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Found this on Notshychirev's journal. Blank survey is in my comments section.

If you had to pick five fictional literary characters who would best embody you (in some aspect, either now or in the past), who would you choose?

I don't remember the character names, but there was a soldier in James Jones' "The Thin Red Line" that I remember associating with. I'd have to read it again to remember exactly who though...He was kind of an everyman soldier type, who asked a lot of questions. (aka James Jones' voice coming through one of his characters)

Kurt Vonnegut puts himself into a lot of his books, and I think that sometimes my brain functions a lot like his. We definitely both have the same senses of humor.

God, I'm bad with characters and names, but there was a character in Richard Wright's "Native Son" who I associated with. He was either Bigger's lawyer, or the lawyer assistant. Luke would know, he's read it more recently than I have.

Okay, not fictional at all. But I'm going with Thoreau from "Walden." I would absolutely LOVE to live a life like that.

and

The Lorax
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Which five books (any genre) have had the greatest influence on you?

"Johnny Got His Gun" - My friends and family are getting sick of hearing it, but this book put me on a new path.

"1984" was really great. I read it over the course of a few days. It also helped me see things in a new way.

"Different Seasons." It proved to me that pop-culture relevance and great literary writing could meet in print. It's influential on me now, not when I read it as a teen.

"Freedom in Exile." The autobiography of the Dalai Lama helped me cement my views of non-violence. If the Dalai Lama could remain peaceful in the face of a brutal and violent crime against humanity, than I can do the same under less circumstances.

"Butter Battle Book." Thanks, mom and dad, for being cool enough to be subversive.
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What is your favorite commonly censored book?

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Twain at this best. Wait, nix that far too simplistic and obvious statement. American Literature at its best.
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If you would ever burn a book (God forbid), which book would it be? Why?

Oh gosh. I haven't read any burn worthy books, but I think we could safely say that "Mein Kampf" should not be read by anyone, other than those wanting to see the worst of humanity.

how about
"Unfit for Command."
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Are you a monogamous reader, or do you like to read around?

I'm monogamous. But I do have some books that would complain about being "stood up" by me not finishing them.
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Last one, and be honest: Do you skip ahead to the ending?

No. Not unless I'm reading Robert Ludlum, while talking to my friend Sally.
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