Library Wars…
Posted by KTC on 23 June, 2008
You sniveling little…
I was going through the catalogue of the Baltimore County Public Library system after reading about two authors I’d come across on Wikipedia while Wikiwhacking. One author, Octavia Butler, wrote a trilogy called Xenogenesis and…of course I wanted to snap it up as soon as I saw the synopsis. I won’t give it away but I will enjoy reading it. It’d be a nice change of pace from the books I’ve been reading lately on cannibalism and recipes. Anyway…
The other author, Iain M. Banks appears to have an interesting premise as well and, if you know me, you’ll know my motivation in reading his books. Aside from good Science Fiction.
The thing about the BCPL is this: We’ve got an electronic checkout and hold system and, to my amazement, I found most of the Iain Banks books checked out at every branch. Now, he’s either really popular (sorry if I don’t know this!) or someone’s being a book hog. Based on what I’ve read so far, I’m inclined to believe the former even if the latter also happens to be true.
Throw me some comments people. And candy. That’s always lovely.
auntikrist said
Octavia Butler. One of my most favorite authors, aside from Johanna Russ. Octavia was a fantastic writer and her storytelling abilities are awesome. She was such a good writer. I wish she hadn’t died so soon. I know she had more wonderful things to write.
Library hogs. That was funny and I’ve tucked it away for further use!
Another author. Greg Bear. Old book called Blood Music is fascinating as he was talking about bio-nano-technological changes to humans.
KTC said
I have found more good reads while Wikiwhacking than during all the past “reading recommendation” things I’ve participated in. Oprah ain’t got nothin’ on Wiki. :p
I’ve got loads of strange little comments I make up for people when I go to the Library. The librarians are usually quite amused when I refer to people who’ve incorrectly placed books in the wrong categories or under the wrong reference system (non-fic in alphabetical or fic in Dewey) as “Book goblins”. Then the people who put everything right, due to their knowledge of the different categorizing systems are “Book Fairies”. Weird stuff.
They could also just be waiting for the white van to arrive on me. :p
We should all form our own book club or something and trade good reads we’ve come across. Nothing super formal but just a mention or two on a blog with recommendations. Sound interesting?