Books (Damn that George)
1. Total number of books I have owned.
Lots, but not as many as I thought I would've by now. Far too many are by the same authors and I have read far too much SF.
2. The last book I bought & 3. The last book I read. (I've updated this one, I read it over the last week 07/06/05)
Cycling to work doesn't give me as much time to read, besides I've got Spanish homework to read now, but I'm not counting that as a book.
4. Five books that mean a lot to me
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, This book has had far too much of an influence on me, far too much, but I wouldn't be who I am without it.
The Owl Who was afraid of the Dark, My favourite bedtime story as a child, or at least I like to think it was, it probably was something else but my memory's not fact, they just a personal version of my past.
The Songs of Distant Earth, Arthur C Clarke actually has stuff in his books that's like real science. I just loved this story when I read it, I didn't know he could be so sentimental. The four Rama books are damn good too.
Armageddon the Musical, Robert Rankin has written a lot of books, and tends to repeat himself so once you've read three or so you've read them all. The Armageddon trilogy had me on the floor laughing first time I read them, but second time it just wasn't that funny, very much unlike Douglas Adams who always makes me laugh.
The London A to Z, Where would I be without it. Lost probably, although that's up north I think.
5. Tag 5 people.
Don't want to... but thank you for the meme George.
3 Comments:
Songs of Distant Earth - a classic! It's years since I read any Arthur C Clarke, but I used to love them. I remember doing the whole Clarke / Asimov / Heinlein / Herbert SF thing at high school with the other nerds. In between rounds of canasta, D&D (or, rather, AD&D) and bad, bad guitar playing.
Meanwhile, pretty sure Lost is in Hawaii, haha. Ahem.
Books. If you got 'em, read 'em.
I was really into Heinlein for a bit, but then I realized that all of his protagonists were old men who eventually developed the radical idea that we should all be naked. Particularly the young and female persons nearby.
The aging sex Gods were also reluctant, and yet eventually give in, to sleeping with all the young, naked lovelies.
After I realized the running theme, it was hard to read the books in any other light.
I mean, harmless enough, but just as pointless, you know?
I'm sure I've read something by Heinlein, but I can't quite remember what. I'm sure quite a few authors live out their fantasys through their writing. I wonder whether that's the case with Terry Pratchett.
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