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amnesiackSo, Jason did this book meme and tagged me as a person to carry it on, so...
Total number of books owned:
It's really tough to say accurately, but based on the number on my shelves right now and the number I have in various boxes, I'd estimate somewhere in the realm of 900-1000, including graphic novels, art books, and roleplaying manuals.
Last book bought:
The last "regular" book I bought was The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. The last book of any sort was the urban fantasy rpg Deliria by Phil Brucato.
Last book read:
The Slow News Day trade by Andi Watson. The last text-only book was Dreams Underfoot by Charles de Lint.
Five books that mean a lot to you:
Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card. For several years I thought I was an Orson Scott Card fan, and I read everything by him that I could get my hands on. I realized after a while that I was actually just an Ender's Game fan, and I was trying to find other books that he'd written that matched it. I've not found one yet, but Ender's Game remains the single most re-read book that I own.
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. Early in my 2nd grade year, The Hobbit became the first novel I read whose name I can remember (there were a few others beforehand, but they were books that I snuck out of the older kids' library, and I can remember only vague outlines of their plots and characters). Reading this book at such a young age shaped a great deal of my life as a reader and lover of words. Whatever else can be said about him and his books, I can't thank Mr. Tolkien enough for that.
God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, by Kurt Vonnegut. BGYMR is not my favorite Vonnegut book, but it was the first one that I read, and it began my love of the postmodern novel, sparking an awareness of DeLillo, Pynchon, Heller, Doctorow, etc. As such, it deserves to be on this list.
Libra, by Don DeLillo. I wrote my senior thesis in college on Libra and Underworld, two books by DeLillo that are fictitious accounts of events that occurred around real historical moments. Libra concerns the JFK assassination, and DeLillo's story will probably always feel more real to me than any factual record of the events ever could.
The #5 spot is always hardest to fill... but I'm going to go ahead with another book that will always be "classic" to me, The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster. It's a children's novel (and an educational one at that), but the bizarre cast of characters, brilliantly twisted use of language, and overall weirdness made it a favorite of mine as a child, and I will always have a fondness for it that surpasses most books that I would actually enjoy reading more as an adult.
Tag five people to continue this meme:
Of course, no one is obligated to do this, but the five people I'm most curious about are...
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fiasco_joe
asqmh
covenantscave
grandmoffdavid
preciousjade
Total number of books owned:
It's really tough to say accurately, but based on the number on my shelves right now and the number I have in various boxes, I'd estimate somewhere in the realm of 900-1000, including graphic novels, art books, and roleplaying manuals.
Last book bought:
The last "regular" book I bought was The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. The last book of any sort was the urban fantasy rpg Deliria by Phil Brucato.
Last book read:
The Slow News Day trade by Andi Watson. The last text-only book was Dreams Underfoot by Charles de Lint.
Five books that mean a lot to you:
Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card. For several years I thought I was an Orson Scott Card fan, and I read everything by him that I could get my hands on. I realized after a while that I was actually just an Ender's Game fan, and I was trying to find other books that he'd written that matched it. I've not found one yet, but Ender's Game remains the single most re-read book that I own.
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. Early in my 2nd grade year, The Hobbit became the first novel I read whose name I can remember (there were a few others beforehand, but they were books that I snuck out of the older kids' library, and I can remember only vague outlines of their plots and characters). Reading this book at such a young age shaped a great deal of my life as a reader and lover of words. Whatever else can be said about him and his books, I can't thank Mr. Tolkien enough for that.
God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, by Kurt Vonnegut. BGYMR is not my favorite Vonnegut book, but it was the first one that I read, and it began my love of the postmodern novel, sparking an awareness of DeLillo, Pynchon, Heller, Doctorow, etc. As such, it deserves to be on this list.
Libra, by Don DeLillo. I wrote my senior thesis in college on Libra and Underworld, two books by DeLillo that are fictitious accounts of events that occurred around real historical moments. Libra concerns the JFK assassination, and DeLillo's story will probably always feel more real to me than any factual record of the events ever could.
The #5 spot is always hardest to fill... but I'm going to go ahead with another book that will always be "classic" to me, The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster. It's a children's novel (and an educational one at that), but the bizarre cast of characters, brilliantly twisted use of language, and overall weirdness made it a favorite of mine as a child, and I will always have a fondness for it that surpasses most books that I would actually enjoy reading more as an adult.
Tag five people to continue this meme:
Of course, no one is obligated to do this, but the five people I'm most curious about are...
fiasco_joeasqmhcovenantscavegrandmoffdavidpreciousjade
