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Yes, it's a meme. Sue me.
Mar. 22nd, 2005 08:57 pmAs Misha said - being named explicitly kind of makes you feel the need to do it. The meme, I mean. And yes, I realize this is enry number 999, and that whenever I feel ready I'm going to type up something and it'll be EPIC, but I'm not feeling the EPIC right now. I'm not feeling much of anything. Anyway it's a pretty good meme, even though I'm usre I'm going to feel stupid after doing it because I'm not reading classy enough stuf. Ha!
You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be? The thing about being in F451 is I'm not sure I'd want to be a book. I'd probably wind up being something people would want to save out of some sense of irony, like We by Yevgeny Zamyatin or something.
Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character? Gods yes. Hasn't everyone?
The last book you bought is: one of the John Constantine: Hellblazer trades. I demand that comic books count.
The last book you read:
What are you currently reading? Nothing; I'm in book limbo until I go to Borders later this week. Then I'll probably pick up The Divine Invasion (Philip K. Dick) because I liked Valis too much to not.
Five books you would take to a deserted island. (Worth noting - I hate deserted islands.)
1) Pattern Recognition, William Gibson. I loved Neuromancer, and I'm not underestimating the impact it had on my life (it set in motion the chain of events that sends me off to draw comics next year) but this book ... is so damn readable. Rereadable. And I love it more every time.
2) Valis, Philip K. Dick. Because I don't mind my science fiction to have a bit (or a lot) of theology in it, especially when it's a drugged-up version of Gnosticism. Seriously - I like this book a great deal, though it took me a few tries to get past the first 50 or so pages.
3) S, M, L, XL, Rem Koolhaas. Yes, it's a coffee table book, but I like Rem's work as an architect and there are some interesting essays in it, like "Exodus, or The Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture". Although this on time I really pissed off Alex when I quoted from it.
4) Black Holes and Baby Universes, Dr. Stephen Hawking. I liked Hawking because I understand what he's saying even though I don't necessarily think I'm very smart at physics. BHABU is actually a collection of essays, which is good because I've had a hard time reading his books ... I can do it, they just take a very long time.
5) American Gods, Neil Gaiman. Because then I'd have found my copy! I'm very excited about Anansi Boys as well.
Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why? ALL OF YOU MUST DO IT. All of you, says I!
Absis, Liam, Crovax.
You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be? The thing about being in F451 is I'm not sure I'd want to be a book. I'd probably wind up being something people would want to save out of some sense of irony, like We by Yevgeny Zamyatin or something.
Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character? Gods yes. Hasn't everyone?
The last book you bought is: one of the John Constantine: Hellblazer trades. I demand that comic books count.
The last book you read:
What are you currently reading? Nothing; I'm in book limbo until I go to Borders later this week. Then I'll probably pick up The Divine Invasion (Philip K. Dick) because I liked Valis too much to not.
Five books you would take to a deserted island. (Worth noting - I hate deserted islands.)
1) Pattern Recognition, William Gibson. I loved Neuromancer, and I'm not underestimating the impact it had on my life (it set in motion the chain of events that sends me off to draw comics next year) but this book ... is so damn readable. Rereadable. And I love it more every time.
2) Valis, Philip K. Dick. Because I don't mind my science fiction to have a bit (or a lot) of theology in it, especially when it's a drugged-up version of Gnosticism. Seriously - I like this book a great deal, though it took me a few tries to get past the first 50 or so pages.
3) S, M, L, XL, Rem Koolhaas. Yes, it's a coffee table book, but I like Rem's work as an architect and there are some interesting essays in it, like "Exodus, or The Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture". Although this on time I really pissed off Alex when I quoted from it.
4) Black Holes and Baby Universes, Dr. Stephen Hawking. I liked Hawking because I understand what he's saying even though I don't necessarily think I'm very smart at physics. BHABU is actually a collection of essays, which is good because I've had a hard time reading his books ... I can do it, they just take a very long time.
5) American Gods, Neil Gaiman. Because then I'd have found my copy! I'm very excited about Anansi Boys as well.
Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why? ALL OF YOU MUST DO IT. All of you, says I!
Absis, Liam, Crovax.
