meme's I stole from asthenie_vd

[summersdream]

Bold the ones you've read, strike the ones (books or series) you abandoned. If it's a series and you've read one or more, but not all of the books, underline it.

1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
3. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert
5. A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin
6. 1984, by George Orwell
7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov
9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
12. The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan
13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson
15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore
16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss
19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
22. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick
23. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
24. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King
25. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke
26. The Stand, by Stephen King
27. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
28. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury
29. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
30. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman
31. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess
32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams
32. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey  (read like 2 or 3 books, and pretty much loathed it)
34. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein
35. A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller
36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
37. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne
38. Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys
39. The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells
40. The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny
41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings
42. The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley (I started... and then didn't finish. i'm not sure why)
43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson (I have picked this thing up like four times... need to just give in and buy it ) 
44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven
45. The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin
46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien
47. The Once And Future King, by T.H. White
48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
49. Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke
50. Contact, by Carl Sagan
51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons
52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman (so yes, if Neil Gaiman writes it, I'll read it. ) 
53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson
54. World War Z, by Max Brooks
55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett
58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson
59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold
60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett (I ADORE THIS BOOK. I HAVE IT IN HARDCOVER)
61. The Mote In God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
62. The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind
63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist (I read the ones about Mara of Acoma cause I liked her... idk. I was 12) 
67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks (read the first book cause I found it in mom's bookshelf. Abandoned it) 
68. The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard
69. The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb
70. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
71. The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
72. A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne
73. The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore (I HATE THESE DAMN THINGS. I read them for my boyfriend at the time... idek. Stupid shit girls do for boys? He loved them. I judged him for loving them. I'm awful.) 
74. Old Man's War, by John Scalzi
75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson
76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
77. The Kushiel's Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey (I like it... need to read more of them) 
78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin
79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
81. The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson (I want to read this. I hear it is violent. I like violence) 
82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks
84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart
85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher
87. The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn (blargh I got through one of them. Do Not Recommend)
89. The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldon (I NEEEED to read this) 
90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock (It's... a strange series)
91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley (LOVE THIS. LOVE IT TIMES A TRILLION)
93. A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge
94. The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov
95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson
96. Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis
98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville
99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony (AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK) 
100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis

Fandom Meme!!

The one who seduced you and screwed you over and broke your heart in a million pieces and laughed about it.
Harry fucking Potter. Oh, and let's never talk about you either, Vampirates. And while we're at it, no one bring up that bitch Blade:The Series either.

The old flame you don't see very often any more but whom you still really enjoy getting together with for a few drinks and maybe a pleasant nostalgic romp in the sheets.
I admit it, I still pull out the Vesper Holly books when I'm depressed.

The mysterious dark gothy one whom you used to sit up with talking until 3a.m. at weird coffeehouses and with whom you were quite smitten until you realized she really was fucking crazy.
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA.
Oh, and Anita Blake.

The one you spent a whole weekend in bed with and who drank up all your liquor, and whom you'd still really like to get with again although you're relieved she doesn't actually live in town.
>.>
Dr Who. Also, Rachel Morgan... and Maybe Princess Tutu too. DUN JUDGE ME.

The steady.
A Game of Thrones, True Blood... and in terms of a steady love whose fandom doesn't exist... The Secret Country.

The alluring stranger whom you've flirted with at parties but have never gotten really serious with.
The Dresden Files.


The one you hang out with and have vague fantasies about maybe having a thing with but ultimately you're just good buddies 'cause the friendship is there but the chemistry ain't.
I like the Red Wolf Conspiracy, you know? Seems so cool... but I just never get there. Abarat is in there too. I love the Gemma Doyle series but just never enough to really hard fan it..


The one your friends keep introducing you to and who seems like a hell of a cool chick except it's never really gone anywhere.
Skins... we had a great make-out session that one time, but... she just seems... too out there for me.


The one who's slept with all your friends, and you keep looking at her and thinking, "her? how the hell did she land all these cool guys?"
Supernatural.


The one who gave you the best damned summer of your life and who you measure all other potential partners against.
Do I love you as much as I did Labyrinth? As much as Night World?

The one you recently met at a party and would like to get to know better and who you think you might have a crush on.
I... just made the acquaintance of Royal Pains... he's kinda cute, you know...

The old flame that you wouldn't totally object to hooking up with again for a one night romp if only she cleaned herself up a bit.
Stephanie Plum. Give me old!Ranger back and we'll talk, baby.
Also, Lies of Locke Lomora... Look, just... be better on book three? 

Your hot new flame.
Mad Men at the moment but we're just having a fling.

The one who stole your boy-/girlfriend.
 Harry Potter. I fucking hate you, Harry Potter.
Oh, and Vampirates. BABY WHAT HAPPENED? 

Although World of Warcraft periodically steals my husband for reals... but he comes back so meh.

Comments

[obislollipop.livejournal.com]

I think you /may/ like world war z...only because it's very, very different than standard zombie fair...I usually have nothing to do with zombies and I was utterly fascinated by the way max brooks treats it all like a series of documentary vignettes, and that he really kind of takes a global turn with it instead of DUDE VS. ZOMBIES!

does zahn's thrawn trilogy mean the atrocious star wars thing? because yeah...he was one of the first of the sw official fanfic novels, and it totally killed the fandom for me after a while.

and yes. I feel your utter pain with harry potter. that series betrayed a whole lot of us.

utterly utterly agree with you about supernatural.

how the hell did you make it through the simarillian without killing yourself?

and yes...us being those who grew up on labyrinth/lost boys/gremlins/every fantasy and horror movies in the eighties/fairy tales are destined to wander in circles wondering why there aren't any other fandoms that measure up to that first great hurrah. sigh.