Another SF Book Meme

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via james_nicoll


Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror?
Fantasy

Hardback or Trade Paperback or Mass Market Paperback?
Hardcover

Heinlein or Asimov?
Asimov

Amazon or Brick and Mortar?
Amazon

Barnes & Noble or Borders?
Borders

Hitchhiker or Discworld?
Discworld

Bookmark or Dogear?
Bookmark

Magazine: Asimov's Science Fiction or Fantasy & Science Fiction?
Never read either

Alphabetize by author Alphabetize by title or random?
Put series together, then wherever they fit.

Keep, Throw Away or Sell?
Sell

Year's Best Science Fiction series (edited by Gardner Dozois) or Years Best SF series (edited by David G. Hartwell)?
Never read either

Keep dustjacket or toss it?
Keep

Read with dustjacket or remove it?
With

Short story or novel?
Novel

Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
Snicket

Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
Chapter or section breaks.

"It was a dark and stormy night" or "Once upon a time"?
"No shit, there I was..."

Buy or Borrow?
Borrow

Buying choice: Book Reviews, Recommendation or Browse?
Recommendation

Lewis or Tolkien?
Tolkien.

Hard SF or Space Opera?
Hard SF

Collection (short stories by the same author) or Anthology (short stories by different authors)?
Eh, I read so little short fiction it doesn't matter.

Hugo or Nebula?
Don't care

Golden Age SF or New Wave SF?
Don't care

Tidy ending or Cliffhanger?
Tidy

Morning reading, Afternoon reading or Nighttime reading?
Mostly night

Standalone or Series?
Series

Urban fantasy or high fantasy?
Both

New or used?
New

Favorite book of which nobody else has heard?
I'm a follower, not a leader... maybe Carole Nelson Douglas' _Probe_.

Top X favorite genre books read last year? (Where X is 5 or less)
_Dzur_
_The Bonehunters_
_Kitty Goes to Washington_
_To Ride a Rathorn_
_Crossover_

Top X favorite genre books of all time? (Where X is 5 or less)
_The Lord of the Rings_
_The Gods Themselves_
_The Book of Night With Moon_
_The Princess Bride_
_The Steerswoman_

X favorite genre series? (Where X is 5 or less)
Dragaera
Discworld
Steerswoman
Malazan
Unfortunate Events

Top X favorite genre short stories? (Where X is 5 or less)
"Flowers for Algernon"
"Relentlessly Mundane" (Walton)
"The Green Cat" (Dean)
"Blind Alley" (Asimov)