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June 03, 2005

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Tag, I'm it! (Another Book Meme)...

came out of hiding long enough to impart some personal info about herself, as well as “tag” a few of us to continue in the same vein…

1. Total Number of Books I’ve Owned
This is a tough one (as most of those who participate in this little “challenge” say). I really have no idea. I probably have around 200 books currently in my possession. I’ve sent another 300 books (plus or minus) to the used book store over the past 20 years. I’ve given books that I liked away as gifts, sold some to friends for extra cash, acquired many by the box load from book stores who were going out of business… I’d say that I’ve owned somewhere between 600 and 900 books (including textbooks — a couple of which I still own).

2. What was the last book you bought?
by Neal Stephenson (Used.)

3. Last Book I’ve Read
by Neal Stephenson (and, The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groups by Joseph R. Myers)

4. Five Books That Mean A Lot To Me
Choosing five books is very difficult. Some books are special for a season. Some are helpful throughout life. Some books just need to be on my bookshelf for no other reason than just to know they’re there. To make this easier on myself, the following books are the contemporary workds of fiction that I feel changed me or helped me in some way throughout the years. I realize that this doesn’t make me out to be an over-intellectual reader — which may be fairly true — but, I’d probably be able to list a hundred more books (fiction and nonfiction alike) if given the chance.

  1. by H. Beam Piper ~ The book that got me into sci-fi.
  2. by Stephen King & Peter Straub ~ I don’t know… Something about this one helped me decide that I wanted to tell stories.
  3. by Ken Follett ~ Helped me realize that there’s more than just sci-fi out there.
  4. by Neal Stephenson ~ Cyberpunk at it’s finest — this book opened my eyes to more than just great sci-fi storytelling.
  5. The tales of Shannara ~ Did I mention that I was a sucker for good fantasy too? Yes, I’ve owned (and read) all of these — Terry Brooks will always get my money.
  6. by Martin Amis ~ Yes, I know this makes six, but, man, this book rocked my world.
5. Tag Five People and Have Them Do This on Their Blog
Tag…now you’re it!

Read Deanne’s responses here.

Posted at 08:20 am

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Comments (3):
Thanks for cheating Time’s Arrow onto your list, Tim, as it was one of many competing for the fifth spot on my own. I was once a voracious reader of all things Amis, and more so than any of his other novels — London Fields included — it rocked my world as it did yours. Also, he signed my first-edition copy of it when I met him at a reading several years back.

So again, thanks for being more man than me by defying the ground rules.

Shepcat () (URL) - June 03, 2005 at 5:54 pm

I just glanced over at my bookshelf to see London Fields sitting proudly amongst the others. ;-)

timsamoff () (URL) - June 03, 2005 at 6:44 pm

Very Interesting! Hmmmm, you are such a smarty! :-p

Existential Punk () (URL) - June 04, 2005 at 3:25 pm

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