"Don't sell your heart and break just anyone..."
In accordance with Chelsea's post, and in avoidance of the Gov't project...
You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be (For those who haven't read Bradbury's book--in the novel all books have been destroyed. To insure that these valuable resources survive, members of an underground all "become" books. That is, they memorize them and can recite them to others. Living texts.)?
I could be witty and say another Ray Bradbury book, but the only other one I've read is Something Wicked This Way Comes, and anyway, I think one of the characters in the movie version says that. Instead, I'll say Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams because as popular or run-down as it gets, it's still one of my favorites to re-read, and I can already quote most of it by heart.
Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
Not a crush, really. I'd have to say, the one female character that would appeal to me is Clarisse McClellan, of Fahrenheit 451. I agree whole-heartedly with the social ideals represented by her character, though they lead to her unfortunate end. Even so, I think I'll one day live in a house with a large porch.
The last book you bought is:
Hmm... Probably Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, though that was a long time ago. Either that, or a novel of short stories and poems written by other authors as a tribute to Gaiman's "Sandman" comics series.
The last book you read:
The last book I read completely was Macbeth, for AP Lit, which is actually a play (assuming that Where's My Cow? by Terry Pratchett, a comical children's book based on the story Commander Vimes reads to his child in Thud!, doesn't count).
What are you currently reading?
At the moment, I'm reading Point Counter Point by Aldous Huxley, A Heart-breaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, and Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. Er, I'm trying to figure out which one I want to read for a research project. I'll finish each of them, eventually, assuming they don't get taken back by the library too soon. I might also re-read Flatterland by Ian Stewart, for some mathematical, paradoxical, enigmatic good fun. Er.
Five books you would take to a deserted island.
Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett (as one of my favorites)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (for some manic situational humor)
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (for the same reason)
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder (because it's long, and because it will remind me what it means to be human)
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (because the paper will serve a number of uses for a long time)
Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why?
On the el-jay....
1.) Tony, because I haven't heard much from you lately on here, not that it matters.
2.) Jessi, because you've read so much more than I have, and I might get some ideas for other books to read.
3.) Bridget, because you're often mentioning in your livejournal new books that you purchased.
You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be (For those who haven't read Bradbury's book--in the novel all books have been destroyed. To insure that these valuable resources survive, members of an underground all "become" books. That is, they memorize them and can recite them to others. Living texts.)?
I could be witty and say another Ray Bradbury book, but the only other one I've read is Something Wicked This Way Comes, and anyway, I think one of the characters in the movie version says that. Instead, I'll say Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams because as popular or run-down as it gets, it's still one of my favorites to re-read, and I can already quote most of it by heart.
Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
Not a crush, really. I'd have to say, the one female character that would appeal to me is Clarisse McClellan, of Fahrenheit 451. I agree whole-heartedly with the social ideals represented by her character, though they lead to her unfortunate end. Even so, I think I'll one day live in a house with a large porch.
The last book you bought is:
Hmm... Probably Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, though that was a long time ago. Either that, or a novel of short stories and poems written by other authors as a tribute to Gaiman's "Sandman" comics series.
The last book you read:
The last book I read completely was Macbeth, for AP Lit, which is actually a play (assuming that Where's My Cow? by Terry Pratchett, a comical children's book based on the story Commander Vimes reads to his child in Thud!, doesn't count).
What are you currently reading?
At the moment, I'm reading Point Counter Point by Aldous Huxley, A Heart-breaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, and Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. Er, I'm trying to figure out which one I want to read for a research project. I'll finish each of them, eventually, assuming they don't get taken back by the library too soon. I might also re-read Flatterland by Ian Stewart, for some mathematical, paradoxical, enigmatic good fun. Er.
Five books you would take to a deserted island.
Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett (as one of my favorites)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (for some manic situational humor)
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (for the same reason)
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder (because it's long, and because it will remind me what it means to be human)
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (because the paper will serve a number of uses for a long time)
Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why?
On the el-jay....
1.) Tony, because I haven't heard much from you lately on here, not that it matters.
2.) Jessi, because you've read so much more than I have, and I might get some ideas for other books to read.
3.) Bridget, because you're often mentioning in your livejournal new books that you purchased.