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Collected Poems, 1909-1962 by T. S. Eliot
Greetings, Carbon-based Bipeds! by Arthur C. Clarke
Plan of attack by Bob Woodward
West of Eden by Harry Harrison
The Mark Of The Beast And Other Fantastical Tales (Fantasy Masterworks) by Rudyard Kipling
Magician: Master by Raymond E. Feist
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-century India by William Dalrymple
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Member: iftyzaidi
Library2,526 books — see library
Reviews57 reviews — see reviews
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Tagsfiction (1,810), unread (1,625), science fiction (734), nonfiction (617), fantasy (583), history (371), hardback (294), 1st in the series (164), historical fiction (136), epic fantasy (135) — see all tags
GroupsBookcases: If You Build/Buy Them, They Will Fill, Malazan, Pakistani LibraryThingers, Weird Fiction
Favorite authorsIain Banks, William Dalrymple, Philip K. Dick, Umberto Eco, Steven Erikson, Kazuo Ishiguro, Gore Vidal, Gene Wolfe, Roger Zelazny (Shared favorites)
About me I've always loved books and enjoy reading. My first bout of book collecting came when I was an undergraduate student, and mostly consisted of books on history. From 2004 onwards, I started collecting fiction - mostly science fiction and fantasy though not exclusively so. My library reflects these dual interests.
About my library All books entered here belong to me.
I must admit I have become a compulsive book buyer and collector with shelves at home being double-stacked and still overflowing. My wife insists that I cut down and has proposed budgets and rationing as ways to limit the number of books coming in. All such proposals have had only limited success so far, it must be said.
In the last couple of years there has been a major shift in my reading towards fiction, particularly science fiction and fantasy, and these now make up the bulk of my collection. Once I have everything entered though, things should be more balanced. Mixed in with the fiction and history, you'll also find a spot of poetry and philosophy and even the occasional graphic novel.
Update: Almost done with book entry... Now in the process of tagging award winning books and short-listed books, e.g. nebula award nominee, locus sf award winner, wolfson prize winner etc.
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I create my wishlist based on reviews either on the web or in publications - mostly the "best of" lists that tend to happen now and then, and then genre websites like locus and endicott etc. But I rarely follow it, since a lot of what I get depends on what is available on bookmooch and the charity/second hand shops, so i have a lot of "curiosity picks". As for the 888 I have the revise the list since I have gone and read a few books not on the list. But I can swap them a bit.
The goal of my 888 was to make me read what I have, and it has already succeeded in that. It's interesting what making a list does, less pondering what to read next...
Have you made one?
posted by iphigenie at 2:53 pm (EST) on Apr 9, 2008
We share quite a few books so I thought I'd leave a note - especially since the shared books seem to span many genres. I found many people with whom I share lots in one genre but not across so many type :)
My spouse also regularly comments on the number of books - he thought I'd shrunk it all quite a lot when we moved countries, but it is back to where it was before or more!
I promised to cut down on buying and I have, and I have donated some to charities and listed loads on bookmooch (and mooched about as many back) - but the second hand buying I just can't cut. So many interesting books!
posted by iphigenie at 9:46 am (EST) on Mar 27, 2008
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