On another Book Meme

Seen on Keith’s LiveJournal:

  1. You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?
    The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
  2. Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
    Sadly, yes.
  3. What are you currently reading?
    Star Trek: Captain’s Blood, by William Shatner and Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens
  4. The last book you bought is:
    The Game, by Laurie R. King. I’m at best a lukewarm fan of her series of Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell novels. Only one I’ve found completely worthwhile–The Moor–while the rest I have some issues with.
  5. The last book you read:
    Star Trek: Titan: Taking Wing, by Andy Mangels and Mike Martin
  6. Five desert island books:
    The Complete Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
    Le Morte d’Arthur, by Sir Thomas Malory
    Martian Time-Slip, by Philip K. Dick
    The Dark Knight Returns, by Frank Miller
  7. Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why?
    Does posting this on my webpage count? I’d hope so…. 🙂

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A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.

7 thoughts on “On another Book Meme

  1. >>You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?

    Not sure I understand the context of that Q.

    >>Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?

    Of course. Quite a few.

    >>What are you currently reading?

    Salems Lot for the fourth time.

    >>The last book you bought is:

    The Last Temptation of Christ

    >>The last book you read:

    Battle Royale

    >>Five desert island books:

    Battle Royale (Takami)
    The Stand (S. King)
    Dawn of the Dead (George Romero)
    The Caprona Trilogy ( Burrough)
    The Complete Pellucidar series (Burrough)

    >>Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why?

    Unknown

    >>Does posting this on my webpage count? I’d hope so….

    Everything counts.

  2. Allyn said : “I took the question to mean, If you could be the last book in the world which book would you be? ”

    In that case I would be any book by Bill O’reilly, Ann Coulter or Sean Hannity.

    On a more specific note I would say MEG by Steve Alten.

  3. Erm. As to #1, how about being “The Iceman Cometh”? Or “A River Runs Through It”?

    Anything to put out the flames!

  4. Oh – what I’m reading: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell.

    Last book I bought: Marque and Reprisal by Elizabeth Moon

    The last book I read: DaVinci Code by Dan Brown

    Desert Island books:
    LOTR (only counts as three if bound separately! *laughing*)
    The Eight by Katherine Neville
    The Scarlet Pimpernel by “Baroness Orczy”
    The Count of Monté Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
    Surviving Well Off The Land (from MEN about 30 years ago, compiled)

    #2, #7: *shrug* Silly.

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