Member: kadath

CollectionsYour library (531), To read (30), All collections (531)

Reviews5 reviews

Tagsfiction (334), sf (170), reference (162), brian (150), fantasy (122), nonfiction (121), hardcover (115), rpg (88), science fantasy (73), series (72) — see all tags

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GroupsNew Wave Science Fiction and Fantasy, Physics!, Pulp Fiction, Roleplayers, Science Fiction Fans, Science!, Weird Fiction

Favorite authorsAbdul Alhazred, T. S. Eliot, H. P. Lovecraft, Carl Sagan, Roger Zelazny (Shared favorites)

About meI'm a 20-something aerospace engineer and project manager. I drink tea.

I'm sure there's more, but that's what occurred to me.

About my libraryHeavy on professional and other nonfiction and reference books, and on RPG books--I tend to hold on to reference material more tenaciously than fiction. Fiction is heavy on specfic, with a slight bias towards the trans- and posthumanists on one hand, and the pulp greats on the other. I am making completist efforts in the Zelazny direction, and his work comprises the majority of my rares. Weird fiction of the Lovecraft Circle and his Victorian predecessors and influences is also a strong presence.

My library is in a state of flux right now. I've just completed a purge of ~150 books in anticipation of a cross-country move. Also, having consolidated my library with my husband's, I'll be adding his books here--which will change the flavor only slightly, our tastes being complementary.

My ratings skew high because, with rare exceptions, I don't keep bad or unappealing books after reading (or failing to read) them. Unrated are books I have not read, do not remember reading, or do not remember reading well enough to rate. Books tagged "professional" that are unrated mean I don't refer to them often enough to have an opinion on their utility (or they're my husband's.)

On tags: one will notice a disparity in the granularity of tags across various genres and disciplines. This is mostly a function of the depth of my knowledge in a given field. For instance, for engineering texts one will see quite a few tags, some quite abstruse, while books on the life sciences have only the forlorn "biology" tag. This is because I'm an engineer and don't know a damn thing about biology. One should assume a similar reason applies to other sparsely- or profusely-tagged books.

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Member sinceOct 5, 2005