What, I'm not a fictional character?

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Nicked from fearsclave while he was distracted...

1. Name your ten favorite fictional characters of all time and what book, movie, or TV show they came from.

1. Beowulf Shaeffer (Larry Niven, Known Space series)
2. Friday (Robert Heinlein, Friday)
3. Michael Garibaldi (Babylon 5)
4. Dr. Leonard McCoy (Star Trek)
5. Cinncinatus Driver (Harry Turtledove, Great War/American Empire series)
6. Sanford T. Felter (W.E.B. Griffen, Brotherhood of War series)
7. Colin MacIntyre (David Weber, Mutineer's Moon series)
8. Honor Harrington (David Weber, Honor Harrington series)
9. Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark series)
10. Lucien Galtier (Harry Turtledove, Great War/American Empire series)

2. Name five fictional characters that you would like to have an affair with and/or marry, plus the source. You may disregard any pre-existing attachments for these characters.

1. Friday (Robert Heinlein, Friday)
2, Honor Harrington (David Weber, Honor Harrington series)
3. Lt. Uhura (Star Trek)
4. Lt. Commander Susan Ivanova (Babylon 5)
5. Sarah Conner (Terminator series)

3. Name five books/literary works/universes that you would like to live in.

1. Third Imperium (default Traveller setting)
2. The world of Friday.
3. Babylon 5.
4. Iain Banks' The Culture
5. The USA/CSA of Turtledove's Great War/American Empire series

4. What classic/critically acclaimed work(s) of literature do you fully appreciate the artistic merits of but hate nonetheless?

Anything by Hemmingway.
Lord of the Rings. Great Ghu, these books are a slog!

5. Name five books that you would recommend.

Last Call - Tim Powers
The Guns of the South - Harry Turtledove
Mutineers' Moon - David Weber
Inferno - Dante Alighieri
The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Thornton Wilder