Member: saltmanz

CollectionsYour library (900), Comic books (899), Comic strips (8), Textbooks (4), Contest entries (125), Wishlist (109), Upcoming books (18), Currently reading (3), Read (568), Read but unowned (51), To read (45), Favorites (8), Out on loan (1), Cover scans (4), All collections (2,079)

Reviews46 reviews

Tagsowned (1,808), my cover (1,223), issue (872), mass market paperback (666), sci-fi (622), X-Men (415), blurry cover (303), unread (303), media tie-in (301), fantasy (257) — see all tags

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GroupsFantasyFans, Malazan, Orson Scott Card, Star Trek Books, Star Wars Books, The Green Dragon

Favorite authorsRichard Adams, Orson Scott Card, Glen Cook, Stephen R. Donaldson, Steven Erikson, Matthew Woodring Stover, Karen Traviss, Gene Wolfe (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBarnes & Noble Booksellers - Apple Valley, Half Price Books - Apple Valley, Half Price Books - Crystal, Half Price Books - St. Louis Park

Favorite librariesDakota County Library - Apple Valley Galaxie Branch, Hennepin County Library - Golden Valley Branch

About meFamily: Married since 2001, with three children, a boy and two girls.
Interests: I love reading, composing on the piano, playing boardgames, cartooning, and Transformers.

About my libraryPredominantly sci-fi and fantasy, though much of the standard-fare "epic" fantasy (Brooks, Eddings, Feist) belongs to my wife. I basically grew up reading the Pocket Books Star Trek novels, so you'll see a lot of those (the complete TOS numbered series, in fact.) Up through college, I read mostly sci-fi, and very little fantasy (besides Lord of the Rings, natch) but lately I've been branching out into that genre, while avoiding the aforementioned mainstream authors.

Cover scans: For high-res versions of my cover scans, visit this link.

Collections notes:

YOUR LIBRARY - This collection is for books that I own (mostly sci-fi/fantasy fiction) that don't fall into another "owned" collection.

COMIC BOOKS - Comic books (owned), including graphic novels and trade paperback collections.

COMICS STRIPS - Collected comics (owned), originally published in strip form. "Calvin & Hobbes", etc.

TEXTBOOKS - College textbooks (owned).

CONTEST ENTRIES - Prizes for contests/giveaway that I've entered, regardless of whether I won the book or not. Includes blog giveaways, LT Early Reviewers, and LT Member Giveaways. Books I actually won are marked with the tag "won".

WISHLIST - Books that I don't own, but would like to. Includes books that have piqued my interest, though I wouldn't necessarily spend my own money on them.

UPCOMING BOOKS - Wishlist books that have yet to be published.

READ - Books that I've read, regardless of ownership. Does not include comic books, textbooks, etc., which may or may not be tagged "read".

TO READ - Books that I would like to read sometime in the coming year or so, as well as books I would like to re-read. (Distinguished by "to read" and "to reread" tags.)

OUT ON LOAN - Books from my library out on loan to others.

COVER SCANS - Covers I've scanned of books that I don't necessarily want catalogued.

Homepagehttp://www.saltmanz.com

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Real nameChris Hawks

LocationApple Valley, MN

Emailchristopherhawkshotmail.com

Account typepublic, lifetime

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Common KnowledgeSeries (482), Awards (186), Characters (5136), Places (999)

Member sinceApr 21, 2008

Currently readingCaldé of the Long Sun (Book of the Long Sun, Book 3) by Gene Wolfe
The New Space Opera 2 by Gardner Dozois
The Story by Zondervan