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Old 04-06-2010, 10:45 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by darknessangel View Post

First of all, I am not saying that Calibre is bad or evil, it's just that I'm not completely sold on the idea. And I will try to use it by importing my library part by part and edit the metadata slowly like that, my problem will be that right now my library's about 60 GB and and I don't have 60 GB free in another HDD.
As you load your Library into Calibre, you could pause and burn the original to DVD if you don't want to get an external drive for backup/archival purposes.
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And... someone caring to explain me the sublte nuances between Sci-fi, science fiction and SF? Does one sparkle more? o_O

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SciFi was equated with the cheesey flic's of the 50's. Poor plot, poor Science (never violate known science without explaining it away).
Voyage to the bottom of the Sea (TV) "Captain! The Reactor has gone Critical" Well, Doh! If it does not go critical, it does not generate any steam. Critical is the point of a sustained, controlled reaction.

As to shelf labels: I prefer including Fantasy on the label unless, somehow the store manges to separate "Hard SF" from the cross-over SF and that from (Epic/Sword n Sorcery) Fantasy. Modern Fantasy seems to cover so much territory that finding a neat slot to classify it is impossible.
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