There is a meme going around among bloggers. (According to the totally reliable Wikipedia, a meme is a self-propagating unit of cultural evolution.)
Anyway this particular meme is about books.
- You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?
I take this question to mean, which book is your favorite rather than which book would be the best fire prevention tool. It’s difficult to pick one favorite, but Killer Angels, Michael Shaara’s Civil War classic, is right up there. - Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
Sure, Sacagawea, Indian teenager (with child) who accompanied Lewis and Clark. This is cheating because she’s an actual person, but most accounts of her are pretty well fictionalized. - What are you currently reading?
Washington’s Crossing by David Hackett Fischer. - The last book you bought is:
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (Library of America edition). - The last book you read:
Be Cool by Elmore Leonard. Hey, I was on a plane. - Five books you would take to a deserted island:
TBogg includes The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, which is pretty hard to surpass, but I’d take:
The Complete Works of Shakespeare because you really could read the plays over-and-over again, and act out the various parts with your imaginary island companions.
The Old Testament for its sex, violence and humor.
Don Quixote in Spanish to see if I could figure it out.
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Garcia Marquez because many say it is the best novel ever and I still haven’t gotten around to reading it.
Dictionary of Cultural Literacy because, as readers of this website know, I have interests a mile wide and an inch deep.
And now I am supposed to pass this meme along to three other bloggers. No obligation guys, but here you go Tom at Functional Ambivalent, Garret at dangerousmeta!, and Jon at Albloggerque.