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Literary Confessions
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1) What author do you own the most books by?
R.A. Salvatore (I own all the Dragonlance books, but they are written by many authors, so they don't really count)
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
4th edition Players Handbook
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with a preposition?
I didn't notice.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
None, although I used to have a serious crush on a character from the Disney movie Beauty and the Beast. (I ain't saying which one, so don't ask)
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
Cerebus, Church and State. It collects issues 52 to113 of the Cerebus comic book. I've read it as part of reading all the Cerebus books that I own, (my collection only goes from 1 to about 180) and by itself. It's probably my favorite comic book story, and that is saying a lot.
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
The Hardy Boys
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
I don't know.
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Einstein by Walter Issacson
9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?"
The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
I don't know.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a [good] movie?
The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars. It has a beautiful ending, It's hard science fiction, and its ending leaves a huge question unanswered that I was strangely at-peace with.
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
I can't think of anything but a joke, so I don't know.
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
I used to dream about whatever Dean Knootz or Steven King book I was reading at the time, they were pretty weird.
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Tough question, I don't have time for many books, so I'm choosy. Where's Waldo I guess. I've picked up a few of my wife's Nora Roberts books too, when they involve a fantasy setting, or spy-antics.
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
The Odessey. I had to literally read it out loud to stay focused.
16) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare
17) Austen or Eliot?
Austen, because of the movies made from her work, and the recent zombie book.
18) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
In the fantasy realm, I haven't read much besides mainstream stuff. Also, I had not read any Tolkien but The Hobbit until just before the movies came out.
19) What is your favorite novel?
Transcendence by R.A Salvatore. I got to tell him to his face too. :D
20) Favorite Play?
Hamlet.
21) Short story?
This entire post was mainly to be able to answer this question. I love love love The Jaunt by Steven King. I have read it many times, and I consider it my first experience with written science fiction.
22) Work of non-fiction?
Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel
23) Who is your favorite writer?
Kim Stanley Robinson
24) Who is your favorite poet?
Edgar Allen Poe.
25) Just for fun, what are your "guilty pleasure" reads?
The Monkeewrench series by P. J. Tracy
Rules: You have received this note because someone thinks you are a literary geek. Copy the questions into your own note, answer the questions, and tag any friends who would appreciate the quiz, including the person who sent you this.
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1) What author do you own the most books by?
R.A. Salvatore (I own all the Dragonlance books, but they are written by many authors, so they don't really count)
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
4th edition Players Handbook
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with a preposition?
I didn't notice.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
None, although I used to have a serious crush on a character from the Disney movie Beauty and the Beast. (I ain't saying which one, so don't ask)
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
Cerebus, Church and State. It collects issues 52 to113 of the Cerebus comic book. I've read it as part of reading all the Cerebus books that I own, (my collection only goes from 1 to about 180) and by itself. It's probably my favorite comic book story, and that is saying a lot.
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
The Hardy Boys
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
I don't know.
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Einstein by Walter Issacson
9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?"
The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
I don't know.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a [good] movie?
The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars. It has a beautiful ending, It's hard science fiction, and its ending leaves a huge question unanswered that I was strangely at-peace with.
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
I can't think of anything but a joke, so I don't know.
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
I used to dream about whatever Dean Knootz or Steven King book I was reading at the time, they were pretty weird.
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Tough question, I don't have time for many books, so I'm choosy. Where's Waldo I guess. I've picked up a few of my wife's Nora Roberts books too, when they involve a fantasy setting, or spy-antics.
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
The Odessey. I had to literally read it out loud to stay focused.
16) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakespeare
17) Austen or Eliot?
Austen, because of the movies made from her work, and the recent zombie book.
18) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
In the fantasy realm, I haven't read much besides mainstream stuff. Also, I had not read any Tolkien but The Hobbit until just before the movies came out.
19) What is your favorite novel?
Transcendence by R.A Salvatore. I got to tell him to his face too. :D
20) Favorite Play?
Hamlet.
21) Short story?
This entire post was mainly to be able to answer this question. I love love love The Jaunt by Steven King. I have read it many times, and I consider it my first experience with written science fiction.
22) Work of non-fiction?
Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel
23) Who is your favorite writer?
Kim Stanley Robinson
24) Who is your favorite poet?
Edgar Allen Poe.
25) Just for fun, what are your "guilty pleasure" reads?
The Monkeewrench series by P. J. Tracy