Yuletide Friending Meme!

[karanguni]

Because it's yuletide, and because there's #yuletide, and because you are all awesome, and because I want to send people from all over the world presents. So there!

[edit] If you want to be super sekrit about your fandoms because this is pre-reveal, please do! Or there's always the alternative of spamming the fandom segment until it's impossible to tell. *g*

Yuletide handle/nick:
LJ:
Location:
Fandoms:
When I Say Yuletide, You Say:
What would you like in your stocking?:

<B>Yuletide handle/nick:</b> <B>LJ:</b> <B>Location:</b> <B>Fandoms:</b> <B>When I Say Yuletide, You Say:</b> <B>What would you like in your stocking?:</b>

Comments

[kangeiko]

Warren Ellis? IS GOD.

(Although Neil Gaiman may also be a minor deity.)

I have yet to be sold on Neal Stephenson. I loved Diamond Age - ok, the first two thirds, then it appears he took a load of drugs - but I have tried and tried to read the Baroque Cycle, and it just won't happen. They're sitting on my bookshelf, looking critical.

[numinicious.livejournal.com]

Warren Ellis isn't God! He's INTERNET JESUS. ( I agree on the Neil Gaiman bit, of course. )

I am also waffling a bit on Neal Stephenson. The first thing I ever read by him was Cryptonomicon, which is so awesome I cannot describe it in words. But when I picked up Anathem I wasn't sold, and didn't even get past the intro. I think I'm going to try the Baroque Cycle, because I have heard interesting things about how he portrays Isaac Newton. *g*

I am so adding you, btw. :D

[kangeiko]

I haven't read Cryptonomicon; the length is putting me off a bit. Also, it's a bit too heavy to be carried around in my bag all day long (which is how I normally get through books), which means that I'm more likely to put it down mid-flow and and forget about it.

I was about a quarter of the way through Quicksilver before I got distracted; I do keep meaning to give it another go one of these days. Probably after I get around to reading Jonathan Strange, though.

I am so adding you, btw. :D

*adds you back*

[numinicious.livejournal.com]

It is pretty long. It's not the book I would recommend to people just getting into Neal Stephenson, but it's the one I started with and it's excellent. A bit rough in some places, and it took me a long time to read, but it was engaging, so I got through it. :)

I think I definitely need to pick up the Baroque Cycle. I've been meaning to read all of it... I just need to find the time.