Books books books

[callistra]

Stolen from athenais
1. Name a book you love no matter what anyone says.
Kajira of Gor

2. Name a book you loathe no matter what anyone says.
*UGH* There was this romance novel I hated to much I wanted to burn page by page to make sure it hurt as much as it could...

3. Name a book you think is undeservedly obscure.
SongMaster by Orson Scott Card.

4. Name a book you think is undeservedly famous.
Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster. I hated it.

5. Name a book you think you ought to read.
Taxation Department's Small Business Tax Guide.

6. Name a book you think I ought to read.
Cats of Seroster by Robert Westall

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Songmaster! It's just so fabulous!

There was an excerpt in one of my english texts in year 10? I thought it looked good, so I chased around for it - I think it took me until uni... it was one of the standards I would look for at libraries and second-hand bookshops never really expecting to find it. But Murdoch had it (thanks Grant:-) ) And I read it, and I loved it...

I went on to read a lot of other OSC, some good, some not so good, but Songmaster is still my favourite:-)

Fe (I've been wondering what I'll read next - I should check if I have a copy, I think I do...)

Orson Scott Card

[callistra.livejournal.com]

I like OSC, he has a unique view of the world. I loved Enders Game, and all those books, each one of that series was uniquely interesting. Hart's Hope was also very interesting, and perhaps an introduction to "more adult" scifi/fantasy in the story itself. I have all sorts of OSC books, I can't remember them! I hate the cover they did for Songmaster when it was in paper back - every time I look at it I get all twicthy because I want to rip it off and burn it! The hard cover my highschool had was much better, and that's one of the books on my list of "Stuff I want to Steal from School." :-)

If you need to borrow a copy, I'd like to arrange a visit anyway and steal back all my coloured ribbons *grin* and see Aeryn again :-)
Now I'm unemployed for a couple of weeks...

Calli

[athenais.livejournal.com]

Hi Callistra. This was something I created at my journal. I don't see it at smofbabe's, so I'm not sure how you snagged it from her, but I'm happy to see it spreading.

I think SongMaster is the best thing Card ever wrote! Good call, it's overshadowed by his series.

Wow, the chain continues

[callistra.livejournal.com]

If you want me to take this down let me know! I thought it was just another of the LJ memes that go around and come around!
:-)

I'll change the links above to lead to you instead of smofbabe then.
Calli

Re: Wow, the chain continues

[athenais.livejournal.com]

My gosh, this is all over LJ now! Clearly, it's not really mine any more; memes have a life of their own. As it is I'm amused to see how it's caught on, and I love reading the answers so I'm sort of following it all around. By all means keep it up on your site, and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[mistress-wench.livejournal.com]

Ahh you like a Gor book (if indeed it is what I'm thinking it is), no matter what anyone says! I applaud! I'm not into the Gor ways at all, but I know an old acquaintance who was..ugh is all I can say to him! =P

Gor novels

[callistra.livejournal.com]

They are a bit of a head fuck *grin* I love my Gor. It's like a romance novel in that the girl and guy always get together in the end *grin*

Re: Gor novels

[mistress-wench.livejournal.com]

>.>
Are you the one who likes slash? =P