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Desert Island books
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Ashlea
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Since I guess I'm going to be there indefinitely, I'd go for those that have the highest re-readability factor, and that provide the most meat for thought. Also, I'm going to cheat and choose compilations:
Candide (or the collected works of Voltaire
)
Collected Works of Shakespeare (very easy to find in one volume, so not precisely cheating)
Jane Eyre
Tao te Ching
Collected works of Jane Austen (see note after Shakespeare)
Ulysses (figure I'll have the time for it, after all)
Some nice omnibus of Greek and Roman philosophy
A nice (and very large) poetry collection
My tarot cards (not precisely a book, but a book does come with them)
A survival guide. A good one.
Candide (or the collected works of Voltaire
)Collected Works of Shakespeare (very easy to find in one volume, so not precisely cheating)
Jane Eyre
Tao te Ching
Collected works of Jane Austen (see note after Shakespeare)
Ulysses (figure I'll have the time for it, after all)
Some nice omnibus of Greek and Roman philosophy
A nice (and very large) poetry collection
My tarot cards (not precisely a book, but a book does come with them)
A survival guide. A good one.
1. all works by Shakespeare
2. the first Harry Potter
3. Ice Station - Matthew Reilly
4. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Series - Douglas Adams
5. The Lost World - Michael Crichton
6. Perfume - Patrick Süßkind
7. Animal Farm - George Orwell
8. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
9. Something Rotten - Jasper Fforde
10. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
I havn't read the last 3 books but they sound good enough.
2. the first Harry Potter
3. Ice Station - Matthew Reilly
4. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Series - Douglas Adams
5. The Lost World - Michael Crichton
6. Perfume - Patrick Süßkind
7. Animal Farm - George Orwell
8. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
9. Something Rotten - Jasper Fforde
10. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
I havn't read the last 3 books but they sound good enough.
novella
Active Member
I would trade a whole library for a cow, a bull, a man, and a pack of seeds.
But, if not,
A guide to all plants
A book about astronomy
A book about basic boat building
A book about basic engineering principles
A book about navigation
A practictioner's guide to the body and health
Photo album of family
Collected works of Shakespeare
I fondly remember the English TV series called Survivors. It was rerun in the 80s when I was over there, but made in the 70s. Anyone recall?
But, if not,
A guide to all plants
A book about astronomy
A book about basic boat building
A book about basic engineering principles
A book about navigation
A practictioner's guide to the body and health
Photo album of family
Collected works of Shakespeare
I fondly remember the English TV series called Survivors. It was rerun in the 80s when I was over there, but made in the 70s. Anyone recall?
dele
New Member
SillyWabbit said:
Cute Wabbit
There are two categories of books I would take:
Books I can't live without:
Les filles de Caleb: Tome 1 - Arlette Cousture
Les filles de Caleb: Tome 2 - Arlette Cousture
Les filles de Caleb: Tome 3 - Arlette Cousture
Robin le proscrit - Alexandre Dumas
The Once and Future King - T.H. White
Rebecca - Daphne de Maurier
Valhalla Rising - Clive Cussler
Useful books:
Dune - Frank Herbert
Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Dafoe
a book about boat building
Marge
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My 10 books would be:
1) Alexandre Dumas 'Le Comte de Monté Cristo' II, because I haven't finished reading it yet! And it's a biggie
2) Harry Potter book 5. Though I wouldn't mind book 6 instead when it comes out!
3) The complete Sherlock Holmes. I have read and reread these stories and have never tired of them.
4) A Hebrew prayer book with Chumash and Tehillim (Old Testament and Psalms)
5) 'The Cat In The Hat' - Dr Seuss. My mother used to read this book to me when I was lickle... ahh..
6) 'What Ho! The Best Of PG Wodehouse' - I'm still reading that too.
7) Stephen Fry's newspaper articles (can't remember the name!)
8) A Ray Mears survival book - as long as there is a picture of him on the cover
9) How to build a luxury yacht out of sand and twigs ... OK I made that up!
10) and for a bit of reverse psychology - any book by Ben Elton I think he is so pants that I would rather take my chances with the sharks than have to read one of his ghastly books!
1) Alexandre Dumas 'Le Comte de Monté Cristo' II, because I haven't finished reading it yet! And it's a biggie
2) Harry Potter book 5. Though I wouldn't mind book 6 instead when it comes out!
3) The complete Sherlock Holmes. I have read and reread these stories and have never tired of them.
4) A Hebrew prayer book with Chumash and Tehillim (Old Testament and Psalms)
5) 'The Cat In The Hat' - Dr Seuss. My mother used to read this book to me when I was lickle... ahh..
6) 'What Ho! The Best Of PG Wodehouse' - I'm still reading that too.
7) Stephen Fry's newspaper articles (can't remember the name!)
8) A Ray Mears survival book - as long as there is a picture of him on the cover
9) How to build a luxury yacht out of sand and twigs ... OK I made that up!
10) and for a bit of reverse psychology - any book by Ben Elton
I think he is so pants that I would rather take my chances with the sharks than have to read one of his ghastly books!Marge said:10) and for a bit of reverse psychology - any book by Ben Elton
Yup he's crap. Although he was quite ausing on Question Time the other week... but that's no good to you on a desert island as you wouldn't have a TV presumably. Unless you take him with you to keep you amused, and if he fails you can eat him?
hay82
Active Member
1) 1001 way to cook a coconut
2) John Milton - Paradise Lost (If I am on that island long enough then I might just read it enough times that I might understand it)
3) Building a computer out of wood for dummies
4) How to make friends when you are all alone..
5) Guy Gavriel Kay - The Lions of Al-Rassan
6) The collected series of Garfield (Not really a book but you gotta love that cat)
7) Dante - Divine Comedy (Might be I could understand that too, given enough time)
8) William Golding - Lord of the flies (I would read that and be grateful for being alone on the island)
9) George R R Martin - A song of fire and Ice
10) Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe (That is the book all people who end up on a desert island need)
2) John Milton - Paradise Lost (If I am on that island long enough then I might just read it enough times that I might understand it)
3) Building a computer out of wood for dummies
4) How to make friends when you are all alone..
5) Guy Gavriel Kay - The Lions of Al-Rassan
6) The collected series of Garfield (Not really a book but you gotta love that cat
)7) Dante - Divine Comedy (Might be I could understand that too, given enough time)
8) William Golding - Lord of the flies (I would read that and be grateful for being alone on the island)
9) George R R Martin - A song of fire and Ice
10) Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe (That is the book all people who end up on a desert island need)
My books would be:
1. Folly by Laurie R. King
2. House of Spiritis by Isabel Allende
3. Canada A Portrait in Letters by Charlotte Gray
4. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
5. The Lions of Al-rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
6. The Skystone by Jack Whyte
7. Masters of Rome Series by Colleen McCullough
8. Stranger Music by Leonard Cohen
9. Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
10. A book of matches
1. Folly by Laurie R. King
2. House of Spiritis by Isabel Allende
3. Canada A Portrait in Letters by Charlotte Gray
4. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
5. The Lions of Al-rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
6. The Skystone by Jack Whyte
7. Masters of Rome Series by Colleen McCullough
8. Stranger Music by Leonard Cohen
9. Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
10. A book of matches
The Bible - No matter how often I read it, I still have questions.
A book on ventriloquism - so I could talk to myself in another voice.
Gone With the Wind - Not only is it my favorite book, but the title might bring me some luck.
The Girl Scout Handbook
No Man is an Island
A seafood cookbook
Kon Tiki or Aku Aku - Both involve rafts and boats
An Atlas
The Mysterious Island
and finally,
How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable about Anything - Yes, Anything by Albert Ellis.
A book on ventriloquism - so I could talk to myself in another voice.
Gone With the Wind - Not only is it my favorite book, but the title might bring me some luck.
The Girl Scout Handbook
No Man is an Island
A seafood cookbook
Kon Tiki or Aku Aku - Both involve rafts and boats
An Atlas
The Mysterious Island
and finally,
How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable about Anything - Yes, Anything by Albert Ellis.
Ou Be Low hoo
New Member
I like it! I like it a lot!
These be the books I would take:
LOTR
Fear And Loathing In LV
Paradise Lost
Finnegan's Wake
Lord Jim
War and Peace
In Search of Captain Zero
Stormrider Giude 2nd Edition
The Private Life of Chairman Mao
and finally The Bible, to make me laugh...7 days...Pffff!...Bah!
These be the books I would take:
LOTR
Fear And Loathing In LV
Paradise Lost
Finnegan's Wake
Lord Jim
War and Peace
In Search of Captain Zero
Stormrider Giude 2nd Edition
The Private Life of Chairman Mao
and finally The Bible, to make me laugh...7 days...Pffff!...Bah!
Ruzi
New Member
Well, Fantasy is probably my favorite genre as far as books go, and Fairy Tales are some of the classics of the group. I enjoy them all, and so taking a book of them gives me a good variety and a number of different and interesting stories to thumb through under the same covers. Not to mention the great re-readability(is that a word?).