One of the best ways to get to know a person is to find out what sort of things they like. So, if you're interested, check out:
      A few of my favorite novels,
      What sort of music I like to listen to
      My collection of humor files,
      Favorite poems,
      Who my favorite artists are
      And which movies I'd want to be stranded with on a desert isle

 

Favorite Books

• The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkein
  
• The Narnia Chronicles, by C.S. Lewis
  
• The Prydain Chronicles, by Lloyd Alexander
  
• BoneDance and Falcon, both by Emma Bull
  
• WolfMoon, by Charles deLint
  
• Psion, CatsPaw, and Dreamfall, by Joan D. Vinge
  
• When Gravity Fails, and A Fire in The Sun, by George Alec Effinger
  
• Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
  
• The Legend of NightFall, by Mickey Zucker Reichert
  
• The Ethshar Novels, by Lawrence Watt Evans
  
• Dragon's Blood, Heart's Blood, and A Sending of Dragons, by Jane Yolen
  
• The Amber Series, by Roger Zelazny
  
• The Star Wars Trilogy by Timothy Zahn (including Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command)

(It's not an exhaustive list, but its a great place to start!)

 

Favorite Music

My musical interests run the gamut from classical to pop to industrial (with a careful sidestep to avoid Country&Western). Here's links to a few of my auditory inclinations.

• Gowan - Everything from Criminal Mind and Moonlight Desires, to The Dragon and Cyberbabes
  
• Eurythmics - and they do a much better job of Sweet Dreams than Manson, anyday.
  
• Its an old group, but I still enjoy Mr. Mister, too
  
• Switchblade Symphony - Some of the Best in Goth Music
  
• Fields of the Nephilim - a strange blend of.. well.. I don't know. But it's cool music.
  
• And of course, I have to include a Nine Inch Nails link.
  
• I also like celtic music such as: Enya, and Clannad
  
• Captain Tractor - a great Canadian group.
  
• SplendourBog - Comic-Celtic-Canadiana (and a cool group of guys, ta boot)
  
• And while we're in the folky range, I 'd recommend Garnet Rogers
  
• Christine Lavin has some great music, and a great web-page
  
• For more female folk, try Dar Williams
  
• And on a truly Classical note, I like Bach and Mozart.
  
• Can't forget Vangelis, either. Some of the best ambient music around.
  

 

The Humor Files

You might be a _______ if...

• You might be a Redneck if...
  
• You might be a Child of the 80's if...
  
• You might be a Techno-nerd if...
  
• You might be a Faire Nerd...
  

Vampire / World of Darkness Humor

• Do you LARP too much? - A purity test for Live Role Players
  
• If I ever become a Vampire...
  
• Ventrue calls a Meeting - A unique outlook on Clan Histories.
  

And a few other Humor files I happen to like

• Wife 1.0
  
• Hippocratic Oath for Engineers
  
• The Information SuperHighway?
  

 

Favorite Poetry

Where possible, links to the appropriate documents have been added

• The Listeners - by Walter de la Mare
  
• The Raven - by Edgar Alan Poe
  
• My Last Duchess - by Robert Browning
  
• Ozymandias - by Percy Bysshe Shelly
  
• The Ballad of Beren and Luthien Tinuviel - by Tolkien
  
• Sonnet - by Vampyre
  
• untitled - by me.
  

 

Favorite Artists

They say you can't judge a book by its cover, but I can't count the number of novels which I've bought for the cover-art alone. In my opinion, some of these artists rank up there with Da Vinci and Dali.

• Greg Hildebrandt
• Robin Wood
• Don Maitz
• Michael Whelan
• Thomas Canty
• Jodi A. Lee
• Walter Velez
• Darryl K. Sweet
• Keith Parkinson
• Luis Royo

 

Favorite Movies

If I was ever stranded on a desert isle, with only a TV, VCR, a few connecting cords, a solar-powered electric generator, and a suitcase full of movies (heh... what're the odds of that?) then these are the movies I'd want to be stuck with:

• Blade Runner
• Highlander
• The Princess Bride
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn
• The Star Wars Trilogy and Episode One
• Labyrinth
• The Lion in Winter
• Monty Python's Holy Grail
• Gattaca
• the new version of Romeo and Juliet
• The Matrix