tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post113889723262406786..comments2024-02-20T03:18:43.590-05:00Comments on Magnificent Octopus: Dating by the bookIsabella Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735198478395875257noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-1139072836852160852006-02-04T12:07:00.000-05:002006-02-04T12:07:00.000-05:00What an interesting idea. I've never done the spe...What an interesting idea. I've never done the speed dating thing, though Liz did before we met (at least I think it was before me met...). But the added book twist makes it sound a lot more appealing. <BR/><BR/>I'd choose:<BR/><BR/>1. Vonnegut's <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385334206/qid=1139072041/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-0818413-5499843?s=books&v=glance&n=283155" REL="nofollow">Breakfast of Champions</A><BR/>2. McAfee's <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1570901740/qid=1139072083/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-0818413-5499843?s=books&v=glance&n=283155" REL="nofollow">Slow Walk In A Sad Rain</A><BR/>3.Roach's <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393324826/qid=1139072605/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-0818413-5499843?s=books&v=glance&n=283155" REL="nofollow">Stiff</A><BR/><BR/>Of course, if you ask me again tomorrow, I'll have a totally different answer. How do you ever boil it down to just three???Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15771924243879740522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-1138993482479335972006-02-03T14:04:00.000-05:002006-02-03T14:04:00.000-05:001) Fire and Hemlock, by Diana Wynne Jones -- becau...1) Fire and Hemlock, by Diana Wynne Jones -- because YA fantasy is my particular dirty secret, and they need to know that off the bat.<BR/>2) Some comic -- either my own (if I'm feeling brave) or something by Carla Speed McNeil. The other quirk they have to accept.<BR/>3) The Archaeology of Beekeeping, by Eva Crane, or else my giant Plan of St. Gall -- because I could never date someone who didn't think these books were cool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-1138987527952710002006-02-03T12:25:00.000-05:002006-02-03T12:25:00.000-05:00Oooooo! Literary speed dating! I was never very go...Oooooo! Literary speed dating! I was never very good at dating, so I probably won't be so great at choosing books for this either, but I'll give it a shot..<BR/>1. Underworld, by Don Delillo<BR/>2. Possibly Neuromancer, by William Gibson, or The Scar, by China Mieville, or Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace<BR/>3. The Ghost Road, by Pat Barker<BR/><BR/>I blame you, Isabella, for the waffling on #2-- you started it! Now the question is, would I ever get a date?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767816.post-1138899264239291232006-02-02T11:54:00.000-05:002006-02-02T11:54:00.000-05:00Oh -- I love the idea of literary speed dating! An...Oh -- I love the idea of literary speed dating! And I LOVE Lessing's Golden Notebook! Hmmmm. I don't think I could choose just three. But if I had to...for the first round of speed dating, it would be books that I just love for the language of them...:<BR/>1)AVA by Carole Maso<BR/>2)Martin Sloane by Michael Redhill<BR/>3)The Sweet-Shop Owner by Graham Swift<BR/><BR/>Oh but there are so many more. Maybe Barnes? Or Auster, as you mention? Cortazar's Hopscotch? Hmmm. Isn't it interesting to stop for a moment and think about what your books say about you? I'm often so busy trying to get through the stacks and stacks I've yet to read that I never really think about it. Now I'm self-conscious! But I guess that's what dating is all about, right? :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com