Which "Other City" Should You Live In?
16 September 2003, 11:00 AM
In case you don't have a copy of The Book of All Cities, there's now a quiz that allows you to determine which of Ben Rosenbaum's "Other Cities" you're best suited for.
It appears that I ought to consider moving to Ylla's Choice, though after I changed a few of my answers I was told to live in Ponge. Which figures; as they say in Ponge, "What did you expect?"
Comments
Someone less lazy than I am should do one for Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities.
Posted by: David Moles (mail) (web) | September 16, 2003 3:28 PM
Bellur. (I note that my choice of occupations appears sufficient to make the determination.)
Just filling out the survey makes for some interesting character concepts. I feel a sudden need to write a story about a censor who spends his leisure time duelling and gambling, subsists on scones and biscotti, has a pet parrot, would enjoy living in a bourgeois erotopia (but believes that high expectations are the root of all suffering), and has a romantic attachment to natural disasters.
Posted by: David Moles (mail) (web) | September 16, 2003 3:34 PM
I too chose an occupation appropriate to Bellur (because, after all, is not editing much like what a Bellurian censor does?), but sadly, didn't find myself living there.
Posted by: Jed | September 16, 2003 3:53 PM
Heh. I'm to live in Jouiselle-aux-Chantes. Aw right!
Posted by: Heather Shaw (web) | September 16, 2003 4:16 PM
I think I want to live in Penelar of the Reefs, or rather *near* Penelar. And it only took me three tries to get the quiz to agree with me. ;)
Posted by: Celia (web) | September 16, 2003 6:19 PM
Myrkhyr for me, and while it isn't necessarily the one I would have picked -- it actually sounds rather good when I stop and think about it.
Posted by: Mary Anne (mail) | September 17, 2003 9:23 AM
Ahavah, a result which should surprise nobody.
Posted by: Nick Mamatas (mail) (web) | September 17, 2003 10:46 AM
I got Penelar of the Reefs as well. And on the first try. ;)
~L
Posted by: Leah Bobet (mail) (web) | September 17, 2003 11:48 AM
I seem to hover on a cusp between The Cities of Myrkhyr, Penelar of the Reefs, and Jouiselle-aux-Chantes. Maybe I should just move to Stin.
Posted by: Dan Percival | September 17, 2003 1:35 PM