gakked from minotaurs



Neil Gaiman
Lynn Flewelling
Anne McCaffrey
Robert A. Heinlein Louis Bayard
Terry Pratchett
JK Rowling
Mel Keegan
Julian May Dorothy Sayers
Walter Jon Williams Poppy Z. Brite
Maureen F. McHugh Tom Stoppard





1. Name your ten favorite fictional characters of all time and what book, movie, or tv show they came from.

a. Mr. Knightley from Austen's Emma. Especially as played by Jeremy Northam in the movie.
b. Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter books. I love how she's unapologetically smart.
c. Crowley from Good Omens.
d. Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy Sayer's mysteries.
e. Dana Scully - The X-Files.
f. Thomasina coverly from Stoppard's Arcadia.
g. Aeryn Sun - Farscape
h. Alex Krycek before the mytharc was irrevocably ruined.
i. Lola because, despite her moron boyfriend, she rocked.
j. Benton Fraser from Due South.

2. Name five fictional characters that you would like to have an affair with and/or marry, plus the source. You may disregard any pre-existing attachments for these characters.

a. Colonel Brandon as played by Alan Rickman
b. John Crichton
c. Benedick
d. John Hannah's character from Sliding Doors
e. Legolas as played by Orlando Bloom.

3. Name five literary/fictional worlds that you would like to live in.

Potterverse.
As an Austen heroine.
Buffyverse.
Any Hong Kong cinema world as long as I could kick ass.
LOTR

4. What classic/critically acclaimed work(s) of literature do you fully appreciate the artistic merits of but hate nonetheless?

Wuthering Heights - Whichever Bronte. Huagh.
Great Gatsby
Steinbeck
Beckett's Endgame
Faulkner

5. Name five books that you would recommend I read.

a. Fool's Errand - Louis Bayard. Just very sweet.
b. Point of Hopes and Point of Dreams - both by Lisa Barnard and Melissa Scott.
c. Mairelon the Magician - Patricia Wrede.
d. The Elegant Universe - Brian Greene.
e. If On A Winter's Night A Traveler - Italo Calvino