Me: Terry Pratchett. The Sky One productions of two books (well, three, technically) have made it possible to see Terry talk. He seems far geekier than I ever imagined him, and he has a slight lisp too. The picture of him in the front of his books makes him look cool. The hat helps.
But that doesn’t matter. He’s still a great man. I am a huge fan of the particular way he writes and the particulars of what things end up in his books. Every single minute of the 24 hours would be rivetting.
Amongst other things I’d want to try to get from him an idea of the process of idea-to-book.
So what about you?
Then I realized I’d probably kill her about forty minutes in.
So, my husband. I definitely will want to kill him about 40 minutes in, but our marriage has taught us how to refrain from the homicidal tendencies during stressful situations. So he would probably be ideal.
If you mean a totally fantasy famous person/historical figure, well Nietzsche of course.
Hmm. Someone from Mythbusters, don’t really care who. Adam, Tory, or Grant – hearing about what goes on at ILM and on the show would be incredible. Sitting with Jamie would either be very dull or very very very interesting. And damn, I can’t come up with a single reason why I wouldn’t want to be trapped with Kari.
But of famous people, good call on Terry Pratchett. He’s quite frequently guest on different conventions and while I never talked with him personally, my friends had (several hours in one compartment on train, how cool is that?) and he’s a good guy and interesting partner in conversation.
My answer: Anybody exceptionally successful/wealthy.
If I am investing 24 hours with someone, and we are “trapped”, I like my odds of being able to impress that person and/or develop an invaluable bond. I would think that person has a bond with me, and that can only do me well in the long run.
What a bunch of nerds, except for puppygod. If I could go back to 1995, Jennifer Tilly. She’s still rather attractive, but not as good as she was back when she was filming Bound. I know of no actresses in late 20s to late 30s today that are that voluptuous and curvy (but I’m willing to be proven wrong). Skinny sticks with fake boobs don’t appeal to me.
Well, I’d say my fiance, but I spend about 90% of my life with him already (we work and live together) so I should probably pick somebody else. Sooo…
Harry Dean Stanton. I love to hear him sing, so hopefully he’d bring his guitar, and I could listen to him talk about his career and people he’s known for hours and hours. Also, he just seems like a nice guy. And my fiance would be totally jealous- but he’d want to switch places with me, not Harry Dean!
