LA Bookshare

[B4UTRUST]

This is an idea that I've been debating for a little while now and I kicked it to a few people tonight and got fairly good responses to the idea so I'll post it up here to see what everyone thinks.

The Bookshare is basically what it says, you share your books.

I know most of us here have what probably amount to awe-inspiring, mammoth and ungodly collections of books. Some of us probably have collections to rival some public libraries. How often do we read those books? I've read just about all of mine at least once, in some cases more but generally they sit on my shelf for a long long time.

So here's the idea. We, the individuals who wish to participate in this, catalouge our respected collections, be it full or those books we're willing to share out to our fellow board members. Put it all into a spreadsheet or something similar to keep track of it and then we'll post the collection on here for people to browse through. If you find a book you want to read, you PM that person with the request. I say PM that way no private data(names, addresses, etc) are revealed to the general 'net public so no one is endangered by this. Strictly a safety thing. I trust my board members but I can't trust the entire 'net.

Now, once the request is made it's up to the two people, the owner and the borrower how to proceed. In a case where both people have books up for trade if both have books the other wants then a fair trade might be possible, a one for one swap or something similar where each simply pays for the postage of their own books to the other person and then to send the books back. Otherwise, the borrower should expect to pay the shipper for the S&H of the book there and back. This may sound not very economical, but if you get a few books from the same person, 3-4 paperbacks isn't that much to ship when you consider they go on average for $6-8 a piece in the states. And when you talk hardbacks that go for $15-20+ a few bucks isn't that much for a book that in the end you may not enjoy that much or while a good read wouldn't have been personally worth buying to you.

So, lets hear some opinions and feedback of this. I'll put up most of my own books(there are few I won't 1st eds, signed, really old ones, etc.) for those interested.

[Mayabird]

What about for those of us who live somewhere away from their book collections? I don't bring all my books with me to my dorm, so most of my collection is over an hour's drive away.

[B4UTRUST]

I don't know. Are you willing to share out the books you currently have in your possession at campus?

I'm in a similar situation kinda... like 3/4ths of my books are at my parents house in NC which is like 18 hours from me

[Shark Bait]

Most of my books are in Arizona, and most of the books I have in my dorm are not mine to begin with, or are Textbooks which I kinda need.

[The Cleric]

I'd do it. I'd love to borrow some of El's WH40k stuff.

[Hotfoot]

Most of the books I personally own are old star wars novels and gaming books. The rest belong to my father, and I think he'd be more than a little upset at me lending them out, as many of them are rather old and fragile.

However, I'd think it would be interesting to give it a shot.

[Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman]

Unfortunately, I live too far away from the rest of you guys that the S/H cost for that purpose way exceeds the price of new books. :sad:

[LadyTevar]

I have three bookshelves, many of them double-stacked with books... not to mention the box in the spare bedroom of all the duplicate copies.

And you actually want me to catalogue that many? *sigh*

First things first: None of the signed books or the hardbacks will go out. Also, no one gets to read the First Printing Tarzan: Lord of the Beasts. I'm not even sure of what that's worth, and it belonged to my father.

[Ace Pace]

6 shelves, many double/triple stacked. If someone can pay, I'll ship most of it, including some nice game manuals, and stuff, but this printing of 1984 never leaves the house.
Shoutout: I will be very willing, at any price, to aquire Songbird by Orson Scott Card.

[Rukia]

I don't have any good books... The best books I've read have been for school.

I'm a pathetic excuse of a book worm. *runs to her room and cries*

[Elheru Aran]

I'd be up for it. Low on funds right now though, so s&h is doubtful atm. But up for it... I'll see about cataloguing my books. I have a bunch of 40K fluff, some manga (mostly Hellsing and one or two of Ranma), and a whole huge heap of SW EU and other books. Some 40K codices-- most of them are printouts that I bound in three-ring binders though.

Hm, I really should compile a list, shouldn't I...

[LadyTevar]

Since I've never read Hellsing, I'd be interested in that trade

[Batman]

I'd happily make my library available but I'm afraid I'm in much the same position as KAN-given shipping charges it'll be cheaper for most of you to simply buy the books. :sad:

[Elheru Aran]

Since I've never read Hellsing, I'd be interested in that trade

Aye, I'll catalog my books when I get the chance... Might take some time though, I think there's three-four boxes of them out in the shed

[B4UTRUST]

This is my list that I've gone through tonight... I've got more, just haven't gone through them all. This isn't counting my manga or game books...

The Anita Blake Series - Laurell K. Hamilton
Guilty Pleasures
The Laughing Corpse
Circus of the Damned
Lunatic Cafe
Blue Moon
The Killing Dance
Burnt Offerings
Blue Moon
Obsidian Butterfly
Narssis in Chains
Curelean Sins
Incubus Dreams
Micah

Stephen King
The Dark Tower series
1) The Gunslinger
2) The Drawing of Three
3) The Wastelands
4) The Wizard and the Glass
5) Wolves of the Calla
6) Song of Susanna
7) The Dark Tower
Skeleton Crew
Four Past Midnight
The Bachman Books
The Dead Zone
Everything's Eventual

Slow Death - Jim Fielder

Ender's Game Series - Orson Scott Card
Ender's Game
Ender's Shadow
shadow of the Hedgemon
Shadow Puppets
Shadow of the Giant
First Meetings
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind

William Gibson
Virtual Light
Mona Lisa Overdrive
Count Zero

Hell - Chet Williamson

Armor - John Steakley

Rim - Alexander Besher

Neal Stephenson
The Diamond Age
Cryptonomicon
Snow crash
Interface

Silicon Dagger - Jack Williamson

1984 - George Orwell

Secret Realms - Tom Cool

Brian Lumley
Necroscope
vamphyri
The Source
Psychomech
Psychosphere
Psychomok

Grunts - Mary Gentle

The Collapsium - Wil McCarthy

Fears Unnamed - Tim Lebbon

The Archangel Protocol series - Lyda Morehouse
Archangel Protocol
Fallen Host
Messiah Node
apocolypse Array

The Gateway Saga - Fredrick Pohl
Gateway
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
Heechee Rendezvous
The Annals of the Heechee
The Gateway Trip

The Transformers Trilogy - Scott Ciengin
1) Hardwired
2) Annihilation
3) Fusion

Transformers short story collection - Legends

Halo The Fall of Reach - Eric Nylund

The Tomoe Gozen Saga - Jessica Salmonson
1) Tomoe Gozen
2) Golden Naginata
3) Thousand Shrine Warrior

Dan Brown
Angels and Demons
The Davinci Code

Robert Anton Wilson
The Illuminatus Trilogy
Schrondinger's Cat
Everything is Under Control

Kevin Mitnick
The Art of Deception
The Art of Intrusion

The Fugitive Game - Littman

Cyberpunk - Katie Hafner, John Markoff

Jennifer Government - Max Barry

Area 51 Series - Robert Doherty
The Grail
The Truth
Excalibur

Futureland - Walter Mosley

The Wizard of Earthsea - Ursala K. LeGuin

Dragonlance series - Misc Authors
Collector's Edition of Chronicles (All three books, Dragons of Autum Twilight, Winter night, Spring Dawning)
Time of the Twins
War of the Twins
Test of the Twins
Dragons of Summer Flame
Tales The Magic of Krynn
Tales kender, Gully Dwarves and Gnomes
Tales Love and War
The Dawning of a New Age
day of the Tempest
Eve of the Malestrom
Dragons of a Fallen Sun
Dragons of a Lost Star
Dragons of a Vanished Moon
Amber and Ashes
Dragons of Krynn
Dragons at War
Soulforge
Brothers in Arms

The Last of the Renshai series - Mickey Zucker Reichert
The Last of the Renshai
The Western Wizard
Child of Thunder

Shadowrun - Misc Authors
Never Deal With a Dragon
Choose Your Enemies
Find Your Own Truth
2XS
Changling
Never Trust an Elf
Into the Shadows
Preying for Keeps
Nosferatu
Stranger Souls
Clockwork Asylum
Beyond the Pale
House of the SUn
The Lucifer Deck
Crossroads
Dead Air
The Headhunters
The Forever Drug
Tales you Lose
Just Compensation
The Terminus Experiment
Burning Bright
Run Hard, Die Fast
Wolf and Raven
Shadowboxer
Psychotrope
Ragnarok
Technobabel
Black Madonna
Born to Run
Poison Agendas
Fallen Angels
Drops of Corruption

White Wolf novels - Misc
Gehenna
Last Battle
Judgement Day
The Road to Hell
The Ascension Warrior
War in heaven
Sunglasses After Dark
A dozen Black Roses
In the Blood
Dark Destiny
Irrational Fears
Lucifer's Shadow
Ashes and Angel Wings
The Seven Deadlies
wreckage of Paradise
Inherit the Earth
Predator and Prey series (Hunter):
Vampire
Judge
Werewolf
Mage
Executioner
Truth Unto Paradox
Haunting the Dead
Wyrm Wolf
Conspicuous Consumption
Strange City


The Last Rune series - Mark Anthony
Beyond the Pale
Keep of Fire
Dark Remains
Blood of Mystery
Gates of Winter

The Harry Dresden files - Jim Butcher
Storm Front
Fool Moon
Grave Peril
Summer Knight
Death Masks
Blood Rites
dead Beat
Proven Guilty

Warhammer 40k - misc
Eisenhorn
Ravenor
Ravenor Returned
What Price Victory
Bringers of Death
Dark Imperium
Grey Hunter
Lord of the Night
Dawn of War
Dawn of War: Ascension
Firewarrior
Fifteen hours
Horus Rising
Titan - God Machine(Graphic novel)
The Inquisition War
The Last Chancers
First and Only
Let the Galaxy Burn
Liber Chaotica (hard bound collectors ed)

Clive Barker
The Books of Blood
The Damnation Game

The Rifts Trilogy - Adam Chilson
Sonic Boom
Deception's Web
treacherous Awakenings

Asimov:
Foundation Saga:
Prelude to Foundation
Foundation
Foundation and Empire
second Foundation
Foundation's Edge
Forward the Foundation
Caves of Steal
I, Robot

Tom Clancy's Netforce:
Net Force
Breaking Point
Cybernation
State of War
Changing of the Guard

Paranoia Novels:
Stormshooters and Troubleknights
Extreme Paranoia
Title Deleted for Security Reasons

Shade's Children - Garth Nix

Blade Dancer - S.L. Viehl

Lovecraft -
Cthluhu 2000
Tales of the Lovecraft Mythos

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide - Douglas Adams

Mercedes Lackey -
Exile's Honor
A Cast of Corbies
Knights of Ghosts and Shadows
Beyond the World's End
Spirits White as Lightning
Mad Maudlin
Bedlam's Bard
Born to Run
Chrome Circle
Wheels of Fire
When the Bough Breaks
Magic's Pawn
Magic's Promise
Magic's Price

The Wild Cards series
Wild Cards
Aces High
Joker's Wild
Aces Abroad
Down and Dirty
Ace in the Hole
Deadman's Hand
One-eyed Jacks
Jokertown Shuffle
Double Solitaire
Dealer's Choice
Turn of the Cards

The Darksword Trilogy - Weis & Hickman
Triumph of the Darksword
Doom of the Darksword
Forging of the Darksword

Dead Witch Walking - Kim Harrison

Lamb - Christopher Moore

Neil Gaiman -
Good Omens
American Gods
Anasi Boys

Magic: the Gathering novels - misc
Rath and Storm
Distant Planes
The Myths of Magic

Tale of the Comet - Roland Green

Myth Directions - Robert Asprin

Battle Royale - Koushun Takami

Hannibal - Thomas Harris

The Empress File - John Sandford

U.S.S.A - misc
Books 1 - 4 (These are in rough conditon to begin with so please be gentle)

[Comrade Tortoise]

I have very little fiction, but if anyone wants biology textbooks and books about the history/philosophy of science... or some ancient greek works, I can do that.

I will go through inventory tonight

[Elheru Aran]

Here's mine.

Star Wars
Revenge of the Sith novelization
Children’s’ novelization of TPM, AotC, by Patricia C. Wrede
Incredible Cross-Sections books for: Original Trilogy, TPM, AotC, RotS
Visual Dictionary for The Phantom Menace
Essential Guides to: Vehicles and Vessels, Weapons and Technology
X-Wing: Rogue Squadron through Starfighters of Adumar—Michael Stackpole and Aaron Allston
The Bounty Hunter Wars trilogy: The Mandalorian Armor, Slave Ship, and Hard Merchandise—K.W. Jeter
Guide to the Star Wars Universe-- Bill Slavicsek (Third Edition)
Star Wars Encyclopedia-- Steve Sansweet
Tales from: Jabba’s Palace, the New Republic, the Empire, the Bounty Hunters
Splinter of the Mind’s Eye-- Alan Dean Foster; original printing (1978), paperback
I, Jedi-- Michael Stackpole
Children of the Jedi-- Barbara Hamly (I was young. What can I say?)
The New Rebellion—(see above apology)
The Lando Calrissian Adventures-- L. Neil Smith
Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
Specter of the Past and Vision of the Future-- by Timothy Zahn
Shadows of the Empire
The Last Command

Star Trek
TOS
Dreadnought!--Diane Carey
Crossover—Michael Jan Friedman (TOS/TNG)
The Eugenics Wars—Greg Cox (volumes 1 and 2)
In the Name of Honor—Dayton Ward (Klingons and Kirk)
TNG
Ghost Ship-- Diane Carey (very first TNG novel)
Unification -- (novelization of episode), Jeri Taylor
Technical Manual-- Sternbach and Okuda
Q-Strike—Greg Cox (third of a trilogy)
Immortal Coil—Jeffrey Lang (excellent book about Data)
The Return—William Shatner, Judith and Garfield Reese-Stevens
I, Q—Peter David
Other
Brave New Worlds—anthology of fanfiction, volumes I and II



Warhammer 40,000
Horus Rising—Dan Abnett
Eisenhorn Omnibus—Abnett (this one and Horus Rising are NOT available, sorry)
Ravenor—Abnett
Double Eagle—Abnett
Traitor’s Hand—Sandy Mitchell
Death or Glory—Mitchell
Dark Adeptus—Ben Counter
Lord of the Night—Simon Spurrier
Deus Encarmine
Deus Sanguinius—James Swallow
Crucible of War—short-story collection
Game material:
Inquisitor rulebook, for the RPG
Codices for: Tau (both old and Tau Empire), Witch Hunters and Daemonhunters, Space Marines (3rd and 4th Editions, including Blood Angels, Space Wolves, and Dark Angels), Adeptus Titanicus with Emperor Titans, Necrons, Chaos (old and new), Craftworld Eldar, Dark Eldar, Orks (3rd Ed?), Battlefleet Gothic, Imperial Armour vols. I and II plus Update, Epic 40,000, and 3rd-4th edition Warhammer 40,000 rulebooks.

Other Science-Fiction
Robert A. Heinlein:
Friday
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
Have Spacesuit—Will Travel
Farnham’s Freehold
Time Enough for Love
The Rolling Stones (no, not about the British rock band)
The Number of the Beast
The Star-Beast
Assignment in Eternity
Starship Troopers
Expanded Universe (story collection and essays)
Classic Sci-Fi:
Skylark Three—E.E. “Docâ€

[ImpishAngel]

I have all romances just about....
... But I'd be willing to do it.

[Elheru Aran]

I have all romances just about....
... But I'd be willing to do it.

I'm sure our females here would be interested. /deadpan/

*coughchickporncough*

[Ace Pace]

I actully like romance novels.

[vampykat]

I have all my books already in a database, just a lil over a 1000 at last count, and it's a lovely idea that you came up with, but I am a selfish one and I don't share as a general rule, but I may consider it.

[Lindar]

I have all romances just about....
... But I'd be willing to do it.

I'm sure our females here would be interested. /deadpan/

*coughchickporncough*

*eyes Heru* wishful thinking on all our parts most likely.*teeheheh*

You Know if it wasn't for the fact I'm terminally Broke, i'd be totally up for this, YET because i wanna be in the sport too, i'll work on organizing and cateloguing my mess too... been meaning too would make life easier too since my brothers need to do some summer reading and maybe i have some of their necessary books.

[Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman]

Most of the books I personally own are old star wars novels and gaming books.

Gaming books? Does it mean computer game manuals like the Tiger Claw Magazine from Wing Commander, or RPG books like Duke Springer and such?

In case of the former (game manuals), let me know when you wanna' sell them, would ya?

[Elheru Aran]

Oh yeah, that reminds me. My 40K codices, which also include Warhammer Fantasy: Hordes of Chaos, Vampire Counts, and Tomb Kings, are in electronic format (.pdf), and I'm willing to put 'em on CD and mail that. I also have DnD Dungeon Master's Handbook, Player's Handbook, and Monster Manual as well (all latest edition AFAIK). All PDF.

I also have a pretty good assortment of comics, most of which will require CBR Reader though, but it's easy enough to find and a pretty good format. They're all in electronic format on my computer, mind-- however, I'll just do the same thing as I mentioned above for the 40K books (ie, put them on a CD and mail that). I'll have to inventory them, but off the top of my head--

Complete collection of Sandman, including a fair number of extras

Lucifer, every issue through... #70?

Hellblazer, every issue through about 120-ish, including other comics where Constantine appeared; it's basically every comic (to some degree) that Constantine was in, in chronological order.

Swamp Thing, the complete Alan Moore run

Ultimates, volume I complete, volume 2 up to the point where Captain America and Hawkeye escape their respective captivities

Batman: Gotham Adventures, complete run-- based on B:TAS and artwork by Bruce Timm, pretty good

Batman: Black and White-- collections of short stories in black-n-white, no colours, some good stuff

Batman and the Monster Men

Batman/Superman: World's Finest, 1-22, ends in the middle of a storyline though...

Assorted erotic comics, mostly jay-peggs IIRC

Ultra, by Image comics, most definitely not done by Rob Liefeld though

Collection of assorted Lobo comics

A few other comics-- a fair few of them are indies, but some good stuff. Just let me know...

[Hotfoot]

Most of the books I personally own are old star wars novels and gaming books.

Gaming books? Does it mean computer game manuals like the Tiger Claw Magazine from Wing Commander, or RPG books like Duke Springer and such?

In case of the former (game manuals), let me know when you wanna' sell them, would ya?

Both, actually. I still have a game manual from Deep Space: Operation Copernicus. I have a ton of RIFTS books, D&D, Heavy Gear, Jovian Chronicles, Cyberpunk 2020, Shadowrun, Tribe 8, Gear Krieg, Core Command, Classic Battletech, Warhammer 40K codecies and rulebooks for other GW games, plus far too many computer/video games.

I doubt, however, that I'd be willing to sell my old game manuals. Too much nostalgia, and they're easier to hang on to than the boxes.