I love that line.
Mal: So we run. Nandi: I understand, Captain Reynolds. You have your people to think of, same as me. And this ain't your fight. Mal: Don't believe you do understand, Nandi. I said 'we run'. We.
'Heart Of Gold'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Jessica - Feb 19, 2009 3:57:17 am PST #8454 of 28431
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Gris - Feb 23, 2009 4:21:28 pm PST #8455 of 28431
Hey. New board.
I am still using LibraryThing. I've actually adapted its tag system to run a lending system for my new classroom library. I tag every book with a number to represent which copy it is, since LT is fine with adding multiple copies of the same book. When a student borrows it, I tag it with the phrase "checked out" and their name. Books on loan to the library, either by me or another student, are tagged "personal copy - *name*" And so forth. It's a pretty good system, I think. I can click the "Tags" bar and see 1) how many books are checked out, 2) how many books a particular student has checked out, 3) how many students have books checked out, 4) how many of my personal books exist. By doing a search, I can see how many of my personal books are checked out. When i notice a book is missing, I can mark it missing and make a list to post on my wall.
The point being... I still like LibraryThing, and think that creative use of their tags could let you do pretty much everything you want. Though it might be annoying to have to add books you don't really have to your library just to tag them "want to own" - you'd have to play with it, I think.
Connie Neil - Feb 23, 2009 4:28:43 pm PST #8456 of 28431
brillig
I'm enjoying the groups on Library Thing. I've been getting snippy with people in the SciFi as Proper Literature thread.
meara - Feb 23, 2009 5:39:06 pm PST #8457 of 28431
Well, after doing some digging, apparently "coming soon" (so they say...apparently it's been "comign soon" several times) is "Collections" on LT, so that you can have basically several different libraries within your username. And thus separate out say your Childrens books and your YA books and your SciFi and your To Be Read or your "Read this from the Library Don't Actually Own it" or what have you. If you so desire (they plan to have some pre-made categories, but allow for users to make their own).
So I think that'll work better than the tags, for me. I am OK with tagging for some things, but I like that separation better.
Tom Scola - Feb 26, 2009 4:56:38 am PST #8458 of 28431
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Kate P. - Feb 26, 2009 5:27:28 am PST #8459 of 28431
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Ha!
Gris - Feb 26, 2009 7:00:35 am PST #8460 of 28431
Hey. New board.
... that kid is awesome, if that's real.
Laga - Feb 26, 2009 8:22:34 am PST #8461 of 28431
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
So I'm reading Black Dossier. So great. I'm surprised they can make a profit selling these for $20. I wonder how much they cost to make? Anyway I'm reading The Crazy Wide Forever and for the first time it occurs to me- The League is fan fiction! Just because Moore is famous and making money off his work doesn't take away the fact that he loves these characters and he wanted to make more stories about them.
Fay - Feb 26, 2009 2:25:02 pm PST #8462 of 28431
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Yes yes yes, TLoEG is totally fanfiction. That's a big part of why I love it. (Like Wicked et al.) And isn't the Black Dossier fabulous? (Although - yeah. With some reservations.) Did you get the edition with the disk included, or have they not released that one yet?
If you're interested, when you've finished, I really enjoyed going through the annotations to see how many gazillion details went whizzing over my head.
Laga - Feb 26, 2009 2:30:26 pm PST #8463 of 28431
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Did you get the edition with the disk included, or have they not released that one yet?
whoa, no. If there's a disc I haven't gotten to it yet. And I already thought the book was too much value for the money.
Thanks for the link to the annotations. There's already a couple panels I know are significant but I couldn't figure out what they referenced. I can't wait to see how many I didn't even catch.