Member: Redthing

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TagsCat Completed (524), Mass Market Paperback (445), Unread (402), American Author (377), Science Fiction (260), Fantasy (212), Lv200 (145), Lv300 (125), 1980's (124), Lv100 (122) — see all tags

MediaNot set (1), Book (580), Paper Book (518), Audiobook (1)

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About meGreetings and happy reading!

About my library==========================================
Huge fan of golden age science fiction and fantasy. Essentially: Have spaceship, will read!

Top 3 favorite authors: Isaac Asimov, Terry Pratchett, Robert A. Heinlein
Top 3 favorite genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Astronomy

After an extended hiatus involving career and personal life changes, I am just now starting to get back into reading. I have acquired quite a few books over the past few years that aren't cataloged yet...since most of my library is in storage, I will have to hold off on a full library update.

Currently Reading:



Book Progress (Currently Reading):

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer: 56.9% (651/1143)
The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks: % (-/-)
The Passage by Justin Cronin: % (-/-)
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan: % (-/-)
Dune by Frank Herbert: 2.8% (15/535)

Recently Read Books: (Date, Book/Author, Pages, Reading Time)

1. Jan 17, 2017 Hyperion by Dan Simmons (1989), 480p (17 Days)
2. Feb 11, 2017 The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons, 515p, (25 Days)
3. Feb 17, 2017 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke, 209p, (5 Days)
4. Feb 4, 2019 Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, 243p, (18 Days)
5. Jun 22, 2020 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling, 309p, (9 Days)

Reading History (books/year)- [Pages]

2001: 9 [3,947]
2002: 15 [6,735]
2003: 3 [1,938]
2004: 7 [3,838]
2005: 2 [924]
2006: 27 [9,469]
2007: 40 [11,492]
2008: 50 [15,026]
2009: 8 [2,044]
2010: 9 [---]
2011: 2 [631]
2012: 2 [603]
2013: 0 [0]
2014: 0 [0]
2015: 3 [775]
2016: 2 [351]
2017: 3 [1,204]
2018: 0 [0]
2019: 1 [243]
2020: 1 [309]
2021: 0 [0]

Total: 168 [55,965]

60 Book Challenge, End Date: Dec 31, 2017
Total: 3/60 (5.0% Progress)

1001 Books To Read Before You Die: 15/1001 (1.5%)

Groups1001 Books to read before you die, 20-Something LibraryThingers, 50 Book Challenge, All Things Discworldian - The Guild of Pratchett Fans, Banned Books, Bookcases: If You Build/Buy Them, They Will Fill, Books that made me think, Combiners!, Dystopian novels, Early Reviewers —show all groups, FantasyFans, Gamers, Happy Heathens, Hobnob with Authors, Hogwarts Express, Legacy Libraries, Military History, Non-Fiction Readers, Read YA Lit, Science Fiction Fans, Science!, Texans Who LibraryThing, The Green Dragon, Third Foundation, Time Travel, Alternate Histories and Parallel Worlds, Underappreciated Books and Authors, Undiscovered Gems, Unread Support Group, Used Books, Weird Fiction, What Are You Reading Now?, What did YOU buy today?

Favorite authorsIsaac Asimov, Terry Brooks, Trudi Canavan, Ian Irvine, Brian Jacques, Terry Pratchett, J. K. Rowling, A. E. van Vogt (Shared favorites)

VenuesFavorites | Visited

Favorite bookstoresBarnes & Noble Booksellers - Red Cliffs Mall, Half Price Books - Country Club Corner, Half Price Books - Las Colinas - Irving, Half Price Books - Lincoln Square, Half Price Books - North Dallas/Preston Road, Half Price Books - South Cooper, Renaissance Book Shop

Favorite librariesIrving Public Library - South Branch

MembershipER. LibraryThing Early Reviewers/Member Giveaway

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LocationIrving, Texas

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Member sinceOct 15, 2006

Currently readingThe Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Morgawr by Terry Brooks
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Inheritors by William Golding
Narrative Technique: A Practical Course in Literary Psychology by Thomas H. Uzzell
Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation: from Hot Air Balloons to the SST by Michael Taylor
Legend by David Gemmell
Understanding Physics by Isaac Asimov
Stardoc by S.L. Viehl
Riders of Leviathan by Ann Tonsor Zeddies
Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
Dragon Doom by Dennis L. McKiernan
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
The Secret Country by Pamela Dean
The Fundamentals of X-Ray and Radium Physics by Joseph Selman
Atlas of world history by Patrick Karl O'Brien
Mattimeo by Brian Jacques
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer
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