All i update those days are memes

[salinea]

Look at your LJ "interests" list. If you have fewer than 50 interests, pick every fifth one. If you have between fifty and seventy-five interests, pick every seventh one. If you have over seventy-five interests, pick every tenth one. If you have fewer than ten, pick all of 'em. List them on your LJ, and tell everyone exactly what it is about these things that interests you so much.

I have more than 100 interests....

Amano : A japanese graphic artist. I really love what he does, it's utterly gorgeous. It's more painting than manga. He was the person illustrating Vampire Hunter D, and Final Fantasy VI.

Barbara Hambly : A writer. Mostly fantasy, and some historical stuff. I especially reccomand the Dragonbane cycle, it's got my very favourite dragon out of the fantasy books, and my very favourite dorkish father dragonslayer, and if you like fantasy that can be beautiful, dark and lyrical while at the same time being gritty and realistic, you'll love it.

David Brin : Another writer (heh), mostly Science Fiction, either Space Opera or Hard Science. I love the cycle with the "uplifted" dolphins and chimpanzees. Except for the ending which was bad.

Fantasy : The genre. As in the kind of books I read the most.

Guy Gavriel Kay : A writer (notice a trend yet ?) he writes fantasy with a historical flavour. I especially adore Tigana and Lions of Al Rassan. He's a writer I love for his style of lyrical writing and bittersweet, melancholy mood, but he's not without annoying gimmicks (as I'm sure generalblossom would be willing to explain ^^)

Lawful Drugs : A manga by Clamp. Slashy as hell and very cute in a vaguely threatening fashion. Alas only 3 volumes are out and none knows when it might be finished.

Mike Resnick : a writer *smirks* I especially love his space opera, either the Infernal Trilogy which transplants the history of the colonization and decolonization of 3 African countries as Science Fiction, and especially Santiago (which has more an ambiance of western space op)

Paradoxes : A mode of thinking I like. Life is full of paradoxes, people are full of contradictions. ^^

Shadowrun : A roleplaying game. Shadowrun is pretty unique in that it's a mix of fantasy and cyberpunk. 2050, a matrix, cyberneticized "street samurai", megacorporation, a United States divided in several federations, magic is awakened, with hermetic mages and shamans making the bulk of magician people, trolls and orks hiding in the sewer, elves founding their own nation south of Seatle, and dwarves playing the techwiz, and a dragon recently elected as newest president of what remains of the United States. Did I mention the ugly things lurking like toxic totems, blood magic and various monsters ? Shadowrun is a game I especially love because of the very consistent and rich background. There's a whole pretty dark world to explore. System is clunky as hell, though.

Tanith Lee : A writer. She writes mostly gothic-ish fantasy. I absolutly adore the Tale of the Flat Earth which is one of the most gorgeous, orginal, sensual, enigmatic and beautifully cruel fantasy cycle there is.

Writing : I love writing. I don't do a lot of it, but there's been few moments in my life where i wasn't writing something, whether poetry, original stories, fanfics, or original character backgrounds ^^

Comments

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

What else have you read ?

I think most people agree to say Tigana is his best. I especially adore the way he writes characters. I mean, they do tend to be overly intelligent, witty, and beautiful people (not to mention artistically gifted) but I love them for it all the same ^^

My own fondness for Lions of Al Rassan also stems a bit more from my own background, I think. It touches me intimely because I'm Jewish, with a mother born in Algeria and living in a catholic country.