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One more before you die.

True@1stLight said:
I was never under the impression that this was our last moments of life, simply that we were able to read only one more book before we die. It's not as if when the book is finished your life is extinguished.
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Exactly right :)

So why not spend ones last hours reading a book if that's what one wishes to do? Not everyone needs to scramble to leave a legacy, or make sure their last moment is creative. Whatever the decision, it doesn't necessarily have to be productive. I'd rather lay myself down in some lush grash and watch the sky go by than paint a picture of it in my last moments. It doesn't seem to be of any less value.....bah, I've got to go mid-thought....class. See ya.
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Agreed!

If the question was what would you do with your last moments... hmmmm, I don't know but laying on the grass watching the clouds dream by through the beautiful infinite blue would certainly be up there high in the options
 
The Bible. :)

Most probably Don Quixote (Ormsby translation) or 100 Years of Solitude. Something intellectually sentiment (??) and makes you appreciate what you've had so far...

I like hypothetical questions. You make a scenario up and run with it. It's imaginary, make believe and most importantly, makes you think about a certain issue that you might not have thought of under normal circumstances: great for getting dialogue going. But it works best under a restricted structure. If this were to happen, and that was the only option, what would you do (or in this case, what would it be). It kinda defeats the purpose (detracts from the issue) if too many details get shoved in. Then the fun goes bye bye...
 
If it was the last moments of my life I would, get my mp3-player go out in the middle of nowhere, at night, and just look at the stars while listening to melancholy music.
Or perhaps naked skydiving.. :D
 
SillyWabbit said:
Another 100 Years in Solitude fan? :)
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Yup. Absolutely love Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Or rather, what I have read of him so far in translation :(. People seem to prefer Love in a time of Cholera, but I found that I prefer Solitude. Wonder what he's like in his original language?
 
SillyWabbit said:
What about naked sky diving while listening to your mp3 player? :D
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Ooch, ooch, double ooch. Mental image of naked guy sky diving stuck in me head now. Thanks guys, just what I needed. :09
 
SillyWabbit said:
What about naked sky diving while listening to your mp3 player? :D
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Hadn't thought of that.. Naked skydiving with my mp3-player at night, while look at the stars..

Scratchy said:
Ooch, ooch, double ooch. Mental image of naked guy sky diving stuck in me head now. Thanks guys, just what I needed. :09
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I love that game... You must under no circumstances think of a really hairy naked guy skydiving. :D
 
Kafka's The Castle or The Trial since they are incomplete. We'd just have to wait until they were finally finished which would mean my captors would die before killing me.
 
Scratchy said:
Yup. Absolutely love Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Or rather, what I have read of him so far in translation :(. People seem to prefer Love in a time of Cholera, but I found that I prefer Solitude. Wonder what he's like in his original language?
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My fav author! :)

Yes, I wonder what he is like in his original language. I would really love to read him in Spanish!!! I'm slowly learning to speak Spanish so in about 30 years maybe I will be able to read him in his original language!

Actually, it's great to read the Marquez novels with the Spanish that I already know because they are peppered with some Spanish names and phrases and I know what they mean :)

I would have to say 100 years in Solitude is better than Love in the Time of Cholera, although they are both simply wonderful :)

Since you like Marquez... Have you seen this thread about his newest book Memorias de mis putas tristes
 
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