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Jun. 22nd, 2009 07:58 amWhat author do you own the most books by?
Terry Pratchett.
What book do you own the most copies of?
I've two copies of "Helechos de los Cafetales d'El Salvador", but I did work on it so that's only to be expected. Other than that? Nothing I can think of. I have many books, but they're all different.
Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
Meh. Its a meme. I don't look for literary style.
What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Fenchurch from Hitchhiker's.
What books have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children; i.e., Goodnight Moon does not count)?
The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins
What was your favourite book when you were ten years old?
The Hound of the Morrigan - Pat O'Shea.
What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
A Kevin J. Anderson/ Brian Herbert Dune sequel.
What is the best book you've read in the past year
Space Captain Smith - Toby Frost. Hilarious steampunk awesomness.
If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
The Call of Cthulhu - H. P. Lovecraft
Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature?
Most of my favourite authors are dead. Either Pterry or Iain M. Banks.
What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
No idea. Most of what I like is almost unfilmable.
What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
Anything by Iain M. Banks. I just don't think its possible do do it justice. It would have to be in IMAX and fifteen hours long.
Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
Nope. Don't think I've had them.
What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Some of Kevin J. Anderson's "Saga of Seven Suns" stuff.
What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
The Grand Strategy of Evolution - William Patten, it tries to find an evolutionary justification for 1920's American values of cooperation, self-restraint, etc, using a fundamentally flawed version of evolution and phylogeny. Its just weird.
What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
Much Ado About Nothing
Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
I've read more French than Russian. Jules Verne FTW
Roth or Updike?
Never read either.
David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Who?
Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare. One day I'll read Milton.
Austen or Eliot?
Never read either. Have no plans to either.
What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
I'm sure some people will think I should read some dreary modern literary fiction.
What is your favourite novel?
Excession
Play?
Macbeth - Shakespeare
Poem?
Flannan Isle - Wilfred Wilson Gibson
Essay?
Stick a pin in a Stephen Jay Gould book. I'm sure you'll find something.
Short story?
The Shadow Out Of Time - H.P. Lovecraft
Work of nonfiction?
The Origin of Species - Darwin.
Who is your favorite writer?
Terry Pratchett
Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Stephanie Meyer. (I'm keeping SB's one on this)
What is your desert island book?
A complete works of Charles Darwin. It doesn't exist, but I'd love it too.
And... what are you reading right now?
The Purple Cloud - M.P. Schiel
Terry Pratchett.
What book do you own the most copies of?
I've two copies of "Helechos de los Cafetales d'El Salvador", but I did work on it so that's only to be expected. Other than that? Nothing I can think of. I have many books, but they're all different.
Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
Meh. Its a meme. I don't look for literary style.
What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Fenchurch from Hitchhiker's.
What books have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children; i.e., Goodnight Moon does not count)?
The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins
What was your favourite book when you were ten years old?
The Hound of the Morrigan - Pat O'Shea.
What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
A Kevin J. Anderson/ Brian Herbert Dune sequel.
What is the best book you've read in the past year
Space Captain Smith - Toby Frost. Hilarious steampunk awesomness.
If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
The Call of Cthulhu - H. P. Lovecraft
Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature?
Most of my favourite authors are dead. Either Pterry or Iain M. Banks.
What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
No idea. Most of what I like is almost unfilmable.
What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
Anything by Iain M. Banks. I just don't think its possible do do it justice. It would have to be in IMAX and fifteen hours long.
Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
Nope. Don't think I've had them.
What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Some of Kevin J. Anderson's "Saga of Seven Suns" stuff.
What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
The Grand Strategy of Evolution - William Patten, it tries to find an evolutionary justification for 1920's American values of cooperation, self-restraint, etc, using a fundamentally flawed version of evolution and phylogeny. Its just weird.
What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
Much Ado About Nothing
Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
I've read more French than Russian. Jules Verne FTW
Roth or Updike?
Never read either.
David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Who?
Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare. One day I'll read Milton.
Austen or Eliot?
Never read either. Have no plans to either.
What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
I'm sure some people will think I should read some dreary modern literary fiction.
What is your favourite novel?
Excession
Play?
Macbeth - Shakespeare
Poem?
Flannan Isle - Wilfred Wilson Gibson
Essay?
Stick a pin in a Stephen Jay Gould book. I'm sure you'll find something.
Short story?
The Shadow Out Of Time - H.P. Lovecraft
Work of nonfiction?
The Origin of Species - Darwin.
Who is your favorite writer?
Terry Pratchett
Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
Stephanie Meyer. (I'm keeping SB's one on this)
What is your desert island book?
A complete works of Charles Darwin. It doesn't exist, but I'd love it too.
And... what are you reading right now?
The Purple Cloud - M.P. Schiel
