What are your COLLECTION categories?

Sexton Blake · 03-19-2007, 11:10 AM

Hi Folks

UK newbie here. Just wondering, what categories have you used in the Collection function? Mine are:

Apocalyptic
Because I love novels about survivors

Comics
Because I love Dilbert (these are the only PDFs on my reader)

Detective
For Sherlock Holmes and Nero Wolfe et cetera

Fantasy
Mainly Robert E. Howard and Edgar Rice Burroughs

Hard Sci-Fi
This is for the likes of Peter F. Hamilton and Vernor Vinge

Soft Sci-Fi
For the stuff that's less spaceship oriented

Weird
Cthulhu and other horror

Misc
All the rest

What about you?

UncleDuke · 03-19-2007, 11:23 AM

don't keep enough to bother. it all fits on 1 or 2 screens. if i can't find it i've gone blind.

NatCh · 03-19-2007, 11:45 AM

Welcome to MobileRead, Sexton Blake.

I guess I'm not so imaginative. I have one called "My Books" that I use as kind of an on-board reading shelf (Hmm. perhaps I'll re-name that one "Reading Shelf"

). One called "Bible" ... guess that's pretty self-explanatory, except that I have one full copy, and another variation that's broken up into ~37 separate "weekly reading" files). One called "Manual" that I keep the Reader's manual in (which shouldn't be taken to imply that I actually read the manual at all

). And one called "Travel Dox" that I put things like maps and directions into when I'm traveling (it's empty at the moment).

ultim8fury · 03-19-2007, 12:32 PM

Since almost everything I read is part of a series of books I've grouped them according to series title which allows me to arrange the books inside in chronological order.

Dave Berk · 03-19-2007, 01:56 PM

Hi Sexton Blake and welcome.

Quote:

Hi Folks

UK newbie here. Just wondering, what categories have you used in the Collection function? Mine are:

Apocalyptic
Because I love novels about survivors

That sound interesting. I don't think I'm familiar with apocalyptic fiction. Care to recommend one?

NatCh · 03-19-2007, 02:22 PM

You probably are, and just don't recognize it by that name, David Brin's The Postman would be one example.

Dave Berk · 03-19-2007, 02:54 PM

I'm not familiar with The Postman. But I think I understand what genre you're referring to. Is it anything like a A Canticle for Leibowitz?

NatCh · 03-19-2007, 03:20 PM

Hah! I haven't thought about the Canticle in years! Yes, that's definitely the same genre.

I read about the first half of that while I was working in a bookstore in college (I'd just pick up a used copy and read it when I had a few minutes). I keep meaning to go back and finish it, though I'd have to re-start it now, as it's been ... 12~13 years. (where does the time go?)

igorsk · 03-19-2007, 04:40 PM

Actually, Canticle and Postman are examples of post-apocalyptic fiction. But I guess they're pretty close to use one category for both

Plowman · 03-19-2007, 05:12 PM

I usually like to group series together to make them easier to find. This works well for me since I have 25-30 books on the reader at any given time.

They would basically be like this:

Green, Simon R. - Nightside

DougFNJ · 03-19-2007, 05:52 PM

Wow, thats where I get oblivious to simple things. I'm going to be putting together some collections tonight. Mine will be as follows:

Fiction & Literature
Sports
Politics
Spirituality
Sales & Marketing
Humor

Good stuff, thanks for the unintended suggestion

RWood · 03-19-2007, 06:01 PM

I just use the normal book list. It does make for some strange bedfellows such as Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead between to Greg Bear's Foundation and Chaos and Ben Franklin's Autobiography. The last will I think be a constant resident of the Reader and may be the second most read book for me of all time. (The Bible is still number one by a very wide margin.)

Dr. Drib · 03-19-2007, 06:24 PM

This is what I have:

Algernon Blackwood
Dostoevsky
Ernest Bramah
Haruki Murakami
James Rollins
Marcel Proust
Pulps
Purchased (23 novels not yet read!!!)
Sax Rohmer
Simon R. Green
Tobias Smollett
Wilkie Collins
William Hope Hodgson

So there you have it!

Cheers,
Don

Alexander Turcic · 03-20-2007, 04:34 AM

Here are mine:

Read
Unread

NatCh · 03-20-2007, 08:39 AM

How do you ever keep so many categories straight, Alex?

03-19-2007, 11:10 AM	#1
Sexton Blake Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London Device: Sony Portable Reader	What are your COLLECTION categories? Hi Folks UK newbie here. Just wondering, what categories have you used in the Collection function? Mine are: Apocalyptic Because I love novels about survivors Comics Because I love Dilbert (these are the only PDFs on my reader) Detective For Sherlock Holmes and Nero Wolfe et cetera Fantasy Mainly Robert E. Howard and Edgar Rice Burroughs Hard Sci-Fi This is for the likes of Peter F. Hamilton and Vernor Vinge Soft Sci-Fi For the stuff that's less spaceship oriented Weird Cthulhu and other horror Misc All the rest What about you?

03-19-2007, 06:24 PM	#13
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,352 Karma: 59447733 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	Interesting. My groupings are by Author This is what I have: Algernon Blackwood Dostoevsky Ernest Bramah Haruki Murakami James Rollins Marcel Proust Pulps Purchased (23 novels not yet read!!!) Sax Rohmer Simon R. Green Tobias Smollett Wilkie Collins William Hope Hodgson So there you have it! Cheers, Don

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NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Welcome to MobileRead, Sexton Blake. I guess I'm not so imaginative. I have one called "My Books" that I use as kind of an on-board reading shelf (Hmm. perhaps I'll re-name that one "Reading Shelf" ). One called "Bible" ... guess that's pretty self-explanatory, except that I have one full copy, and another variation that's broken up into ~37 separate "weekly reading" files). One called "Manual" that I keep the Reader's manual in (which shouldn't be taken to imply that I actually read the manual at all ). And one called "Travel Dox" that I put things like maps and directions into when I'm traveling (it's empty at the moment).

03-19-2007, 12:32 PM	#4
ultim8fury Addict Posts: 219 Karma: 368 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Device: PRS500, Looking at 700	Since almost everything I read is part of a series of books I've grouped them according to series title which allows me to arrange the books inside in chronological order.

03-19-2007, 02:22 PM	#6
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	You probably are, and just don't recognize it by that name, David Brin's The Postman would be one example.

03-19-2007, 02:54 PM	#7
Dave Berk Fanatic Posts: 574 Karma: 138556 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PRS505	I'm not familiar with The Postman. But I think I understand what genre you're referring to. Is it anything like a A Canticle for Leibowitz?

03-19-2007, 03:20 PM	#8
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Hah! I haven't thought about the Canticle in years! Yes, that's definitely the same genre. I read about the first half of that while I was working in a bookstore in college (I'd just pick up a used copy and read it when I had a few minutes). I keep meaning to go back and finish it, though I'd have to re-start it now, as it's been ... 12~13 years. (where does the time go?)

03-19-2007, 04:40 PM	#9
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	Actually, Canticle and Postman are examples of post-apocalyptic fiction. But I guess they're pretty close to use one category for both

03-19-2007, 05:12 PM	#10
Plowman Member Posts: 17 Karma: 24 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: PRS-500	I usually like to group series together to make them easier to find. This works well for me since I have 25-30 books on the reader at any given time. They would basically be like this: Green, Simon R. - Nightside

03-19-2007, 05:52 PM	#11
DougFNJ Avid Reader Posts: 273 Karma: 1332 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Jersey Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature, 2TB iPad Pro 11”	Wow, thats where I get oblivious to simple things. I'm going to be putting together some collections tonight. Mine will be as follows: Fiction & Literature Sports Politics Spirituality Sales & Marketing Humor Good stuff, thanks for the unintended suggestion

03-19-2007, 06:01 PM	#12
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	I just use the normal book list. It does make for some strange bedfellows such as Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead between to Greg Bear's Foundation and Chaos and Ben Franklin's Autobiography. The last will I think be a constant resident of the Reader and may be the second most read book for me of all time. (The Bible is still number one by a very wide margin.)

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03-20-2007, 04:34 AM	#14
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,171 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Here are mine: Read Unread

03-20-2007, 08:39 AM	#15
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	How do you ever keep so many categories straight, Alex?