Literary Confessions
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1) What author do you own the most books by?
R.A. Salvatore . . . which is really unfair, since he's only published about forty. :)
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
I have a number of copies of each of my *own* books. :)
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with a preposition?
To no end.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
I plead the 5th. :)
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
Aside from my own (cheap answer), I've read I, Lucifer, by Glen Duncan (there are approximately eighty thousand books by that title, but Duncan's is the one I like) at least three times.
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Darkwalker on Moonshae, by Douglas Niles, which holds up pretty well even today.
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
Wow, that's just mean. :)
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?"
That would be my third book, which just came out in April, called Downshadow . . . because I honestly think people would love it. :)
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
Damned if I know.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a [good] movie?
Completely without bias (ahem!), I'm going to say Ghostwalker, by that one guy . . .
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
I would hate to see anything by Dr. Seuss made into a movie. Oh wait--too late. :(
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
I've had odd dreams about my own characters. Not sexual dreams, exactly, but odd ones. :)
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Only because of the title, but Mario Acevedo's The Nymphos of Rocky Flats, which is AWESOME, btw.
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
I'm trying to think of the most difficult novel I tried to read and actually *did* finish . . . nope. I usually just put down books that aren't working for me. Cryptonomicon didn't do it for me.
16) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
All three.
17) Austen or Eliot?
I've read both . . . they both bore me, though I appreciate the skill of both. My wife *loves* Austen's work.
18) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
I have never read anything by Steven Erikson, which is something of a gap in my fantasy reading. Tried, but I just didn't like it at the time. Maybe I'll return to it at some point. :)
19) What is your favorite novel?
I don't have just one. Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman; A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R.R. Martin; I, Lucifer, by Glen Duncan.
20) Favorite Play?
Hamlet. No contest.
21) Short story?
Neil Gaiman's "A Study in Emerald," a collision between the world of Sherlock Holmes and H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulu mythos.
22) Work of non-fiction?
By the Sword, by Richard Cohen
23) Who is your favorite writer?
Three-way deathmatch between Neil Gaiman, George R.R. Martin, and Paul S. Kemp.
24) Who is your favorite poet?
Not really a poetry guy. If you expand the definition of poetry to include songs, my favorite poet is Maynard James Keenan.
25) Just for fun, what are your "guilty pleasure" reads?
I absolutely adore Richelle Mead's Georgina Kincaid books. Also Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series.
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 . . . which is really unfair, since he's only published about forty. :)
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
I have a number of copies of each of my *own* books. :)
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with a preposition?
To no end.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
I plead the 5th. :)
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
Aside from my own (cheap answer), I've read I, Lucifer, by Glen Duncan (there are approximately eighty thousand books by that title, but Duncan's is the one I like) at least three times.
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Darkwalker on Moonshae, by Douglas Niles, which holds up pretty well even today.
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
Wow, that's just mean. :)
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?"
That would be my third book, which just came out in April, called Downshadow . . . because I honestly think people would love it. :)
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
Damned if I know.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a [good] movie?
Completely without bias (ahem!), I'm going to say Ghostwalker, by that one guy . . .
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
I would hate to see anything by Dr. Seuss made into a movie. Oh wait--too late. :(
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
I've had odd dreams about my own characters. Not sexual dreams, exactly, but odd ones. :)
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Only because of the title, but Mario Acevedo's The Nymphos of Rocky Flats, which is AWESOME, btw.
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
I'm trying to think of the most difficult novel I tried to read and actually *did* finish . . . nope. I usually just put down books that aren't working for me. Cryptonomicon didn't do it for me.
16) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
All three.
17) Austen or Eliot?
I've read both . . . they both bore me, though I appreciate the skill of both. My wife *loves* Austen's work.
18) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
I have never read anything by Steven Erikson, which is something of a gap in my fantasy reading. Tried, but I just didn't like it at the time. Maybe I'll return to it at some point. :)
19) What is your favorite novel?
I don't have just one. Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman; A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R.R. Martin; I, Lucifer, by Glen Duncan.
20) Favorite Play?
Hamlet. No contest.
21) Short story?
Neil Gaiman's "A Study in Emerald," a collision between the world of Sherlock Holmes and H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulu mythos.
22) Work of non-fiction?
By the Sword, by Richard Cohen
23) Who is your favorite writer?
Three-way deathmatch between Neil Gaiman, George R.R. Martin, and Paul S. Kemp.
24) Who is your favorite poet?
Not really a poetry guy. If you expand the definition of poetry to include songs, my favorite poet is Maynard James Keenan.
25) Just for fun, what are your "guilty pleasure" reads?
I absolutely adore Richelle Mead's Georgina Kincaid books. Also Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series.