peacefinder's Journal: Book Meme

You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?

Fahrenheit 451. I'd go out in a recursive blaze of glory.

Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?

Eowyn.

The last book you bought is:

Collapse, by Jared Diamond

The last book you read:

The Milagro Beanfield War, by John Nichols.

What are you currently reading?

Just started Collapse. I have Snow Crash in the car for my bored-while-waiting reading.

Five books you would take to a deserted island.

Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft by Thor Heyerdahl

The American Practical Navigator by Nathaniel Bowditch

Bible, KJV.

Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks

Lord of the Rings, Tolkien

I wish to file a complaint

[Ethelred Unraed]

OK, yet another thieving bastard using the same entries I did (KJV, LOTR). ;-)

What's truly eerie, though -- I considered Ëowyn and went with Trillian.

Cheers,

Ethelred

Re:I wish to file a complaint

[peacefinder]

Of course I stole them! They're good ideas. Plus, I thought that Kon-Tiki was good enough that I could coast a bit. :-)

Although I did look around to see if there was a combined edition of the Bible and Koran as an alternate. Didn't find one. Apparently no publisher wants to get called a heretic by both sides. Or maybe they just don't cater to the market of emigrants to deserted islands who can only bring five volumes with them.

Re:I wish to file a complaint

[LPetrazickis]

Now, what you need is a joint edition of the Book of Mormon and L.Ron Hubbard's Dianetics. That should sell like hotcakes.:)

Re:I wish to file a complaint

[peacefinder]

Okay, but it still places no higher than sixth on my list.