Member: jimroberts

Thank you for the speedy replies - I shall do as you suggest and shall join the group and try posting - as I would like both to review more books and also to get constructive criticism to improve my style of writing of reviews. Interesting that groups should start up and then be active and then fade. My problem is that I only heard about Library thing early in 2012 and hence was not involved in the early years... but I have found it an excellent tool for cataloging and also making connections with fellow bibliophiles. I have now cataloged my library - close to 14000 books! I visited NZ in Feb and posted a request for information about the NZ book scene and book shops and had a lovely response. The Folio society group is active and interesting too - and here too they are asking for reviews of Folio Society books with the recommendation that these be posted on the FS website - particularly of books where there are no or very few reviews. Have a good day. Katherine aka Africansky.

posted by Africansky1 at 4:31 am (EST) on Apr 23, 2013

Hello greetings. Jim. I see you are the coordinator of the Reviews Reviewed group. I'd like to join as I am keen to write more reviews and would welcome comment. is this group still operating? How similar to Go Review that book? Regards Africansky

posted by Africansky1 at 2:32 pm (EST) on Apr 22, 2013

Hi Jim –

Well, I don’t think I was /disparaging/ … it’s still very busy but certainly works better given more space!

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posted by AntAllan at 1:38 pm (EST) on Jul 10, 2012

Hi Jim,

Re: HI! Thanks for correcting me at http://www.librarything.com/topic/134784#3317320>

Thanks for pointing me to your reply, I might have missed it. Very gracious.

cheers,
Vivienne

posted by VivienneR at 7:41 pm (EST) on Apr 1, 2012

Oh, thank you! That link is some book cover link, or was. Why it wound up under website is a mystery. Sloppy copying and pasting by me no doubt.

posted by jseger9000 at 10:27 pm (EST) on Jul 30, 2011

Where was the link? In some talk thread? I cleaned out my junk drawer, so I probably have a couple of dead links like that. Maybe I should just leave stuff in it.

posted by jseger9000 at 12:50 pm (EST) on Jul 30, 2011

Thanks for the heads up. I'll make the changes.

posted by StormRaven at 5:51 pm (EST) on Jul 1, 2011

Obviously you didnt check my comments after reading the review. If I don't feel I can give the story description aptly I do try to find a more verbosely fluid sorce. You know what they say those that cant do teach....or heckle.

posted by Skooshie at 8:13 am (EST) on Jun 30, 2011

Just found your 'spoilerful summaries' group, which I like the idea of, even if I normally just go and put the spoilers in the review anyway.

'fox

posted by reading_fox at 4:30 am (EST) on Jun 24, 2011

Doesn't look like she's added a book since Sept.
:o(

posted by clamairy at 5:22 pm (EST) on Jun 23, 2011

From http://people.tcd.ie/pogrady

posted by jimroberts at 4:09 pm (EST) on Jun 22, 2011

... i wonder - and can't help noticing the coincidence that this is a book we happen to share - whether i was subconsciously thinking of Donna Leon's book "A Noble Radiance" when I wrote that sentence....

posted by ElectricRay at 8:36 pm (EST) on Jun 17, 2011

No, it isn't. You're quite right. I was after something like "dispassion" - which isn't quite as elegant, but you're certainly correct that prurience is quite the wrong word. Thanks for picking that up!

posted by ElectricRay at 8:34 pm (EST) on Jun 17, 2011

Hi Jim thanks for the add on fb. I found your profile when i was going thru Jules Jones's page on here. thought might as well add yours as im a heavy sf&f addict myself ^^

hope u having a nice day^^

Vikki
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posted by astroboiVikki at 4:45 am (EST) on May 27, 2011

Thank you for pointing out the error in my review of Cyberiad. It has been corrected.

Cheers!

posted by clong at 10:24 pm (EST) on Mar 3, 2011

Good heavens, thanks for pointing out my 'typo'. I try to proofread things before I post them, but I still had to look at that one three times to find the problem. All fixed now.

posted by quinaquisset at 11:30 pm (EST) on Feb 9, 2011

Well, that would explain why I couldn't find a library record for "Gently in love", since I got the title wrong! I deleted the record and downloaded a new one from Library of Congress.

posted by shmjay at 4:45 am (EST) on Oct 10, 2010

Hi, Jim!
I just came by to congratulate you on acquiring all of the Johnson Johnsons! Hope you're well and reading a lot!!!! And keeping the pedants in line too.
Peggy

posted by LizzieD at 12:36 pm (EST) on Aug 31, 2010

Thanks. I had just listed a few of my favorites and probably got interrupted. I've updated the review.

posted by monado at 7:57 pm (EST) on Aug 22, 2010

Hey Jim,

I have been pushed with changes at work, too much so, as it has kept me away from LT. There really is no tagging system that I have settled on. Tags I used quickly became overly complicated.

And very unfortunately, my cataloguing efforts have suffered even more than my LT Talk efforts.

When I do get back to cataloguing I hope to simplify the tags a good bit.

As far as biology and evolution, you probably are aware that it is an area that I am especially weak, and really developed an interest from discussions with you and others.

Richard

posted by richardbsmith at 9:07 pm (EST) on Aug 21, 2010

Thanks!

posted by Lam at 2:38 am (EST) on Jul 14, 2010

I'd rather have someone point out something like that to me than let it go uncorrected. I pulled back the snipe at Hesse's apostrophe use because I decided that it was over the top, and, given the other much more serious problems with her book and with the tone of her reponses, it was just a distraction from the real issues at hand.

I am never offended when someone points out a grammatical or punctuation error. I do my best, but I am not perfect. I do hold published writers to a higher standard than other people. After all, they should be expected to get the mechanics of their trade correct, and they should have proofreaders and editors to help them catch mistakes. Normally I only jump on grammar and punctuation errors when they appear so frequently in a particular book as to be seriously distracting, or when they are just really egregious.

posted by StormRaven at 11:25 am (EST) on Jun 24, 2010

Thank you. I fixed that and found another typo in the bargain. I try to catch all the errors, but still have to go back and check through my output periodically to catch them. If I could afford an editor, that would help a lot, but alas, I cannot.

posted by StormRaven at 8:24 am (EST) on Jun 24, 2010

I didn't know that!!!!!!

posted by rhianna at 1:54 pm (EST) on Jun 21, 2010

I don't know? Can u tell me how? thanks in advance :)

posted by rhianna at 4:02 pm (EST) on Jun 17, 2010

Thank you for asking! The No vote is not mine. I am fine with the combination. I just use the prefix to make my main categories float to the top of the tag page, but their meaning is still the same.

[For continuity, you said]
You seem to be the only user of the tag ( fiction, which somebody has proposed combining with "fiction". Is the No vote yours? If so I'll vote No too.

posted by countrylife at 11:33 am (EST) on May 24, 2010

yes it's a typo. Also, Library Thing puts 'fiction' and 'Fiction' in two separate categories.
Oh well.

posted by piersonl at 2:44 pm (EST) on May 19, 2010

There are a bunch there. Thanks.

posted by richardbsmith at 6:44 pm (EST) on May 9, 2010

BTW, just noticed the change of your profile pic, with a nod to Dr Euler. Nice.

posted by richardbsmith at 6:07 pm (EST) on May 6, 2010

It was good to see your comment, and one with the appropriate touch of dry humor. Just know your absence is noticed. Take care.

posted by richardbsmith at 6:03 pm (EST) on May 6, 2010

Jim,

Never thought you were checking up; one of my tasks in the Day Job is proof-reading, and two pairs of eyes (or many) are always better than one. I shall remember the 'edit tags' page for later when I do a bulk exercise in tidying my entries rather than just concentrating on getting content loaded.

posted by RobertDay at 5:23 pm (EST) on Apr 30, 2010

Jim,

Indeed, you are right about spotting typos in my tags! Obviously, my typing was going through a bad spell that night....

One of these days when I've nothing better to do, I shall carry out an exercise over refining, correcting and rationalising my tags. Eventually. But if you can tell me where the typo is, I'll make the necessary correction.

posted by RobertDay at 5:58 pm (EST) on Apr 29, 2010

Thanks, again, Jim, for watching my back!

I opted, as you suggested, to change the tag to "First Edition (not original country)."

Since no one, other than you, even notified me of the proposed change, I do not feel compelled to post on Combiners as to what I have done.

I do think, however, that when proposals like this are made, the moderator of the group should notify the person(s) concerned as to what has been proposed.

If you feel that what I have done is incorrect, please let me know.

Once again, many thanks!

Warmly,

Norman

posted by normanbr at 6:43 pm (EST) on Feb 17, 2010

Hello, Jim ...

Thanks for letting me know about the poll to combine my "First Edition *" with "First Edition."

I use the "First Edition *" for, say, the First Edition of a book in a country other than where it was first published.

I was unable to locate the poll you mentioned, or any comments to respond to. Perhaps you could give me further guidance.

In the meantime I have changed my listings from "Public" to "Private" which I am in hopes will alleviate the problem encountered by others.

Warmly,

Norman

posted by normanbr at 3:15 pm (EST) on Feb 17, 2010

Thanks Jim,
I was trying to do as requested and it does look odd. I'll try to change it.

This is all very confusing, especially as people go on so often and there is so much posted so early.

I only look every few days, but at least I found two replies.

oldstick.

posted by oldstick at 6:26 am (EST) on Feb 6, 2010

Hi Jim! I did intend the "red" usage, but you are right that it could be clarified. I've added "when" in there and I see it's much better that way. Once more, thank you :-)

posted by wisewoman at 8:29 am (EST) on Feb 4, 2010

Hey, thanks for the link to the review group--I've posted a review of the book that is currently The Love of My Life, and will continue to check back. Hope to see more people join this group as reviews are so much more interesting when they can set off a discussion.

posted by katieinseattle at 3:29 am (EST) on Feb 1, 2010

Wow thanks! That really did work. It seemed very logical all of a sudden. I'll bring the message to the guy who put out the link. Thanks a lot!

posted by Beiarblakkin at 3:42 pm (EST) on Jan 28, 2010

Thanks. "Also a hint of what's in your library" - yes; in the form, not the content. But I thought he fit well with the spirits and mediums etc. in the thread, and he happened to rhyme.

posted by 235711 at 7:52 am (EST) on Dec 21, 2009

Jim, thanks for pointing that out. I'm thankful for your help.

Austen holds up extremely well for rereading. I loved all her books when I first read them, but successive reads have shown me new subtleties. I really wish the fathers did better — I am certainly an advocate for strong, healthy fatherhood. But perhaps it's along the lines of children's fantasy... in general, the parents aren't around, which gives the children opportunities to develop. Maybe Austen needs her fathers to be weak/ridiculous to bring into sharper focus the growth and independence of her female characters, who are always at the forefront.

I see you recently added some books by James Herriot. Are you a fan of his? I love his books! They always make me laugh and there is something so wholesome underlying everything, a great good humor that pervades all Herriot's character sketches. I used to read him in college as an antidote to all the depressing lit I had to write papers on.

posted by wisewoman at 9:37 am (EST) on Dec 3, 2009

Hi jimroberts! Thanks for commenting. That thread of lost messages is hysterical! Lot of fun on this site! Happy reading! Linda

posted by lindasbooks at 7:12 pm (EST) on Nov 23, 2009

No, I'm glad you did. I appreciate the extra set of eyes checking for mistakes.

But you should read the book, just for the fun of it. It's funny and clever and full of literary allusions. You might like it.

posted by wisewoman at 8:07 am (EST) on Nov 17, 2009

Hi Jim! I know I can always count on you. Actually it is correct: "'Mercy on us, Anne, you've flavored that cake with anodyne liniment' " (p. 175). Later in the chapter Anne says it *is* meant to be taken internally (just not in cakes). I always wondered what it was. Some old-time remedy of some kind.

posted by wisewoman at 9:05 pm (EST) on Nov 16, 2009

Well spotted! Yes it is deliberate. It's not totally appropriate, as it isn't a funny book, but there is quite a bit of humour there, and it catches some of the light tone of the writing, even though the subjects of genocide and war are all a bit heavy.

posted by reading_fox at 9:44 am (EST) on Oct 28, 2009

Thanks very much! :)

posted by wisewoman at 3:07 pm (EST) on Sep 14, 2009

Aha! I get it now, and have edited accordingly.

You are always more than welcome to nitpick me! I appreciate your help :)

posted by wisewoman at 2:55 pm (EST) on Sep 2, 2009

I'm afraid I am still confused. So basically I should have just changed "whom" to "who"?

posted by wisewoman at 2:17 pm (EST) on Sep 2, 2009

Thanks Jim!

Was my usage incorrect? I edited it. I'm afraid it might be one of those things that sound right but really aren't...

posted by wisewoman at 1:19 pm (EST) on Sep 2, 2009

Thank you for the close read. The two typos are corrected, plus another in the same comment. I had another typo somewhere that had "I am not doing something," when I had meant to write "I am now doing something."

Glad to know that the Isaiah group has some participants.

BTW, my grandson walked last night his first time. Big deal.

posted by richardbsmith at 9:22 am (EST) on Sep 2, 2009

Jim,

Thanks a lot for that, now corrected. The cause of conflation, a too rapid reading for confirmation of:

www.tate.org.uk/learning/.../blake/tools/blake_teachers_pack.pdf

All best,

OL

posted by OwnedLibrarian at 8:58 am (EST) on Sep 1, 2009

Wasn't it nice of me to provide an example in one of my reviews? I will add peek and peak to my list of words I have to check before I type. I'm glad you enjoyed the poem on spell check.

posted by _Lana_ at 12:54 pm (EST) on Aug 23, 2009

Hello Jim,

BA is one of my too many RSS feeds. I seldom read the newspaper though we received it daily. I watch TV for NCIS, House and Monk. I live off of NPR and RSS feeds, including the local paper.

Probably not a regular reader of BA, but I cycle through my RSS feeds. The cycle though just keeps getting bigger as I add more feeds.

posted by richardbsmith at 12:52 pm (EST) on Aug 20, 2009

You are absolutely right. That paragraph was incoherent. Thank you for calling it to my attention. I have modified it in the hopes of making it at least slightly comprehensible!

posted by stellarexplorer at 10:18 pm (EST) on Aug 19, 2009

Truth to tell, it was that damn virgin birth that finished me off ;-)

posted by Booksloth at 12:13 pm (EST) on Aug 13, 2009

Thank you, kind sir! :) I appreciate your insights on Dick as a writer. I know him from Androids only, and it's interesting to hear that the empathy theme shows up in other works. I stopped at the library last night and picked up another of his books at their sale, The Man in High Castle. Have you read that one?

I will have to check out your Reviews Reviewed group. It sounds like something I'd enjoy. Thanks again for the kind comments.

~ww

posted by wisewoman at 9:15 am (EST) on Aug 13, 2009

Nope, just keeping an eye on the Popular (aka Thumbed) reviews.

posted by infiniteletters at 11:18 am (EST) on Aug 12, 2009

I recommend Practical Demonkeeping. :)

posted by infiniteletters at 9:56 pm (EST) on Aug 11, 2009

Hey Jim,

I just wanted to say that Reviews Reviewed is quickly becoming one of my favorite groups. Thanks for starting it.

posted by jseger9000 at 3:28 pm (EST) on Aug 11, 2009

Although I do sometimes listen to R4 I missed the Now now show. From the sounds of the discussion on the BS forum it's unlikely to be something I'd have enjoyed. I would like to see Ben live sometime its convenient though. Have you read his book?

posted by reading_fox at 9:08 am (EST) on Aug 11, 2009

Grandkids are a true joy in life. I have one myself, 10 months.

posted by richardbsmith at 2:15 pm (EST) on Aug 2, 2009

Jim,
I had missed reading your comments in some other threads I have seen. I thought you may be taking time off, or maybe you have been active elsewhere. I was glad to see your comment on the eucharist topic. I hate to say this but I wwould have hoped for a little more from Oakes than dismissive sarcasm. walktowork seems to me to be right on. My own ideas have changed considerably since I started the topic.

I will continue. I blame myshelves for getting me started on this. Really did not have time, but could not get the thoughts out of my mind. It is all myshelves' fault. :)

posted by richardbsmith at 2:01 pm (EST) on Aug 2, 2009

That is a typo. Thank you for finding it for me :-)

posted by bardsfingertips at 2:19 pm (EST) on Jul 28, 2009

So I do. Well spotted / remembered! Of course for the really curious my picture appears in a GD thread somewhere.

posted by reading_fox at 8:41 am (EST) on Jul 28, 2009

You set difficult homework!

You wrote "There is a clear statement in a review, where sexual orientation might be considered relevant to their opinion." Even though it's one of my reviews, I don't know to which one you are referring!

'fox

posted by reading_fox at 6:56 am (EST) on Jul 28, 2009

You will note I did not post that in Pedant's Corner!

posted by PhaedraB at 8:43 am (EST) on Jul 27, 2009

Hi Jim,

These were reviews that I pasted in from another older publication or my web site. The Consciousness Explained review is also on LibraryThing at http://www.librarything.com/review/726828 but may not add much.

From what I stil remember a decade on I was very struck by Dennett's thinking, as philosophers go he made much more sense to me than most and I've since read most of his books (Breaking the Spell is currently on the to-read heap).

Bob

posted by GreyHead at 5:04 am (EST) on Jul 27, 2009

I don't see anything clunky about your page. To each his own, I think.

Robert

posted by Mr.Durick at 12:52 am (EST) on Jul 27, 2009

I've noticed a lot of 'near spam' messages from that user lately. I think I'll just ignore him, in the hopes that he'll go away.

posted by MarthaJeanne at 11:59 am (EST) on Jul 26, 2009

Go for it. I've separated one "no title" but that didn't do the trick either.

posted by BarkingMatt at 9:19 am (EST) on Jul 22, 2009

"You have Isaac Asimov's Caliban by Roger MacBride entered with Asimov as author. Is this an error you want to be told about, or are you considering Asimov's contribution great enough to want him as author?"

Oh, man, I just accepted the defaults on that one - it's my husband's, not mine, so I don't know much about it. I'll change the author, at least.

posted by timepiece at 11:57 am (EST) on Jul 14, 2009

Funny thing. I ran a search to try to find some info Isaiah chapter 3, to help with the different translations. the Isaiah discussion topics came up page 1 and 2 on google.

That means many of our comments are likely quite visible on google, for the internet world to see.

Does that change perspectives? We are not just a nice little private community.

posted by richardbsmith at 10:08 pm (EST) on Jul 13, 2009

O.K., I'm convinced. Maybe I'll fluff it up a little bit. Then again, maybe I won't.

posted by Fourpawz2 at 12:20 pm (EST) on Jul 13, 2009

Hi Jim, the link to the review of The Woman In White is:
http://www.thebarners.co.uk/R531.HTML
Sorry, the reviews are all linked to the old website, just haven't had a chance to change that.

posted by cequillo at 9:46 am (EST) on Jul 13, 2009

I suppose I could, but doesn't it look a little - thin - shall we say?

posted by Fourpawz2 at 12:18 pm (EST) on Jul 12, 2009

Latin among the pedants!!! Be still, my heart!

posted by LizzieD at 4:10 pm (EST) on Jul 9, 2009

I must say that as of today my exposure to word pedant has at least doubled.:)

I understand the question to be for clarification of the sense of "strain at/out gnats".

Strain at meaning to struggle with. Strain out meaning to filter. Or something like that.

Straining out would seem to be the better rendering. The verb means to filter. There is a prefix used in Mt 23.24 that intensifies the main verb, something like - "you thoroughly filter a gnat, but swallow a kemel."

Same verb to filter thoroughly is in Amos 6.6. It does seem to be thought to be a proverbial expression, if Amos is any indication, going back to the Hebrew, preexisting the shift to Aramaic. The verb is used elsewhere without the intensive prefix, so the prefix is probably intentional to convey emphasis.

BTW there is a similar intensification in Mt23.24 with the verb to swallow the kemel. Also the word "swallow" is actually "to drink." That does not come across in the English translations typically, because I guess we can swallow food or drink. It is a powerful statement, very convicting.

Thanks for the comments on my geometry question. Previously I might have asked that on HH, but I picked up some hints that I was asking heathens science questions, and probably should find a more appropriate group. I hope that I do not wear out my welcome on science, physics,and mathematics.

Not sure if the act with the ant is more difficult that the act with the kemel, or not. One of those unanswerable questions, I hope. :)

posted by richardbsmith at 8:12 pm (EST) on Jul 6, 2009

Jim,

Let me look over the thread tonight.

posted by richardbsmith at 2:11 pm (EST) on Jul 6, 2009

I'm glad you like my pick :-) Night Mare is one I re-read many times when I was a teenager and I'm a little afraid to pick it back up now and find I don't like it as much. What I remember of it was that it was uniquely creative in that series.

I do want to try Piers Anthony again so I have "Isle of View" on my challenge list because it has no reviews, I needed a book with a wizard and I think that it is the next book in the Xanth series that I have not yet read.

posted by Jenson_AKA_DL at 5:15 pm (EST) on Jul 5, 2009

Thank you for sharing the solution to my combining tag question!

posted by jsriley at 3:38 pm (EST) on Jul 3, 2009

THANK YOU!
That was amazingly fast, and I will remember to ask the combiners next time since a great part of what I haven't catalogued yet comes from my early life.
I expect that I will be lurking more than contributing at *Isaiah.* I wish I had Hebrew but not enough to do something about it.
Peggy

posted by LizzieD at 7:07 pm (EST) on Jun 27, 2009

Dear Jim,
If you ever have time, would you try to see why my 1961 copy of Augustine's Confessions is not combining with everybody else's? I changed the translator from author to translator and put Augustine in as author, but to no avail. I'm having almost as much trouble with John XXIII' Journal of a Soul, but at least I'm not the one and only on that one.
(I'm assuming that this kind of help is a thing you enjoy!)
Thanks,
Peggy

posted by LizzieD at 5:25 pm (EST) on Jun 27, 2009

Oh, my profile picture is a statue of everyone's favorite rebel. It's the Fountain of the Fallen Angel located at a park in Madrid, Spain, and is supposedly the only monument in the world exclusively dedicated Lucifer. Thanks for asking.

posted by Lunar at 5:13 pm (EST) on Jun 25, 2009

Thanks! And Kokipy agrees with me to the extent that she finds Thirkell at all anything with a harder edge than witty.

posted by LizzieD at 11:26 am (EST) on Jun 25, 2009

Let's see, Jim....... I tagged the Thirkell books thoughtlessly, having read them last 4 or 5 years ago. "Gentle Irony" is still my feeling about them, but I'll go back someday - not today or tomorrow - to find out what I actually think........or maybe I'll ask Kokipy......
As to teaching the difference: in my high school if I persuaded one child per class that irony and coincidence are different animals, I felt I had earned my pay. I was the only English teacher on staff who taught satire too, come to think of it, and if any of them learned to recognize that, I was puffed up with pride.
"Puffed up with pride" = fact. I'm a simple soul with an ego so bruised by said high school experience that any praise, thick or thin, goes straight to my heart. (Hearing "I'm not going to study that," "I don't want to know that," "Don't get smart with ME!" "Are you sure?" etc. ad infinitum on a daily basis eventually wears us sensitive types down.)
Now, having written more than you want to read, I'll ask you to let me know if you start that thread somewhere so that I can at least lurk.
Peggy

posted by LizzieD at 10:42 am (EST) on Jun 25, 2009

My thanks, Jim! --- and I'm puffed up with pride that you think I'm doing well. (I realize that I have a few books at the beginning of my list that I need to add the author for.) I have fixed my Dante and added DLS as translator in the dropdown window.
As to Angela Thirkel, I've never been quite able to pin down her tone. She is certainly one or the other - ironic or satiric - as opposed to somebody like D.E. Stevenson who is neither. More reading!!!!
Peggy

posted by LizzieD at 7:19 pm (EST) on Jun 24, 2009

I've added yours to my Interesting Libraries to have easy access to your very helpful hints. Thanks!!!! (If you ever get into my library, I'll be grateful for suggestions.)
Peggy

posted by LizzieD at 11:12 am (EST) on Jun 24, 2009

Hi Jim,

You asked about the image on my profile; it is the Tree of Life, which is an image and idea which seems to appear in a number of world mythologies, not only that of the Celtic peoples suggested by the artwork. I notice that the vine forming the border is growing out of a pot or cauldron, which may be a reference to the Cauldron of Life, or it could just be a potted ivy. I use it to represent the interconnectedness of people and ideas, which seems especially apropos for a website dedicated to books and book lovers.

Hope that's a helpful answer to you,

Laura

posted by LauraLivenspire at 3:15 pm (EST) on Jun 22, 2009

Hey Jim, thanks for the invite. I don't know nothin' 'bout no alternative universes. I have a hard enough time getting a handle on the one I live in now. As long as EnriqueFreeque has multiple personalities*, I will be likely to get one or two little thumbs up on reviews. Other than that, I'm happy to toil in obscurity (if people started reading them, I'd have to start giving some thought to *shudder* quality).

Honestly, I'm not sure if I've ever been flagged, although I'm sure I've deserved it a few times.

Mostly, I'm just having fun.

Live long and prosper,
Maki

*and, no, I'm not one of them.

posted by Makifat at 10:58 am (EST) on Jun 19, 2009

Thanks for the catch, Jim! I'm actually in the process of filtering out just that type of oddity in my library, because although I haven't gotten to that particular entry yet, I see there's a few. I guess the ISBN-fishing does bring up some small fry!

Glad you came to see me though!

posted by LauraLivenspire at 10:31 pm (EST) on Jun 17, 2009

Thanks for the advice Jim.

Kind regards,
scottiwheeler

posted by scottiwheeler at 2:19 pm (EST) on Jun 15, 2009

LOL - ok :-)

I'm off to beddy-byes soon too, as I've caught summer flu and it's pretty horrible.

I'll look forward to the continued debate..

posted by Tid at 3:11 pm (EST) on Jun 2, 2009

>Make it easy for your targets by always giving the link rather than just naming the thread

posted by richardbsmith at 8:12 am (EST) on Jun 2, 2009

The Isaiah group is split right now. There has been some activity on the original Isaiah chapter 6 thread, posted in the Christianity group. I tried to move the thread to the Isaiah group, but my effort did not prove fruitful.

Then I thought, maybe, this first thread should have some play on the larger group, for marketing purposes.

I might could do some recruiting. I will confess though the member who is commenting on Isaiah c6 is difficult to grasp. Just not sure what he is writing. Probably like me trying to ask What is life on the Happy Heathen group.

posted by richardbsmith at 11:42 am (EST) on Jun 1, 2009

Appreciate the tip. I know a little HTML. I guess that bold, font size and color in comments can be options as well, for that really important point. :)

I might want to add open in another window to the to the code.

Stroke of genuis about the step grandson in law.

Richard

posted by richardbsmith at 11:48 am (EST) on May 31, 2009

Thanks for the hint. Actually carrying to the full, it would be 67 threads, with one dedicated to the history. :)
I am actually only planning to get through 12 chapters. The group is a better idea, then we might return to the subject later, or someone might take it over.

I suspect though that it will be a group of one, maybe 2.

BTW, how do you insert a hyperlink with a different display text. Tried everything I could think of.

Hope your hedging went well yesterday, and you are back in the good graces of the wife.

I see below a reference to the Explain this to me group. I will peruse that to see if the hyperlink question is answered.

Richard

posted by richardbsmith at 10:41 am (EST) on May 31, 2009

Hi - I'm still confused. What I do is "Add books", then do a search on title and author. What comes up on the right hand side is a list of editions of that book. What I do then is find in that list the edition (hard/paper, publisher, year) that most corresponds to the copy I either own (or read), and click it. Then, I try to find the right cover using Edit book (or add my own scanned cover if not present). At that point I'm happy, I have added the book I want - the right edition, the right cover, and all seems well.

So I'm still a bit confused! (I have my books sorted by Title by the way - it seemed to be the default view and I never thought to change it).

posted by Tid at 11:27 am (EST) on May 20, 2009

Hi Jim - as I spend nearly all my time on the Talk pages, I'm still a novice about how LT works in many things. I'm puzzled though - I clicked your "here" link, then clicked on the book, and it came up in its main page with over 4,000 members and 22 reviews, so surely it must be the right book and author? Not quite sure what you meant?

posted by Tid at 9:33 am (EST) on May 20, 2009

Thanks for steering me to Explain this to me group. Maybe someone can straighten me out.
Toss

posted by Toss at 3:12 pm (EST) on May 16, 2009

oh! sorry about that! i must have added them when i wasn't really taking as much time over my entries as i do now... i shall amend them forthwith. thanks for this!

posted by irkthepurist at 2:22 pm (EST) on May 11, 2009

Sigh. I never realised my username would so much offence. You're the third person to comment on it.

It actually comes from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledonian_Antisyzygy

My book collection seemed to demonstrate that same sort of contrasts.

I even like maths, geometry, algebra calculus, all of it.

Prosyzygy :-)

posted by antisyzygy at 8:03 am (EST) on May 8, 2009

Hi Jim. I wanted to thank you for starting the Reviews Reviewed group. I'm far to thin-skinned to join, but I'm enjoying lurking. I hope to make myself a better reviewer by assimilating what others have to say. So, again, thanks!

posted by VictoriaPL at 11:21 pm (EST) on Apr 7, 2009

Thank you for your help with linking! I appreciate it.

posted by MissTeacher at 6:41 pm (EST) on Apr 7, 2009

The sequels by William Horwood to The wind in the willows are very charming and I prefer Patrick Benson's illustrations to Ernest Shephard's.

posted by shmjay at 7:16 pm (EST) on Mar 21, 2009

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the tip about the proliferation of hyphens in my review. It was a review I'd written for a survey class and I suppose MS Word did something funky with the characters when I pasted it into this venue. I will correct it soon.

Best,
Alex

posted by AlexTheHunn at 8:32 am (EST) on Mar 9, 2009

Oohhhh...thanks!

posted by kimfdim at 12:41 pm (EST) on Feb 23, 2009

Hi,

The links to my reviews should all be repaired by now. It's in french though, so I'm not sure that'll help.

Martlet.

posted by martlet at 7:44 am (EST) on Feb 21, 2009

++Jim Roberts wrote:
++Hi, I'm puzzled by your statement in your review of 13 Great Stories of Science Fiction by Groff Conklin that "most of the inventions themselves seemed to me boring and contrite". Can an invention be contrite? Trite, maybe.
Thank you, Jim. I meant to imply, as graciously as conscience allowed, that I found the inventions in the stories, as you suggested, "trite."
Please feel free to proof my other reviews also.
Cheers!

posted by psybre at 5:51 pm (EST) on Feb 12, 2009

Thank you for your review of A Year in Cricklewood: I thoroughly enjoyed it. It will be going on the wishlist, I fear!

posted by frithuswith at 2:06 pm (EST) on Feb 9, 2009

Don't worry, jim, the edit history never forgets... ;-) (that is, there is a common CK history of all languages). Anyway, doesn't matter to me, much. I also don't think that we will ever get to the point where the "Bible affair" is sorted...! Kudos to you for trying to get some order into it.

posted by GirlFromIpanema at 1:58 pm (EST) on Dec 16, 2008

Thanks for the cover suggestion from, um, ages ago. I've never seen the cover of my actual book as it's been covered in brown paper (presumably by my grandmother when my mother was small) so I shall assume that it's accurate.

posted by Edithmatilda at 6:41 am (EST) on Dec 12, 2008

That comment/review: I'm contemplating it. It was one of the comments I bulk-uploaded from my own database when I first joined LT, and not all of them were review material - some were more aide-memoires to myself. That was the only really negative one I had and I thought twice before making it a review. I'm still sifting through my data as I have time and that one will (probably with some editing) make it to a review. Thanks for the observation, anyway.

posted by kevinashley at 4:28 am (EST) on Dec 11, 2008

Thanks Jim, no-one's been looking at this for many moons- but I've fixed up the mistakes

posted by rosedaledayschool at 11:36 am (EST) on Oct 24, 2008

Replying to your question about where AS posted his concept of god:

The reason I didnt post a link at the time is because I didnt remember then just which post in which thread it was. So if I didnt remember then, think how much more I dont remember it now, so many days or weeks later.

I dont know if there's some sort of archival search tool here at LT, but I'm wondering why you dont just ask him?

In general I dont have a photographic memory and in this particular case I'm not likely to be able even to paraphrase his words to his satisfaction. What I remember of his description is what I think I understood of his words, filtered through my own concepts; so in trying to "quote" or "paraphrase" his words, I'm sure he would think I was in the business of purposely distorting his ideas.

He also seems to have picked up the idea that I'm somehow hostile to him or want to convert him or to get him change his profession or some such kookery koo.

Fech!

posted by modalursine at 1:36 pm (EST) on Aug 16, 2008

Thanks for the spell check - again! I was obviously in greater than usual hurry that day. It's always nice to find that someone is actually reading my reviews!.

posted by reading_fox at 5:54 am (EST) on Jun 16, 2008

Dann müsste eigentlich die deutsche Ausgabe mit der New Joys kombiniert werden. Na, ich hab auch so erstmal genug zu tun, komme ja nicht mal mehr dazu, meine restlichen Bücher einzutragen. Aber Du darfst Dich gern schaffen ;-)

Liebe Grüße
Almut

posted by Anxy at 10:56 am (EST) on Apr 7, 2008

Hallo Jim,

da Du in Nürnberg bist, nehme ich an, ich muss mich nicht auf Englisch abplagen. Du hast bei gangleri die Anfrage hinterlassen, ob Leo Rostens "Jiddisch : Eine kleine Enzyklopädie" eine Übersetzung von "The Joys of Yiddish" sei. Der Titel der amerikanischen Originalausgabe ist "The New Joys of Yiddish"

Liebe Grüße
Almut

posted by Anxy at 11:16 am (EST) on Apr 4, 2008

Yeah, Jane Eyre by UNK. Sorry I took so long to reply, Jim.

Jane Eyre by UNK is a sort of novelization for English Language Learners and/or children . . . it's not the 'real thing'!

Debra

posted by booksinbed at 6:21 pm (EST) on Apr 2, 2008

Jim, thanks for taking me up on my offer! I suspect my DLS data came from Amazon, since its on my wishlist, but I will clean it anyway.

Personally, I think data error messages are a good thing, at least until Tim can find a way of agreeing canonical data.

Regards

Sarah

posted by sarahemmm at 1:33 am (EST) on Feb 28, 2008

Thanks for the tip about not putting 'private comments' in the public template. We think we left the default at A when we set that one for our own use - set up a new one now.

posted by PandaB at 2:38 pm (EST) on Feb 26, 2008

Oops! Thanks for noticing.

posted by shmjay at 2:34 pm (EST) on Feb 25, 2008

Hi - I use the details from http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk for most of my details. Hope this helps.

posted by RedQueen at 9:24 pm (EST) on Feb 22, 2008

Dear Jim,
Thank you for the correction. The book was typeset in a German 'gothic' script and the 'tz' combination looks awfully like a 'k'. I wondered about it at the time, but assumed it was a word I didn't know. I should have looked it up.
Regards,
Paul.

posted by hinkley at 5:15 pm (EST) on Feb 20, 2008

Hi Jim,

Thanks so much for pointing that out. I'm always getting that sort of thing wrong! I've corrected it now :-)

posted by frithuswith at 7:03 am (EST) on Feb 16, 2008

Hi Jim

thanks for that - I think I probably just accepted one that was there already but if I put it in wrongly I apologise! Thanks for sorting it out. It was such a long time ago that I read it that I can't remember which was right. (I am adding from a list, not the books themselves). Much appreciated,

Cheers

Sarah

posted by sarahhayman at 7:18 pm (EST) on Feb 15, 2008

Have fun! Looks like the books we share are in the boring, predictable parts of our respective catalogs.

posted by oregonobsessionz at 5:46 pm (EST) on Feb 4, 2008

Virgil vs. Vergil. Yes, I did intend to, although I should probably cross reference them. P. Vergilius Maro is his Latin name. The Italians spell it Virgil. English spells it either way, though there is a tendency now to revert to the Latin spelling Vergil, which is my preference. However, in indexing my books I've used whichever spelling the author of the book uses in his/her title.
Sorry about the long delay. I haven't been on this website for a while.
Annabel

posted by robinsoa at 10:59 pm (EST) on Feb 2, 2008

Thanks Jim! i have updated my profile accordingly. Let me know if i owe you any royalties.

posted by MrAndrew at 10:08 am (EST) on Jan 27, 2008

Jim,
Thanks for finding the typo (using linguisitics, rather than linguistics). About 2-3 weeks ago, I went through my tags for spelling errors, and found about ten, but obviously didn't find this one, and I'm sure I have more. I did do a search on tags and found that someone has actually combined these two tags, and there are a few people who still have this error.

posted by vpfluke at 11:39 pm (EST) on Jan 25, 2008

Halló Jim! Vielen Dank für Deine Nachricht! Während der letzten Monate habe ich ausschließlich über Fremdrechner (z.B. in einem Internetcafé) Zugang zum Internet. Das Buch auf das Du Dich beziehst habe ich zu Hause. Es kann einige Tage dauern, bis ich eine kompetente Antwort geben kann. Gruß aus München lɛʁi לערי ריינהארט

posted by gangleri at 5:22 pm (EST) on Jan 23, 2008

Hi Jim,
Only just saw this. Thanks for this information - I've made the corrections.

posted by Devatipan at 10:34 am (EST) on Jan 20, 2008

Hi Jim

Have now fixed - hasty typing never works.

posted by dorisdayrules at 9:49 am (EST) on Jan 19, 2008

Hi Jim

Thanks for the information about the French-English dictionary. I will enter the author straight away.

Regards

Lizzy

posted by lizzylu at 10:24 pm (EST) on Jan 17, 2008

Also, has your wife read Candace Robb and her Owen Archer series? I'm reading one now and enjoying it, though at first I thought it was a knock-off of Ellis Peter's Cadfael series. I'd like to know what she thinks if she has read them, this is my first.

posted by MrsLee at 2:55 pm (EST) on Jan 11, 2008

Hangman is fixed, thanks for pointing it out. When I first entered books here, I didn't always use the ISBN, so came up with some odd editions. I've been meaning to go through and fine tune it all, but I get distracted into chatting. :)

posted by MrsLee at 2:52 pm (EST) on Jan 11, 2008

Wow, that was a silly mistake! Thanks so much for catching this!!

posted by ireed110 at 5:41 pm (EST) on Jan 8, 2008

Jim,
This is my initial entry, and I am trying to enter as much information as I can, such as tags and covers, but I must have missed a few. Thanks for letting me know about this!
~Lily

posted by EmScape at 10:08 am (EST) on Jan 3, 2008

Oh, man, I knew nothing about that. Thanks for alerting me.

posted by languagehat at 1:48 pm (EST) on Dec 29, 2007

I just tried to edit some of the Original Language information and kept getting "editing error" messages. Bah. I'll try again later...

posted by languagehat at 10:15 am (EST) on Dec 29, 2007

Good point -- I should do that!

posted by languagehat at 9:54 pm (EST) on Dec 28, 2007

Hey thanks! And, doh! *makes mental note to log-out and check links* ;-)

posted by dodger at 12:25 pm (EST) on Dec 27, 2007

Jim,

re. Emma Lathen, Going for the Gold

>You probably got bad data from amazon.com.

Yep. I think you're right. I fixed it. Thanks.

Mike

posted by michaelhenderson1 at 8:49 pm (EST) on Dec 10, 2007

Hi he started writing them in the early 40s but it was 24 years before they were published in English so it depends once the early ones were published if the new ones were written in English. But the grooks mist and moonshine/motes and beams list being the first English editions in 1973(they first being printed in 1972). And say in the title page with the assistance of Jens Arup which would suggest translation rather then co-written

posted by ablueidol at 9:38 am (EST) on Nov 30, 2007

Thank you sir. No, I did not intend to say that the moon was using makeup. As you can imagine, with so many books, I entered many of them quite quickly. I didn't always catch mistakes from the sources. Title fixed. Thanks again.

posted by inkdrinker at 10:19 am (EST) on Nov 28, 2007

[grin] No, I'm not being over-sensitive after the recent conversation in SiteTalk. I was already feeling twitchy about that review link, simply because I hang out on various writer forums where we try to teach the newbies how not to look like clueless idiots, and plastering good reviews of your books around the net is one of the things where it's very easy to cross the line.

posted by JulesJones at 5:28 pm (EST) on Nov 22, 2007

Thanks for the heads-up on the 404, Jim. It was bad formatting that ran two links together, but I've decided I'd rather just delete it. Always made me feel a bit "should I be doing this?" linking to reviews of a book I was in, anyway...

posted by JulesJones at 11:40 am (EST) on Nov 22, 2007

Thanks (again!) for the compliments on my reviews. And I certainly don't expect everyone to agree with my opinions - that's what makes the world go round.

posted by hyperpat at 5:51 pm (EST) on Nov 15, 2007

Thanks for the heads up about the copying of my review of Pangborn's Davy by Delmonte. I've occasionally run into plagiarism issues before (I've been reviewing on Amazon for about six years and elsewhere previously), which is why I now sign all my reviews at the bottom (Amazon's feed allows associates to use posted reviews, and they often strip off the author attribution at the top of the review). I've flagged this review as a violation of terms of service.

posted by hyperpat at 5:13 pm (EST) on Nov 15, 2007

Thanks for letting me know about the "not a review" tag on my 'Gift From Earth' record. I did indeed add a little to it. Who has time to criticize other peoples' reviews? Sheesh.

- Will (wenestvedt)

posted by wenestvedt at 11:49 am (EST) on Nov 13, 2007

Hi,
no, it was mainly your impressive collection of linguistics books that I wanted to mark for perusal. I hope you don't mind if I browse there. And I also live in Landkreis Lüneburg. Thanks for the correction, I will get onto it immediately.
dempsterstreet.

posted by dempsterstreet at 4:47 am (EST) on Nov 9, 2007

Thank you on the insight about the missing authors. I'm working on the problem. Cheers!

posted by hairballsrus at 3:04 pm (EST) on Nov 3, 2007

Thanks for the heads-up about the typo in my 'On a Pale Horse' review.

posted by ryner at 10:39 am (EST) on Oct 29, 2007

Thanks for the info. I corrected it tonight.

posted by ESCAPE at 2:44 am (EST) on Oct 26, 2007

Thanks Jim,
Yours was the first feedback I got for reviews. It's good to see somebody actually reads them. ;-)

posted by Ravic at 6:27 pm (EST) on Oct 23, 2007

Thanks for advising me that I'd left the author off my Castle Roogna entry. I've adjusted it...

posted by onetrooluff at 10:55 pm (EST) on Oct 21, 2007

If I add a book and no one else seems to have it, I usually check the author page to see if the title needs combining. But I'm rather at sea with combining anonymous works, so someone else will have to sort out the Dutch bibles!

posted by MyopicBookworm at 6:30 am (EST) on Oct 12, 2007

thanks Jim, my plan is to get them all listed then go back and do reviews etc I hadn't realised about last name, first name. so does anyone have The Bone People? or is is just me?

posted by ladysunshine at 12:07 am (EST) on Oct 12, 2007

Thanks for your suggestion about fixing the title of the first volume of The Principles of Sociology by Herbert Spencer.

After some trouble, it got fixed.

posted by wirkman at 3:21 pm (EST) on Oct 9, 2007

Thanks for your corrections on Phil Dick and Tolkien!

posted by jotoyo at 6:59 pm (EST) on Oct 8, 2007

Thanks very much for noticing the broken link -- I'll go fix it now.

posted by languagehat at 9:08 am (EST) on Oct 6, 2007

Thank you for the heads-up on my catalog. Did you check every entry? That is an impressive amount of work if you did. Anyway, thank you.

posted by xenchu at 7:10 pm (EST) on Oct 4, 2007

Regarding "The Case of the Crimson Kiss"--Your translation is missing the final story in the collection, "At Arm's Length", featuring Jerry Marr, special investigator.

posted by Harry_Vincent at 8:49 pm (EST) on Oct 3, 2007

You asked why sometimes authors are entered frist name last name and other times in reverse. When I was originally entering my books I did not notice that the author field asked for last name first. I just automatically did firtst name first, which I find easier. Those times the entry has last name first is probably when the book has been scanned in.

posted by mitchellray at 3:55 pm (EST) on Oct 2, 2007

Yes I have....

posted by ksbioteacher at 9:39 pm (EST) on Sep 30, 2007

Yes Iam not consistant on the use of editors' names I very occasionally note a reason for the inconsistancies, at present my feelings are against it. pending expansion of that field. "BB", Watkins-Pritchard's pen name expects the quotation marks, but off the top of my head I cannot tell you about the "Sarban" I have a feeling I entered it by hand which would mean the quotation marks should be there but from memory I dont recall them. the misplaced commas and their effects on names are well caught. Thanks for pointing them out. Thought I had corrected all those. Wonder when and how they crept back.

Simon

posted by SimonW11 at 3:27 am (EST) on Sep 30, 2007

The contents of anthologies in my library tend to be in alphabetical order of title rather than the order in the anthology. This is because I have impoted the information from a spreadsheet which is regularly resorted. The exception is Analog magazine where the data has been borrowed from another user or OCRed from the contents list (which is not in order of appearance).

That said you're welcome to copy, as i say I,ve done the same with Analog.

posted by ringman at 9:27 am (EST) on Sep 27, 2007

Duh. blame it on not enough tea. Thanks.

posted by reading_fox at 7:34 am (EST) on Sep 27, 2007

Missing words - yep in addition to poor spelling my other sin is typing fast and not checking too closely. I know what I'm expecting to see so it looks right!

I really am in Manchester UK. Just in the southern suburbs. Oswaldtwistle is a ways north? I don't tend to get to that side of town very often. I'm not really a big city person, but being just on the edge gives the advantages of both worlds.

Whereabout is Niedersachen? I was around Hamburg for my placement year, another fun city, best experienced from the edges.

posted by reading_fox at 5:00 pm (EST) on Sep 19, 2007

I did of course mean metastasize - the concepts of the first story become widely spread and comonplace and also grown in size for the basis of the second etc. It seemed apt to me.

Yep, profile is fair game too, despite reading widely I've never been good at spelling.

How've you managed to get all the series' to come out in order without tagging them? Is it just carefully entereing in the correct order? (although of those we share your Inspector Morse books are higgelty pigglety).

Are you a visitor in Germany or native? I've some family out there, and also spent a year on placement there which I really enjoyed - hence the few german books in my collection, sadly I don't get the opportunity to refresh my language skill much any more.

posted by reading_fox at 10:09 am (EST) on Sep 19, 2007

Hello - that books on my wish list, so I have only the information provided on-line. If I find a copy I will let you know what I have.
Best,
Eileen

posted by RedQueen at 6:59 pm (EST) on Sep 18, 2007

Thanks for you comment - I'll have a look at the Harry Potter link thingie when I get a chance.

The Pratchetts aren't listed because at present I only have a "free" account, so I only listed my TBR books and complete the reviews as I read them. Once I upgrade I'll probably get round to adding them all on though...

posted by Kell_Smurthwaite at 4:53 pm (EST) on Sep 18, 2007

Hallo,
von Robert van Gulik haben Sie sowohl Nächtlicher Spuk im Mönchskloster als Das Phantom im Tempel. Sind das wirklich unterschiedliche Bücher? Wenn nicht, wäre es gängiger Praxis bei LibraryThing, sie zusammenzufügen.
MfG Jim Roberts

Moin,
sowohl Nächtlicher Spuk im Mönchskloster (ISBN: 3-257-21866-4) als auch Das Phantom im Tempel (ISBN: 3-257-21768-4) sind eigenständige Bücher.
Was ich jetzt neugierigerweise wissen möchte ist: Wieso sollten diese beiden Titel zusammengehören?

Mit freundlichem Gruß

Riveda

posted by Riveda at 4:32 pm (EST) on Sep 10, 2007

Thanks Jim. The mistakes one can make using the power editor!

posted by LizzySiddal at 9:49 am (EST) on Sep 8, 2007

LOL! Thanks, Jim. =)

posted by sweetdissident at 1:28 am (EST) on Aug 31, 2007

Caught me out with bad tagging. I actually find the screen layout very clumsy for tagging and often make mistakes. Now if my physical shelves were well ordered I would not have this problem. But guess what?

posted by m.a.harding at 3:40 pm (EST) on Aug 30, 2007

Jim, I took the first three books in my catalog, and editied the authors' names by putting first name last ex) Rogers, J.A. However, in the catalog it is still displayed as first name first. Does this mean the edit didn't take? Or should I remove all and do over from beggining?

I don't expect you to take the time to be my private tutor here, but didn't think you'd mind my asking since you pointed it out in the first place. Hope I'm not annoying you. =)

~Sweet Dissident

posted by sweetdissident at 4:38 am (EST) on Aug 30, 2007

Hi Jim!

Thanks for telling me about the manual entry mistake! I should have recognized as much; that the author's last name should come first. Thanks.

Do you enjoy Chomsky's writings on linguistics? From what I gather, he was quite a pioneer in that field, before, during, and after he became interested in U.S. foreign policy.

Thank you again for pointing out things that help we "newbies."

posted by sweetdissident at 4:38 pm (EST) on Aug 29, 2007

Jim,
Thank you for your note! This comes because most of my entries are imported from Amazon and other users and there is, alas, all too often, inconsistency in cataloguing. Because of my huge library, I have too little time to spend on each entry. But I will certainly fix this one.
I have several copies of most Gardner books. About 5-6 years ago, I purchased in eBay and entire collection of Erle Stanley Gardner Mystery Library collection (2 novels or books per volume). I estimte that I have entered about 20% of my entire library in Library Thing and despair of ever completing this task.
Best regards,
Enrique F. Bird

posted by EnriqueFBird at 3:14 pm (EST) on Aug 29, 2007

Hello Jimroberts!

I am new to LT, and I love it. I believe we corresponded in posts.

I see you have a Chomsky title, one of his works on linguistics.

I have not read much of his work in linguistics, but I do enjoy his library of books written about U.S. foreign policy. He is one of my favorite authors.

Anyway, nice to meet you here!

posted by sweetdissident at 6:43 pm (EST) on Aug 27, 2007

Yep, and with ones that old, you'd be lucky to find it. Would have to hope some project like The Compleat Adventures of Peter the Brazen, but with Speed Dash instead, failing some library having a nice collection they would actually let a normal person look at, or had digitised.

Jess Nevins has a book, or is going to have a book Pulp Holdings in the Northern Hemisphere (USA/UK) I tihnk, which might be worth a look, if you are keen.

posted by bluetyson at 12:26 pm (EST) on Aug 24, 2007

also, http://www.grooviespad.com/esg/works/Bibliography.asp?genre=f&type=s

But I suppose you found those anyway, you might have to ask an ESG guru?

posted by bluetyson at 8:33 am (EST) on Aug 24, 2007

Hi jim, I am no expert on this I am afraid, I believ this is where I saw it, for list making purposes :-

http://pulprack.com/arch/2002/12/erle_stanley_ga_1.html

posted by bluetyson at 8:31 am (EST) on Aug 24, 2007

Sorry about that. I hadn't noticed it. I'll be going through my books with an eye to that problem. Thanks for letting me know.

posted by Fourpawz2 at 12:17 pm (EST) on Aug 22, 2007

Understood. I would actually prefer not to have a private library, but I have information in the comment field that I do not want to share with the whole world.

Being private has its drawbacks - I can find others with similar libraries, but no one is going to contact me with suggestions. All of my reviews are invisible, so I can't participate in the early reviews program.

Private comment fields have been promised since I have been on LT, and are rumored to be in the new user interface that they have been working on. I hope so.

posted by oregonobsessionz at 7:04 pm (EST) on Aug 18, 2007

"{thanks for the calm reply. Sorry for the rant, I didn't realise you were just passing on the publisher's information about the book, and there are a couple of subjects that I easily get worked up about when tired. Do you know James Moffat's translation? It's a bit old and I can't really judge how good it is, but it definitely takes a very different view of the individual words."

I have not looked at Moffat's translation in a very long time. It has been a number of years since seminary. Appology accepted on the rant. I don't have a large library, but a number of people from my congregation do like to borrow books from it so that is why I have it on LT. It also keeps me organized a little more. Enjoy the day my reading friend.
John

posted by mrdrjohn at 4:21 pm (EST) on Aug 18, 2007

Thank you Jim for your words on the ESV bible. I am a polyglot... three years of Greek and one year of Hebrew as well as 2 years of Spanish. The review that I put on the site is a direct quote from the publishers of the ESV. As you can also see from my collection. I read and study from more than one version of the scriptures. God's blessing to you as you seek His face and discover His truth which is all truth. John

posted by mrdrjohn at 2:39 pm (EST) on Aug 16, 2007

HI Jim
Matthew Parris sorted

thanks
Andrew

posted by scotsguyinwales at 6:49 am (EST) on Aug 16, 2007

Hi Jim,

I don't believe I know the other two titles so I cannot verify or deny that combination. Just based on the titles, my gut reaction is to say no. But that's almost a meaningless response.

Cheers,
Alex

posted by AlexTheHunn at 7:48 pm (EST) on Aug 15, 2007

Not familiar with those titles. Are those also books that are subtitled "The Best of Don Marquis"?

posted by burnit99 at 9:34 pm (EST) on Aug 14, 2007

No, "The Best of Don Marquis" is a collection of many of his writings other than the Archy and Mehitabel stuff, although there are selections from that. I don't know how to do a disambiguation (sounds like a bookish exorcism), so if you wouldn't mind...

Thanks,

Mike

posted by burnit99 at 5:07 pm (EST) on Aug 14, 2007

Hello jimroberts.

Your list looks completely accurate to me. I’ve posted a fuller reply in the Combiners! Thread.

Regards,
TabbyTom

posted by TabbyTom at 8:41 am (EST) on Aug 14, 2007

You did the right thing in separating "The Probability Broach" book and graphic novel. They are distinct works and should be treated as such. To go down the road of combining works because one is based on another might bring us silliness such as combining Shaw's Pygmalion with Ovid's. Thanks for taking the time to separate the two.

posted by chickitychina at 10:16 pm (EST) on Aug 13, 2007

Hi Jim,

It's interesting that you are going through people's libraries and commenting on the completeness of their tags. In my case, your comment was helpful, but I'm not sure all users will appreciate this sort of suggestion, nor would I appreciate it if all users were to take up this sort of vigilance.

posted by thelee at 8:34 pm (EST) on Aug 13, 2007

Thanks Mr Roberts! All now present and correct!

posted by lizzy_bb at 8:57 am (EST) on Aug 13, 2007

Thanks, I've corrected it!

posted by booksinbed at 1:53 pm (EST) on Aug 7, 2007

The name is from a favorite book of mine, one I regard as one of the first 'modern' (in the sense of psychlogical) novels - James Hogg's 'The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner'. In case you haven't read it the book is a powerful portrayal of the influence of evil in which a young Calvinist is led down the path of corruption, convinced of his freedom from sin by his elect status. In my case the tag is meant more as an ironic comment than a statement of religious belief.

posted by justifiedsinner at 11:33 am (EST) on Aug 4, 2007