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gnutmeg ([personal profile] gnutmeg) wrote2008-03-17 07:36 pm

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Another from this post. [livejournal.com profile] praedestinatio's question:
What's your favourite book? Favourite author? Genre to read? Genre to write?


Not really outside my comfort zone, just not something I chat a lot about. Let's go through these in order. My favourite book, ever since I read the damn thing, is Robin Hobb's "Royal Assassin". It's the third book of her Farseer trilogy. I just love the characters and the over all mood of it. Unfortunately, I'd have to spoil the book for those of you who've never read it to tell you what I really love about it. Let's just say the ending really strikes a chord for me.

My favourite author varies. I have a few I go between, depending on my mood. Robin Hobb, J.R.R. Tolkien, H.P. Lovecraft, and Anne Rice. Yeah, shut up. I love Anne Rice. Other authors I love, but aren't in my top four, include: Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Terry Brooks,
Piers Anthony, Madeleine L'Engle, and Shakespeare. There's also one particular book by James Finn Garner that I think everyone needs to read. It changed my life in high school!

The two genres I love best to read are horror and fantasy. I'm also a rather big fan of non-fiction stuff. If I had to pick a number one choice: probably fantasy.

Writing... that one's hard to decide. I mean, I love to write fantasy with just a hint of that horror element to it, but the things I do most often are more... I don't even know how to describe. Autobiographical? You have to understand that the thing I write most is poetry. I also write slash/yaoi fiction, though not often anymore. Someday, I'm going to figure out how to get the fantasy novel that's been living in my head for well over a decade now onto paper. Can we just say I like to write whatever my mood feels like best? Because that's the most honest answer.

[identity profile] lirimaer.livejournal.com 2008-03-18 09:07 am (UTC)(link)
I find a lot of horror and fantasy do touch on each other, it's probably why I like both so much, but I think it is that subtle fear that makes it separate.

The Faith Hunter sounds more like something I would read. In fact, it sounds a lot like the Angel Sanctuary manga, if you've read them at all? I've got the whole series and have read all but the last two.