Dissecting Writers                          Dresdamanx              

The following questions are taken from a profile of Scottish author Ian Rankin for bookshop chain Waterstone's:
http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/pages/content/1285/
Now all but two have been posed to the charming Mr Dresdamanx

http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poets/Dresdamanx/    


-What was your favorite childhood book?

The Chronicles of Narnia-Voyage of the Dawn Treader


-Which book has made you laugh?

HST's Better than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie
The part where he talks about a fictional interview with Bill Clinton....amazing, made beer come out of my nose...


-Which book has made you cry?

None, but Night by Elie Wiesel and The Things They Carried by Tom O'Brien came close.


-Which book would you never have on your bookshelf?

One with more than 1,000 pages....ADD you know...


-Which book are you reading at the moment?

Freewheelin Frank By Frank Reynolds 81 RIP/Mike McCLure


-Which book would you give as a present to a friend?

See above


-Which other writers do you admire?

Henry Miller, Nin, Ginsberg, Whitman, LeRoi Jones, Haley


-Which classic have you always meant to read and never got round to it?

Crime and Punishment....loooooonggg boooookkkk


-What are your top five books of all time, in order or otherwise?

1. Fear and Lothing in Las Vegas
2. Ham on Rye
3. Tropic of Cancer
4. Junky
5. Women


-What is the worst book you have ever read?

Confessions of an Economic Assassin....did not finish boring, stupid crap.


-Is there a particular book or author that inspired you to be a writer?

Not just one!  Mainly HST, Bukowski, Burroughs, Cassady, Kerouac, Miller


-What is your favorite time of day to write?

Evenings only, daylight is for the rat race.


-And favorite place?

None


-Longhand or word processor?

Have to type....I have the handwriting of a drunken poltergeist.....


-Which fictional character would you most like to have met?

Col Kurtz, although I have served under those like him....


-Who, in your opinion, is the greatest writer of all time?

Lady Gaga...kidding, Bukowski is the best.


-Which book have you found yourself unable to finish reading?

Tropic of Cancer, I don't want it to end!!!


What is your favorite word?

I have two, Motorcycle & Monkey.