I have been meme'd
... or something like that. My friend Patti was "tagged" by a friend of hers, so she tagged me, and now I have to write 15 fun facts about Books and Me. Here goes:
1. When I was a very young child, about 7 years old, my mom (a teacher) worked during the summer selling World Book Encyclopedia to all our friends. The reward at the end of the summer, besides making a little bit of extra money, was that we received a set of the 1964 World Book Encyclopedia, with Yearbook, and (2-volume) Dictionary. The next summer, we moved into the new house on Windchime, and my mom had a Study on the second floor, right across from the bathroom shared by me and my three siblings. On a shelf in the Study (which was really just a huge walk-in closet with shelves and a window, and room for a desk) sat the nice new, red World Books. I started reading them. Literally. I would grab a volume and head into the bathroom, and read and read and read, much to the chagrin of my sister and brothers. If I knew that I was going to be there for a while, I would grab the 'S' volume; if it was just a short trip, I would grab the 'J-K' volume. The upshot is that by the time I finished elementary school, I had read the entire encyclopedia, and most of the Dictionary. Good news: I found out about a LOT of different things. Bad news: I found out about a LOT of different things, and I have always had an insatiable curiousity to find out more. It was the foundation for my becoming a Renaissance Man. It is a curse to be blessed with a little bit of knowledge about a lot of different things. Heinlein wrote that "specialization is for insects." And I agree with him.
2. By the time I got out of 6th grade, I had read the trilogy "Lord of the Rings."
3. By the time I graduated from high school, I had read the trilogy "Lord of the Rings" two more times. To date, I have read it seven times. I also started in on "Silmarillon" and other fun stuff that Tolkien wrote.
4. I have a weakness for used book stores. The Lovely One and I will go, periodically, to Half Price Books to just walk around and look. She is a big fan of Half.com, a great source for discount-priced books.
5. One of my favorite books ever is "100 Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a Nobel-laureate.
6. Over here in Iraq, I just finished reading "Peyton Place" and "Return to Peyton Place." If you have only "heard" about Peyton Place, I commend this book to you. The trick is to remember that these were written in 1956, by a woman. Scandalous.
7. TLO once got me a photo-book by Annie Liebowitz. The best thing is that she stood in line to get it autographed. Sweeeeeeeet!
8. Doctor Sis is always trying to get me to read stuff, but one of her best suggestions was to read "Iron John." Men, if you want to have a clue, you will read and grok this fairy tale.
9. TLO and I try to stay away from NYTimes Bestsellers. I mean, if the masses are reading it, how good can it really be?
10. Ugh. This list is harder than I thought it would be. OK, I have never read "The Idiot" or "The Brothers Karamazov" or anything else by Dostoievski (sp?); I did watch the Flying Karamazov Brothers once on TV.
11. TLO found a book, "Sarum" about the Stonehenge area of England, great writing, tremendous research, the author is an English Michener (Edward Rutherford). While in Iraq, I found another Rutherford tome in the MWR Library: "Russka" about Russia over the centuries. I highly recommend both of them.
12. A friend of mine just got published: "Lord Vishnu's Love Handles" is a spy novel, sorta, and it's about Lakewood, and Dallas, and affluenza, and the CIA, and it's written by Will Clarke. I met Will at Legal Grounds, a most excellent coffee shop in Lakewood.
13. I have read almost everything by John Irving and Kurt Vonnegut. I think Irving has one of the best senses of humor of any writer in America.
14. In a strange twist of fate, my senior thesis in high school was on John Barth. Doctor Sis' PH.D. dissertation was on John Barth. No, we didn't find this out until afterwards. Barth is a crazy guy, but enjoyable reading.
15. I had forgotten that I was such a big Heinlein fan. Time Enough For Love, The Past Through Tomorrow, Job: A Comedy of Justice, Friday, Rocketship Galileo, etc. Heinlein was PROLIFIC. And I think I have read at least 40 of his books.
Ok, so there's my list. And now I tag my nephew Nicolas, my friend Candy, and my friend (and Candy's Hubby) Tom.
1. When I was a very young child, about 7 years old, my mom (a teacher) worked during the summer selling World Book Encyclopedia to all our friends. The reward at the end of the summer, besides making a little bit of extra money, was that we received a set of the 1964 World Book Encyclopedia, with Yearbook, and (2-volume) Dictionary. The next summer, we moved into the new house on Windchime, and my mom had a Study on the second floor, right across from the bathroom shared by me and my three siblings. On a shelf in the Study (which was really just a huge walk-in closet with shelves and a window, and room for a desk) sat the nice new, red World Books. I started reading them. Literally. I would grab a volume and head into the bathroom, and read and read and read, much to the chagrin of my sister and brothers. If I knew that I was going to be there for a while, I would grab the 'S' volume; if it was just a short trip, I would grab the 'J-K' volume. The upshot is that by the time I finished elementary school, I had read the entire encyclopedia, and most of the Dictionary. Good news: I found out about a LOT of different things. Bad news: I found out about a LOT of different things, and I have always had an insatiable curiousity to find out more. It was the foundation for my becoming a Renaissance Man. It is a curse to be blessed with a little bit of knowledge about a lot of different things. Heinlein wrote that "specialization is for insects." And I agree with him.
2. By the time I got out of 6th grade, I had read the trilogy "Lord of the Rings."
3. By the time I graduated from high school, I had read the trilogy "Lord of the Rings" two more times. To date, I have read it seven times. I also started in on "Silmarillon" and other fun stuff that Tolkien wrote.
4. I have a weakness for used book stores. The Lovely One and I will go, periodically, to Half Price Books to just walk around and look. She is a big fan of Half.com, a great source for discount-priced books.
5. One of my favorite books ever is "100 Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a Nobel-laureate.
6. Over here in Iraq, I just finished reading "Peyton Place" and "Return to Peyton Place." If you have only "heard" about Peyton Place, I commend this book to you. The trick is to remember that these were written in 1956, by a woman. Scandalous.
7. TLO once got me a photo-book by Annie Liebowitz. The best thing is that she stood in line to get it autographed. Sweeeeeeeet!
8. Doctor Sis is always trying to get me to read stuff, but one of her best suggestions was to read "Iron John." Men, if you want to have a clue, you will read and grok this fairy tale.
9. TLO and I try to stay away from NYTimes Bestsellers. I mean, if the masses are reading it, how good can it really be?
10. Ugh. This list is harder than I thought it would be. OK, I have never read "The Idiot" or "The Brothers Karamazov" or anything else by Dostoievski (sp?); I did watch the Flying Karamazov Brothers once on TV.
11. TLO found a book, "Sarum" about the Stonehenge area of England, great writing, tremendous research, the author is an English Michener (Edward Rutherford). While in Iraq, I found another Rutherford tome in the MWR Library: "Russka" about Russia over the centuries. I highly recommend both of them.
12. A friend of mine just got published: "Lord Vishnu's Love Handles" is a spy novel, sorta, and it's about Lakewood, and Dallas, and affluenza, and the CIA, and it's written by Will Clarke. I met Will at Legal Grounds, a most excellent coffee shop in Lakewood.
13. I have read almost everything by John Irving and Kurt Vonnegut. I think Irving has one of the best senses of humor of any writer in America.
14. In a strange twist of fate, my senior thesis in high school was on John Barth. Doctor Sis' PH.D. dissertation was on John Barth. No, we didn't find this out until afterwards. Barth is a crazy guy, but enjoyable reading.
15. I had forgotten that I was such a big Heinlein fan. Time Enough For Love, The Past Through Tomorrow, Job: A Comedy of Justice, Friday, Rocketship Galileo, etc. Heinlein was PROLIFIC. And I think I have read at least 40 of his books.
Ok, so there's my list. And now I tag my nephew Nicolas, my friend Candy, and my friend (and Candy's Hubby) Tom.
posted by Steve | 9:46 PM
14 Comments:
can I be tagged? what is this?
If you can get your hands on "The Shadow of the Wind" or "Maps for Lost Lovers" they both make a nice read. If you want I'll send them to you for Christmas. How are you doing otherwise? We need to chat about the World Book Encyclopedia, by the way. I read the thing same way you did. Didn't know it til now. Yd. p.s. we just sang Haendel's Messiah last night in Rome. I sent all the waves of emotion in your direction, etc.
Well, here's another self-confessed encyclopedia reader.
I'm glad to be able to keep up with your comings & goings via this blog!
--Robyn
Steve - thanks for tagging me! I enjoyed reading your list very much. I just posted mine - take a look!
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