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Thursday Thirteen Book Questions

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Despite the cricket sounds surrounding last week’s Thursday Thirteen book questions, I want to continue on this week with asking you, the readers, questions. This week I’m talking about fantasy novels.

Like last week, you can answer one or more of the questions in the comments section or use your answers as your Thursday Thirteen. If you do the latter, be sure to leave a link to your answers.

On to the questions!

Thirteen Fantasy Novel Questions

1. What was the first fantasy book you ever read?
2. What was the last fantasy book you read? When? Did you enjoy it?
3. What is your favourite fantasy book?
4. What type of fantasy do you prefer? (Sword and sorcery, modern magic, adult fantasy, dark fantasy…)
5. If you wrote a fantasy book, what type of fantasy would it be?
6. If you wrote a fantasy book, what would the title be?
7. When you think ‘fantasy’, who are the first three authors who come to your mind?
8. What is your favourite thing about fantasy?
9. What is your least favourite thing about fantasy?
10. If you could be any fantasy character from any fantasy book (please name the book and author) who would you be?
11. Who is your favourite fantasy author?
12. If you could talk to any fantasy author, who would it be?
13. And, just for fun, if you could have one power, what would it be?

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The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!

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2 Responses to “Thursday Thirteen Book Questions”

  1. Susan Helene Gottfried Says:

    Eek. Lots of questions there.

    I think my first fantasy was Dragonflight, and from there, I was attached to the SF/F section of the bookstore and library for a long time.

    I like lots of different types, but I’d have to say I only out-and-out dislike the stuff The Tour Manager reads — the seven friends (each of a different variety) who gang up and go on a quest. They are too similar and it seems that whenever I pick up the Tour Manager’s books, or look over his shoulder, the writing is abysmal. It’s got to be my own bad timing, but … generalizations tend to get made, ya know?

  2. JM Says:

    Ooo, I remember Dragonflight.

    I agree with you about the ‘typical quest novel’. They can still be done extremely well, but too often they are not.

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