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labellementeuseThis is what I did with my extra fortyfive minutes this morning: unpacked all my books onto the bookshelf in the laundry. (The drier is in the garage, don't panic!)
That's about 170 books in my collection (okay, I stole some of them off my mother, but I know she won't miss them.) I estimate at least another 2-300 still at home. Of the ones here, I haven't read about twenty of them; about the same number is non-fiction (okay, maybe a little less. But The Science of Discworld COMPLETELY counts as non-fiction, right?); about the same number is poetry. Of the remaining 100, probably 60 are fantasy or YA fantasy and the rest is fiction or YA fiction. Man, going through these and unpacking them from the boxes sent me into complete joy spasms; I forgot I bought my Frances Hodgkins Burnett anthology, for example (Secret Garden, Little Princess and Little Lord Fauntleroy; the big pink book centre right on the third shelf up).
Astute readers will notice that they're, um, not terribly sorted. Maybe I'll do that this afternoon- poetry, fantasy, fiction, non-fiction. By author alphabetical or subject alphabetical for the non-fiction, because I am not quite dorky enough to implement the Dewey system at home. (Not that it would make much of a difference:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sixth_light mocks me for my nonfiction "selection," which I can only respond to by mocking her fiction selection, because at least I own non-fiction. Anyway, not even she sorts her nonfiction by Dewey. I think.)
TO THE BOOKSHELVES.
ETA: DILEMMA: where do I put my Blackadder scriptbook? :O so much confusion!
ETA2.1: The Screwtape Letters: fact (theology and/or satire), fiction (not actually real letters :p) or fantasy (apprentice devils!)? discuss.
ETA 2.2: The Little Prince/le petit prince: fiction or fantasy? fact (social commentary)?
ETA 3: done and dusted (literally), and may I say, if I never have to decide again whether Tom's Midnight Garden is fantasy or fiction my life will be a lot less complicated. (I picked fiction, in the end.)
Interesting things discovered:
-I have two copies of Anne French's Wild, a poetry collection, and Tessa Duder's Songs for Alex. If you would like a copy, drop me a comment (The closer you live, the more likely you are to get it. :P)
-I have both English and French copies of The Little Prince/Le Petit Prince. I think I stole the French from my school.
-Somehow when packing up my Tessa Duders, I managed to pack only books 1 and 2 of the Tiggie trilogy. *TWITCH* I know exactly where the third is at home, too.
-I am missing the first four Narnia books. *doubletwitch* I know my LWW has long since fallen apart but I know I have the others at home somewhere. Grr.
-I bought Abhorsen a month ago and I've already misplaced it.
Well. I'm going home for the holidays in a week and a half, so I know I can replace some of these. But still. *twitchy* I may start developing a tick.
ETA 1001: now meme-ified! If you recognise a bookcover from my shelves, I will write you a drabble or short fic (in a requested fandom. If I had guts, it would be in the fandom of the book guessed, but I'm worried about some of the selections. :D)
That's about 170 books in my collection (okay, I stole some of them off my mother, but I know she won't miss them.) I estimate at least another 2-300 still at home. Of the ones here, I haven't read about twenty of them; about the same number is non-fiction (okay, maybe a little less. But The Science of Discworld COMPLETELY counts as non-fiction, right?); about the same number is poetry. Of the remaining 100, probably 60 are fantasy or YA fantasy and the rest is fiction or YA fiction. Man, going through these and unpacking them from the boxes sent me into complete joy spasms; I forgot I bought my Frances Hodgkins Burnett anthology, for example (Secret Garden, Little Princess and Little Lord Fauntleroy; the big pink book centre right on the third shelf up).
Astute readers will notice that they're, um, not terribly sorted. Maybe I'll do that this afternoon- poetry, fantasy, fiction, non-fiction. By author alphabetical or subject alphabetical for the non-fiction, because I am not quite dorky enough to implement the Dewey system at home. (Not that it would make much of a difference:
sixth_light mocks me for my nonfiction "selection," which I can only respond to by mocking her fiction selection, because at least I own non-fiction. Anyway, not even she sorts her nonfiction by Dewey. I think.)TO THE BOOKSHELVES.
ETA: DILEMMA: where do I put my Blackadder scriptbook? :O so much confusion!
ETA2.1: The Screwtape Letters: fact (theology and/or satire), fiction (not actually real letters :p) or fantasy (apprentice devils!)? discuss.
ETA 2.2: The Little Prince/le petit prince: fiction or fantasy? fact (social commentary)?
ETA 3: done and dusted (literally), and may I say, if I never have to decide again whether Tom's Midnight Garden is fantasy or fiction my life will be a lot less complicated. (I picked fiction, in the end.)
Interesting things discovered:
-I have two copies of Anne French's Wild, a poetry collection, and Tessa Duder's Songs for Alex. If you would like a copy, drop me a comment (The closer you live, the more likely you are to get it. :P)
-I have both English and French copies of The Little Prince/Le Petit Prince. I think I stole the French from my school.
-Somehow when packing up my Tessa Duders, I managed to pack only books 1 and 2 of the Tiggie trilogy. *TWITCH* I know exactly where the third is at home, too.
-I am missing the first four Narnia books. *doubletwitch* I know my LWW has long since fallen apart but I know I have the others at home somewhere. Grr.
-I bought Abhorsen a month ago and I've already misplaced it.
Well. I'm going home for the holidays in a week and a half, so I know I can replace some of these. But still. *twitchy* I may start developing a tick.
ETA 1001: now meme-ified! If you recognise a bookcover from my shelves, I will write you a drabble or short fic (in a requested fandom. If I had guts, it would be in the fandom of the book guessed, but I'm worried about some of the selections. :D)
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Date: 2006-03-29 06:44 am (UTC)Situational ethics (also known as Situationism) refers to a particular view of ethics that states: “the morality of an act is a function of the state of the system at the time it is performed”.
-- The Wikipedia entry on situational ethics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situational_ethics).
Dairine's code of ethics had long been considered irrational by her family; or if not irrational, highly inconsistent and with peculiarities comprehensible only to one of the most twistedly brilliant brains on the planet. When accused of being contradictory, Dairine would usually laugh or glare (depending on who was doing the asking) and refuse to either respond or explain. So it was with some curiosity that Nita paused on the stairs to overhear Dairine explaining Fletcher's situational ethics heatedly to Roshaun.
"Just because it's complex doesn't mean it's contradictory. Fletcher said that the only truly important thing in the world was love; so everything we do should be judged ethically by the way it affects our love, and for what love we do it.”
“But that’s simply ridiculous,” retorted Prince Unlikely himself; “if a King were to make his decisions concerning his kingdom based on who and what he loved, he’d never do the right thing by his people.”
“Unless he was judging his actions by love for his people,” pointed out Dairine; “and if he doesn’t love his people he should abdicate. Besides, that’s not everything to the system, just the most important part; everything about the moment should be considered before judging the appropriate action.”
He lifted a golden eyebrow. “And what if his love for his people is exceeded by his love for..”
“Hm?”
“A king, though gifted, is only human. Inevitably he will find himself loving something more than his people- or someone…”
“They might not ever conflict. What’s good for his people is surely good for everyone.”
“And yet. What if they do?” He coughed. “A complete ethical system would surely have a… suggestion.”
“Uh. Well, I guess the thing to do would be to decide which love was more important, and act on that one.”
“I… see.” There was a long silence, and Nita, beset with curiosity, tiptoed a little further down the stairs to peer into the living room. Dairine and Roshaun sat side-by-side on the couch; at that moment Roshaun was dropping his hand back to his lap, as if he’d lifted it towards Dairine’s face and then thought the better of it. Nita froze; after a moment Roshaun shifted and said, “I thank you; this has been most interesting. However I’m afraid I have business… elsewhere.” In a flurry of robes, he rose with (Nita noted) somewhat less of his usual dignity, before exiting stage left, towards-- aw, crap. Nita scurried back up the stairs before either of them noticed her; her last glance backwards saw Dairine alone on the couch, frowning distractedly at the sofa- blushing.
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Man, I so much wanted them to make out in that scene, but they just wouldn't co-operate. (If you want to pick at this somewhat I'll edit it and repost it at a later date, and hopefully stir up more fic elsewhere... I am actually writing two other YW fics at the moment, one of which should be about 1000 words and another of which is already over 1000 and should hopefully hit at least 3000, if I can manage it. *crosses fingers* it;s stalled at the moment but... we'll see.)
I can't wait! >:D
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Date: 2006-03-29 04:08 pm (UTC)I'll edit it at sometime when I'm not feverish--I think playing eight runs of West Side Story rather took it out of me, and now I'm a bit ill. But I'll get back to you on that one. Meanwhile, you are my hero for the day :)
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Date: 2006-03-30 11:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-30 04:00 pm (UTC)