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IHOSM: What is your "desert island" book?

McAllie5McAllie5
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Ok, so let's say you have plenty of good food, shelter, fuel, etc. Don't use this book for anything other than reading entertainment/spiritual guidance/whathaveyou. Use it as it was intended, I mean. :)

The book you're going to read for the rest of your life.

Even though I don't consider myself super religious, I'd say the bible. There's a lot of text and a lot of ways to interpret it. I think it would keep me busy while keeping me sane.

Other than that, probably The Good Earth. I've read it so many times. There's just something about it that I love.

Ok, then I guess: 2 books. You get 2. 

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    Can't I have a series? I could reread Harry Potter a lot but it's not the same with just one.

    If it's just two books, then Pride & Prejudice and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Oh wait! I have the entire works of Jane Austen in one large book and the entire Hitchhiker's Guide series (the 5 book trilogy) in one large book, so I pick those.

    You can have a series, I guess. I have that same Hitchhiker's book! Boy, the Harry Potter series would make one thick big book all bound together. That print would have to be small. They'll probably do it some day. On that paper that's super thin, too.

    I guess this is moot since now you can have like 10,000 books on an eReader. 

    Of course, it would have to survive the trip in. But then, so did your book that's made of paper...

     

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    Can't I have a series? I could reread Harry Potter a lot but it's not the same with just one.

    If it's just two books, then Pride & Prejudice and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Oh wait! I have the entire works of Jane Austen in one large book and the entire Hitchhiker's Guide series (the 5 book trilogy) in one large book, so I pick those.

    You can have a series, I guess. I have that same Hitchhiker's book! Boy, the Harry Potter series would make one thick big book all bound together. That print would have to be small. They'll probably do it some day. On that paper that's super thin, too.

    I guess this is moot since now you can have like 10,000 books on an eReader. 

    Of course, it would have to survive the trip in. But then, so did your book that's made of paper...

     

    LOL. I think you have just overthought the hypothetical what-book-would-you-bring more than any other person in the history of the world.

    Yes, I know. :( I tend to way overthink things and talk too much (in case you haven't noticed). (I also overuse parenthesis and dashes- but only on TB!)
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  • kacellekacelle member
    The Fountainhead and The Bible.  Those would make for some deep (and probably contradictory) ponderings.
    Married to my best friend 6/5/10
    BFP #1 9/7/10, EDD 5/14/11, Violet born 5/27/11.
    BFP #2 4/9/12, EDD 12/16/12, M/C Rory 4/24/12.
    BFP #3 10/6/12, EDD 6/16/12., Matilda born 6/17/13.
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