Zarah over at Razor Blade Cuts tagged me for the Book Meme, so here goes ...
You're stuck inside Fahrenheit 451. Which book do you want to be?
Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction. Because forensics are violence in reverse. Sweet revenge. Triumphant resurrection.
But if Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction burns, would it render reconstruction impossible? Or would its words resist incineration, since they undo what fire has done? Would this burning become an endless loop of fire and fire-scene-reconstruction, fire and fire-scene-reconstruction, fire and fire-scene-reconstruction?
I read somewhere that mirrors serve as powerful deterrants to crime, since criminals literally come face-to-face with their own intentions & acts. Their own eyes. Would it be like that?
Have you ever had a crush on a fictional character?
Oh, God yes. Yes, yes, yes!
Hamlet. I wrote love poems to him in my high school English journal, and my teacher responded in the margin: Get thee to a nunnery! I had it BAD. I used to lie awake at night and try to wish Hamlet into being.
Joe in Young Adam. I know, I know. I like the bad boys. (See, I think this is an extension of my crush on Trocchi ... )
Henry in The Secret History
Richard in The Secret History
Robbie in Atonement
Antigone
Ophelia in Hamlet
Louisa in Gordon by Edith Templeton Forensic Interpretation of Glass Evidence by James Michael Curran, Tacha Natalie Hicks, and John S. Buckleton. On the same day, I also purchased: Green River, Running Red by Anne Rule; Forensic Dentistry; Forensic Linguistics; A Beautiful Child by Matt Birkbeck; and Bitemark Evidence. (Leave me marooned at home, and I will find a way to spend the balance on my Powell's store credit. And for everything else, there are used copies Amazon.com.) As usual, I cannot stick with just one at a time: 1. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Paradise Poems by Gerald Stern (Or maybe Bread Without Sugar or Rejoicings, also by him ... ) The Collected Works of William Shakespeare (Many people do not know this, but I love, love, love Shakespeare. Especially some of the underappreciated plays, like Titus Andronicus.) Wittgenstein's Philosophical Grammar On Being and Nothingness by Sartre Forensic Taphonomy: The Postmortem Fate of Human Remains The Secret History by Donna Tartt or What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver + I would sneak more, like: Crowds and Power by Elias Canetti, Oh, but I would need my Rothko book, so I can stare into those color fields and get lost. And Mondrian, so I could meditate on structure and Platonic forms. How on earth could I choose? Who are you going to pass this stick to (3 persons) and why? This is so hard to decide. I want to choose people who will surprise me - whose answers I cannot predict. Hmm ... Ed Carvalho, Dewi, and Becky. I would tag Wendy, too, but I am not sure if she has completely re-entered her life yet ... (Wendy, if you see this, and you want to do it, I would love to see your responses.)
The last book you bought is?
What are you currently reading?
2. Re-reading my entire Trocchi collection (yes, including the bad-ass pornographic ones)
3. Bitemark Evidence
4. Forensic Dentistry by Paul G. Stimson and Curtis A. Mertz
5. Forensic Facial Reconstruction by Caroline Wilkinson (this one has a different method & focus than Karen T. Taylor's Forensic Art & Illustration, my personal favorite.)
6. Finishing up Oh Pure and Radiant Heart by Lydia Millet, so I can post a review on Invisible Insurrection
7. Re-reading Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon
8. Re-reading Lustmord
9. Re-reading chapters in Writing Culture (brings back the days when I was working on an ethnographic study of online learning for my education courses.)
Five books you would take to a deserted island.
or
How We Die by Dr. Sherman Nuland, and Disorder vs. Order in Brain Function and so many others ...
Comments (3)
Karrie, I think that this is the best book to burn in the world of Fahrenheit 451, so far! Although I bet your book (and the fireguys,too) would be seeing stars-dizzy by the end of the day. This would be like watching a perversely funny cartoon show! Thank you for this.
Posted by zarah | July 15, 2005 9:39 AM
Posted on July 15, 2005 09:39
Heehee! I will work on this and have it posted by the end of the week! (I love that you wrote me a little message, and sorry that I didn't see it until now!)
Now I must read yours again...
Posted by Wendy C. Ortiz | July 28, 2005 8:40 AM
Posted on July 28, 2005 08:40
Ah... and I thought I was the only one left with a love for Tartt.
Posted by V. | August 6, 2005 9:56 AM
Posted on August 6, 2005 09:56