Amy Gordon
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of
a dog it's too dark to read.
-- Groucho Marx
| SUMMARY | |
| Geek Speak Status: | Contributing Writer |
| E-mail: | amy.gordon@gmail.com |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Preferred Nationality: |
Too many to choose from. |
| Known Alias(es): | Alleya, Katdragon |
| Michael Bay is... | who? |
| GENRE CREDENTIALS | |
| Gateway Fandom: | First sci-fi book: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card; First fantasy book: Alanna – The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce. |
| Current Addiction(s): | Facebook games, Discworld MUD, Assassin’s Creed, books, books and more books |
| Favorite Movie: | Does the recording of the final performance of the musical Rent count? [Technically, no, but I love Rent, so I'll allow it. - Ed.] |
| Favorite TV Show(s): | Firefly, Burn Notice, Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire. |
| Favorite Book: | Depends on what genre I’m in the mood for. Currently Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde. |
| Favorite Author: | Elizabeth Moon. |
| Guilty Pleasure: | Second-hand bookstores |
| Crush(es): |
The curly-haired guy on Any Dream Will Do. |
| Vendetta(s): | Bad fan-fiction writers, trilogies that were clearly meant to fit in one book, books with endings that practically force you to buy the next one in the series. People on “talent” shows that can’t sing. |
| Fan-fiction: pro or con? | Depends on the quality of the story. |
| THE FINAL 5 | |
| Trek or Wars: |
Wars (although Patrick Stewart is hot). |
| DC or Marvel: | Neither – I like “Order Of The Stick” comics online. |
| Vampires or werewolves: |
Awww, can’t I have both? |
| Dragons or Unicorns: |
Dragons -- you can do so many different things with them. |
| Time travel: pro or con?: | Depends. In Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series it works very well. If I had to read The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger again I think I’d go insane. |
Geek Speaking
FEATURES
- Geek Speak: Year One, an anniversary issue retrospective (Contributor), Issue 13, March 2011
- Through the Pensieve, reflections on Harry Potter (Contributor), Issue 17, July 2011
- Two for the Books, a look at NPR's Top SFF Novels 51 - 100 (Contributor), Issue 20, October 2011
THE TOP 13
- Geek Speak Recommendations (Contributor), Issue 13, March 2011
REVIEWS
TV - ON DVD
BOOKS
- Debris by Jo Anderton
- Trading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon
- White Tiger by Kylie Chan
