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jophan decided that I ought to do this one:

Y[Unknown site tag]ou're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451. Which book do you want to be?
My initial response was the same as for laputain, but since it's both dishonest to steal (or more matter-of-factly: embarrassing to get caught ie. the Spartan Way) I was forced to think this a bit more. I don't think that I could, even under extreme duress to actually remember a whole book, not even a short one like one of Moomin-books by Tove Jansson, but for the sake of argument let's say Ursula K. Le Guin's Left Hand of Darkness.
Or actually, if it'd be a book I'd want to be: Stephen Pressfield's Gates of Fire. Yeah, let's say that.

Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
I honestly can't say. I'm fairly certain that the answer is yes, but since my memory is more like a sieve or a swiss cheese...

The last book you finished is?
This is a bit embarrassing: Lynn Abbey's Wooden Sword. I needed a bit of entertaining fluff after all those horror books I've been reading for the reference book (Ulkomaisia kauhukirjailijoita) I'm making with Juri Nummelin for the BTJ Kirjastopalvelu.

What are you currently reading?
I have a list of books that are more or less in the process of being read. There are books I need to read (for the aforementioned reference book), want to read (but haven't finished for one reason or another) and even some I'm forced to read. It's a list:
K. J. Parker's Colours of the Steel
Kage Baker's The Anvil of the World
China Miéville's Iron Council
Richard Matheson - the Works
Faces of Fear: Encounters with the creators of Modern Horror
 
Five books you would take to a deserted island?
Sudenpentujen käsikirja (or any other Survival Guide for People Who are Stuck on a Desert Island)
I thought about this the other day, but can't remember my nearly brilliant answer I concocted then, something about books I'd be finally reading since there'd be no option for them... OK, just to find out what the fuss is about:
The Complete Shakespeare
Väinö Linna's Tuntematon sotilas (Unknown Soldier)
Samuel R. Delany's Dhalgren
E. R. Eddison's The Worm Ourobouros
Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles
Oh, that's actually six, or actually more like 13 with Lymond, but who's counting. I've seen answers where there've been some thirty books in all, with five series consided as books.
To make it more like five books then, we'd skip with the Dunnett

Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why?
vierran45
etherealfionna
sisatto

Because they consist the majority of lj's I actually know. And they are all good book-people.[Unknown site tag]

Comments

Discrimination

[(Anonymous)]

Ok, is there some rule saying that lj people don't play with bloggers?

lurve,

http://koulunpenkki.blogspot.com/

Re: Discrimination

[jukkahoo.livejournal.com]

There isn't one?

Anyway, I'll use my pontificate and supreme rulership as the Illustrious Leader of the Universe (TM - 1994) and name you, Mrs. Koulunpenkki as the 4th person to do this here assignment. Proceed!

And have a boisterous birthdayparty for the kids! Can't be there due to previous engagement, but I'm sending my wife. Hope it's OK.

Thank you :)

[(Anonymous)]

For passing the stick and for sending your wife over. The latter was _much_ appreciated and the former was fun to do :)