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1) What author do you own the most books by?
Almost certainly Sir Terry Pratchett. (I haven't counted the Doctor Who novels by author, but I don't think any one writer's written more than twenty of them[1]).
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
Depends on how you define "copy". I have one copy each of all four editions of The Discworld Companion and all three editions of The Red Dwarf Programme Guide.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
It's something I can put up with.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
If I told you that, it wouldn't be a secret, would it?
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
No idea. Probably a Discworld one - I read Hogfather every Christmas, so that seems most likely.
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Green Smoke by Rosemary Manning.
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
I don't think I've read any bad books lately.
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Unseen Academicals
9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
Like both people I've gakked this from, I wouldn't.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
Sir Terry Pratchett. Obviously, he won't, but he deserves to.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
Dunno for both. I'm generally happy to see movies based on books, but until they are I'm perfectly happy with the book...
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
Erm...no.
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
No idea; I honestly can't tell if something's "lowbrow" or not. I'm sure many people would consider the bulk of my reading to be lowbrow automatically by reason of genre.
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
Silmarillion.
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
AFAICR I've only actually seen Macbeth and Taming of the Shrew.
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
18) Roth or Updike?
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Um... remember what I said above about the bulk of my reading being lowbrow? (Although I have at least heard of Roth and Updike, which is more than I can say about the Daves.)
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakey.
21) Austen or Eliot?
George or T.S.?
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Most of Proper Literature what doesn't have dragons or spaceships.
23) What is your favourite novel?
AAAARGH!
24) Play?
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
25) Poem?
"Tell Me Why" Roger McGough
26) Essay?
No idea.
27) Short story?
Can't think just now.
28) Work of non-fiction?
Currently Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures
29) Who is your favourite writer?
Sir Terrence David John Pratchett OBE.
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
31) What is your desert island book?
AAARGH! again...
32) And ... what are you reading right now?
A friend from work lent me Journey To The West.
[1]Yes, all right, there's Terrance Dicks. But for some reason I don't have many TV-Who novelisations.
cat63 and rhiannon_s1) What author do you own the most books by?
Almost certainly Sir Terry Pratchett. (I haven't counted the Doctor Who novels by author, but I don't think any one writer's written more than twenty of them[1]).
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
Depends on how you define "copy". I have one copy each of all four editions of The Discworld Companion and all three editions of The Red Dwarf Programme Guide.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
It's something I can put up with.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
If I told you that, it wouldn't be a secret, would it?
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
No idea. Probably a Discworld one - I read Hogfather every Christmas, so that seems most likely.
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Green Smoke by Rosemary Manning.
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
I don't think I've read any bad books lately.
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Unseen Academicals
9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
Like both people I've gakked this from, I wouldn't.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
Sir Terry Pratchett. Obviously, he won't, but he deserves to.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
Dunno for both. I'm generally happy to see movies based on books, but until they are I'm perfectly happy with the book...
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
Erm...no.
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
No idea; I honestly can't tell if something's "lowbrow" or not. I'm sure many people would consider the bulk of my reading to be lowbrow automatically by reason of genre.
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
Silmarillion.
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
AFAICR I've only actually seen Macbeth and Taming of the Shrew.
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
18) Roth or Updike?
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Um... remember what I said above about the bulk of my reading being lowbrow? (Although I have at least heard of Roth and Updike, which is more than I can say about the Daves.)
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
Shakey.
21) Austen or Eliot?
George or T.S.?
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Most of Proper Literature what doesn't have dragons or spaceships.
23) What is your favourite novel?
AAAARGH!
24) Play?
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
25) Poem?
"Tell Me Why" Roger McGough
26) Essay?
No idea.
27) Short story?
Can't think just now.
28) Work of non-fiction?
Currently Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures
29) Who is your favourite writer?
Sir Terrence David John Pratchett OBE.
30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
31) What is your desert island book?
AAARGH! again...
32) And ... what are you reading right now?
A friend from work lent me Journey To The West.
[1]Yes, all right, there's Terrance Dicks. But for some reason I don't have many TV-Who novelisations.
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Date: 2010-04-07 09:11 pm (UTC)AAAARGH!
I don't think I've read that one, who is it by?
BTW, don't you think a Sky Pirates! movie would be at least seven kinds of awesome?
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Date: 2010-04-08 03:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-08 05:35 pm (UTC)And high-brow tends to mean 'pretentious, difficult and depressing with impenetrable yet beautiful prose'. Basically, not the sort of book you want to curl up with or be stuck on a train with... Well, unless it was written in the 19th C, which is a different story, because they still had the basic idea that you were supposed to be able to enjoy the story. Or something.
Sir Terry certainly does deserve something. At least I can be proud to be part of the one profession that gave him a Proper Award.