Poll Answers

[moominmuppet]

Answer the First: Obviously, wandered too close to the Lake shore. Tragic, really.

Answer the Second: It'd be a horrible, horrible choice to have to make, but I would choose people over books. The question does remind me of the story about the last man, and the full library, and the broken glasses, though. I don't remember the title (I'm sure someone else here does) but the whole idea horrified me (I can barely read without my glasses; have to cover one eye and hold the book about 2 1/2 inches from my other eye, so it's entirely too easy a scenario to imagine).

Answer the Third: Well, I expect he'd be quite interesting to talk to. At least, it's not an experience I could pass up. I don't know whether that's what one "should" do, but I think it's what I would do.

Answer the Fourth: The Dark Crystal and Naussica (although admittedly it was the hacked 80s american version I made my parents rent week after week). I adored both, and still do.

Answer the Fifth: I'm not so sure I have any one great virtue. More an assortment of fair to good ones, I guess. I'd say generosity and empathy are probably my strongest, although they break down plenty.

Answer the Sixth: I think you'd dig Pomosexuals, Gender Outlaw, and Skin: Talking About Sex, Class And Literature.

Answer the Seventh: See next post.

Answer the Eighth: I don't know whether to blame it on cluelessness, cultural rigidity (and all the accompanying issues of sexism/patriarchy/etc), or just plain bafflement. I often get the sense that Person thinks they've asked a yes or no question, and I've answered "blue" or something.

Comments

[calebbullen.livejournal.com]

The story you're thinking of was from the Twilight Zone and starred Burgess Meredith... after a little research it's called Time Enough At Last and the story was written by Lynn Venable and Rod Serling did the screenplay.

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

I'm almost positive I never saw the episode (I think I saw maybe three or four episodes ever), but I probably ran across the story in one of the "classic SF" short story collections.

Maybe we read it in my high school Spec Fic class -- it seems plausible. Now I'm really curious where I first encountered it.

[calebbullen.livejournal.com]

Well it is, I have since learned from looking it up, it is still the most well known episode of The Twilight Zone by a long shot.

Consequently, it's been referenced and parodied everywhere, so you may have just picked it up second hand. Like the way many of us, of a certain age and geekiness, learned about Citizen Kane from "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun"

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

No, I can usually tell the difference between things I picked up by reference, and things I actually read. Most of the references in Psycho I knew from references before I ever saw the movie (only a year or two ago, actually). "It's a Good Life" on the other hand, I knew I'd read first (actually, that was one I know we studied in Speculative Fiction in high school). I'm very close to positive that I've read the short story, and the screen shots from the Twilight Zone ep don't ring any bells for me at all. Unfortunately, trying to find what short story collections it might be in is almost impossible, since every search pulls up Twilight Zone references, and if I exclude it, I'm only getting a very few links. Once I get home, I can check the most likely collections -- I have about two shelves of SF short stories, including the primary text from my class.

[calebbullen.livejournal.com]

Right on then.

Dare I ask, but why haven't you seen more twilight zone episodes? Seems like that would be right up your alley.

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

We lived in the middle of nowhere and got crappy TV reception, and my parents didn't get cable 'til after I left for college. Also, I know one of the episodes I caught somewhere along the line as a small child scared the crap out of me, although I don't recall details off the top of my head. I've caught it off and on since then, but it's a 'small doses' thing for me, like most old TV.

in regards to answer the second:

[firinel.livejournal.com]

assuming you had a person like marnanel with you, it would be kind of like having books anyway, as Marn's got this incredible ability to spontaneously compose entertaining, and often really quite good, stories on demand.

Re: in regards to answer the second:

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

*nod* I'd still miss my childhood "friends" horribly, though. As long as I had radio and plays and TV and movies and storytelling, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to adapt to.