book meme

[kmusser]

Because principia_coh asked.



1) Total number of books owned?

Somewhere around 500-600, maybe closer to 700 if I count gaming books. I purged a few hundred before making the move to Brunswick.

2) The last book I bought?

The Principia Discordia. 100 of them. I didn't count them in the number of books owned as I plan on giving them away soon.

3) The last book I read?

Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay - a better than average fantasy epic (still no where near George R.R. Martin, but hey, I need something to read).

Other recent reads include Wolf Moon by Charles de Lint - one of his old ones, was pretty good.
Set This House in Order by Matt Ruff - a fascinating book in which two of the main characters have multiple personalities, most of the book takes place inside their heads - highly recommended. May contain triggers for folks with abusive childhoods.

4) Five books that mean a lot to me?

Principia Discordia
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Illusions - Richard Bach
Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
Another Roadside Attraction - Tom Robbins
Illuminatus! - Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
Spiral Dance - Starhawk
Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkein

So I'm not good at math.

Comments

[kbuxton.livejournal.com]

If you haven't read them yet, check out the rest of Matt Ruff's books.

[kmusser]

Done, that was the last one I hadn't read :-)

Sewer, Gas, and Electric is still one of my all time favorites.

[evcelt.livejournal.com]

Guy Gavriel Kay is one of my favorite authors. Tigana may not have the complexity of Martin's recent work, but it packed a more powerful romantic and emotional punch. The Fionavar Tapestry (although to surface appearance just another Celtic fantasy trilogy) is beautiful and powerfully moving. His later work is more mature and complex- the Sarantine Mosaic duology is just as complex and realized in its way as Ice and Fire, but still with the kind of heart that Kay is wondrous with.

[kmusser]

Definitely liked it enough to want to check out his other stuff.