Project

[msmemory_archive]

Project for the day: update the SF Books list so that we don't buy (any more) duplicates at Worldcon.

Second project: cut out Viking dress.

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[dagonell.livejournal.com]

"Project for the day" The Day?? THE DAY??? You have so few SF books that you can update the entire list in one day? Oh you poor thing, I had no idea things were that bad! :)
-- Dagonell
P.S. In answer to the obvious question, the non-media paperback SF takes up one bookcase made specifically for it that runs floor to ceiling down the length of the upstairs hall. The hardcover SF (which admittedly we don't buy much of), fills a regular bookcase in the spare bedroom. I have 9 boxes labelled "Star Trek" in the attic, with another 3 labelled "TV & Movie SF".

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

msmemory isn't just a professional librarian - she's a good one.

I'm astounded that they have so few new books that she can update in less than a day....

I'm starting to look at my house, and how crowded with crud it is, and thinking I need to throw out most stuff or otherwise dispose of it. This runs smack dab not only into my love of stuff, but against my most cardinal rule - "You can't dispose of a book".

Sometime soon I'm going to make some bookshelves in the attic, and just put the books I can't live without (but don't read) there. Let my heirs deal with them. (:-)

(There is also the real possibility that I'll be moving some time in the next 3-5 years - and it will take me that long to get ready. :-)

[jducoeur]

This runs smack dab not only into my love of stuff, but against my most cardinal rule - "You can't dispose of a book".

We're very slowly beginning to changed this particular internalization, to "You can't throw out a book." Library book sales are our friend.

(Of course, it's still near-impossible for us to give away non-duplicate science fiction. But at least some of the other strays have begun to leave the house...)

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Not to worry! This is *updating* an extant list. If I had to rekey the whole thing it would not be a half-afternoon project. All I have to do is type in the stuff I've bought in the last year or so, plus the boxful of Star Trek books that Aunt Gail gave to us.

The list is 15 pages, 2 columns, 8 pt. :)

[snarkyman.livejournal.com]

The list is 15 pages, 2 columns, 8 pt. :)

Wow, that's impressive.

[outlander.livejournal.com]

How do you organize them? I am currently looking for a good way to get my books organized, and would love to hear about something that works well...

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

The holdings lists :) are alpha-by-author. We keep track of the SF and the cooking-related books only, because they're the things we collect. There's another list called Stored Books, which is organized by box number.

We used to shelve the sf by author, separating the paperbacks and the hardcovers. We no longer have enough room to do that, so they're kind of scattered all over the house.

In our Next House (whenever that is), there will be room to get all the boxed books out. Even if we have to build stacks in the garage.