Posthuman Blues

Yet another media meme

1.) You're stuck inside "Fahrenheit 451," which book do you want to be?

Maybe "Neuromancer" or "Burning Chrome." (I'm partial to William Gibson.) Or maybe Jack Womack's "Elvissey" or "The Best Short Stories of J.G. Ballard"; that would be an honor indeed.

2.) Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?

Sure, although I can't exactly come up with a list at the moment. Probably one of Philip K. Dick's femmes fatales. "Neuromancer's" Molly was also quite fetching in a cyber-noir kind of way. Geez, here we go with my Gibson fetish again . . .

3.) The last book you bought is?

Salinger's "Nine Stories."

4.) What are you currently reading?

I'm finally polishing off Rudy Rucker's "Frek and the Elixir" -- and enjoying every page -- and sort of ambling my way through Paul Von Ward's "Gods, Genes, and Consciousness" (nonfiction).

5.) Five books you would take to a deserted island?

Oh, man. Taking the question at face value (and excluding William Gibson's books for the sake of well-roundedness):

1. "Naked Lunch" (William S. Burroughs)
2. "Breakfast of Champions" (Kurt Vonnegut)
3. "2001: A Space Odyssey" or "Childhood's End" (Arthur C. Clarke)
4. "The Martian Chronicles" (Ray Bradbury)
5. "Memories of the Space Age" (J.G. Ballard)

(Encountered at Busy, Busy Busy.)