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Tithe : A Modern Faerie Tale di Holly Black

The beach of Falesá di Dylan Thomas

Wingless [short story] di Poul Anderson

Oneness [short story] di James H. Schmitz

Prince Delightful and the Flameless Dragon {short story} di Isaac Asimov

Spider Kiss di Harlan Ellison

Constitutional reform and effective government di James L. Sundquist

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Dati bibliotecaBillie Aul & Tim Smith's books. Originally this was just our science fiction, but we've added everything, because, in the end, all our books are related to each other. We're still working on adding some of the oddball collections. Billie is also trying to track her lifelong reading by entering the contents of various older systems.

Collections:

Your library: The physical books in our house
GLBT: Books of GLBT interest that are physically in the house
Linguistics: The books Tim considers part of his linguistic hobby collection. The books are physically in the house.
Analytics: short stories, essays, plays etc inside anthologies, collections and magazines so they can be reviewed, rated and tracked separately. Not necessarily in the house (though most of the sf magazines are neatly arranged in chronological order behind the fiction books -- and we wonder why the house has structural problems)
All the others: Various obsessive attempts by Billie to keep track of EVERYTHING.

Our rating system: (Most of the ratings are Billie's) The half stars are when we disagree.

* - no one should have to read this book
** - this book has minor redeeming features such as being an author's early work, having some useful information, or being funny
*** - we enjoyed it while we were reading it, but we're not planning to read it again (or we enjoyed it when we were twelve, but it didn't stand up to our adult expectations)
**** - it's good. Given world enough and time, we would probably read it again
***** - it changed our life or it changed our thinking or we loved it so much we'll definitely try to read it again

We often use "publication date" for the date the work was originally published, not for the date the volume we own was published.

GruppiAlbany NY Area Science Fiction Fans, Aul Smith Libraries, Bug Collectors, Geoguessr Challenge Group, Maps and Atlases, Recommendations function in LT, Science Fiction Fans, To List or Not to List (now that it's a feature), Zero Growth Challenge in 2012

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LuogoUpstate New York

Autori preferitiNon impostata

Tipo di sottoscrizionepubblico, a vita

URL http://www.librarything.com/profile/aulsmith (profilo)
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Utente dalJul 21, 2007

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When I was perhaps 23, I went to Montreal and Quebec with a couple of other guys. We were going into NY state, looked at a map and thought (w/o any knowledge of the Adirondacks) "wow this area looks really remote and unpopulated" and went that way toward Montreal and went through via Blue Mountain Lake. I absolutely loved the area. Repeated the voyage with my wife about 20+ years later and ended up staying at Blue Mountain Lake perhaps 6 or 7 times after that. It is a trek from the Chicago area. We have gone with friends and stayed there more recently.

If it wasn't for the killer snowy winters, the killer black flies (they don't seem to talk about those buggers in travel brochures hmmm, I wonder why?) and the fact that you can't make much of a living there, I might live there.

scritto da bookblotter alle 4:37 pm (EST) il May 27, 2013

Thanks for playing geoguessr at Maps & Atlases. The more playing, the merrier. I wish more would participate.

You must be in the Albany area. I was really jealous when I saw "Upstate New York" above, thinking of the Adirondacks where we have gone occasionally on vacations. It's slog for us (Chicago area) and takes some time to get there. It's worth it, though. It's a beautiful, unique place.

Regards,
Munn a/k/a bookblotter

scritto da bookblotter alle 1:58 pm (EST) il May 27, 2013

Hello. Yes, I was the one who organized the Great Ship stories by letter, though I've been meaning to replace it with something more useful. It was a way of dealing with the way most of the stories could have happened almost anywhere during a timeless-seeming period lasting tens of thousands of years, corresponding with "c". Marrow brought that to an end, with a clear order after that. It's important to several stories that they take place early in the voyage, so I labeled them "a". Beyond that, any evidence of order comes from individual character's arcs, rather than events affecting the whole ship or any overall plot (This is why there's no "b", no one's cataloged "Aeon's Child").

...none of which is actually clear from the letters, I just thought multiple 1s and 3s might be even more confusing. I want to replace them with terminology that others can make sense of (and edit), but the difficulty was coming up with something succinct and non-spoilery that didn't impose some sort of assumed order on the series that might clash with what Reed intended or future stories. Now that you've got me thinking about it, there's a solution that seems to make sense, so I might just go fix them now. Thanks.

scritto da ThirteenthNile alle 12:09 pm (EST) il Jan 31, 2013

Thanks very much for the data on the

Lanugage menus, which you gave in

the "What Improvements..." Thread.

I was able to get the expanded list

the last time I tried. have a hard

time keeping control of it -- losing it

before I can click on anything, but

that's my own fault.

scritto da rolandperkins alle 2:53 am (EST) il Dec 15, 2012

OK, but there really does need to be a way to distinguish different kinds of works and get them listed in different sections of the author page. Some of the author pages that have books, anthologies, and short stories all mixed together are a real mess.

scritto da jjwilson61 alle 6:48 pm (EST) il Nov 28, 2012

It was the issue. I'll try to correct the title some time later.

scritto da howie alle 5:13 pm (EST) il Nov 10, 2012

I too am fond of villanelles!

scritto da Crypto-Willobie alle 7:50 am (EST) il Oct 1, 2012

Yes, you're right, I did cheat but I just love Yiddish Policemen's Union. I wish more people would play too, but I think you and I are the only ones who use the Lists feature. :-)

scritto da sturlington alle 9:05 am (EST) il Aug 2, 2012

Nice to "e-meet" you.

I did sewing work for a community theater group for a while -- their production of "The Lady's Not for Burning" took me completely by surprise. I hadn't expected the particular mixture of black humor and sweetness, of contemporary attitudes and old-fashioned poetic language. It's still one of my favorite productions, along with Marat/Sade. Which is another play where you would think from the plot summary that it can't possibly work, and yet on the stage it's absolutely fantastic. I seem to have a thing for oddball works.

scritto da spiphany alle 2:45 am (EST) il May 10, 2012

either works. Sassy AIs are a related interest of mine, which literal killing machines generally have. It sounds similar (but likely more nuanced) to Mark van Name's jon and lobo novels.

scritto da knownever alle 1:33 pm (EST) il Mar 23, 2012

How do you feelabout George Bernard Shaw?

Your comments on the BISAC choices were very helpful. I put my book
OJI-SPY GIRLS AT THE GATE in for the Benjamin Franklin awards and had to choose between HISTORY and HUMOR. I entered it in the HISTORY category a well as Cover Design. Check out www.ojispygirlatthegate.om. The first chapter is up and a Q&A that will give you a feeling of my writing style. Hopefully I made the right decision.
On the Amazon page whee it is for sale I at least had a choice of multiple categories.

WT Naud

scritto da WTNaud alle 4:41 pm (EST) il Jan 1, 2012

Thanks for the recommendation on the Tyranny of Structurelessness! Some really good, thought-provoking points in there. It's true that whether you like it or not, people will form a structure of some kind in any group, be it formal or informal. I was really happy to read the essay - to be honest I'd forgotten all about it, so thanks very much for the reminder!!

scritto da AndrewBlackman alle 4:04 pm (EST) il Dec 31, 2011

Yes, Freddy! I read them rather late -- I was 13 or 14 but starting with Freddy the Detective I plowed through a dozen or more. Later I had scrounged up a few battered used Freddys until they were finally all reissued. I must confess I haven't reread them in recent years except F the D about 10 years ago, but if I retire tomorrow and live forever (keeping my fingers crossed) I certainly will. I thought I had em all but now I see I'm missing Freginald...grrr...

What do you write?

Just noticed the word "yjouhhj" in my previous message to you -- I'm such a terrible typist! that was meant to be :though"

scritto da Crypto-Willobie alle 9:07 am (EST) il Dec 31, 2011

Thanks, that's very flattering! Yes, I have some catalogued stuff on Central Asia, plus I've got quite a few more books in storage on Central Asian history as well. I had an idea about ten years ago of doing some research on the Il Khanate (the Mongol ascendency in Iran and Iraq after Genghis Khan) and acquired a lot of stuff on Turkic languages and scholarly literature on Central Asian history, culture and religion. Sadly I never really got into that research, so they're sitting in a great case in with a storage company. One day soon I must get 'em out, catalogue 'em and decide whether to shelve or sell 'em! The books in my current catalogue are mostly directed at pre-Islamic or early Islamic history. Please do let me know if there's anything I can help you with. I must add that I work at sea, so don't always have access to the volumes of my own library.

scritto da shikari alle 5:05 pm (EST) il Dec 27, 2011

Hi, aulsmith, we have very different libraries, so I'm rather curious why you've tagged my library as interesting. (Curiousity is why we read, so I do hope you expect it of me!)

scritto da shikari alle 2:32 pm (EST) il Dec 27, 2011

Regarding Fundamentals of Astrodynamics: it uses English units.

scritto da benmartin79 alle 3:57 pm (EST) il May 23, 2011

Thank you for your reviews of the Freddy series; brought back some memories for me.

scritto da Cecrow alle 1:18 pm (EST) il May 2, 2011

no problem. I'm on vacation till 4/5. I won't be able to do anything with them till then.

scritto da GLCC alle 11:36 am (EST) il Mar 26, 2011

I get it now! Thank you for explaining that - I had no idea things were once so complicated;-) What you say makes perfect sense now.

scritto da Booksloth alle 6:05 pm (EST) il Mar 20, 2011

Hi auismith,

Thanks for your response in my thread on colour plates and covers sticking together, please forgive my delayed answer. I was told that the books were damaged in a house fire or rather by the immediately following water damage.

I'll get some books out of the library on book repair, I really can't think what else to do.

Best of life

scritto da MammuthusPrimigenius alle 1:41 pm (EST) il Mar 8, 2011

Very helpful. Thanks. :o)

scritto da drlamy alle 3:08 pm (EST) il Feb 25, 2011

Hi aulsmith,

Anyone or any library with an interest in the subject area should join the group. Your comments were really good and I think you have a lot to offer. I'm going to reply/comment on your scanning comments. I work in this field and although copyright is an issue it's not a show stopper. Millions of copyrighted titles have already been digitized. Unfortunately that doesn't include lots of GLBT stuff.

Stay in touch.

Dan

scritto da GLCC alle 11:11 am (EST) il Jan 27, 2011

I was just about to get to cataloging my fiction, and then the library at the university where I work was ordered to cut its hiolding in half --and as one of the faculty, I was assigned to decide which ones to dispose of and allowed to keep the ones I wanted out of the ones that were cut. A huge temptation-- so I am now cataloging a lot of unexpected additions mostly to my more serious stuff as well as some lighter fiction. Unfortunately the chief librarian is also a mystery fan and did not let me make off with a couple of Bulldog Drummonds, for instance, but I did get a pretty complete set of the Lock and Key Library.

scritto da antiquary alle 9:17 pm (EST) il Jan 24, 2011

Thank you for including me in your interesting libraties. We share some interesting books and I expect we will share more when I get to cataloging more of my sf and mysteries.

scritto da antiquary alle 8:04 pm (EST) il Jan 23, 2011

Thanks for the Connie Willis story titles, Billie. I'll have to hunt for them -- I'm sure those books are here someplace!
Maggie

scritto da MaggieO alle 8:21 am (EST) il Jan 11, 2011

Thanks Billie. Hope all is as well as it can be and getting better.

scritto da UGRRHistoryProject alle 2:40 pm (EST) il Jan 8, 2011

Hi Billie!
I'm Maggie, from the Beverwyck EGA group (I joined over the summer), and I've seen you at a few meetings. It's really a pleasure to see you here on LT, too. Another LT Needlearts member mentioned to me that she'd seen your post about the Naversom GCC, and I said "Oh, right, some of the members of my Chapter are doing that, too", and then she said, apparently looking at your profile to see where you are, told me "Oh! she's in Albany!". And, making a short story long, that's how I found out that you are an LTer.
I like your idea that we should try to review our needlework books here on LT. I should take your advice and start posting reviews. Maybe that'll be my New Year's resolution.......

Anyhow,
Best wishes for a great holiday season to you and your family, Billie. I'll see you at the next chapter meeting!
Maggie

p.s. AsYouKnow_Bob is my husband. Small world indeed!

scritto da MaggieO alle 1:32 pm (EST) il Dec 14, 2010

I should talk to people from my craft blog and see if I can get some interest. Maybe get a few beaders/crafters to join LT. It would be great to have a bunch of us here wouldn't it? I know a few other forums I could pop into and drop a hint.

scritto da thebeadden alle 11:11 pm (EST) il Dec 8, 2010

Coincidentally, I also picked up Catlin's book at the Empire Book Festival. I need to hunt down more of his work. Glad to hear you're Dove & Hudson shoppers. To be fair, I've lugged home a bit more from there over the years, but haven't added it all on here yet.

scritto da mattgalletta alle 5:34 pm (EST) il Sep 23, 2010

We have quite a bit in common (SF and language sciences). You two seem like interesting enough people, so why are you wasting time policing reviews on LibraryThing?

scritto da Move_and_Merge alle 12:20 pm (EST) il Aug 15, 2010

Like most children I did not appreciate what I had at the time! Funny how you look at things differently as you get older.

William

scritto da wtshehan alle 11:59 am (EST) il Dec 19, 2007

Small world: I picked up a copy of Clarke's Against the Fall of Night at the Unitarian sale on the Empire State Plaza Concourse in 2000. It has Billie's bookplate in it.

scritto da AsYouKnow_Bob alle 11:20 pm (EST) il Dec 2, 2007