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The Flickering Torch Mystery (Hardy Boys #22) av Franklin W. Dixon

The Patriotic Murders av Agatha Christie

Love's Labour's Lost av William Shakespeare

I, Richard av Elizabeth George

Martian Time-Slip av Philip K. Dick

The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower av Stephen King

Kidnapped av Robert Louis Stevenson

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GrupperAstronomy & Astrophysics, Calvin and Hobbes, Final Frontier - Spaceflight, Floridians, I See Dead People['s Books], List Five Books Parlour Game, Name that Book, Science Fiction Fans, Science!, The 'verse — visa alla grupper

FavoritförfattareAce Atkins, Ray Bradbury, David Brin, Octavia E. Butler, Orson Scott Card, Arthur Charles Clarke, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth George, Ursula K. Le Guin, Stephen William Hawking, Zenna Henderson, Frank Herbert, Joe Hill, Zora Neale Hurston, Shirley Jackson, Lynn Franks Johnston, Stephen King, Gary Larson, Dennis Lehane, Peter Meinke, Toni Morrison, Edgar Allan Poe, Alastair Reynolds, Kim Stanley Robinson, J. K. Rowling, Carl Sagan, Leslie Marmon Silko, Frank G. Speck, Alice Walker, Bill Watterson, C. A. Weslager (Delade favoriter)

FavoritbokhandelBig Chicken Barn Books & Antiques, Blue Moon Books, DeWolfe & Wood Rare and Used Books, Fairfield Antiques Mall, Golden Bough Bookstore, Harding's Rare Books, Haslam's Book Store, Inkwood Books, Lighthouse Books, Mojo Books and Music, Paperback Palace, Proviance Music & Books, Shoestring Rare Books, Small Adventures Book Shop, Tampa Antiquarian Books, Wilson's Bookworld

FavoritbibliotekArthur Johnson Memorial Library, Barrett-Wharton Branch Library, John F. Germany Public Library, Peter H. Armacost Library (Eckerd College Library), St. Petersburg Public Library [Main Branch]

Andra favoriterFlorida Bibliophile Society

Om mig (Check out the MySpace link below).

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The first book I ever bought and read of my own volition!:

.....I was 12 and bought it at a rummage sale for 10 cents. After reading it, still in shock that a book could actually be enjoyable, I decided it must have been because it had the word "mystery" in the title. So, for a while, I would only read books with titles containing the word "mystery."
.....At some point, after scavenging all the "mystery"-titled books in the youth section at the local public library, I somehow ended up with a Nancy Drew book (which I'd never heard of before) with "secret" in the title, but since it was sub-titled "A Nancy Drew Mystery," I decided I could bend my rule a little. After discovering that there were other Nancy Drew books (in a separately shelved section of the library), some with neither the word "mystery" nor "secret" in the title, I tossed out the rule altogether and just started reading all the Nancy Drews.
.....Eventually, a kind librarian hesitantly asked, "Umm, young man, why aren't you reading the Hardy Boys mysteries?" I replied, "Hardy Boys? Who are they?"
.....Uhh, yeah. Duh on me.
.....Anyway, it wasn't long before I'd tracked down every mystery in the library, having fully opened the door to the world of reading.
.....It would be another year or so before my attention turned to science fiction (starting with the first book in the "Favorite Cover Art" section below) (and what a fitting title!) Then the doors to all the worlds started to open....

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Om mitt bibliotek Click here to see a few shots of my actual library. (Once you're on the page, just click on the "View Slideshow" link in the yellow box. You don't need to sign in. Then click on the yellow forward arrow on subsequent pages to see the additional shots).

As far as entering all of my books into LibraryThing, I've finished with the upper/open shelves and am now working on adding the books from the lower shelves (mostly paperbacks), behind the doors. Not much further to go; the end is in sight!

Also note: Regarding my LT entries for some of the series' (Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Tom Swift, etc), I've played with the Date field a bit in order to get them to display in proper sequence/groupings. I've done my best to keep them in the approximate era of their publication (not an easy task, considering the multitude of publication variations of these series), so please forgive the seeming date-entry errors. (I've left the correct dates in the Publication and Summary Line fields; it's only the Date field that I've tinkered with).

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LibraryThing connections are strange and wonderful things. Nice to "meet" you. If you ever do come across a screenplay for "The Dead Pool," let me know ...

Cheers,
Randy

inlägg gjort av rbrandt vid 12:41 pm (EST) Aug 22, 2008

Hey John-
In Answer to your question:
I actually worte down on a legal pad all of the books that I have in my personal library--that is how I started--I worked very fast to get those titles in. Then I wrote down as many titles as I could remember reading over the years, from childhood onward. These are the books I don't own.
I am still adding every day, I look at other people's library's and remember reading the same books...or something sparks my memory...etc.
But it was a daunting task to enter all of the books...
I can actually say, when I was growing up, being able to immerse myself in a Ray Bradbury book actually saved my life.
When we know each other better, I will clarify that...but I can honestly say, Bradbury saved my life...and thus began my love affair with books!
Thanks,
TONY

inlägg gjort av silversurfer vid 10:52 am (EST) Aug 9, 2008

Hey John-
I only just started to Tag the books...I should have done that when I was putting them in...but I am knew at this, was introduced to this by a friend. How did I enter my Library so fast? I don't know, I just wrote down all the books in my personal library at home and then started to think about all the books I have read in my lifetime...still not finsihed, titles keep popping up.
I am a big Sci-Fi, Mystery Fan as you can see.
Thanks for your comments "Friend" !
Looking forward to chatting and sharing.
TONY-NYC

inlägg gjort av silversurfer vid 8:03 am (EST) Aug 6, 2008

Hi John,
Thanks for your message. I am living in Belgium and I have taken the picture from the rim of the Canyon of Chelly during a journey in the South West of the USA (September 2006).
I am collecting the Armed Services Edition pocketbooks. I have found all this pockets on fleemarkets in Belgium. I am interested in the history of the US Army during WW2 because we owe very mutch to the American boys who liberated Belgium in 1944 (the year I was born).

Best regards

Geo

PS I am French speaking and I do my best to write in English.I hope you will forgive my orthographical and grammatical errors.

inlägg gjort av GEOCO vid 3:23 am (EST) Jul 12, 2008

Spiffman,

So, I was at the neighborhood comic shop picking up the last issue of "The Long Road Home" DT story arc (very nice, by the way, finaly some new material) and I saw this sitting on the shelves...

http://www.librarything.com/work/5793294 (5 issues this Sept)

Looks light you were right about the increase in the number of specials. :-) Still, though looks like it will be fun. Just also saw that Donald M. Grant is publishing a joint "Little Sisters Of Eluria" & "DT:1" with all new and the original art as well. I'll probably have to pick this up, also. :-|

Hope all is well, take care.
~Tim

inlägg gjort av thegreattim vid 11:30 pm (EST) Jul 11, 2008

Yeah, 180 depending on what source you believe. :-) We share 174 accrding to the "Members with your books" section from my profile, 180 when I click over to your profile on the top right "Books you share" section, and when I actually link to you library itself, it claims we share 223!

So who knows. I've been getting some cataloguing done recently, forced on my by lack of shelf space. Horrors! I had to box up nine boxes of books that I had no room to display. :-( So now the only things on my shelves are my wife's books, (I have vastly more, so I didn't think it would be fair to box her's) the non-fiction, the science fiction, and of course, the Stephen King's. I already have the boxed books logged in, and I will start the shelved books soon. Many are already logged, although not with the condition tags I have taken to adding, but many of my BookMooch incoming books have been neglected.

I actually anticipate on being done by the fall completely! From then on, it should be simple to input individual books as I get them. :-) Wee!

Finished my first class two weeks ago and start the next one Monday. By the fall I should be full time. It's good to be back after all these years. Anyway take care, hope all is well. By the way, I pre-ordered "Just After Sunset" a few weeks ago. I can't wait to see that one! His short stories have always been among my favorites.

~Tim

inlägg gjort av thegreattim vid 11:38 am (EST) Jun 21, 2008

Spiff,

A quick reccomendation, if I may. Ever hear of Scott Sigler? I just finished his novel Infected. It's like the early Stephen King (Misery, Pet Sematary)... on crack. Unreal! The book's prose isn't quite the same as King... but man, the stroy is relentless!

Give it a try if you get some time. :-)

~Tim

inlägg gjort av thegreattimsbooklist vid 9:32 am (EST) May 1, 2008

Its back to normal now. Plus some. Wierd...

P.S. I did notice my amatuer HTML coding was off, on my other profile. If you're bored sometime, feel free to send me the code your using. I have a feeling I know what it is, but every time I edit something I mess up something else and loose the whole thing... :-P

Later,
~T

inlägg gjort av thegreattim vid 6:38 pm (EST) Apr 26, 2008

Hi! Thanks for the "Interesting Libraries" linkage.

- Bob

inlägg gjort av AsYouKnow_Bob vid 11:22 pm (EST) Apr 21, 2008

Awesome! I am going to have to get that book to read about your family. My brother did some work with Weslager and followed in my grandfather's advocation.

inlägg gjort av LittleMaggie vid 9:06 pm (EST) Apr 19, 2008

Hey, I don't know if it's just me, but the last two times I came over to your profile, it says we only share 1 book now! The Gunslinger un what appears to be maybe a cyrillic alphabet? Темная Башня: стрелок?

What does it look like from you're point of view? Just curious...

inlägg gjort av thegreattim vid 11:04 am (EST) Apr 18, 2008

Hi John,
Thanks for the comment and thanks for stopping by my MySpace page. I'll pop over there after this and see your page. I love making new friends and I love snooping around in the libraries of other people. LibraryThing...Yay! Hope to see you around.

~Terrie

inlägg gjort av Treeseed vid 4:43 pm (EST) Apr 16, 2008

Hi there, Captain Spiff ~ nice library, toots. Thanks for the nod.
Rock on,
Joyce

inlägg gjort av starcitywoman vid 4:30 pm (EST) Apr 15, 2008

P.S...

Hope you don't mind, but I "borrowed" your reading queue/history idea for my "reading list" companion profile I am keeping.

Thanks! :-)

~Tim

inlägg gjort av thegreattim vid 8:57 am (EST) Apr 15, 2008

Wow, you are just full of the obscure King references! (flexible?) Nice.

I had not realized that you were not entering paperbacks, I have beeen doing that all along (by the way; up to 167 matched already.) Although, truth be told I have very few paperbacks these days. About five years ago when I moved to Chicago, I was forced to get rid of most of my collection, only keeping the hardcovers. Since then I have bough only maybe 75-100 paperbacks (mostly J's books, but for me mostly books that are too expensive or rare to get the hardcover version; or that only come out in paperback).

And Yes! Pop Art was my favorite from 20th Century. It moved me so much, more than probably any short story I've ever read. And the others are just as good. I may be going out on a limb here, but I think this collection is better than any of the short story collections his father put out. Hill is a genius. I can't wait to see more material from him. A New novel would be very exciting.

Anyway, good luck with the entering of books! I've fallen pretty far behind myself lately.

~Tim

inlägg gjort av thegreattim vid 11:46 am (EST) Apr 13, 2008

Yes, its the Delaware connection, specifically, the C.A. Westlager book. Not too many people have that book, and there is a chapter in it on my grandfather. (Wigglesworth)

inlägg gjort av LittleMaggie vid 3:28 pm (EST) Apr 11, 2008

Ahrgh! Ka IS a wheel, although to be honest I don't know what else it could be!

inlägg gjort av thegreattim vid 11:36 am (EST) Apr 9, 2008

Man o man! You're at the epilogue of VII!!! Wow, that was an emotional time for me. To be honest I stopped reading right there and did not finish for about two weeks. I seriously almost took King's advice to go no further. That's all I'm going to say, for now, about that though, in case you have not read it either.

I'm going back to school this summer, also. I imagine my reading will get way behind as I am taking a full load of classes and working two jobs. It makes me sad, in a way, although I am excited to finish my degree after 8 years off.

Anyway, good luck with all of those. The new comic looks pretty great, with new material this time instead of rehashing W&G. I heard that Marvel and Furth have scripted a total of 5 mini-arcs, this one being only the second. It sounds great!

Cheers,
~Tim

inlägg gjort av thegreattim vid 11:47 am (EST) Apr 4, 2008

Spiff,

I got to ask, have you finished Duma Key yet? What do you think? I just need chat about this with someone.

Also, I see you have 20th Century Ghosts in you queue. Let me know what you think about that one too... :-)

And The Long Road Home?? Lot's of great new stuff!

~Tim

inlägg gjort av thegreattim vid 11:38 pm (EST) Mar 31, 2008

Yeah, I already pre-ordered it from Amazon with a Cristmas gift-card I recieved! Woo-hoo!

inlägg gjort av thegreattim vid 4:42 am (EST) Jan 17, 2008

Nice library! Looks like a good spot for a pipe and some irish whiskey. But don't you ever wonder what time it REALLY is?

Cheers!

inlägg gjort av makifat vid 1:54 am (EST) Dec 29, 2007

Thanks for the comments Spiff! That's cool about the name article in the times; looks like there are a lot of you out there!

Now for my library, I just need to get some custom shelves built in like you have. My various stand up shelves are already overflowing. It's not as nice as I would like them to be. But one of these years I will get that done!

So, NO, I never did get the Secretary Of Dreams 1. I was going to buy it on Amazon, they were actually listing them new for weeks, when the book first came out, for about $46. When I actaully went to purchase it, they were gone! And right now the $75 is just too much to spend on one book. My wife would have my head! :-) With the new house and all the associated expenses... I'm probably goign to have to suck it up and buy them for around $100 a piece when I can actually afford it!

I'm still debating as to whether or not to pick up the DT comic hardcover. I probably will eventaully, but I do already have two each of the comics, sketchbook, and guide. The art was amazing, no? But I was sad that there was no new material. All just re-hashing of DT:4. I heard rumors that mabye another arc was coming out in '08. Hopefully they will do some new work for that one. I personally would love to see an indepth look at the battle of Jericho Hill and the events leading up to it and after it.

Anyway, I'm about to finally pass 1000 books too! I probably only have another 200 to add and I will be done (if I don't buy any more). 132 books shared already! That's very cool.

Enjoy the holidays!
~Tim

inlägg gjort av thegreattim vid 9:40 am (EST) Nov 20, 2007

That's a beautiful library. I see you are also interested in clocks and globes. I love your shelf clocks. We have a couple ourselves plus a ships clock that was originally made for a Soviet ship.

Tricia

inlägg gjort av hailelib vid 8:54 pm (EST) Oct 11, 2007

Hey SM Spiff,
I just love your library! Do the two cuckoo clocks go off at the same time? I showed my daughter your album, and even she approved! Do you have an ugly floor lamp that had to be moved for the picture, or do you read by the room light? All you need are are floor lamp and a window seat cushion. The globes and leather wing chair are beautiful!
webecca

inlägg gjort av webecca vid 8:43 pm (EST) Aug 5, 2007

Yeah, my wife finished HP at about 7pm Sunday night! So it's all mine now. However, I'm not sure if I just am afraid of the end or what, but I'm just not super excited to start it. I don't know... maybe in a couple of weeks.

So you still need to enter a ton of books!? Wow... I'm finally getting close to being done with mine. (2 boxes left?) As a huge science fan, fiction and otherwise, it will be interesting to see how many more books we have in common.

We also probably would have more "favorite" authors if I listed them all, Bradbury and KSR just quikly naming a couple if see in your list... I was just trying to name a representative selection. :-)

So was HP worth it all? (don't give anything away!)

inlägg gjort av thegreattim vid 5:33 pm (EST) Jul 23, 2007

I'm having library envy, at least as it relates to your shelves. My library is an attic room tucked under the eaves. And without overwhelming my home, each room also has its own library.

inlägg gjort av lgaikwad vid 9:01 am (EST) Jul 22, 2007

Good like... sheesh. **Good Luck!**

inlägg gjort av thegreattim vid 12:10 pm (EST) Jul 20, 2007

Hey Spiff, thanks for the add. Good like with HP this weekend. I have to wait until my wife finishes the book first, before I can get my grubby little hands on it!

inlägg gjort av thegreattim vid 11:57 am (EST) Jul 20, 2007

"S is for ummm, wait im sure its for-oh ya! Stupendous
T is for....?"

Captain Napalm and the evil forces of well....evil
oh yeah put thecomplete c+h evidition in your library

:(=)

inlägg gjort av blackpig vid 10:30 am (EST) Feb 21, 2007

have you read all of em?
there is this collection (like 20lbs or somthing) that has it all

...to be debriefed. little do they know, our hero is not wearing briefs....

:(=)

inlägg gjort av blackpig vid 10:38 am (EST) Feb 16, 2007

!
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!!!!!!!!!!!
How much do you love calvin and hobbes?

they are my absolute un questionable FAVORITE cartoon

Our hero, space man spiff... CALVINNNN!
sorry

I REALLY like 'em
have heard of any Watterson auto/biographies?

inlägg gjort av blackpig vid 3:48 pm (EST) Feb 12, 2007

Oi! Nice SK collection, Spiff. I thought I had alot of Kings books (not all that I have are listed yet... most in boxes) but even my collection does not rival yours!!
I am eagarly awaiting my purchase of The Secretary of Dreams. Are you picking this one up as well? And I'm super excited now that Marvel's DT comic is finally here.

Anyway, Bravo!!

inlägg gjort av thegreattim vid 9:06 am (EST) Feb 8, 2007

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