I got this from Tommy as well.
A Book Meme
You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?
I believe that all of the books are burned in Farenheit 451 so I guess I don't want to be any of them.
Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
Oh God, yeah.
Mr. Darcy. I argued my case here. A controversial post. I maintain my position. I love Mr. Darcy. I also maintain my position - sort of on a side note - that alpha male does NOT equal "bad boy". This comes from the comments section of that post ... this is not to say that Mr. Darcy is not an arrogant son-of-a-bitch. He is. I still would love to spar with him any day.
John, from The Pigman. I think I STILL have a crush on him.
Mercutio. From Romeo and Juliet. Don't laugh. I really did have kind of a swooning crush on Mercutio in high school. I liked him much better than the love-lorn Romeo.
The last book you bought is:
Bobby Fischer Goes to War - discussed ad nauseum below.
The last book you read:
Elias Canetti's Crowds and Power. An awesome accomplishment, it's still seeping in. I finished it a couple of days ago and it has very much stayed with me.
What are you currently reading?
JM Synge: The Aran Islands
Lincoln, by David Herbert Donald
Five books you would take to a deserted island.
Well, I could be practical and say: A book about First Aid, and a book about How To Build Your Own Boat.
But I'm not practical. I like to look at memes like this more in a what-does-this-reveal-about-your-personality way, as opposed to anything literal.
So. Let's see.
Crime and Punishment., by Dostoevsky
Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle
Mating, by Norman Rush
Hopeful Monsters, by Nicholas Mosley
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
Hm. The first thing that came to mind is all fiction - even though I am primarily a non-fiction type of girl. Interesting. These are books I have read countless times, and will never get tired of them. Ever. I have read them literally into dog-eared states, each and every one of them.
Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why
EVERYONE DO IT!! :)
In Fahrenheit 451, people became books - the rebels each chose a book to memorize and preserve orally for posterity. I believe that is what's meant here.
Posted by: Anne at March 13, 2005 4:46 PM1. I would become War of the Worlds. "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched..."
2. Alla time! Rosa Saks from Kavalier & Clay. The first one was Princess Leia in Alan Dean Foster's Splinter of the Mind's Eye.
3. "Ministry of Space" by Warren Ellis with art by Chris Weston.
4. "The Power of Iron Man" an older Marvel compendium
Simple & Direct by Jacques Barzun
5. This New Ocean by William E. Burrows
Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay edited by DiYanni
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
That's all I could say for now because faced with only two more choices, I started to short circuit. :)
Posted by: popskull at March 13, 2005 6:08 PMSheila,
Having failed to come up with interesting responses, can I at least say that you have the most interesting readers?
Love,
Posted by: Emily at March 13, 2005 9:13 PM1. How things work, Vol. I, self-explanatory
2. How things work, Vol. II, self explanatory
3. How things work, Vol. III, self explanatory
4. The Silmarillion....a deserted island would be perfect for this one, not a knock at all, just saying.
5. Playboy. Oh shutup, yeah it's a magazine not a book but give me a break, it's a freakin' deserted island. Besides, if the first three keep me alive and the fourth one doesn't drive me nuts I deserve it.
Oh, right ... with the Farenheit 451. Hmmm. In that case ... I would have to say that I would memorize the Bible.
Posted by: red at March 14, 2005 9:16 AM1) Farenheit 451!!
2) Far too many to mention.
3) The Whole Equation - A history of Hollywood... just t'other day in fact.
4) Seeing Things - Seamus Heaney.
Electric Universe - David Bodanis.. taking longer to get through than I expected.
5) The Whole Equation.. it's sitting accusingly on the pile.
Catch-22,
Slaughter-house 5,
Beowulf - Heaney...
and A. N. Other