wrd@tekigm2.UUCP (Bill Dippert) (02/21/86)
As promised earlier, here is a summary of the responses to date on the discussion over having lists of books sent over the net to net.books. I have cross posted this to net.sf-lovers as I have also sent some of the lists to that group as well. As far as including a speical character in the title, I always title them as so and so's Book List or Book List (Revised), etc. I have cut back the posting to once a week on Saturday or Sunday. For what it's worth (LONG LISTING FOLLOWS): ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just wanted to let you know that I appreciate your posting those lists of books by different authors. Since your articles usually have the header: So-and-so's books ..., those that want to skip the item can do so, without rancor. I think you are doing all of us bibliophiles a favor. Thanks again. K. Oka ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please continue the book lists. Most non-collectors do not understand the difficulty in finding a good list or its value. Donald C. Martin, phone (206) 543 1044 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For what it's worth, I think the lists are useful and the reviews mostly boring. Larry Kohn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the bibs you've posted so far. If only I had them when I was writing my papers... Bill Hsu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just read a posting objecting to your book lists. I hope you don't stop: I think your lists are the best thing on the net. You seem to collect the same authors I do, and these lists save me some work. You must get pro and con mail -- add me to the pro list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I appreciate the time and effort you take deriving and posting these lists, but when you have revisions, could you post just the 'diff' between the original and the update. It would cut way down on net volume (no pun intended, but you take 'em where you can get 'em, right :-)), and those postings could be used by us to update the lists we've already saved off. Just a thought, and thanks for the lists, really. Diane Holt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At the risk of flooding the group with "me too" articles, I, too would like to say that I greatly appreciate the lists of books, and would like to see them continue. Keep it up Bill! =Spencer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just a note: I am not interested in any of the lists (now that I have the complete, up-to-date, all-inclusive Holmes listing, that is), but I have no problem "n"ing past them. By only sending them out once a week, you'll hopefully remove the fangs from those who only want to see their own interests posted to the net. Thank you for all the hard work: blues, II ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I personally don't mind your posting book lists, though I don't read them. The solution I favour is to put a distinctive word in the subject line. People who don't want to see the book lists can put an entry for that word in their kill files. -peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Add my vote in FAVOR of book lists. And of occasional revisions. And of the 'n' key, nature's anodyne. Regards, Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Could you please put in a distinctive marker? I don't mind your posting them, but I don't like to read them, and I would like to silently skip the lists via rn. Thanx. Eric C. Brown ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In article <322@ihu1n.UUCP> johnnyr@ihu1n.UUCP (John R. Rosenberg) writes: >Is anyone else getting sick to death of these pointless lists >of titles that Bill Dippert keeps sending out and which are flooding >this newsgroup. No, it's just you. > If I really want to know the complete >body of work of any particular author, it's easy enough to go >to the libraryr and look in Books in Print. That doesn't work if the books aren't in print. Having them all here handy is a much more convenient way to find out if you've read the whole canon. Keep it up, Bill! Jim Gillogly ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keep those book lists comming! John Oswalt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >STOP THE BOOK LISTS! Why? This IS net.books, and many of us are interested in reading other titles by our favorite authors. The book lists ARE long, but the 'n' key is available, as well as the option of updating your local 'Kill' file. What belongs in net.books, other than book lists and reviews? If enough people feel as you do, perhaps a division into net.books.reviews and net.books.lists is warranted, but (and this is of course my own opinion) I don't think so. Of course, the daily revisions to the book lists (:-) could be cut down to weekly... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I like to get complete lists of books of favourite authors, although I usually want more information than simple the titles. Anyone who has ever tried to compile such a list knows just what a bear it can be. (Hours of drudgery in Encyclopaedias, Biographies, Bibliographies, etc.) So I vote to keep 'em coming; and anyone who has other pretty complete lists feel free to post them. And anyone who thinks there's something trivial about doing the compilation, just try to do Joseph Conrad, or Robert Louis Stevenson, or Anthony Trollope, or Dr. Johnson (the greatest man who ever lived), or ... Peace and Good!, Fr. John Woolley "Compared to what I have seen, all that I have written is straw." -- St. Thomas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > STOP THE BOOK LISTS! I like the book lists. -ed falk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'd like to express my enthusiasm for continuation of the book lists and my thanks to those who have contributed them and helped with additions and corrections. I think there are many of us who enjoy bibliography and net.books seems to be a particularly apt medium for the exchange of such information. Bibliography is not a trivial art and these lists are NOT easily found in public libraries, particularly with respect to very recently published books, out of print books, pseudonymous works, and those with title changes or that have appeared only in omnibus editions. Michael C. Berch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, --Bill--