Ian M

I'm a diagnosed bibliophile; it's not uncommon for me to go into a bookstore to buy a friend a single paperback and leave with a half-dozen books that I can't afford. I love the smell of old books, and the atmosphere of bookstores and libraries.

I'm an owner, not a borrower. When a book draws me in, I dog-ear pages, underline, add... more »

I'm a diagnosed bibliophile; it's not uncommon for me to go into a bookstore to buy a friend a single paperback and leave with a half-dozen books that I can't afford. I love the smell of old books, and the atmosphere of bookstores and libraries.

I'm an owner, not a borrower. When a book draws me in, I dog-ear pages, underline, add margin notes... I take care of my books, but you can tell they've been read.

There's magic in books old and new. I love the feel of a clean new book, fresh off the shelf of a major store. At the same time, the feel and smell of an old book, picked up at a tiny bookstore I stumbled upon by accident, is magical. Reading through a used book to find marginalia from someone I will probably never know is a great moment. Who was he or she? Why did they underline that passage? How did this book make its way from his or her library to mine? That moment of fleeting connection with an unknown stranger is indescribable.

I'm a transplant to the Mid-West USA, having lived my whole life in New England. I'll add more when I think of something relevant.

I like pretty much anything if its well-written, but my preferred genres are Cyberpunk, Steampunk, Space Opera, and Post-Apocalyptic fiction. « less