The bookshelf is black painted wood, about six feet tall. I put it together about 7 years ago. It has five shelves are differing sizes - the top shelf and the third shelf are smallest, the second and fourth are a bit bigger, the bottom shelf is the largest, about twice the height of the top and middle shelf. The overall image present is that of chaos and organization mixed together. There are things other than books on the shelves, like letters, and change, and a plastic bag, and a hat. There are books lined up neatly in rows, with larger, hard cover ones mostly on the bottom, but the shelves are overflowing, and there books on piles on top of and in front of other books.


Top of the bookshelf

A primative wooden sculpture of a native american wearing a grass skirt riding on a surf board.

"Top Ten Everything: 2005" by Russell Ash (a book my daughter gave me for Christmas a couple years ago I think)

"Bankruptcy Code, Rules & Official Forms" West Group 2002

"Dread Empire's Fall: The Praxis" (SF) Walter Jon Williams

"Between Angels" poetry by Stephen Dunn

"The Language Instinct" (science) Steven Pinker

"Window XP: Inside and Out"

"Scientific American" April 2004

My law school graduation certificate

"Starting and Operating a Business"

Top shelf

"Cresent City Rhapody" Kathleen Goonan (SF)

"The Meme Machine" Susan Blackmore (science)

"A Deepness in the Sky" Vernor Vinge (SF)

"Beyond Singularity" SF collection ed. by Jack Dunn and Gardner Dozois

"Fine Prey" Scott Weaterfeld (SF)

"Orphans of Earth" Sean Williams & Shane Dix (SF)

"The Crow" 2 & 3 (comics)

"Dread Empire Falls: Conventions of War" Walter J. Williams (SF)

"Ammonite" Nicola Griffith (SF)

"A Fire Upon the Deep" Vernor Vinge (SF)

The Burning Crusade (Computer Game Expansion)

A Legal Document from a case I am working on (going back to the office immediately)

"Gridlinked" Neal Asher (SF)

"Involution Ocean" Bruce Sterling (SF)

"Myrren's Gift" Fiona McIntosh (Fantasy)

"Marya: A Life" Joyce Carol Oates (moder fiction)

"Teach Yourself HTML 4 in 24 hours"

"Bios" Robert Charles Wilson (SF)

"The Sea Wolf" Jack London (classic fiction)

"Mayflies" Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. (SF)

"Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored" (non fiction)

"Chasm City" Alastair Reynold (SF)

"Legends" ed by Robert Silverberg (fantasy collection)

"Hearts in Atlantis" Steven King (horror?)

"The Phoenix Exultant" John C. Wright (SF)

"Assassin's Quest" Robin Hobb (fantasy)

"Royal Assassin" Robin Hobb (fantasy)

"The Best American Science and Nature Writing: 2001" ed E.O. Wilson

"Sorcery Rising" Jude Fisher (fantasy)

"The Bone Twin's Doll" Lynn Flewelling (fantasy)

"Issola" Steven Brust (fantasy)

"The Testament" John Grisham (modern fiction)

"Vacuum Flowers" Michael Swanwick (SF)

"Darwinia" Robert Charles Wilson (SF)

"Winter's Heart" Robert Jordan (fantasy)

"Hidden Warrior" Lynn Flewelling (fantasy)

2nd Shelf

"A Case of Conscience" James Blish (SF)

"Fugitives of Chaos" John C. Wright (fantasy)

"Delerium's Mistress" Tanith Lee (fantasy)

"The Best Science and Nature Writing: 2005" Jonathon Weiner editor

"The Kelly Blue Book" Jan - June 2004 (automotive pricing)

"Brain Plague" Joan Slonczowski (SF)

"Dark Sky Legion" William Barton (SF)

"Revelation Space" Alastair Reynolds (SF)

"The Light Fantastic" Terry Pratchet (fantasy)

"The Magicians Guild" Trudi Canavan (fantasy)

"Witchstorm" James Clemen (fantasy)

"When We Were Real" William Barton (SF)

A small pair of binoculars

"Mammoth" John Varley (SF)

"Sword and Sorceress XXI" ed by Diana Paxson (fantasy colletion)

"Red Thunder" John Varley (SF)

"The Poisonwood Bible" Barbara Kingsolver (modern fiction)

A scheduling book

"Issac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazine" from the late 90s and early 00s. about 10 issues

"The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" from the late 90s and early 00s. About 15 issues.

"The Hidden Family" Charles Stross (fantasy)

"The Hallowed Hunt" Lois McMaster Bujold (fantasy)

a pen

a small amount of loose change

a rubber band

a paper clip

a video rental card

A letter from a student loan agency

"The Well of Stars" Robert Reed (SF)

"A Princess of Roumania" Paul Park (fantasy)

"Through Wolf's Eyes" Jane Linskold (fantasy)

a page of scribbled notes from a legal case

a 1098 E form showing how much student loans I paid back last year from one borrower

An unopened letter from the retirement fund at work

"Analog Science Fiction Magazine" one magazine from 2007

An unopened letter from my health insurance provider

a pay stub

The torn off back cover of "A System of the World" by Neal Stephenson (historical fiction)

"The Gardens of the Moon" Steven Erikson

"Cracking 'The DaVinci Code' " Simon Cox non-fiction

"Even More Letters from a Nut" Ted Nancy (comedy)

a disposable razor

an unused condom

some telephone connector cord in a small clear plastic bag

"The Law of Schools & Teachers" 2nd ed.

"Legal Writing"

"Infinity Beach" Jack McDevitt (SF)

"Mountains made of Light" Edward Myers (fantasy)

"Ambassador of Progress" Walter J. Williams (SF)

"Protein Power" Michael and Mary Dan Eades (both MDs)

"A Thousand Words for Stranger" Julie E. Czernada (SF)

"The 2002-03 Syracuse Basketball Teams Journey to a Championship" The Daily Orange

"Darwin Among the Machines" George Dyson (science)

3rd Shelf

A Blue, White, and Orange baseball cap with a Syracuse Orangemen logo on it

a TV cable connector wire

A small crumbled plastic bag

A box with 40 business size letter envelopes

A letter from a student loan lender indicating the consequences of my default

"Mockingbird" by Walter Tevis (SF)

"Scientific American" with the cover torn off

"A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving (modern fiction)

A "Clic Heroes" figurine - Manticore from City of Heroes

A small ceramic tea dish

A photograph of my daughter and her two step-sisters

My daughter's December 06 report card

A TV connector cable

A cassette tape with songs on it my brother mixed

Another primative figurine I got from Florida - a kayaker

A thin sponge

a rubber band

a piece of a wand from a cat toy

a undeveloped roll of film

A can opener

"Teach Me Piano Deluxe" instruction manual

"Secret Passages" Paul Preuss (SF)

"The Path of Daggers" Robert Jordan (fantasy)

"Five Hundred Years After" Steven Brust (fantasy)

"Bloom" Wil McCarthy (SF)

"Memoranda" Jeffrey Ford (fantasy)

"Green House Summer" Norman Spinrad (SF)

"The Cassini Division" Ken McLeod (SF)

"Perseus Spur" Julian May (SF)

"Kaleidoscope Century" John Barnes (SF)

"Cryptonomicon" Neal Stephenson (modern fiction)

"The Metamorphosis" Franz Kafka (classic fiction)

"Shadows of the White Sun" Raymond Harris (fantasy)

"First Contact" Greg Costikyan (SF)

"On the Beach" Nevil Shuttle (modern fiction)

"Nobody's Son" Sean Stewart (fantasy)

"Gandhi" Louis Fischer (autobiography)

"Virus Clans" Michael Kanaly (SF)

"Deep Drive" Alexander Jablokov (SF)

"Heavy Weather" Bruce Sterling (SF)

"The Synthetic Man" Theodore Sturgeon (SF)

"Brother to Shadows" Andre Norton (SF)

"The Night Watch" Sean Stewart (fantasy)

"Warchild" Karin Lowachee

"The Dread Empire's Fall: The Sundering" Walter J. Williams (SF)

"A Wizard of Earthsea" Ursula K. LeGuin (fantasy)

"Ghost in the Shell" Masamune Shirow (manga comic)

"Scientific American" magazine

"American Scientist" magazine

Shelf 4

"Abarat" by Clive Barker (fantasy)

"A System of the World" (sans back cover) Neal Stephenson (historical novel)

"The Imitation Factor" Lee Alan Dugatkin

"The Year's Best Science Fiction" ed Gardner Dozois (2006)

"Asimov's Science Fiction" magazine

"Orphans of Chaos" John C. Wright (fantasy)

"Quicksilver" Neal Stephenson (historical novel)

an empty wine cooler

a drinking glass

"The Skewed Throne" Joshua Palmiter (fantasy)

"Heirs of Earth" Shane Dix and Sean Williams (SF)

"Fool's Errand" Robin Hobb (fantasy)

"Darwin's Cathedral" David Sloan Wilson (science)

my latest eye glasses or contact prescription

"Forge of Heaven" C.J. Cherryh (SF)

A home videotape copy of "Funny Farm" and "Big" (bought for .50 from a neighbor's rummage sale)

2 issues of "Asimov's Science Fiction" magazine

A bank statement

Instruction manual for "Hordes of the Underdark" a computer game based on Dungeons and Dragons

"The High Cost of High Tech" Lenny Siegel and John Markov (non-fiction)

a fork

"Ceres Storm" David Herter (SF)

a bank statement

a large legal trestise on Bankruptcy

"The Presence of the Past" Rupert Sheldrake (alleged science)

An issue of "Weird Tales" - fantasy/horry magazine

"The Selfish Gene" Richard Dawkins (science)

"Parent-Child Relations" (non-fiction)

"The 10 Natural Laws of Successful Time and Life Management"
(self-help)

"The Blue Book" legal citation manual

"Animal Social Behavior" (science)

"The Future of Man" Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (philosophy)

"The Making of the Modern World" (history)

"Calculus" and "Calculus - Study and Solutions Guide"

"The Telecommunications Survival Guide" (non-fiction)

"Selected Readings in Sociobiology" (science)

"Effective Legal Negotiations and Settlement"

"A Treasury of Great Science Fiction: Volume Two"

"Legal Services for the Poor"

"The Origins of Order" Stuart A. Kaufman (science)

"Ghandi's Truth" Erikson Erikson

"Child Custody" Marianne Takas

"How to Attract Anyone, Anytime: The Smart Guide to Flirting" Susan Rabin (self-help)

"The Computer and the Brain" John von Neumann (science)

The Bottom Shelf

"Barron's Profiles of American Colleges Northeast" 2007

"Once Upon A Time in Mexico" A DVD

A stapled together minature book of spells for the Mystic class from the roleplaying game "Rolemaster"

A napkin

"Kung Fu Samurai on Monster Island" a card game

"World of Warcraft" game manual (computer game)

"A Tour of the Calculus" David Berlinski

"The Sirens of Titan" Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (SF)

"Paper Mage" Leah Cutter (fantasy)

A collectable trading game trading card for the City of Heroes online game.

"The Rose of the World" Jude Fisher (fantasy)

"The Alex Studies" Irene Maxine Pepperberg (science)

"Fantasy and Science Fiction" magazine

an unopened letter from an attorney concerning my student loans

"Dungeon Siege" box - (computer game)

A photograph of myself sitting in front of a couch in my daughter's mother's home in the fall of 1992

"Wild Minds: What Animals Really Think" Marc Hauser (science)

"Fool's Fate" Robin Hobb (fantasy)

"Electric Meme" Robert Aunger (science)

A directory of alumni from my undergrad college

a notepad with Chinese characters on it

"Animal Minds" Donald R. Griffin (science)

A postcard from my mother and brother when they were in Ireland

A postcard from my ex-girlfriend Diane telling me how much she misses me (I didn't remember Diane's name until i saw it there. I still can't remember her last name. We were together for almost a year.)

"The Rising Covenant" Stan Nicholls (fantasy)

Two books of state statutes - one for divorces - one for wills

A computer disk on Chinese pronunciation

"City of Villains" computer game

"Religion Explained" Pascal Boyer (science)

"The Covenant Rising" Stan Nicholls (fantasy)

"The Curious Incident of the Dog and the Night Time" Mark Haddon

a dental insurance summary

a pay stub

"Child of the Prophecy" Juliett Marillier (fantasy)

"Maia" Richard Adams (fantasy)

a "Time" magazine issue

"Great Ape Societies" ed. by William MCGrew (science)

"Microbiology" textbook

Haynes "Automotive Body Repair and Painting Manual"

"Calculus" textbook

"The AMA handbook of Business Letters"

"Home Based Business for Dummies"

"Sexual Abuse of Children" (legal and social science text)

"LISP" (programing language manual)

"Engines of Creation" K. Eric Drexler (science)

"Reflections of Eden" Birute M.F. Galdikasa (science)

"Surviving Debt: A Guide for Consumers"

"Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations" AL Franken

"The Ape and the Sushi Master" Frans de Waal (science)

"The Nature of Politics" Roger Masters

"Thought Contagion" Aaron Lynch (science)

"The Child from Five to Ten"

"Return from the Stars" Stanislaw Lem (SF)

"30 Bicycle Tours"

"Encounters with the Arch Druid" John McPhee (science)

"The Major Transitions in Evolution" Maynard Smith & Eos Szathmarthy

"Living Birds" a phamplet from an ornithology lab

"Scientific American" magazine

"The Crow" (comic book)

Criminal Law continuing legal education folder