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I love books.  I'm an English major, which really wouldn't be possible if I didn't have a great love of literature.  I saw this meme about reading and couldn't help myself!

This meme is long, but who doesn't want to read all about books?  Also for all of the questions where they asked for a favorite, as in singular, I usually put at least two.  Oops.  Snagged from [livejournal.com profile] taragel  and [livejournal.com profile] queenofthorns .

Wow, this is 5 PAGES in my Word document )

Sidenote: Ursula K. LeGuin has the absolute best name for any author, let alone an author of spec fiction.  And it’s her real name!  Incredible.
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Snagged from [livejournal.com profile] daybreak777  and [livejournal.com profile] dionusia 

"Sometimes it's ok to pimp yourself out. Post a list of your top five fic-favorites you've written, regardless of fandom or the reason you love them. This isn't about the BEST things you've written, but what you LOVE most. Then admonish your readership to do the same so you can find new stories to read and pimp."

I took the "isn't about the best" part to heart. 

five favorite fics (alliteration!) )

shah_of_blah: (peachy keen)
[Error: unknown template qotd] For fun: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (hilarious and irreverent) and The Return of the King.
For fun and work: Flight by Sherman Alexie (I love it when I can find a way to "research" by reading books I want to read)
For work: The Canterbury Tales and other assorted things.

I love reading, and have been an avid reader for most of my life.  During the school year, my "fun" reading gets pushed to the side but I am constantly reading a ton of stuff for my classes.  My love of literature bleeds into my love for writing, and I do believe that reading is the best way to learn how to write.

As for what I would recommend, well, that's a huge question.  A few of my favorites, off the top of my head though:
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie, The Poisonwood BIble by Barbara Kingsolver, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, anything by Ursula K. LeGuin, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials...the list goes on.  Oh, and my favorite short story writers are Kelly Link (uber-weird and gorgeous) and Sherman Alexie (funny and heartbreaking and just astonishing.  And for the graphic novel fans out there, Neil Gaiman's Sandman series is fantastic (and, of course, peachy keen).

shah_of_blah: (peachy keen)
Battlestar in less than 12 hours!  This isn't exactly bsg fic, but bsg is among the fandoms represented....  I started writing this thing at least a year ago, and I just decided to finish the damn thing tonight.  I can only think of, say, 2 people besides me who are familiar with all of these fandoms, but I think Buffy's the only really essential one, although the bsg scene makes even less sense than the others if you haven't seen Maelstrom.

Title: Four People Or Anthropomorphic Personifications Buffy Didn’t Meet When She Died And One She Did
Summary: Title says it all.
Disclaimer: Don’t own ‘em.  They are the creations of Joss Whedon, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Bryan Fuller, and Moore & Eick.
Setting: Um, “The Gift” technically.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: mutilation of fandoms, general insanity and (abuse of parentheses).  Oh, and character death (duh).
AN: unbetad, yeah, see the above warnings.  I must emphasize that the following fic makes no sense at all; but if anyone else is as crazy as I am, I’d love some feedback (though if you’re just going to tell me I’m out of my mind and these fandoms should never have been crossed so, I already know that).
AN 2 aka the one you need to read: each of the following five scenes is unconnected, although the very beginning of the first one remains constant throughout, if that makes sense.

'Leoben' has a time-travel-portal-thing on his watch.  Don't ask.  And Rube's post-it came with a picture this time, ok?  I think "don't ask" just might be the motto for this fic, if fics can have mottos.

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