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communicator and altariel1.
In Farenheit 451, volunteers memorise entire books, to preserve the text from burning: what text would you learn and save?
Well, it would be too easy to say "The Bible", though that would probably be my real answer. Though I'm not sure I could memorise the whole thing, but chunks of itanyway.
However, apart from the Bible...
The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G.K. Chesterton
Have you ever had a crush on a character in a book?
Not really, though likealtariel1 they would probably be "angsty, dark-haired and cerebral"...
The last book you bought is:
Metallic Love by Tanith Lee. It's a sequel to "The Silver Metal Lover". I haven't read it yet, though. It's on my to-be-read shelves.
No, I lie. The last book I bought is The Perl Cookbook.
The last book you finished is:
War For the Oaks by Emma Bull. An old favourite.
What are you currently reading:
Actually, I'm currently reading fanfic. And dipping into "The Perl Cookbook".
What I might read next, I'm not sure. Perhaps Island of Ghosts by Gillian Bradshaw (another old favourite)
Five desert island books:
I also shall skip the memorized book.
The Beacon at Alexandria by Gillian Bradshaw (of which I have two copies, one to keep and one to lend)
Trouble With Lichen by John Wyndham
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (it's a book, you can get it in one volume (pokes out tongue))
Scout's Progress by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold (It's hard to pick just one Bujold, but I think this one won because (a) I seem to re-read it fairly often, (b) I bought in hardback and (c) did not get rid of the hardback after I got the paperback.)
Though I'm not sure if I should swap the Wyndham for "Pride and Predjudice" anyway...
communicator and altariel1.In Farenheit 451, volunteers memorise entire books, to preserve the text from burning: what text would you learn and save?
Well, it would be too easy to say "The Bible", though that would probably be my real answer. Though I'm not sure I could memorise the whole thing, but chunks of itanyway.
However, apart from the Bible...
The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G.K. Chesterton
Have you ever had a crush on a character in a book?
Not really, though like
altariel1 they would probably be "angsty, dark-haired and cerebral"...The last book you bought is:
Metallic Love by Tanith Lee. It's a sequel to "The Silver Metal Lover". I haven't read it yet, though. It's on my to-be-read shelves.
No, I lie. The last book I bought is The Perl Cookbook.
The last book you finished is:
War For the Oaks by Emma Bull. An old favourite.
What are you currently reading:
Actually, I'm currently reading fanfic. And dipping into "The Perl Cookbook".
What I might read next, I'm not sure. Perhaps Island of Ghosts by Gillian Bradshaw (another old favourite)
Five desert island books:
I also shall skip the memorized book.
The Beacon at Alexandria by Gillian Bradshaw (of which I have two copies, one to keep and one to lend)
Trouble With Lichen by John Wyndham
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (it's a book, you can get it in one volume (pokes out tongue))
Scout's Progress by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold (It's hard to pick just one Bujold, but I think this one won because (a) I seem to re-read it fairly often, (b) I bought in hardback and (c) did not get rid of the hardback after I got the paperback.)
Though I'm not sure if I should swap the Wyndham for "Pride and Predjudice" anyway...
