Member: ghstillumina

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Favorite authorsAngela Carter, Ursula K. Le Guin, Tanith Lee (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresAtticus Book Store, Labyrinth Books New Haven

About meI'm studying Archaeological theory in London. I inherited a lot of my dad's old sci-fi (and his occultish conspiracy interests - o malleable young mind!).

About my libraryI just moved to London so everything I own is lingering in a basement in the States. I was in the process of cataloguing, and went through about 3/4 of my books ( but there were some stragglers hiding in various boxes I hadn't gotten to yet). I estimate I've actually read about half of everything I own.

I spend a lot of time at the library and definitely do not own all of the books I'd like, including some of my favorites. I expect it will be mostly academic from here out.

If ever I again see money or, heaven help me, free time, I'm on a quest to collect all the 70's DAW books (specifically, the ones with yellow spines). Between my dad and I, we've got a lot (Maybe 50? So I've got, oh, FIVE HUNDRED OR SO! to go). I haven't cataloged all of them yet, as he hasn't officially bequeathed them. That process usually goes: I go to his basement library, I select a book he hasn't read in twenty years, and voila! It is mine.

He supports this fully as they're moldering away, unread. A sad, sad fate for such an extensive library. I'll rescue it bit by bit, down to the last misogynistic 70's sword-and-sorcery book.

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Member sinceDec 21, 2008

Currently readingAztecs, the Conquistadors, and the Making of Mexican Culture by Peter O. Koch
The Aztecs, a History by Nigel Davies
Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich Engels