Infinite Monkeys

Book Meme

We've been tagged by Miller's Book Meme (MBM, for short). My answers are below, with this caveat: This is all off the top of my head without access to my library, because I'm not at home. I'm sure I'd have several different answers if my books were in front of me.

1. What is the last book you read, the book you are currently reading and the next book you plan to read:

• Iustitia Dei: A History of the Christian Doctrine of Justification - Alister E. McGrath (I'm not 100% sure this was the last book I read, it's just the last book I remember finishing.)
• The Abolition of Man (re-reading) - C. S. Lewis
• The New Science of Politics - Eric Voegelin (I've actually already started this, but I'm taking a break for "Abolition")

2. In no particular order, what are your five favorite works of fiction:
(RobbL note: I don't particularly care for fiction, and I read very little of it.)

• That Hideous Strength - C. S. Lewis
• Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkein
• Ummm....ahhh....hold on, I'm sure I'll think of something. Oh yeah:
• Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein
• Eaters of the Dead - Michael Crichton (guilty pleasure, those Crichton books)
• Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams

3. In no particular order, what are your five favorite non-fiction books:

• God in the Dock - C. S. Lewis (collection of essays)
• Le Ton Beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language - Douglas R. Hofstadter (it was close between this and The Minds I)
• An Empire Wilderness - Robert D. Kaplan (hard to choose which of his books is my favorite)
• The Shape of Sola Scriptura - Keith A. Mathison
• Objections Sustained: Subversive Essays on Evolution, Law & Culture - Phillip E. Johnson

4. Who are your five favorite fiction writers:

• C. S. Lewis
• J. R. R. Tolkein
• Robert Heinlein
• Michael Crichton
• Douglas Adams

5. Who are your five favorite non-fiction writers:

• Robert D. Kaplan
• Douglas R. Hofstadter
• Phillip E. Johnson
• C. S. Lewis
• R. C. Sproul

6. What book[s] (other than Scripture) have you read more than once:
(RobbL note: I rarely read a book all-the-way-through more than once. This list would have been totally different if it asked which books I go back to and re-read lengthy portions of with some frequency.)

• That Hideous Strength
• God in the Dock
• Starship Troopers
• The Five Points of Calvinism: Defined, Defended, Documented
• The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

7. What autographed books do you own, and who signed them:

• Systematic Theology - Wayne Grudem (signed by the author)
• Postmillennialism: An Eschatology of Hope - Keith A. Mathison (signed by the author)
• Before Jerusalem Fell - Kenneth L. Gentry (signed by the author)
• Chosen By God - R. C. Sproul (signed by the author)

That's all I can recall at this point. Who's next?