tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32200300.post115631820220616358..comments2007-04-07T19:14:38.246-07:00tinatsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980860805172730228noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32200300.post-1157149103281822652006-09-01T15:18:00.000-07:002006-09-01T15:18:00.000-07:00Extra brownie points for these guys!<BR/><BR/><B>Ian:</B><BR/>1. One book that has changed your life: The Sword of Shannara - it was <BR/>the first fantasy novel I ever read and hooked me into the genre<BR/> <BR/>2. One book you have read more than once: The Black Company - read it <BR/>yourself to find out why<BR/> <BR/>3. One book you would want on a desert island: The Bible - because I've never found the time<BR/> <BR/>4. One book that made you laugh: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - <BR/>it's a British thing, okay?<BR/> <BR/>5. One book that made you cry: All Quiet on the Western Front - read it <BR/>yourself to find out why<BR/> <BR/>6. One book you wish had been written: My NYT bestseller that sweeps the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards<BR/> <BR/>7. One book you wish had never been written: Accelerando by Charles <BR/>Stross - because it means I probably can't write proper SF after all<BR/> <BR/>8. One book you are currently reading: The Steam Magnate by Dana <BR/>Copithorne - it arrived in the mailbox the other day to be reviewed<BR/> <BR/>9. One book you've been meaning to read: Twenty Epics - to see if the <BR/>other stories are better than mine<BR/><BR/><BR/><B>David:</B><BR/>1. One book that has changed your life: Fire Upon the Deep (because it reminded me how much I like SF and helped drive me off the law track) <BR/><BR/>2. One book you have read more than once: Lord of the Rings; Childhood's End; Ender's Game<BR/><BR/>3. One book you would want on a desert island: How to Survive on a Desert Island <BR/><BR/>4. One book that made you laugh: Angela's Ashes <BR/><BR/>5. One book that made you cry: Nothing makes me cry. I'm a man. (Okay: Angle of Repose; Doomsday Book; The Left Hand of Darkness; To Kill a Mockingbird [I was a kid!]; and probably lots of others. Mental blocks, you know.)<BR/><BR/>6. One book you wish had been written: A novel by me.<BR/><BR/>7. One book you wish had never been written: Xenocide (one of Card's sequels to Ender's game)<BR/><BR/>8. One book you are currently reading: Running with the Demon (the book Terry Brooks said was his best) <BR/><BR/>9. One book you've been meaning to read: The Bible. (I get through small parts, then have to put it down.) <BR/><BR/><BR/><B>Nicole</B><BR/><BR/>1. changed life: On Human Nature (E. O. Wilson)<BR/>2. read over: Offshore (Penelope Fitzgerald)<BR/>3. desert island: oh, the Bible, I think, as others have answered<BR/>4. laughed: Just this afternoon I laughed at "The Dumb Bunnies Celebrate Christmas." My nephew laughed so hard he couldn't breathe.<BR/>5. cried: so many -- but Ian put Sword of Shannara down for something, and it reminded me that I sobbed over that book. In a disgusting hotel room in Wyoming.<BR/>6. wished for: Jane Austen's follow up to Persuasion. I think Tina C. put this too.<BR/>7. wished didn't exist: Almost all good writers should allow their 8th and 9th books to be pretty heavily edited, if not burnt to ash.<BR/>8. reading currently: Victorian London (Liza Picard)<BR/>9. gearing up for: King Leopold's Ghost.tinatsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08980860805172730228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32200300.post-1156347240327993152006-08-23T08:34:00.000-07:002006-08-23T08:34:00.000-07:00I <I>love</I> Maugham.<BR/><BR/>(and got your mailing - thanks, and ditto.)tinahttp://tinaconnolly.comnoreply@blogger.com