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How does one count collections? I have a number of Star Trek novels. Are they just part of my book collection? Should I combine them with my Star Trek DVDs and assorted tribbles to form a Star Trek collection? Should all of my Star Trek material be combined with an array of other books, DVDs, toys, and games related to Firefly, Farscape, Babylon 5, and other science fiction stuff to create a science fiction collection? Are my numerous role-playing games books part of my game collection or my book collection? Are my fantasy games part of my fantasy collection, and are my science fiction games part of my science fiction collection?
I'm not really confused by this. My point is that what collections I have depends on how you count collections. By some measures I have basically one giant collection of science fiction and fantasy material. But another measure, I have dozens of collections, many of which overlap in substantial ways - including many that overlap with the contents of my book collection. How one answers the question of "what collections do you have" is an answer that depends upon how much granularity one wants to provide in response. I could say I have a collection of issues of Asimov's Science Fiction, but I consider that to be ancillary to my collection of magazines, but I consider that to be ancillary to my collection of books, which I consider to be ancillary to my collection of science fiction and fantasy material in general. And so on and so forth. So the answer, which is probably entirely unsatisfying, is that I have a couple dozen collections (with the lines between them being blurry and indistinct) that are all pretty much part of one large collection.
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Oh my goodness, I absolutely love Farscape and Firefly and I own both on dvd. They are two amazing show. I have some pretty good collections of tv on dvd, anything Doctor Who/Buffy/Angel/Supernatural related you know I"ve got it. :)
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Suz @ A Soul Unsung
@Susan Haugland: I love Farscape and Firefly as well. The redhead and I are currently in the middle of a rewatch of Babylon 5, but once we're done with that, it is likely we will start on Farscape.
DeleteYou're right! I have more than one collection of things too and yet I only showed one on my blog but didn't add all the other collections that I have. I totally left them out! Great answer!
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Betsy @ I Sold My Soul For Books
@Betsy Perez: Like literary genres, collections are not really subject to sharp definitions at the edges. They tend to blur together.
DeleteHopping through. I haven't watched Babylon 5. I've been hearing great things about it lately from some of my Doctor Who podcasts. I'm curious about trying it.
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@Alison Can Read: I consider Babylon 5 to be the best television show ever made, so obviously I highly recommend it. It is twenty years old now, and they really had to work hard to stretch their budget, which sometimes shows in the special effects, But the writing of the characters and the overarching plot are brilliant and more than make up for any shortcomings in the effects department.
DeleteYes, that's an interesting thought on how we organise our collections. Thanks for sharing it.
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@Kate Ward: How we organize our collections seems to me to be at least as important as what we collect.
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