best book(s) I've ever read!

To see what books I've read, click here.

Homepagehttp://jacob.silvia.googlepages.com

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Member sinceOct 4, 2008

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