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Writing meme
Saw this first on gridlore's LJ, but ganked it from seawasp:
1) What author do you own the most books by? Terry Pratchett
2) What book do you own the most copies of? Miller & Lee's 'Partners in Necessity' hardback omnibus [and several copies of each of the 3 books making it up also in paperback]
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions? Not really
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with? Hanners [from 'Questionable Content']
5) What book have you read the most times in your life? Most times would have to be 'Stranger in a Strange Land'
6) What was your favourite book when you were ten years old? 'Catseye' by Andre Norton
7) What is the worst book you’ve read in the past year? Sadly, it's turning out to be 'Cryptonomicon'
8) What is the best book you’ve read in the past year? 'Fledging' by Miller & Lee
9) If you could force everyone you know to read one book, what would it be? If I knew it would be enjoyed, probably 'Stranger in a Strange Land' - but forcing someone to read a book rarely ends well
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature? Phil Foglio
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie? 'Crucible of Time' by John Brunner
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie? Sarah Palin's bio
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character. Define 'weird'. [I have PG-rated action/adventure dreams every night that do romps thru space, time and reality - with a cast of thousands - many of which are lit-based. Trying to fine it down to 'weirdest' would be very, very difficult.]
14) What is the most lowbrow book you’ve read as an adult? 'Justine' by deSade
15) What is the most difficult book you’ve ever read? 'Ulysses' [also ranks as the most boring book I've ever read]
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you’ve seen? A version of 'Macbeth' in modern dress that tried to represent the characters as aspects of psychological illnesses
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians? Russians - I know more Russians
18) Roth or Updike? Updike
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers? In 'Men in Black' wasn't an alien wearing an Egger suit?
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer? Shakespeare
21) Austen or Eliot? Eliot
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading? Biggest? The vast majority of romance fiction that I have avoided like the plague
23) What is your favourite novel? the 914 page 1912 edition of 'The Three Musketeers'
24) Play? 'Hamlet'
25) Poem? Kipling's 'Ballad of East and West'
26) Essay? 'First Deer' by Patrick MacManus from 'A Fine & Pleasant Misery'
27) Short story? 'Sredni Vashtar' by Saki
28) Work of non-fiction? 'From the Jaws of Victory'
29) Who is your favourite writer? Terry Pratchett
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today? Too many to choose from
31) What is your desert island book? the omnibus 'Partners in Necessity'
32) And… what are you reading right now? 'Cryptonomicon'
1) What author do you own the most books by? Terry Pratchett
2) What book do you own the most copies of? Miller & Lee's 'Partners in Necessity' hardback omnibus [and several copies of each of the 3 books making it up also in paperback]
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions? Not really
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with? Hanners [from 'Questionable Content']
5) What book have you read the most times in your life? Most times would have to be 'Stranger in a Strange Land'
6) What was your favourite book when you were ten years old? 'Catseye' by Andre Norton
7) What is the worst book you’ve read in the past year? Sadly, it's turning out to be 'Cryptonomicon'
8) What is the best book you’ve read in the past year? 'Fledging' by Miller & Lee
9) If you could force everyone you know to read one book, what would it be? If I knew it would be enjoyed, probably 'Stranger in a Strange Land' - but forcing someone to read a book rarely ends well
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for Literature? Phil Foglio
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie? 'Crucible of Time' by John Brunner
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie? Sarah Palin's bio
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character. Define 'weird'. [I have PG-rated action/adventure dreams every night that do romps thru space, time and reality - with a cast of thousands - many of which are lit-based. Trying to fine it down to 'weirdest' would be very, very difficult.]
14) What is the most lowbrow book you’ve read as an adult? 'Justine' by deSade
15) What is the most difficult book you’ve ever read? 'Ulysses' [also ranks as the most boring book I've ever read]
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you’ve seen? A version of 'Macbeth' in modern dress that tried to represent the characters as aspects of psychological illnesses
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians? Russians - I know more Russians
18) Roth or Updike? Updike
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers? In 'Men in Black' wasn't an alien wearing an Egger suit?
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer? Shakespeare
21) Austen or Eliot? Eliot
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading? Biggest? The vast majority of romance fiction that I have avoided like the plague
23) What is your favourite novel? the 914 page 1912 edition of 'The Three Musketeers'
24) Play? 'Hamlet'
25) Poem? Kipling's 'Ballad of East and West'
26) Essay? 'First Deer' by Patrick MacManus from 'A Fine & Pleasant Misery'
27) Short story? 'Sredni Vashtar' by Saki
28) Work of non-fiction? 'From the Jaws of Victory'
29) Who is your favourite writer? Terry Pratchett
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today? Too many to choose from
31) What is your desert island book? the omnibus 'Partners in Necessity'
32) And… what are you reading right now? 'Cryptonomicon'