100 things... Books that define you
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herumtreiberI found this meme on the web:
Each person suggests up to five books that would define them; that is, by reading them you would get a sense about them. What books would you suggest, that tell something about you? Explain a little about why you picked the book.
Challenge: Define yourself by books
1. The door into summer by Robert A. Heinlein. The book deals with twists in time-travel and Heinlein made some shrewd guesses about the future, but he also writes about a feline. This book should tell you how I feel about cats :)
2. Falling free by Lois McMaster Bujold. The book is about people genetically designed to work in space. I read the serial in Analog and loved how the author wrote the characters, showing their physical limitations but also their inner strength.
3. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. I love how Cervantes writes Quixote and Sancho, full of flaws but also heroic; the way he so deftly mixes comedy and tragedy. How he made me laugh at Don Quixote and cry with him.
4. The three musketeers by Alexander Dumas. I enjoyed reading the enmity become friendship of the guys, their adventures and rivalry. I choose it because of the plot woven around the intrigues of the French court; I love the mix of politics and passion.
5. Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser. I liked the way Ms Fraser wrote the woman, embedded in her historical context. It is a nuanced portrait that describes Mary's weaknesses but also strengths. This should tell you why I love history.
Each person suggests up to five books that would define them; that is, by reading them you would get a sense about them. What books would you suggest, that tell something about you? Explain a little about why you picked the book.
Challenge: Define yourself by books
1. The door into summer by Robert A. Heinlein. The book deals with twists in time-travel and Heinlein made some shrewd guesses about the future, but he also writes about a feline. This book should tell you how I feel about cats :)
2. Falling free by Lois McMaster Bujold. The book is about people genetically designed to work in space. I read the serial in Analog and loved how the author wrote the characters, showing their physical limitations but also their inner strength.
3. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. I love how Cervantes writes Quixote and Sancho, full of flaws but also heroic; the way he so deftly mixes comedy and tragedy. How he made me laugh at Don Quixote and cry with him.
4. The three musketeers by Alexander Dumas. I enjoyed reading the enmity become friendship of the guys, their adventures and rivalry. I choose it because of the plot woven around the intrigues of the French court; I love the mix of politics and passion.
5. Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser. I liked the way Ms Fraser wrote the woman, embedded in her historical context. It is a nuanced portrait that describes Mary's weaknesses but also strengths. This should tell you why I love history.
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Date: 2012-10-09 10:52 pm (UTC)Unfortunately books nowadays are very expensive, so I don't buy much books anymore:(
As for me you already know two of them that might tell a litlle bit about me;
'Beautiful People',by Belinda Meuldijk and 'Lords of Darkness' part1,'Night Watcher'
There may be two more,but I'll have to check first!
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Date: 2012-10-09 11:18 pm (UTC)Music and darkness, interesting combination!
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Date: 2012-10-09 11:36 pm (UTC)BTW I dont know if you can still see it,but your header seems to have disappeared (again!)
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Date: 2012-10-09 11:40 pm (UTC)You could do a variation made up of books and movies :DD
Edit: (Not again! *groans*)
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Date: 2012-10-10 02:38 am (UTC)I've never read Heinlein so I had to wiki the book title and, I must say, it sounds amazing. As does his cat-in-a-paper-bag. :D I struggle with time travel though. My mind can't seem to understand all the nuances.
History interests me also but more the everday lives of people from different times/countries than wars/grand events.
Quixote is wonderful. Do you 'tilt at windmills' too?
I'm pretty sure the first book on my list that defines me would be 'The Little Red Hen.'
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Date: 2012-10-10 03:21 am (UTC)The protagonist has his cat in the bag, and asks the bartender for a dish with ginger ale which the cat daintily drinks. It sold me the story :D Time-travel does have the paradoxical aspects, like Harry found in PoA :)
History is fascinating. To learn that people way back then weren't that different is interesting.
He is. I may have broken a lance or two doing that :)
The tale of the hen is a nice way to teach.
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