Would you believe it yes it's a meme
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dr_whomTagged by Steven and thus I obey.
1. One book that changed your life
How the Hebrew Language Grew by Edward Horowitz. In retrospect, it's not very good or even well-informed, but I read it when I was in like third grade, and it was the first book that made me aware of how much fascinating stuff there is going on in the internal structure and historical development of language. That's the book that started me towards linguistics.
2. One book you have read more than once
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander. I wouldn't be surprised if this is the book I've read the most often.
3. One book you would want on a desert island
Other than a book about how to get off a desert island? I think Amy's Eyes might be a good choice for that.
4. One book that made you laugh
92 Stories, the large Thurber collection I have and have subjected so many of you to.
5. One book that made you cry
The Little Prince on a couple of occasions.
6. One book you wish had been written
Festschrift Presented to Uriel Weinreich in Honor of his 80th Birthday. Does that count?
7. One book you wish had never been written
Eragon, by Christopher Paolini, who once remarked "In my writing, I strive for a lyrical beauty somewhere between Tolkien at his best and Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf."
8. One book you are currently reading
Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold.
9. One book you have been meaning to read
The Dispossessed, by Ursula Le Guin.
10. Now tag five people!
Hmm. All right.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dumble, ophblekuwufu, boojum42, gymble, and lord_codfish.
1. One book that changed your life
How the Hebrew Language Grew by Edward Horowitz. In retrospect, it's not very good or even well-informed, but I read it when I was in like third grade, and it was the first book that made me aware of how much fascinating stuff there is going on in the internal structure and historical development of language. That's the book that started me towards linguistics.
2. One book you have read more than once
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander. I wouldn't be surprised if this is the book I've read the most often.
3. One book you would want on a desert island
Other than a book about how to get off a desert island? I think Amy's Eyes might be a good choice for that.
4. One book that made you laugh
92 Stories, the large Thurber collection I have and have subjected so many of you to.
5. One book that made you cry
The Little Prince on a couple of occasions.
6. One book you wish had been written
Festschrift Presented to Uriel Weinreich in Honor of his 80th Birthday. Does that count?
7. One book you wish had never been written
Eragon, by Christopher Paolini, who once remarked "In my writing, I strive for a lyrical beauty somewhere between Tolkien at his best and Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf."
8. One book you are currently reading
Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold.
9. One book you have been meaning to read
The Dispossessed, by Ursula Le Guin.
10. Now tag five people!
Hmm. All right.
dumble, ophblekuwufu, boojum42, gymble, and lord_codfish.
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Date: 2006-08-11 10:38 pm (UTC)2) LeGuin may be a very nice and interesting person, but her characters are not as nice and interesting
3) Dispossessed tries so hard to be dystopic... yet it wouldn't know a dystopia if it put on a ballgown and led a marching band yelling "I'm a dystopia!"
4) The social "problems" are inconsistent
5) It's badly written
6) It's boring
If those aren't enough reasons to stop you, then go ahead. My advice is, if you must read a not-quite-dystopian novel, go read Animal Farm - it's much better.