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fiction (1,051), science fiction (534), non-fiction (498), stories (206), essays (130), history (87), politics (55), society (51), American history (49), philosophy (48), memoir (40), biography (39), psychology (37), science (32), Ace double (25), humor (22), journalism (22), poetry (19), photography (18), reference (17), education (16), nature (14), 'the best' of (14), set (11), travel (11), fantasy (9), WWII (9), technology (9), anthropology (8), sea (8), religion (7), poverty (7), economics (7), European history (7), sociology (7), art (6), universe (5), atlas (5), play (5), literature (5), anthology (5), how-to (5), Everest (5), Riverworld (5), race (5), baseball (4), antropology (4), cyberpunk (4), art history (4), language (3), audio (3), Pogo (3), cartoon (3), Benedict Arnold (3), British history (3), media (2), gender (2), primary documents (2), calligraphy (2), film (2), outdoors (2), American Revolution (2), naval warfare (2), astronomy (2), comic strip (2), architecture (2), sustainability (2), arctic (1), Middle East (1), Asian history (1), Naval warfare (1), Fiction (1), American revolution (1), science history (1), organizations (1), science ficion (1), hunger (1), geography (1), maps (1), non-ficiton (1), business (1), primary source (1), adventure (1), puzzles (1), WWI (1), music (1)
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Nuage des mots-clés, Nuage des auteurs, Miroir des mots-clés
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Inscrit depuis
Jan 5, 2008
A propos de ma bibliothèque
Always knew I'd live way out in the country, so I haunted the ten cent racks at used book stores until I had more good books than I'd ever be able to read while living too far from libraries and bookstores. Mixed fiction and non-fiction. I value good writing over subject; thus, for instance, John McPhee and anything he writes about.

It will be a while before I get my whole library entered. Right now, I have comlpeted:
- Biography
- General non-fiction
- Science Fiction
- General Fiction through 'Q'
- Collections of newspaper columns by columnists
- Various bookshelves scattered through the house containing a wide variety of books

Not yet begun in earnest:
- History
- Nature
- Collections of plays, poetry, stories
- Cartoon collections

As it turns out, I am able to live surrounded by hundreds of acres of forest, meadows, streams and mountains and still access a pretty good small city public library (Huntington Memorial Library in Oneonta, NY) where I work. So reading habits cannot always be inferred by analyzing the collection. I've read (from the library), but don't own: most of Russell Banks; Sean McMullen's Greatwinter Trilogy, most of T. Coraghessan Boyle, Bill Bryson, etc. In addition, the library has a moderate-size book tape collection, so my hour-long round-trip commute expands my 'reading' time. Authors I've never read, but whose works I've listened to extensively: Elizabeth George, Patricia Cornwell, Robert B. Parker, Dean Koontz, and others.

I also borrow book tapes from the library,
A propos de moi
School administrator living out in the woods in the Northern Catskills with my wife and two teen-aged boys. Lifelong reader.
Lieu (géographique)
Catskill Mountains, New York State