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March 17, 2005
Some Questions
A gift from
You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451. Which book do you want to be?
Oh, this is really tough--either Bleak House Charles Dickens, Pseudolus Plautus, or Dandelion Wine Ray Bradbury.
Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
Yes, three--the eponymous Emma, Kate (from Taming of the Shrew--probably like TSO's Dulcinea because of the fieriness of Elizabeth Taylor's version), and Margo Channing (All About Eve--class and irascibility mixed in the marvelous package of Bette Davis's drawl.)
The last book you bought was . . .
Helena and The DK Shakespeare Guide, the title of which eludes me.
The last book you read was . . .
Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling Ross King
What are you currently reading?
Helena Evelyn Waugh, The Collected Short Stories of Evelyn Waugh, Ascent to Love Ruth Burrows, Great Expectations Charles Dickens, Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy, Carmelite Prayer, The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Life of Johnson, oh, and my guilty pleasure The Punch and Judy Murders Carter Dickson (to be followed up with some Craig Rice I was able to get from Blackmask as e-books!)
Five books you would take to a desert island: (The First Three are for sure. The last two would be a last minute decision. I'd select one from each group depending on the mood I was in and why exactly I was going to a desert island.)
1. Bible - Authorized Version (KJV with original inclusion of the Deuterocanonical Books).
2. Collected works of Shakespeare
3. Complete Works of St. John of the Cross
4. One of: Ulysses, A La Recherche du Temps Perdu, Bleak House, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, or Treasure Island (Depends on the pleasantness of the Isle and my feeling about possible length of stay and purpose)
5. Neal Stephenson either Snow Crash or The Diamond Age; The Difference Engine is a distant and unlikely third possibility.
What three people are you passing this stick on to and why?
Tom of Disputations - sheer curiousity as to whether he would stoop to this level.
Brandon of "Siris"--sheer unadulterated curiousity.
Mr. White-- ditto
I'm just a nosy parker.
Later:
Two points: How could I possibly have forgotten Emma Peel--the constant companion of my just-pre and adolescent years. My first girlfriend was a tristate champion in three martial arts.
And secondly, I'd also like to pass this own to Eutychus Fell because so much of what he writes strikes a familiar chord.
Posted by Steven Riddle at March 17, 2005 3:21 PM
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I have received the baton! You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451. Which book do you want to be? Lessee, they're burning books, right? Having never read F451, I'll go with the Bible. It's thick and it's holy. Have you ever had a crush on a fictional charac... [Read More]
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Thank heavens you included Dandelion Wine and Neal Stephenson ... at least there was something I knew in that learned listing. :-)
Posted by: Julie D. at March 17, 2005 9:57 PM
Hi All,
Looking at this later, I forgot my other great E.T. crush--Maggie "the Cat" of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Now that's one magnificent woman. Pulls her husband out of homosexual mawkishness and slaps down three no-neck monsters all in the same day! Wonder-Woman with class.
shalom,
Steven
Posted by: Steven Riddle at March 17, 2005 11:38 PM
Thank you, Steven!!!! And I've actually HEARD of some of the books!!!!! (I feel marginally more intelligent now.)
Posted by: MamaT at March 18, 2005 12:37 AM
You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451. Which book do you want to be?
Matches.
The last book you bought was ...
Smuggled into the house without my wife noticing.
The last book you read was ...
A bit of a disappointment, really.
What are you currently reading?
"What are you currently reading?"
Five books you would take to a desert island:
A Bible, a breviary, and three survival books.
Posted by: Tom at March 18, 2005 8:56 AM
Thanks, Steven... Emma Peel, yes... I picked Dana Scully and Karen Sisco. :)
Posted by: Eutychus Fell at March 19, 2005 10:06 PM