- Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror?
All of the above, although more fantasy than any of the others. But really I like books that have a bit of everything thrown in.
- Hardback or Trade Paperback or Mass Market Paperback?
Mass market. Easier to carry round, easier to read, I can fit more on the shelves 
Then hardback; trade are just awkward.
- Heinlein or Asimov?
I’ve never read any Heinlein, and not much Asimov, so I’ll have to go with neither, or both.
- Amazon or Brick and Mortar?
If I’m buying books online I tend to go for play.com on account of the free shipping, but I prefer to use a shop, mainly because most of my purchases are impulse buys and you just don’t get the same feel for a book online as you do when you can pick it up and flick through it.
- Barnes & Noble or Borders?
Neither. I use either Easons or Hodges Figgis, sometimes Waterstones, and for secondhand shopping Chapters[1] Which reminds me, I haven’t been in their new shop yet, really must pay a visit.
- Hitchhiker or Discworld?
Discworld. Wasn’t that impressed with the Hitchhiker books when I read them, but that was more than ten years ago, so I’ll have to give them another go at some point. I do love Pratchett’s Discworld books, the later ones especially.
- Bookmark or Dogear?
Both. I bookmark other people’s books, or ones belonging to the library, but my own I dogear, or if it is new just crack the spine[2] wherever I finish up.
- Magazine: Asimov’s Science Fiction or Fantasy & Science Fiction?
Neither.
- Alphabetize by author Alphabetize by title or random?
Fairly random. I just keep series together, everything else is shovelled onto the shelf whereever there is space. But when I get the space for my own private library then I’ll alphabetise by author.
- Keep, Throw Away or Sell?
Keep. Forever, until finally, one day when sorting through piles of books they’ll topple over and trap me for so long that people will believe me dead, killed by a little yellow boy with spikey hair, until eventually I free myself using Macgyver-style techniques and turn up in court, just in time to prove that crime doesn’t pay.
- Year’s Best Science Fiction series (edited by Gardner Dozois) or Years Best SF series (edited by David G. Hartwell)?
Whichever. I only tend to pick up anthologies based on how cheap they are in Chapters
- Keep dustjacket or toss it?
Keep it.
- Read with dustjacket or remove it?
Again it depends. If the dustjacket is covered and non-slip then I’ll leave it on, though usually I’ll take it off while reading. They are just too awkward otherwise.
- Short story or novel?
Novel. I prefer indepth characters and that can be hard to do with a short story.
- Harry Potter or Lemony Snicket?
I’ve never read any Lemony Snicket, so I’ll have to go with Potter, though I did enjoy the Snicket film.
- Stop reading when tired or at chapter breaks?
Usually at chapter breaks, but it depends where I am when I’m reading, or how long I’ve been reading for. I sometimes read while watching telly, and in that case the three minute ad break usually isn’t long enough to finish a chapter.
- “It was a dark and stormy night� or “Once upon a time�?
Once it was a dark and stormy time
- Buy or Borrow?
Both. There are too many books out there to buy them all.
- Buying choice: Book Reviews, Recommendation or Browse?
Recommendations and browsing usually. I count bloggers’ book reviews as recommendations.
- Lewis or Tolkien?
No contest; Tolkien.
- Hard SF or Space Opera?
Both have their good points. Once they are well written either’ll do, although since I sometimes end up skimming the science bits I’d better say Space Opera.
- Collection (short stories by the same author) or Anthology (short stories by different authors)?
Certain authors’ collections, otherwise Anthologies.
- Hugo or Nebula?
Makes no difference to me whether a book has won an award or not.
- Golden Age SF or New Wave SF?
Either. Both. Whichever, it’s all good.
- Tidy ending or Cliffhanger?
Once it is well written and in keeping with the whole story I don’t mind.
- Morning reading, Afternoon reading or Nighttime reading?
yes.
- Standalone or Series?
I don’t mind. Once the story is well told and the characters are real then I’m happy to spend as long as possible with them, though a certain RJ should be wary of writing entire books where nothing happens.
- Urban fantasy or high fantasy?
Again, both have their appeal. Some urban fantasy is great, some high fantasy is far too-Tolkien-lite. But there are great books in both sub-genres.
- New or used?
Either.
- Favorite book of which nobody else has heard?
I have no idea. I mean surely no matter how unpopular the book the author will have heard of it 
- Top X favorite genre books read last year? (Where X is 5 or less)
Last year….
- Thud! by Terry Pratchett
- The Temeraire series by Naomi Novik
- Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
- A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
- Top X favorite genre books of all time? (Where X is 5 or less)
I can’t answer this. How’m I supposed to limit it to five!
- X favorite genre series? (Where X is 5 or less)
Under protest I’ll answer this one:
- Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien[3]
- The various Six Duchies & Liveship trilogies by Robin Hobb
- The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper
- The New Crobuzon ‘verse of China Mieville
- The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
- Top X favorite genre short stories? (Where X is 5 or less)
I haven’t read too many recently, but there were three that I really enjoyed in Neil Gaiman’s Smoke and Mirrors:
- The Price
- Chivalry
- Snow, Glass, Apples.
- Current Top X favorite genre book cover artists? (Carl’s question)
- James Jean (Fables especially)
- John Howe
- Josh Kirby’s Discworld covers. I wasn’t a huge fan when I first saw[4] them, but I’ve come to really appreciate them, and miss them now.
At the start of the film Linda is pulling double shifts while Chris is out selling bone density machines, struggling to make ends meet and support their young son Christopher. Things are not going well, the bone density machine isn’t selling as well as Chris had hoped and he had invested all his money in it. They are behind on the rent and nothing seems to be going their way. Their marriage too is under pressure and when Linda gets the offer of a job in New York she takes it, leaving Christopher behind with his father.
