Bring them back from the grave

[Asa Adams]

I saw this thread regarding "who would you call up after reading their book"
And I thought that maybe I could ask this:

Who would you bring back to life for a tea, or brandy, or anything in your choice of a sitting room, or Pub, or again, anything you want?
It has to be a writer of some sorts (eg. Poet, short story, playwright, Novelist, Historian....etc) And you only get 12 hours! How Horrible!

I would Probably choose J. R. R. Tolkien.

Sitting room, stained Oaken walls. Large and cozy. Two, very large armchairs with accompanying drink table to the right and left. Assortment of food and drink on a large cart to the back of us. An endless supply of books cradeling the walls. A massive fireplace orverwhelming the room in front of us. I would chat about the weather, about his books, his hobbies. Whether or not he likes tulips, or roses? The simplicity of it makes me shiver! If only I could do it!

And right Here you can! Who would you bring back for a day, and what would you both do?
Have fun!

I hope this wasnt done before. And if it has, then we can do it again with different writers!

Asa

[manolia]

Nice thread Asa!

Since you already picked Tolkien (my first choice also, but i would choose a Hobbit-hole to receive him. If i can ressurect Tolkien why can't i have a Hobbit-hole, eh?).

So i choose Lovecraft (He he i anticipated Mc Grain!!).
I would receive him in a nice moist, badly lighted cavern with assorted coffins as background decoration.

[andave_ya]

Tolkien would be lovely but I wouldn't know what to say to him. I pick....
Dorothy L. Sayers!!!

We'd meet in the dustiest darkly lit corner of the Oxford library....two high backed leather chairs waiting to receive two girls....lovely old books with no titles on the spines surrounding us....the heady aroma of old books wafting around the place...an old, fine port decanted and on a table beside us....the conversation would start tentatively with questions and answers and eventually we'd realize we have a lot in common though I'd play Watson to her Sherlock...oh how lovely!

[Scheherazade]

Dame Barbara Cartland!

There isn't enough pink and love in the literary world since she's gone...

[Logos]

hahahahaaa !

[Virgil]

Who would you bring back to life for a tea, or brandy, or anything in your choice of a sitting room, or Pub, or again, anything you want?
It has to be a writer of some sorts (eg. Poet, short story, playwright, Novelist, Historian....etc) And you only get 12 hours! How Horrible!

What a great idea for a thread. Actually I had a similar thread in who woud you like to spend time in heaven with. I would have many, and over time I may post several. I already said Shakespeare in that thread so let's bfreak away from that and choose someone else.

I'll pick Joseph Conrad. Arm chairs, tea, (he suffered from gout, so no liquor) biscuits, and story telling. Go through his marvelous life, his journeys, his adventures, his novels, his characters (I love Lord Jim), and of course, Captain Marlow.

[kilted exile]

George Orwell, stood atop a slag heap overlooking Wigan. I really just want to pick his brain about what has happenned in the world since he died. I think it would be fascinating

[Asa Adams]

Nice thread Asa!

Since you already picked Tolkien (my first choice also, but i would choose a Hobbit-hole to receive him. If i can ressurect Tolkien why can't i have a Hobbit-hole, eh?).

So i choose Lovecraft (He he i anticipated Mc Grain!!).

HAHAH Very nice. I read lovecraft, but had to stop before going insane

What a great idea for a thread. Actually I had a similar thread in who woud you like to spend time in heaven with. I would have many, and over time I may post several. I already said Shakespeare in that thread so let's bfreak away from that and choose someone else.

I'll pick Joseph Conrad. Arm chairs, tea, (he suffered from gout, so no liquor) biscuits, and story telling. Go through his marvelous life, his journeys, his adventures, his novels, his characters (I love Lord Jim), and of course, Captain Marlow.

Good choice, Virgil! A brilliant man he was

George Orwell, stood atop a slag heap overlooking Wigan. I really just want to pick his brain about what has happenned in the world since he died. I think it would be fascinating

Good one, Kilted! Orwell would enjoy the knowledge that some of his prose was coming to life. To his delight. To our dismay

[manolia]

HAHAH Very nice. I read lovecraft, but had to stop before going insane

Aaah! That explains why i've been feeling a bit strange lately (you know, i've been reading his stories veeeery slowly ).

[Asa Adams]

Aaah! That explains why i've been feeling a bit strange lately (you know, i've been reading his stories veeeery slowly ).

You're too much, Manolia!

[aeroport]

Hmm, pour moi, I can think of no one I should more like to hold convo with than cher maitre himself - Henry James!
I do not think we could even begin to cover in twelve hours all the things I would like to talk to him about - the man wrote a lot of stuff. But I would almost just like to let him pick a subject and roll with it, since his conversational style was reputedly so amazing. I would, however, have to find out his thoughts on Ulysses and on postmodernism, assuming he'd had time to consider these things while waiting for me to bring him back.
I should, of course, love to hear his thoughts on his own works - I mean, the specifics, not just stuff I can read in his Prefaces. Especially on the later novels. Plus, he would give me an opportunity to test my French, as he was supposedly almost as good with it as he was with English! (Scary thought)

[Tuesday]

I'll pick Joseph Conrad. Arm chairs, tea, (he suffered from gout, so no liquor) biscuits, and story telling. Go through his marvelous life, his journeys, his adventures, his novels, his characters (I love Lord Jim), and of course, Captain Marlow.

Great choice. I'd especially like to hear him speak...I read that despite his impressive command of the English language on paper he spoke a rather guttural and strange dialect due to his familiarity with Polish and French.

[optimisticnad]

Raymond Carver: empty cafe, id ask if he would mind having a brain transplant with me.
Anton Chekhov

Maybe Hitler too! Teach him some sense and grammar. Take him to Auschwitz, ask him, 'bringing back memories huh? those weret he days..........' Can I kill him? And bring him back?

[optimisticnad]

Jane Austen: why'd you never marry? Never too late!

I'm sorry mine doesnt have so much deatil.

[Asa Adams]

Jane Austen: why'd you never marry? Never too late!

I'm sorry mine doesnt have so much deatil.

Yeah it is a little short. Care to eloborate, Opti?