wombat@ccvaxa.UUCP (02/23/86)
I presume this person wants to use the keywords to find books, as in "Hmm, I remember reading a book about massive consumerism and a guy who thought of using robots to get out of his duty to consume. Now which book was that?" It's also nice to have a list of which books by your favorite author, who may have written in several genres, you already have. One of the most important things I take to any science fiction convention is my lists of what books we own (travelers checks are slightly more important). Then there are people like a friend of mine, who has a burning desire to construct a database full of science fiction, just because it's something he's wanted to do for a long time. "When you are about to die, a wombat is better than no company at all." Roger Zelazny, *Doorways in the Sand* Wombat ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!wombat