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compilerbitch) wrote2003-07-07 11:14 am
compilerbitch) wrote2003-07-07 11:14 am
Book meme
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1) What is your favourite book?
Against a Dark Background, Iain M. Banks. The one that isn't a culture novel. (Not that I don't like the Culture series, far from it, it's just that I think that this particular book is outstanding).
2) What is the book that has most affected/changed you?
A book on FORTRAN I borrowed from the local library, age 5 or so.
3) Your favourite character from a novel?
W
It is the widest. :-)
Or, being more serious and a little less typographical, probably Sharrow, the lead character in Against a Dark Background. I think I identify with her ability to do the right thing and yet lead everyone and everything around her to ultimate doom.
4) The best villain from a novel?
The Shrander, from Light by John Harrisson. (OK, I know the Shrander isn't necessarily a villain, but still... I don't tend to go for villains typically. The noocytes from Blood Music by Greg Bear would probably be the closest thing to a villain I'd typically go for).
5) What was the last book you read?
The new Harry Potter.
6) What are you reading now?
A couple of books on VHDL, and a book on Verilog.
7) What was the last non-fiction book you read?
Probably part of ML for the Working Programmer, Larry Paulson, sitting on the loo on Sunday morning!
livredor's page:1) What is your favourite book?
Against a Dark Background, Iain M. Banks. The one that isn't a culture novel. (Not that I don't like the Culture series, far from it, it's just that I think that this particular book is outstanding).
2) What is the book that has most affected/changed you?
A book on FORTRAN I borrowed from the local library, age 5 or so.
3) Your favourite character from a novel?
W
It is the widest. :-)
Or, being more serious and a little less typographical, probably Sharrow, the lead character in Against a Dark Background. I think I identify with her ability to do the right thing and yet lead everyone and everything around her to ultimate doom.
4) The best villain from a novel?
The Shrander, from Light by John Harrisson. (OK, I know the Shrander isn't necessarily a villain, but still... I don't tend to go for villains typically. The noocytes from Blood Music by Greg Bear would probably be the closest thing to a villain I'd typically go for).
5) What was the last book you read?
The new Harry Potter.
6) What are you reading now?
A couple of books on VHDL, and a book on Verilog.
7) What was the last non-fiction book you read?
Probably part of ML for the Working Programmer, Larry Paulson, sitting on the loo on Sunday morning!
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But anyway, these are cool and interesting. Can you explain to a non-techie why FORTRAN (or was it just programming in general?)
I'm really intrigued that you picked the noocytes from Blood Music as a villain. I can see why, but I think I was mainly on their side. I think I read them much more as a problematic hero than a villain.
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