A little about myself:
I am a big fan of alternate history or 'counter factual' history, especially works by Harry Turtledove (my favorite Turtledove series thus far is the 'Southern Victory' series (11 books total). I am also something of a history buff too, particulary military history. I also enjoy reading other genres, including...
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A little about myself:
I am a big fan of alternate history or 'counter factual' history, especially works by Harry Turtledove (my favorite Turtledove series thus far is the 'Southern Victory' series (11 books total). I am also something of a history buff too, particulary military history. I also enjoy reading other genres, including sci-fi and fantasy novels, in particular Star Trek (mostly post series DS9 & Voyager, not really a fan of the Original Series) and Star Wars (definitely a fan of the original movies, not so much the prequels but they're growing on me). Despite the number of rpg books on my shelf, I am not a rpg gamer (I just don't think I'd have the patience considering some of those rules resemble some kind of arcane math formula) but the books are great to read, so there you are.
As for my shelf, I've tried to list only books that I own at present. (If I tried to list every book I've ever read, I would probably go mad!) There are few listed that I've read but don't own anymore. For your convenience, these books are listed respectively under the Own and I've Read shelf categories. Enjoy!
Outside of books, I collect comics (a few of which I have been able to post here on Shelfari--check them out) and rare movie soundtracks (Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams are two of my favorite composers, although I also like Elmer Bernstein and some of the newer David Arnold stuff as well). I also enjoy fishing, be it bass, catfish, or (my personal favorite) trout, though I have wanted to try my hand at surf fishing.
My favorite tv shows at the moment are Battlestar Galactica (what the frak's going on with the Final Five Cylons?), the new Doctor Who (kind of bummed about Dave Tennant leaving the show, I really like him), Mythbusters (electricity and explosives, whoo!), The Soup (Let's Take Some E!), and Code Monkeys (which I hope will be returning in 2009). My newest favorite is Spike's 1,000 Ways to Die (darkly humorous and somewhat shocking.) I'm also a big fan of Top Gear and Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares (the American version where he visits restaurants in the States).
Feel free to look over my shelf and leave me a note anytime with suggestions, comments, opposing viewpoints etc,.
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