Man, I need to read more
What author do you own the most books by?
Marion Zimmer Bradley
What book do you own the most copies of?
Learning Perl
Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
Nope.
What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Conan
What book have you read the most times in your life?
probably DragonFlight by Anne McCaffery
What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Anything that had horses in it
What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
Twilight
What is the best book you've read in the past year?
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
If you could force everyone to read one book, what would it be?
I really couldn't pick one book for everyone - it would have to depend.
Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
I really don't think they'd pick any of the stuff I like.
What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
Lies of Locke Lamora - and I'd like Joss Whedon to do it. I think he could do justice to the characterization and the quick, decisive action.
What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
too late.
Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
Why can I never dream of Conan?
What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Anything by LK Hamilton!
What is the most difficult book you've ever read and loved?
I've read a lot of difficult books and loved many books, but I'm not sure to what extent they've co-mingled. I generally don't love reading difficult books even if I perversely enjoy the sense of grim satisfaction at the end
What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
I believe all the Shakespear I've seen is quite well-known.
Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
I like French philosophers and Russian history
Roth or Updike?
dunno
David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
I'm a fan of Amy Sedaris, but somehow I don't think that counts...
Austen or Eliot?
I don't know that I've read enough of either to compare
What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
I have lots of gaps, and for the most part I don't care, but as a sci-fi fan I think I get the most crap over not reading the Lord of the Rings series. I still have a gift-wrapped set that has sat un-opened on my shelf for a longer thyme than I'll admit. In a more 'literary' vein - I feel I really ought to read much more by Oscar Wilde.
What is your favorite novel?
Black Beauty
The Three Musketeers
10,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Robinson Carusoe
Play?
I haven't seen that many, but I did really enjoy The Importance of Being Earnest
Poem?
The Raven
Essay?
hmm - I can't think of any
Short Story?
It's a short story in one of Andre Norton's Cat Fancy collections - about a husband and wife (who has alzheimer's) growing old and the effect of a cat that they bring into their lives. It's heartbreaking and full of hope and it's always stuck with me. However I cannot remember the name or the author.
Work of non-fiction?
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbera Tuchman
The Endurance: Shakleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander
Graphic novel?
The Crow
Ghost in the Shell
Who is your favorite writer?
Lois McMaster Bujold, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Anne Bishop
Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
not gonna even type the name
What is your desert island book?
The most comprehensive survival guide I could find