Medlem: ABVR

Bibliotek3,230 bøger — se bibliotek

Anmeldelser104 anmeldelser — se anmeldelser

Skyertag-sky, forfatter-sky

Tags@VH (1,515), @GA (1,479), history (1,197), fiction (1,108), science fiction (704), read (679), US (472), Britain (447), 20C (403), technology (324) — se alle tags

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YndlingsforfattereDavid McCullough, John McPhee, Robert B. Parker, Mike Resnick, Spider Robinson (Fælles favoritter)

Om mig I'm a writer and part-time history professor, married to a full-time history professor at the same institution. Born and raised in southern New England, I've lived and worked in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia since 1993 but remain an unassimilated Yankee who misses the sea, the snow, and decent clam chowder.

For the demographically curious, I . . . was born in 1963, am the son of a teacher and a social worker, am 6' 3" tall, am left-handed, attended public schools, have a PhD (University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1990), vote Democratic, am philosophically agnostic but functionally Unitarian, follow baseball with mild interest and other sports not at all, drive an aging Toyota minivan, and have owned seven Macintosh computers since 1987 but never owned a cell phone.

When I'm not teaching, writing, parenting, or keeping house, I'm usually reading, watching movies, spending time with my family, or (when visiting New England in the summer) swimming and sailing.

Om mit bibliotek My library, still in the process of being entered, consists of several distinct chunks. These include: 1) Books I use in my teaching and research, mostly located in Georgia and mostly about history, science, technology, and popular culture; 2) Books inherited from my late father that I've kept because our interests overlapped, mostly located in Massachusetts and mostly maritime history, archaeology, English literature, and classic science fiction; 3) Yet-to-be read books, scattered through both houses, that will probably be passed on when I'm done with them.

The fact that I keep very little "recreational" non-fiction and virtually no recreational fiction after reading it means that my library--especially the part tagged GA--will at any given moment look more narrowly focused, and more "serious" than my actual reading habits.

Også påBookCrossing, BookMooch

Medlemskab LibraryThing Early Reviewers

Rigtigt navnA. Bowdoin Van Riper

StedGeorgia, USA

E-mailbvanriperbellsouth.net

Kontotypeoffentlig, livstid

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URLer http://www.librarything.com/profile/ABVR (profil)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/ABVR (bibliotek)

Medlem sidenNov 12, 2005