User:Holmesd

From ISFDB

This entry is a stake in the ground for me - not quite a commitment, but a public statement of intent. My earlier contributions have been based on books I was culling from my library. My intention is to cover off the rest of my books. I expect that my greatest chance of creating entries will be either Canadian variations or something in the Burroughs line of paperbacks. I look forward to being a primary verifier rather than a transient one.

This activity will likely have to wait its turn with all the other project I contemplate as retirement approaches. If you've any interest in Wrebbit puzzles or Canadian postal First Day Covers our paths should cross here or elsewhere.

The big project I'd like to see started is a database of fictional names. I see it as serving the same role as the cast listing in IMDB.com, allowing links, lists and searches. ISFDB seems to provide an ideal reference point for sources. I hope to put enough hours and entries into ISFDB to contribute to such a project. Plus it would give me motivation to re-read all those books I've decided to keep.

Doug 18:40, 7 December 2012 (UTC)