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gferguson has read Rule 34.
“ Enjoyed. Near future scenario, a possible suggestion of what nefarious entities could get up to. I particularly liked the adoption of 3D printers, which are more real every day - I saw a woman had... ” (see full review)
gferguson has read King Rat.
“ His first book, but the third of his I read - 1.Perdido, 2.Scar and 3. King Rat. Loved it. Loved the freshness. I've never been to London and it did not matter, CM built the city for me brick by... ” (see full review)
gferguson has read Iron Council.
“ A modern Socialist tale, managing to forgo idiotic idealism and replace it with hopeful fantasy. Whilst mythical and fanciful characters inhabit most pages of this dark finale to the New Crobuzon... ” (see full review)
gferguson has read Our Friends From Frolix 8.
“ Decent, a treatise on government power corrupting, on placing faith in saviours. ”
gferguson has read Excession.
“ A veritable Banks classic. Always come back to this when I want a cheer-up, or a getaway. ”
gferguson is now reading Zendegi.
gferguson has read Queen of Angels.
gferguson has read Jim and the Flims.
“ Perhaps most similar to 'Frek & the Elixir' - explores the idea of a universe inside every electron. ”
gferguson has read Black Hills.
“ Enojyed. Mr Simmons branching into straighter and straighter literature. ”
gferguson is now reading Raw Spirit.
“ Looking good so far. Dustjacket reveals IB as 'one of Britain's greatest living writers'. I am surprised and not surprised by this comment. He is a good author. ”
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Whoa!I got caught by your statement that some completed books that only contain synopsis & characters. Can you give me an example? Before I will declare a book "finished" on this team, it must meet a mimimum of Title/Author/Description/Editions work. Is the "description" what you called the "synopsis?" If so, then, yes that might be true. We can only expect so much from volunteer workers.However, for this specific team, the results have been so much more detailed so I've not come up against that "bare minimum" work level very often. The reason I asked for you to give me examples, is that a problem we DO have is that I can't lock the work up. If any other Shelfari member anywhere in the whole world wants to go in and revise stuff after it is done, that is a risk we have to live with for the moment. Shelfari does have the locking feature as a high-priority development goal. Hope they implement it soon!Let me know more about what you mean by "merging of editions" and "verifying true editions."Sorry I'm asking for so much clarification. In my role as DL today, I've had to deal with a lot of site issues and I'm still kinda fuzzy from all that!Thanks so much for your work on the clean-up team,SFL
Hi,How's the work coming along with the books you claimed as part of the Science Fiction Clean-up Team? Can I help? http://www.shelfari.com/books/3692638http://www.shelfari.com/books/402086Thanks!SFL
geez, i'm so slow!!! just getting to add the dick and other additions now.. herein lies the question tho - i read some really crap books as well. trashy crime novels i get off mom and there was the dan brown birthday gift.. do i dare show that i have a hard cover version this trash? ha. ego.b
oi flex, you coulda told me you had a new will self number... when i trade in gibson and egan can I borrow it?
Noticed that you're a fan of Italo Calvino...I've been given 'If on a Winter's Night a Traveler' Do you think that it's worth reading it? What are his other books like?
I wish you would stop' adding books! Love your new photo. luv, shrinking violet
