Sunday 3 September, 2006
Dragon answers the challenge
Time to answer kolibri’s challenge!
1. One book that changed your life? Mika Waltari’s Dark Angel. I am not big on books about love, but when it is done this well, I am sold.
2. One book you've read more than once? Dozens in this category. Legend by the sorely missed David Gemmell, Dark Angel, the Etruscan and the Egyptian by Mika Waltari… hell, I read most of my books more than once.
3. One book you'd want on a desert island? Master and Margarita (Saatana saapuu Moskovaan) by Bulgakov. What a book. I never tire of reading it.
4. One book that made you giddy? Incompitence by Rob Grant (misspelled on purpose). It’s all SO true!
5. One book that wracked you with sobs? This is very, very rare, and that honor goes once again to Dark Angel by Mika Waltari.
6. One book that you wish had been written? Necronomicon ex Mortis. It is such a pity it only exists in fiction. Imagine having all those cool zombies around!
7. One book you wish had never been written? I name Mein Kampf here, though I doubt whether the existence of the dreadfully boring litany of hatred had any effect on Hitler’s raise to power.
8. One book you're currently reading? I am re-reading Gemmell’s Lord of the Silver Bow. It is hard to read, as I am filled with sorrow, knowing his next published book will be his last.
9. One book you've been meaning to read? Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger – kolibri keeps telling me how great it is, and I am curious.
Posted by Dragon at 3 September 18:44, 2006Oh Dragon, how is it possible that you forgot Catch 22 (Me sotasankarit eli Sääntö 22), the brilliant novel by Joseph Heller? As far as I know, it is one of your favourites (as it is one of mine, too).
# 2 - Dragon (on September 7, 2006 09:40 PM):
How toughtless of me. Yes, Catch 22 truly deserves a mention. Milo Minderbinder alone is enough to make this a classic!
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