Member: tostka

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GroupsFantasyFans, Science Fiction Fans

Favorite authorsNeal Asher, Greg Bear, Cory Doctorow, Greg Egan, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Robert A. Heinlein, Eric S. Nylund, Bruce Sterling, Charles Stross (Shared favorites)

About meI'm a 46 year old IT geek, that grew up on books as prime entertainment. Books along with periodicals like Analog and the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction tended to fill a lot of my spare time as a child.

About my libraryFinally completed the initial scan/entry on all of my 'known' books, acquired over the last 40 years or so. The bulk of my tastes have run to SF & Fantasy, with sporadic surges into popular fiction and horror (borrowed from my mom's book stream when I was a kid).

This manual-entry process is probably going to drive a whole new round of acquisitions of books I borrowed and read as a kid, but never owned. :^)

Sadly I'm finding that the surviving bulk of my 30 to 50 year old paperbacks have not aged well: Storage in cardboard boxes for many moons has kept them dry and out of the sun, but the high-acid papers and crummy glues have many of them in fairly brittle shape. Esp. the 1950's & 60's vintage items that I'd bought at book exchanges years ago.

A lot of recent book buys have been oriented around research on the vacation cabin we're building off-the-grid, in the Superior National Forest, or on the subject of gardening and general self-sufficiency.

Homepagehttp://desktopian.org

Real nameTodd Kadrie

LocationMinneapolis, MN

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Member sinceJul 15, 2007

Currently readingThe Dunwich Horror And Others by H. P. Lovecraft
The Complete Joy of Homebrewing Third Edition (Harperresource Book) by Charles Papazian
The Death of Grass (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Christopher
How to Brew: Everything You Need To Know To Brew Beer Right The First Time by John J. Palmer