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mishmosh august 22 2010 btt fifty five booking through thursday asks this week 1 favorite childhood book wrinkle in time by madeleine l engle came to mind first 2 what are you reading right now james joyce s ulysses catherynne valente s circumnavigated fairyland ursula le guin s language of the night and year s best fantasy 3 from eos books 3 what books do you have on request at the library none i prefer buying books or borrowing from friends 4 bad book habit can t think of any 5 what do you currently have checked out at the library nothing 6 do you have an e reader i occasionally use my palm pilot for old books available through project gutenberg much to my chagrin i left mary shelley s frankenstein at a friend s so read all but seven chapters on my palm i finished it the night before returning go figure 7 do you prefer to read one book at a time or several at once several i like having something for different mindsets 8 have your reading habits changed since starting a blog nope 9 least favorite book you read this year so far jules verne s journey to the center of the earth was okay 10 favorite book you ve read this year hmm either steven barnes lion s blood michael swanwick s iron dragon s daughter george orwell s nineteen eighty four they re really phenomenal and so different from each other 11 how often do you read out of your comfort zone rarely i have a hard enough time reading everything i d like in my zone 12 what is your reading comfort zone just about anything classic lit general and speculative fiction nonfiction 13 can you read on the bus no i get carsick but i can read on an airplane or a boat no matter the conditions 14 favorite place to read on my bed in my chair or a friend s backyard on the river 15 what is your policy on book lending i trust those i m lending to so don t feel the need for one 16 do you ever dog ear books not since i was a kid 17 do you ever write in the margins of your books sometimes though mainly in play scripts 18 not even with text books certainly highlighting and penning in texts 19 what is your favorite language to read in english 20 what makes you love a book compelling plot the storytelling and writing and character development 21 what will inspire you to recommend a book the plot and writing and if i think a person will like something based on their tastes 22 favorite genre speculative fiction i could use a new bookshelf specifically for all the sf f that s currently double rowed and stacked 23 genre you rarely read but wish you did i don t read as much classic literature as i used to though i ve been gorging on it this summer favorite biography maus i and ii by art spiegelman about his father s experiences during the holocaust because it reflected those of my relatives and too many others read at 14 the graphic novels made a lasting impression 25 have you ever read a self help book yep 26 favorite cookbook the binder of recipes i ve compiled through the years it started as a copy of my mom s collection and grew from there 27 most inspirational book you ve read this year fiction or non fiction the alternate history lion s blood by steven barnes for which i still need to do a proper post it s spiritual emotional psychological insightful moving better the second time around a long time favourite and then some 28 favorite reading snack i occasionally treat myself to the chinese buffet and nosh while i read 29 name a case in which hype ruined your reading experience paulo coehlo s the alchemist was raved about by a lot of people including the friend who highly recommended it and it wasn t that great 30 how often do you agree with critics about a book i don t pay attention to them so don t know 31 how do you feel about giving bad negative reviews honesty is a good policy and if i didn t like something i ll say so 32 if you could read in a foreign language which language would you chose yiddish i know some of the basics but if i were fluent then reading isaac bashevis singer s and other yiddish writers works would be more enjoyable and colourful a lazy good for nothing just doesn t have the same ring as schlimazel nor does clumsy jerk instead of schlimiel 33 most intimidating book you ve ever read if i can survive james joyce s ulysses i can read anything i finally made the 300 page benchmark only 450 pages to go 34 most intimidating book you re too nervous to begin it was ulysses but the runner up would be tolstoy s war and peace 35 favorite poet robert frost who wrote my favourite poem the road not taken two roads diverged in a wood and i i took the one less traveled by and that has made all the difference i had the unexpected pleasure of visiting his house turned museum and grave site in southern vermont last summer 36 how many books do you usually have checked out of the library at any given time nil 37 how often have you returned books to the library unread i don t think ever 38 favorite fictional character kai from lion s blood he s a bit self serving at times but he questions struggles and grows 39 favorite fictional villain count fosco from the woman in white is the epitome of evil brilliance plus he s quite the character 40 books i m most likely to bring on vacation one or three from the dread pile o reads that s been waiting in the queue 41 the longest i ve gone without reading maybe 48 hours 42 name a book that you could would not finish gone with the wind when i was about 16 i got distracted by school and assigned reading and never finished the last two or three hundred pages 43 what distracts you easily when you re reading mystic when she walks in front of the pages 44 favorite film adaptation of a novel frankenstein directed by and starring kenneth branagh with robert deniro helena bonham carter and aidan quinn seeing it again recently reminded me i hadn t read the book aside from omitting a few minor scenes and characters it stays true to the book plus it has a great cast 45 most disappointing film adaptation wizard of earthsea was a butchering of ursula le guin s earthsea books 46 the most money i ve ever spent in the bookstore at one time probably 100 once or twice 47 how often do you skim a book before reading it once in awhile if it s a book that just happens to catch my eye while browsing and i m not familiar with the author 48 what would cause you to stop reading a book half way through an apocalypse i usually finish what i started 49 do you like to keep your books organized yes it makes it easier to find something bookshelf 1 general fiction mercedes lackey speculative fiction esoteric books by subject bookshelf 2 classic literature plays art non fiction reference college texts by subject theatre texts by subject on the bottom because they re the heaviest cookbooks are basically sorted by cuisine on the baker s rack in the kitchen 50 do you prefer to keep books or give them away once you ve read them keep them for my personal library but i ve gotten better at getting rid of books i don t really feel the need to keep 51 are there any books you ve been avoiding harry potter because of all the hype and having several other books series that take priority after an interesting conversation with a friend who forced me to take them i have the first four books on my shelves when i ll actually get to them i dunno 52 name a book that made you angry the treasure box by the preachy bigot orson scott card i d never been so tempted to throw a book against the wall as with soap box 53 a book you didn t expect to like but did i had a vague idea that i would like moby dick but was surprised at how much i did 54 a book that you expected to like but didn t until soap box i thoroughly liked what i d read by card a couple of his works are among my favourites so it was a huge disappointment that pissed me off still does 55 favorite guilt free pleasure reading i never feel guilty when reading and it s always for pleasure 6 comments posted in arts entertainment booking through thursday literature memes random thoughts posted by mishmosh august 14 2010 district 9 moon up and beyond if it weren t for the hugo awards i probably wouldn t have heard of moon or rented district 9 one night both are so fantastic and compelling i can t say which i liked more star trek and avatar were entertaining in their own way up was cute and comical moon sam bell is an astronaut miner contracted to extract a lunar gas that would end earth s energy crisis towards the end of his three years sam sam rockwell starts feeling like he s losing his mind and can t wait to return to his wife and daughter his only companionship is a computer named gerty kevin spacey whose job is to keep sam safe among other things after an accident sam makes a few ominous discoveries starting with the identity of his replacement who looks all too familiar and realizes his life may not be entirely his own written and directed by duncan jones i really liked the thought provoking psychological thriller the slow buildup works to its benefit though some may find it too slow gerty is reminiscent of space odyssey s hal but with smileys saying more would give everything away district 9 the south african government setup a district for extraterrestrial refugees 28 years ago as the humans grow wary of the aliens multi national united is assigned the task of controlling them but mnu is more interested in understanding their advanced weaponry which requires alien dna when mnu agent wikus van der merwe sharlto copley is exposed to biotechnology that causes his dna to mutate tensions intensify wanted by mnu and locals wikus retreats to district 9 in desperation directed and written by neill blomkamp written by terry tatchell and produced by peter jackson it s the best action film i ve seen in a long time mainly because of its intriguingly deep plot it took about ten minutes to get into it and understand the documentary style beginning but then i was hooked for the rest of the emotional and psychological wild ride star trek james t kirk chris pine is a sharp but aimless young man prodded by captain christopher pike bruce greenwood to enlist in starfleet at the academy kirk and spock zachary quinto are off to a bad start starfleet s new enterprise and crew respond to an emergency call from vulcan meanwhile a vengeful romulan eric bana has particular interest in spock undergoing trial by fire are the enterprise s crew mccoy karl urban sulu john cho chekhov anton yelchin uhura zoe saldana and scotty simon pegg leonard nimoy the original spock also makes an appearance directed by j j abrams and written by roberto orci and alex kurtzman it was a good entertaining prequel and homage to gene roddenberry s classic tv series there s action humor good ole fun and even some insider references i m not a trekker but i enjoy watching the old and newer series once in awhile avatar jake sully sam worthington a paraplegic veteran continues his dead brother s job for a corporation wanting to mine on the planet pandora unfortunately the ore s biggest deposit lies beneath the home of the indigenous na vi who have been at war with the company s security led by col miles quaritch stephen lang through the use of dna and host bodies called avatars humans can experience pandora the scientific team led by grace augustine sigourney weaver and norm spellman joel david moore can work and research and jake can use his limbs jake s avatar is rescued by neytiri zoe saldana who brings him to her tribe to give the humans a second chance as jake becomes familiar with the na vi and pandora he s torn between worlds and battle lines are drawn written and directed by james cameron the graphics were absolutely stunning but it didn t offer much more than 3 d eye candy in my humble opinion i was really looking forward to the film because the premise sounded good and cameron hadn t done a film since titanic in 97 and that was good however the subplots of boy meets girl destruction of one for the benefit of another and new ways vs old were too transparent and stale for me so the movie fell flat on the upside it s the first film where a friend s 16 year old didn t talk except for a whispered cool and it helped make a memorable christmas eve i also got a kick out of his mom asking if she could tag along up carl fredricksen a retired balloon salesman sets out for the paradise of his childhood dreams by tying balloons to his house after lift off an eight year old wilderness explorer named russell pleads to come in during their adventure the unlikely duo befriend a talking dog named dug and a large rare bird dubbed kevin they discover things aren t always what they seem and that sometimes the biggest adventures are those not sought written and directed by pete docter and bob peterson as with most pixar films up was cute and funny it was also touching with a few aww moments ed asner giving voice to crotchety mr fredricksen was a pleasant surprise when i was young i thought i could be carried away by balloons so it was fun to see it s a good film for explorers of all ages i was inspired this year to start watching the films nominated for the hugo awards a friend annually watches academy award nominees but five films of the science fiction and fantasy variety are more my style and doable it took eight months just to watch the handful up was last night i don t know why i didn t do this previously but better late than never i m curious to see which film the worldcon community selects to receive a hugo on september 5th actually i m looking forward to hearing the outcome for all the awesome writers and artists recognized if you ve seen any of these what did you think 15 comments posted in arts entertainment fantasy movies reviews random thoughts science fiction tags avatar district 9 moon star trek up posted by mishmosh august 10 2010 brave new words we live in a world shaped in large measure by the images and ideas of science fiction and the language we speak has been shaped the same way i love science fiction and learning about languages so robert silverberg s article in asimov s last month was really interesting i knew some commonly used words today come from science fiction like cyberspace thanks to william gibson s neuromancer 1984 but only a handful and not the particulars now aware of its existence i may have to get a copy of brave new words aka oxford dictionary of science fiction from which silverberg drew examples robot karel capek s 1923 play r u r rossum s universal robots about the advent of quasi intelligent mechanical laborers the word s slavic variations mean hard boring work silverberg mentions seeing the sign uwaga roboty budowlane in poland were we being warned against berserk robots in the vicinity not quite more like danger construction work android popularized in the thirties but originally used centuries ago to describe artificial beings created by alchemists droid george lucas s star wars viruses computer david gerrold s 1972 novel when harlie was one similarly worm was...