40,000 books ! {plus SciFi vs Romance DE duel}

Post by **wolfspirit** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:35 pm

In under a month, we have entered another 1,000 books! Great job to the whole DE team! (although we all know that Brad is dying right now, while his beloved sci-fi genre is being stifled by romance. Only by 6 books, but stifled nonetheless)

On the bright side, the dogfight between romance and sci-fi is spurring on massive book entry.

I personally lay bets on Brad, myself, and Archren triumphing over laurie in her quest for romance domination. But I may be slightly biased. Ya never know.

wolfspirit

{Edit: We've since jumped from 36,000 to 40,000 books. -- Brad, 25-Mar-2009}

Post by **raptor_bob** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:41 pm

Woot

31k already ... haha, I may just go out of my way to find all the romance manga I can to sway the odds a little more (in the SF/romance mini-war) ...

/me wanders back to doing coursework due in *looks at watch* in 15 1/2 hours

Post by **Darb** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:34 pm

/me makes a push to reach the 2,000 books mark in the standings ...

Post by **laurie** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:13 pm

/me will hit 4500 tomorrow.

Post by **Darb** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:18 pm

I know ... and some of the ones already appearing in my stats are star trek placeholders that I havent finished filling in yet.

Archren · Post by **Archren** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:46 pm

I keep pushing the SF stats, but gosh darn these authors that won't play nice and stay in one genre! You hit Ray Bradbury to get Farenheit 451 in there (plus Martican Chronicles, etc.) but then you end up having to add in a bunch of horror/contemporary mystery books in there (Something wicked, Dandelion Wine, etc.). What is up with these guys?!? Aren't they aware we've got a war on here?!?

Sean Whitton · Post by **Sean Whitton** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:54 pm

Is *anyone* pushing fantasy?

Post by **Darb** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:59 pm

Xyrael wrote:Is *anyone* pushing fantasy?

To paraphrase the recently banned Chili Jack, "it's all silly stuff !"

p.s. kidding

Post by **wolfspirit** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:02 pm

Brad wrote:
Xyrael wrote:Is *anyone* pushing fantasy?
To paraphrase the recently banned Chili Jack, "it's all silly stuff !"

p.s. kidding

According to my rough count, I have added 213 books to Fantasy since Feb 18th (when I starting counting extra stuff on my seriescards).

wolfspirit

Sean Whitton · Post by **Sean Whitton** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:13 pm

I need to DE more RPG supplements.

Post by **Darb** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:56 pm

LAURIE: Gosh darn it, how are we supposed to catch up if you keep adding more romance ? I just added a bunch of Star Trek stuff, and you're still in front.

Romance: 3845
SciFi: 3838

Kirk: Science station, report !
Spock: Scanners are detecting ion trail traces ... possibly a cloaked ship from The Romancian Empire.
Kirk: Have they detected us ?
Spock: Their cloaking device impairs their sensor ability ... however, since you just broadcast the hail at the top of this post on an open channel, they almost certainly know we're here.
Kirk. D'oh!

Post by **wolfspirit** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:32 pm

From a Parallel Universe:

eerr...damn...I'm too lazy to look up teh names from Andromeda, which kicked some ass when they had it on, anywho:

Romance: 3847
Sci-fi: 3854

SMACK!

wolfspirit

Post by **Darb** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:36 pm

Kirk: Uhura, see if you can raise the StefanY of the Jedi Council.
Uhura: Captain ?
Kirk: You heard me, Lt.
Uhura: But Captain, that's the Star Wars genre ... we're Star Trek !
Spock: Cross genre communications are theoretically possible, Lt, if you cross circuit to B.
Uhura: You did that in one of our first season episodes to juryrig the transporter ... it won't work on the communications panel !
Kirk: You're relieved. Spock, take over.
Chekov: Oooh, can I take over the Science Station, Keptin ?
Kirk: No, I need you to man the weapons and security panel.
Chekov: But ver at kondition green, Keptin.
Kirk: Why can't people just STFU and FOLLOW MY ORDERS ? Move, damn it, or I'll keelhaul your sorry a**es !!!

Spock: Captain, 'keelhauling' was declared illegal by JAG of Starfleet back on Stardate ...
Kirk: I said STFU !
Spock: Captain, this behavior is most unbecoming ...

Post by **wolfspirit** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:40 pm

OK
Sci-fi: 3883
Romace: 3847

And I'm out for the night.

wolfspirit

Post by **laurie** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:58 pm

Update:

SciFi -- 3884
Romance -- 3866

And I bet you guys are assigning genre tags to a lot of SciFi books from the ISFDB that are already in the DB, not adding new books. I don't get off that easily.

But I'm still not worried .....

Post by **StefanY** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 11:24 pm

Ok, ok. I hear ya. Matter of fact, I have a pretty big list that I just finished figuring out what we already had in the database, so now I'll have to get started entering all of the ones that aren't there yet.

Post by **Darb** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:44 pm

laurie wrote:And I bet you guys are assigning genre tags to a lot of SciFi books from the ISFDB that are already in the DB, not adding new books. I don't get off that easily.

But I'm still not worried .....

You wound me, milady.

Actually, in my case, I'm slowly whittling down all the placeholders in several star trek series I'd previously added. I've whittled the pile from 150 or so down to around 75 so far.

Now, looking over in Romance, I see Barbara Cartland, with roughly 650 books (mostly romance, and mostly blank ... except for genre & ISBNs).

When I'm done with the star trek placeholders, I'll gladly move over to romance for a bit and help you fill those in, on a 1:1 matching basis.

Post by **laurie** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:48 pm

On Feb. 24, 2005, Clong wrote:OK, in a state of profound delirium after adding all available isbns for Cartland books offered at amazon.com, I put in my claim for having added:

Barbara Cartland (+1 author, + 659 books)

viewtopic.php?t=1907&start=461

Talk to Clong, Brad.

PS. I've added info to some of the Cartland books, and will continue to do so when I find it, but I'm not gonna drop everything else just to work on them.

Post by **clong** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:57 pm

Yeah, from time to time I go back and work on that list. I found one site that has publication dates for all of them.

Post by **Darb** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:59 pm

I can't cast stones, because I still owe for 100+ choose your adventure books I added incompletely, about 1.5 - 2 years back (before we had completeness standards, much less a proper DE team), as well as for the star trek placeholders I'm currently jack hammering into smaller rubble.

Post by **Darb** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:55 pm

Ok, this it getting too much to bear ... I went to the IBDoF homepage today, and instead of a nice scifi or fantasy cover, what cover assaults my eyes ?

This

I wanted to puke.

Laurie, as soon as I'm over my bug, and as soon as free time and work schedule permits, I'm going back to hittin the ol data entry heavy bag.

Sean Whitton · Post by **Sean Whitton** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:57 pm

Brad wrote:Ok, this it getting too much to bear ... I went to the IBDoF homepage today, and instead of a nice scifi or fantasy cover, what cover assaults my eyes ?

This

I wanted to puke.

Laurie, as soon as I'm over my bug, and as soon as free time and work schedule permits, I'm going back to hittin the ol data entry heavy bag.

Ick. That is quite serious - which side of the argument is kilt on (jk)? We could get him to code a romance-removing script

Post by **laurie** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:06 pm

Brad wrote:Ok, this it getting too much to bear ... I went to the IBDoF homepage today, and instead of a nice scifi or fantasy cover, what cover assaults my eyes ?

This

I wanted to puke.

Laurie, as soon as I'm over my bug, and as soon as free time and work schedule permits, I'm going back to hittin the ol data entry heavy bag.

It's actually an interesting "you think you know someone, but ....." story.

Nice cover, too. Quite tame compared to some.

Sean Whitton · Post by **Sean Whitton** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:03 pm

Just realised something - although I havn't bothered looking up laurie's sig, the fact that it's been changed just for one topic while Brad's has stayed the same says a lot about her priorities?

jk - I'm just enjoying the thread ;)

Post by **Ghost** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:02 pm

Xyrael wrote:Just realised something - although I havn't bothered looking up laurie's sig, the fact that it's been changed just for one topic while Brad's has stayed the same says a lot about her priorities?

Continue of OT

Brad doesnâ€™t have a SIG â€“ so it isnâ€™t news that he hasnâ€™t changed it. Does this mean the emperor has no clothes?

MORE OT

I donâ€™t know if this is were Laurieâ€™s SIG comes from:

Omnia Vincit Amor
by Molly Hill (gregorypew@yahoo.com)

Who is it that allowed the blind voice to love the one with a deaf heart?
One whose story has not yet been written.

What past duty of honor ties the warrior to yesterday?
An invisible filament stronger than a steel cable.

When does the mind seek solace from itself?
After a pause, when the villain steps through the mists seperating worlds and dances at his own funeral.

Where is the wolf heard crying her exaltation and loneliness to the stars?
In the yard, slightly to the left of the suburbs.

Why does she wait hopefully, resolved to act accordingly until tomorrow comes?
Because the music is everywhere, and pervades each corner of the room.

Who is the one cloaked in shadow, whose light shines gently through the cloud of darkness?
A youth, half innocence and half madness.

What price is to be paid for the writer's reaction?
Not even the Silent Ones know.

When does the paladin see who walks behind him?
At the time that earnest prayers are answered trustfully.

Where is the refuge of the restless, the careworn, and the indecisive?
In all things, yet nowhere.

Why is the broadsword's edge still sharp, and the blade still warm, after six months?
Because his eyes are honest, and his soul of flame is more beautiful to her than his face.

If not, it's still a good poem.