Your friend, who is also to be marooned on this island, is taking along the texts relevant to your religion, so there's no need to choose those.
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If by uninhabited you mean no people, then:
Encyclopedia of poisonous faura and fauna, right off the bat.
A Survival Handbook.
The Lord of the Rings complete trilogy in one book. I mean, lots of paper can help with survival.
If you by uninhabited you mean no wildlife, then I want to bring a Vegan Cookbook, a Survival Handbook, and still the LotR trilogy.
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Okay folks, you're missing the point of the game with the survival books.
Let's assume that your friend can show you everything you need to know about living comfortably on the island.
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I'd be really tempted, though, to take Mark's Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, or something huge and encyclopedic like that. They have current Wikipedia on dvd, would that count?
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The Complete Works of Jane Austen (if that's cheating, then Pride and Prejudice)
My Norton Introduction to Literature, which includes the Intros to short fiction, drama, and poetry. If that's cheating, then the Intro to Poetry. But I'd memorize "Terence, This Is Stupid Stuff" before leaving for the island, since that poem is foolishly not included in that otherwise wonderful anthology. Posts: 834 | Registered: Jun 2005
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Oh Liz! Are you a Housman fan too? I hate it that I left Housman behind. He's so good! I might have to smuggle The Complete Works in somehow. Maybe I'll just memorize it before I go. It's not that long, and I've got a good start already.
Oh, when I was in love with you Then I was clean and brave And miles around the wonder grew How well did I behave.
And now the fancy passes by And nothing will remain And miles around they'll say that I Am quite myself again.
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Cryptonomicon, The Chronicles of Amber, The Man who was Thursday
edit: Hogfather, and More than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy are honorable mentions and might make it in, some days, by virtue of being significantly longer than ThursdayPosts: 3846 | Registered: Apr 2004
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Building Your Perfect Raft without Tools How to Find a Date in an Uninhabited Area
OK, more in keeping with the intention of the q:
My own self-help book. Democracy in America. I haven't read it, and it would take a while. The Complete Works of Somebody Who Wrote a Lot. Maybe Shakespeare.
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Maps in a Mirror-Orson Scott Card. The complete works of William Shakespeare. A diary for myself.
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Piano Tuning and Maintenance The Psychology of Child Rearing Computer Programming Fundamentals: (Java AND C++)
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Enders War(or what ever the title is for the book that has Enders Game and Speaker in one book)
The Black Jewel Trilogy: Anne Bishop (in one book)
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A notebook computer with satlite linkup(guess that would be considered cheating but hey its a book) or something I've never read before that seems to be really good and long.
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quote:It's hard to say though. Why am I only allowed three books? I can carry more than three.
Because it's an international flight with new security restrictions. Each of your books can only be 3.7 ounces and they have to all fit inside a large plastic zip-loc inside your caryy-on luggage.
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The Professor's guide to making Radios from Coconuts with a forward by Gilligan and a centerfold--er--applications photograph featuring Mary Ann.
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quote:Your friend, who is also to be marooned on this island, is taking along the texts relevant to your religion, so there's no need to choose those.
It's important enough for me that I don't know if I'd be willing to trust that my friend followed through.
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Hmmm. Maybe there could be an oddly beneficent and religious multi-millionaire who has devoted much of his inheritance to donating religious texts for people marooned on islands? Perhaps you could visit the island in advance to assure yourself that the texts are intact, and then you could send off for the three texts of greater frivolity.
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Actually, I take it back. I'd take the book that links to Myst and I'd also carry a couple of anchor books for Dunny.
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I'd be really tempted, though, to take Mark's Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, or something huge and encyclopedic like that. They have current Wikipedia on dvd, would that count?
Ok. There's a computer on the island, with no internet access.
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quote:It's hard to say though. Why am I only allowed three books? I can carry more than three.
Because it's an international flight with new security restrictions. Each of your books can only be 3.7 ounces and they have to all fit inside a large plastic zip-loc inside your caryy-on luggage.
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If there's a computer, can't I bring a big jumpdrive with a bunch of ebooks and some games maybe?
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The Greatwinter Trilogy by Sean McMullen The Complete Works of Robert Heinlein and The Ultimate Hitchhikers' Guide.
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A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (the real one, not the novel written by Adams) The Index of the Oversoul
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Great idea, mph! I didn't think of fictional books! I totally want Nell's primer, the advanced version that's fully AI enabled.
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The Lord of the Rings - in one volume, of course.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, also in one volume.
An Anthology of Poetry. Not sure which one, just something that would include selections from some of my favorites plus some poets I've never read before.
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I should take the Lord of the Rings (one volume with all appendices)
The complete works of Chaucer, in oirginal Middle English - I think it would take me a good few years just to read on Tale...
And the Deathworld Trilogy by Harry Harrison. Deathworld III was the second ever SF book I read...
Assuming that the island already had copies of Das Kapital, Mein Kampf, the Bible, the Koran, an appropriate selection of Jewish texts (not sure which), the SAS survival guide and a selection of Ray Mears publications...
For those who grew up in the UK and listened to Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4 you will recognise the format: They allowed you 10 favourite "discs", vinyl of course, 45 by preference. You also received the complete works of Shakespeare, the Bible and were permitted one luxury item.
My luxury item would be a suuply of Fuller's London Pride bitter. Nothing better to toast a hard day of log house building than a cool pint on the beach...
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quote:Originally posted by Mr.Funny: I'd bring some sort of survival handbook, a manual for rudimentary ship construction, and a book on elementary naval navigation.
Or Creating Teleportation Devices 101.
Would that be Creating Teleportation Devices from Bamboo and Coconuts 101 by T. Professor?
I think a copy of How to keep your dry-clean-only wardrobe in tropical conditions is also a must.
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I'd take the complete and unabridged A Song of Ice and Fire (actually, I'd probably be willing to go and live on a deserted island for a period of years in exchange for said volume). I'm paralyzed with indecision as to what the other two books would be, but that one's a given.
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quote:An Anthology of Poetry. Not sure which one, just something that would include selections from some of my favorites plus some poets I've never read before.
quote:I'd take the complete and unabridged A Song of Ice and Fire (actually, I'd probably be willing to go and live on a deserted island for a period of years in exchange for said volume). I'm paralyzed with indecision as to what the other two books would be, but that one's a given.
I am so in support of this you have no idea! I would hop on a boat, demand the books in exchange for passage off the island, and then we all win!
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Just give me a couple of weeks to read it cover to cover and I'll gladly loan it to you for passage off the island.
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Actually I don't think I'd want a book with me. I think I would have a hard enough time surviving that I wouldn't want something with me that could potentially distract me for large portions of the day. I can imagine saying to myself that I'll shoot the flare off to signal the ship as soon as I get to a good stopping point in the book.
Although, if I had to take some books with me, one that comes to mind is The Count of Monte Cristo for several reasons, one of which would be that it might help me to find motivation to survive in case I start giving up hope, even if that motivation is based on hatred and revenge.
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The real question is, what three types of sandwich would you bring with you (packed in nullentropy bins, of course, to preserve freshness).
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