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jasonfranks , a book interview meme, for yr pleasure:
1) What author do you own the most books by?
Probably Lawrence Block, since he’s the most prolific author I like who’s also been around for five decades. Robert Rankin is a close second, however.
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
Eclipse Penumbra by John Shirley. I have two copies because the copy I ordered from Amazon.com didn’t arrive, so I asked them to send a replacement copy, which they did – then the original copy arrived. I offered to send one back, they told me to keep it and regift it or donate. Which I haven’t yet because it’s part two of a trilogy, so I feel funny giving it to someone else – especially since Shirley’s books are hard to find as it is. If any of you need a copy, though, let me know. I also have two copies of Bruce Schneier’s Beyond Fear, as I bought one and then his company, BT, gave me a comp copy after I interviewed him once. I plan to regift that one eventually though.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
No. But then I read a lot of Burroughs and Selby.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Jaime Peel.
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
Probably The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
No idea, but I’d put odds on The Mystery Of The Green Ghost, part of the Three Investigators series, which I was heavily into around that time.
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
2012 by Whitley Strieber. It’s not often I give up on a book after just 40 pages. This was one of those times.
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Lamb: The Gospel According To Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore.
9) If you could force everyone to read one book, what would it be?
I wouldn’t. Read what you like.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
Me.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
Mine.
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
It doesn’t matter. If I disliked the book that much, I wouldn’t go see it anyway. That said, I do find the trailers for Confessions Of A Shopaholic incredibly soul-sucking.
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
I go to interview Charles Bukowski at his home. He’s friendly and offers me a beer. I ask my first question, and I know automatically it’s a bullshit, meaningless question. Bukowski sighs with disappointment, declares the interview over and leaves the house. His friends in the living room assure me he likes me, he’s just in a funny mood.
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Erotic Viking Voyage, a hardcore porn novel with Vikings. Contains page after page of the most inspiring use of alliteration I’ve ever seen.
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
Just about anything by William Burroughs. I’m not complaining, but he does make you work for it.
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
It’s not obscure, but I did see a version of Othello set in South Africa.
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
I don’t understand the question.
18) Roth or Updike?
Updike never made it for me and I’ve never read Roth. So neither.
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Who’s Dave Eggers?
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
MARLOWE!
21) Austen or Eliot?
Neither.
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
I am sometimes distressed by the fact that there are very few female authors on my shelf. Surely there must be more women out there writing fiction that ISN’T chick-lit, fantasy or vampire romance.
23) What is your favorite novel?
Far too many to narrow down, so let’s just say To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and be done with it.
24) Play?
That’s a toss-up between Inherit The Wind and The Lion In Winter.
25) Poem?
“Poor Al” by Charles Bukowski.
26) Essay?
Nothing comes to mind, but Bruce Schneier’s columns on security are top-notch.
27) Short story?
“The Monkey’s Paw” by WW Jacobs is hard to beat. A more contemporary standout is Neil Gaiman’s “Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar”, the only short story influenced by Lovecraft, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
28) Work of non-fiction?
Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S Thompson.
29) Graphic novel?
If we assume (as I will now) that trade papeback collections of monthly comics don’t count as a graphic novel, then I would probably cite God Loves, Man Kills by Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson. Either that or Morbus Gravis by Paolo Serpieri, because somebody has to.
30) Who is your favorite writer?
Hard to pick one, but I have to say, of all the people I’ve read, Hunter S Thompson is the one who really sets the bar for me as an aspiring writer.
31) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
About 90% of the current best-seller list.
32) What is your desert island book?
SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea by John Lofty Wiseman
33) And ... what are you reading right now?
World War Z: An Oral History Of The Zombie War by Max Brooks.
Read all about it,
This is dF
jasonfranks , a book interview meme, for yr pleasure:1) What author do you own the most books by?
Probably Lawrence Block, since he’s the most prolific author I like who’s also been around for five decades. Robert Rankin is a close second, however.
2) What book do you own the most copies of?
Eclipse Penumbra by John Shirley. I have two copies because the copy I ordered from Amazon.com didn’t arrive, so I asked them to send a replacement copy, which they did – then the original copy arrived. I offered to send one back, they told me to keep it and regift it or donate. Which I haven’t yet because it’s part two of a trilogy, so I feel funny giving it to someone else – especially since Shirley’s books are hard to find as it is. If any of you need a copy, though, let me know. I also have two copies of Bruce Schneier’s Beyond Fear, as I bought one and then his company, BT, gave me a comp copy after I interviewed him once. I plan to regift that one eventually though.
3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
No. But then I read a lot of Burroughs and Selby.
4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Jaime Peel.
5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
Probably The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.
6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
No idea, but I’d put odds on The Mystery Of The Green Ghost, part of the Three Investigators series, which I was heavily into around that time.
7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
2012 by Whitley Strieber. It’s not often I give up on a book after just 40 pages. This was one of those times.
8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Lamb: The Gospel According To Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore.
9) If you could force everyone to read one book, what would it be?
I wouldn’t. Read what you like.
10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
Me.
11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
Mine.
12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
It doesn’t matter. If I disliked the book that much, I wouldn’t go see it anyway. That said, I do find the trailers for Confessions Of A Shopaholic incredibly soul-sucking.
13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
I go to interview Charles Bukowski at his home. He’s friendly and offers me a beer. I ask my first question, and I know automatically it’s a bullshit, meaningless question. Bukowski sighs with disappointment, declares the interview over and leaves the house. His friends in the living room assure me he likes me, he’s just in a funny mood.
14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
Erotic Viking Voyage, a hardcore porn novel with Vikings. Contains page after page of the most inspiring use of alliteration I’ve ever seen.
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
Just about anything by William Burroughs. I’m not complaining, but he does make you work for it.
16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
It’s not obscure, but I did see a version of Othello set in South Africa.
17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
I don’t understand the question.
18) Roth or Updike?
Updike never made it for me and I’ve never read Roth. So neither.
19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
Who’s Dave Eggers?
20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
MARLOWE!
21) Austen or Eliot?
Neither.
22) What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
I am sometimes distressed by the fact that there are very few female authors on my shelf. Surely there must be more women out there writing fiction that ISN’T chick-lit, fantasy or vampire romance.
23) What is your favorite novel?
Far too many to narrow down, so let’s just say To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and be done with it.
24) Play?
That’s a toss-up between Inherit The Wind and The Lion In Winter.
25) Poem?
“Poor Al” by Charles Bukowski.
26) Essay?
Nothing comes to mind, but Bruce Schneier’s columns on security are top-notch.
27) Short story?
“The Monkey’s Paw” by WW Jacobs is hard to beat. A more contemporary standout is Neil Gaiman’s “Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar”, the only short story influenced by Lovecraft, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
28) Work of non-fiction?
Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S Thompson.
29) Graphic novel?
If we assume (as I will now) that trade papeback collections of monthly comics don’t count as a graphic novel, then I would probably cite God Loves, Man Kills by Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson. Either that or Morbus Gravis by Paolo Serpieri, because somebody has to.
30) Who is your favorite writer?
Hard to pick one, but I have to say, of all the people I’ve read, Hunter S Thompson is the one who really sets the bar for me as an aspiring writer.
31) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
About 90% of the current best-seller list.
32) What is your desert island book?
SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea by John Lofty Wiseman
33) And ... what are you reading right now?
World War Z: An Oral History Of The Zombie War by Max Brooks.
Read all about it,
This is dF
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