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Fifteen
Several variations on this meme are making the rounds right now, on the journal sites and on Facebook, and I was looking something quick and easy to do today, so this fits my current mood. Ganked from several.
List 15 books (movies, albums, TV shows...) that will always be with you. Don't take too long to think about it; just list the first 15 that come to mind.
Not necessarily favorites (although most qualify from a "media comfort food" perspective if nothing else), and certainly not the things I would hold up as "best" in their given genres. But all of these have influenced me, in one way or another, and I will likely always keep them to hand, and in my heart. Not, for the most part, in any particular order.
15 Books
1. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
2. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (Narnia)
3. Tam Lin by Pamela Dean
4. Otherland by Tad Williams
5. A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin (ASoIaF)
6. The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
7. Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman (Sandman)
8. Fashionably Late by Olivia Goldsmith
9. Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenidies
10. Backlash by Susan Fauldi
11. Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
12. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
13. Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
14. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
15. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
15 Movies
1. L.A. Story
2. Clue
3. The Truman Show
4. Ghostbusters
5. Brazil
6. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
7. The Empire Strikes Back
8. Star Wars
9. Return of the Jedi (yes, that's right. I own my geekitude.)
10. The Philadelphia Story
11. Amadeus
12. The Last Starfighter
13. Dangerous Liaisons
14. Back to the Future (of course)
15. Groundhog Day
15 Albums
1. They Might Be Giants - Flood
2. Barenaked Ladies - Gordon
3. Depeche Mode - Violater
4. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
5. U2 - Achtung Baby
6. Sting - Nothing Like the Sun
7. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
8. Marlo Thomas & Friends - Free to be You and Me
9. The Beatles - The White Album
10. Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
11. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear
12. Sarah McLachlin - Fumbling Towards Esctasy
13. Tori Amos - Under the Pink
14. Dubstar - Goodbye
15. Grosse Pointe Blank soundtrack
15 Television Shows
1. Friends
2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
3. Star Trek: The Next Generation
4. Good Eats
5. Lost
6. Babylon 5
7. Veronica Mars
8. M*A*S*H
9. Night Court
10. Top Chef
11. 24
12. The West Wing
13. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
14. Joan of Arcadia
15. Northern Exposure
How about yours?
List 15 books (movies, albums, TV shows...) that will always be with you. Don't take too long to think about it; just list the first 15 that come to mind.
Not necessarily favorites (although most qualify from a "media comfort food" perspective if nothing else), and certainly not the things I would hold up as "best" in their given genres. But all of these have influenced me, in one way or another, and I will likely always keep them to hand, and in my heart. Not, for the most part, in any particular order.
15 Books
1. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
2. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (Narnia)
3. Tam Lin by Pamela Dean
4. Otherland by Tad Williams
5. A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin (ASoIaF)
6. The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
7. Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman (Sandman)
8. Fashionably Late by Olivia Goldsmith
9. Middlesex by Jeffery Eugenidies
10. Backlash by Susan Fauldi
11. Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
12. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
13. Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
14. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
15. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
15 Movies
1. L.A. Story
2. Clue
3. The Truman Show
4. Ghostbusters
5. Brazil
6. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
7. The Empire Strikes Back
8. Star Wars
9. Return of the Jedi (yes, that's right. I own my geekitude.)
10. The Philadelphia Story
11. Amadeus
12. The Last Starfighter
13. Dangerous Liaisons
14. Back to the Future (of course)
15. Groundhog Day
15 Albums
1. They Might Be Giants - Flood
2. Barenaked Ladies - Gordon
3. Depeche Mode - Violater
4. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
5. U2 - Achtung Baby
6. Sting - Nothing Like the Sun
7. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
8. Marlo Thomas & Friends - Free to be You and Me
9. The Beatles - The White Album
10. Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
11. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear
12. Sarah McLachlin - Fumbling Towards Esctasy
13. Tori Amos - Under the Pink
14. Dubstar - Goodbye
15. Grosse Pointe Blank soundtrack
15 Television Shows
1. Friends
2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
3. Star Trek: The Next Generation
4. Good Eats
5. Lost
6. Babylon 5
7. Veronica Mars
8. M*A*S*H
9. Night Court
10. Top Chef
11. 24
12. The West Wing
13. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
14. Joan of Arcadia
15. Northern Exposure
How about yours?