Literary meme
Something like this has been going around Facebook. I think it more interesting, though, to show both positive and negative choices.
Name 5 fictitious worlds or places in which you would like to live. Give name of the place, if it has one, the title of a work in which the place appears, and the author of the work. Give preference to works of literature, rather than film or television plays.
Do the same for 5 fictitious worlds or places in which you would definitely not want to live.
Here are my choices. I would like to live in:
1. Valdemar, the world of Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series of novels.
2. Argaea, the world of Kyell Gold's novels Volle and Pendant of Fortune.
3. Tornor, the world of Elizabeth A. Lynn's Chronicles of Tornor trilogy.
4. The western part of North America as despicted in Richard Amory's Loon novels, and Willow Song.
5. Earthsea, the world of Ursula LeGuin's A Wizard of Earthsea and sequels.
I would not want to live in:
1. The Land of Oz as described in Gregory Maguire's Wicked and sequels.
2. Middle Earth as described in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
3. The world depicted in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.
4. The world in which Stephen King's Dark Tower series is set.
5. The universe of Orson Scott Card's Songmaster or Speaker for the Dead.
Name 5 fictitious worlds or places in which you would like to live. Give name of the place, if it has one, the title of a work in which the place appears, and the author of the work. Give preference to works of literature, rather than film or television plays.
Do the same for 5 fictitious worlds or places in which you would definitely not want to live.
Here are my choices. I would like to live in:
1. Valdemar, the world of Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series of novels.
2. Argaea, the world of Kyell Gold's novels Volle and Pendant of Fortune.
3. Tornor, the world of Elizabeth A. Lynn's Chronicles of Tornor trilogy.
4. The western part of North America as despicted in Richard Amory's Loon novels, and Willow Song.
5. Earthsea, the world of Ursula LeGuin's A Wizard of Earthsea and sequels.
I would not want to live in:
1. The Land of Oz as described in Gregory Maguire's Wicked and sequels.
2. Middle Earth as described in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
3. The world depicted in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.
4. The world in which Stephen King's Dark Tower series is set.
5. The universe of Orson Scott Card's Songmaster or Speaker for the Dead.