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Groups"I See Dead People's Books", BBC Radio 3 Listeners, FantasyFans, Feminist SF, Feminist Theory, Fforde Ffans, I prefer men to cauliflowers, Irish & Celtic Studies, Literary Snobs, Modernist elusions: madeleines for Sweeney — show all groups

Favorite authorsJohn Barth, Alfred Bester, K.J. Bishop, Eavan Boland, Elizabeth Bowen, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Octavia E. Butler, Albert Camus, John Crowley, Jacques Derrida, Louise Glück, Ursula K. Le Guin, Sarah Hall, Guy Gavriel Kay, Colm Tóibín, Jeff VanderMeer, Virginia Woolf (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBooks Inc. in Mountain View, Literary Guillotine, Logos Books & Records, Moe's Books, Ocean Books, Recycle Book Store - San Jose

About meI am a college student who dreams of being paid to research and/or close read.

I tend to buy books as retail therapy, too.

About my libraryMostly books for school, science fiction, and lately more and more moderns.

My bookshelf is divided into sections, and yes! Science fiction and fantasy are split up!

So, for that matter, are biographies, theory, history, etc.

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Member sinceFeb 12, 2007

Currently readingThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
My Revolutions by Hari Kunzru
The New Weird by Ann VanderMeer
The New Space Opera by Gardner Dozois
Haweswater: A Novel (P.S.) by Sarah Hall

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An Anthropologist On Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales by Oliver Sacks

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The Enigma of Woman: Woman in Freud's Writings (Cornell Paperbacks) by Sarah Kofman

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The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines by John Crowley

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Emotionally Weird: A Novel by Kate Atkinson

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Behind the Scenes at the Museum: A Novel by Kate Atkinson

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A Very Easy Death (Pantheon Modern Writers Series) by Simone de Beauvoir

i guess it's not THAT late in CA. What did you think of the "Alchemy of Stone"? i'm considering bingeing on Sedia's books. BTW though it might not be close to your field, the group of statisticians, geographers, programmers etc. that i work with function as decently paid graduate students for all intents and purposes. Not a bad living. And while i have publik health and geography degrees i inadvertently ended up in research for NIEHS due to a bizarre library school thesis (excuse me, information science ;-)) that illustrated the possible utility of graph theory in comparing close readings of different poems.

posted by bobmcconnaughey at 4:57 am (EST) on Aug 8, 2009

i had a similar reaction to "Nazi Literature of the Americas" (sic) which was clever but essentially pointless. I did finish that one as it was short. I feel like i'm either clueless or looking at an emperor w/no clothes.

posted by bobmcconnaughey at 12:21 pm (EST) on Aug 7, 2009

No kidding in re Savage Detectives. The mash up of poesy theory and practice was wonderful and v. funny and then who, besides the self absorbed protagonist cares, about the rest?

posted by bobmcconnaughey at 11:02 am (EST) on Aug 4, 2009

The Bester collection was VIRTUAL UNREALITIES, here's the Amazon citation. Will be picking this one up, one of these days:

http://www.amazon.com/Virtual-Unrealitie...

posted by CliffBurns at 9:35 am (EST) on Nov 30, 2008

Not for the sake of promoting my own, but you might want to check that out. Well, the laast bit which goes "Here, have a paragraph so you can see what the style's like!" anyway. Not so much the rest of it.

I... don't know how many other reviews do that, but I think this is one of those books where you can benefit from reading a section in advance and her Daughter of Hounds/u> (latest, far as I can tell) starts out with a wholly different tone from the two other works of hers that I've read. (And the third which I've only peeked at so far.)

I like it, but she does mean it when she says "This book is best read aloud". Unfortunately, as far as I know, there aren't any audioversions available. *burble*

posted by Shanra at 4:45 am (EST) on Nov 28, 2008

Having just read your comment in the "What's your 'thing'?' thread over in FantasyFans, I do have to ask... have you ever read anything by Caitlín R. Kiernan? Don't think you've any of her books listed, so.

Not quite convinced what I've read falls under the second category you mentioned, but I find her style absolutely fascinating. Thought I'd drop the mention as a result. It's definitely not a style that suits everyone.

*ruffles hair, just curious*

posted by Shanra at 3:07 am (EST) on Nov 26, 2008

That bad? For me it's just that it gives me a vague idea of what not to get my mum.

Oh, dear. Halfway through a book or halfway through the pile? *assuming the former, but one never really knows*

Mostly literature classes, but my study is... well, broad. Pretty much 'if it's to do with English, I'll have had an introduction in it' broad. It does (seem to) have a focus on (English) literature, though, so mostly I've been taking literature courses. Yourself?

posted by Shanra at 3:25 pm (EST) on Nov 24, 2008

Definitely another era for me. It's only with LT here that I'm kind of getting back into larger internet communities again after Elftown.

That's good to hear! ^-^ And aye you have a large, large library. ^-^ Mine's only the size it is because I'm compulsive and added my parents' books. Only day I'll work up the energy to add the cooking books and find the ones scattered in nooks and crannies.

I've been well. ^-^ Think that about sums it up, really. *fails at answering such questions, ruffles hair* Waiting to see what classes I am taking/can take next semester, mostly. And trying to tackle my mt TBR with any form of efficiency. It's not working...

posted by Shanra at 4:51 pm (EST) on Nov 22, 2008

Hey! Nice to 'see' you again! I'm glad to hear that I could help with your project! Also hope you enjoyed the recommendation. ^-^

It's been years since I last visited Elftown, so here I am sitting bemused at the coincidence and size of the (internet) world. I hope life's been treating you well in this time!

posted by Shanra at 4:59 am (EST) on Nov 22, 2008

I added your library to my interesting finds list. Looks like I'll have to check out a few of the books you have as they appear to be very interesting. Anything you'd particularly recommend?

posted by Schehezerade at 12:48 pm (EST) on Apr 12, 2008

hope you dont mind that i added yours as an intresting libary

posted by sean2euro at 1:15 pm (EST) on Feb 6, 2008

Hello! I am going to have to get something by Italo Calvino as I have seen his name a lot on LT. Did not make it to the library again today - why is it so easy for me to get to a bookstore, where I have to BUY something, and not to the public library? Maybe I have a thing about ownership, be it paperback OR hardback!

posted by vgilder1 at 6:10 pm (EST) on May 19, 2007

ah, I found some - very nice. thank you for introducing me! the nicest thing about librarything is finding tasteful readers who share. I like her whole approach & I'll read more

posted by bookstopshere at 10:01 am (EST) on Feb 20, 2007

because . . . ? Convince me & I'll pick some up

posted by bookstopshere at 2:15 pm (EST) on Feb 19, 2007

it was Possession or Crowley's Little Big. I love Byatt and Possession is her best; the digressions into the nature of story telling make it one of my favorite rerererereads. You have a nice library - who's Eavan Boland?

posted by bookstopshere at 12:51 pm (EST) on Feb 19, 2007

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