Having finished “The 25 most popular icebreaker questions based on four years of data” and enjoyed the results, I’m moving on to a new list:
76 Fun Icebreaker Questions (Not all of which will be used, since some are either/or questions, which are boring.)
Your mission: answer the question in the comments with a good story.
If you don’t have a good story, you are encouraged to make one up.
What is your favorite book?
“Sidequest: In Realms Ungoogled“, of course
Runner up: Victor Hugo’s “93“, mostly for the description of the loose cannon. After reading that, I finally understood what that phrase meant. Turns out very few situations actually warrant that phrase, because a loose cannon is a far worse thing than you think it is.
Cats 22
The Bible.
Anything by Rex Stout and Ayn Rand.
The Count of Monte Cristo.
Starship Troopers.
Hornblower and Richard Sharpe series.
If you like Hornblower you have to read Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series starting with “Master and Commander”.
Did.
If I say “Sidequest: In Realms Ungoogled“, will I stop being Moderated?
He-he-he-he-he-he-he….nope!
On a serious note I LOVE the entire Honor Harrington series by David Weber with the first book “On Basilisk Station” being my favorite.
“Fisting for Beginners.”
The Mating Season by P. G. Wodehouse
Oooh, I am a huge Wodehouse fan, too (I even like his schoolboy cricket stories), but because I have two X chromosomes, my favorite book is Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
Not counting Frank J’s (I actually like some of his shorter works better than his books)…
I’m sure there are others books I like more, I just can’t think of them right now:
Programming Applications for Microsoft Windows by Jeffrey Richter
Les Miserables
Not favorite, but good reads:
How to Win Friends & Influence People
How I Accidentally Joined the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy
I Am Spock
Coder to Developer
Close to Home Unplugged (John McPherson comics collection)
The Hobbit.