Topic 29 of 47: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Mon, Apr 17, 2000 (07:55) |
(sprin5)
You are going to be stranded on a desert island and you can only have 5 books, which books?
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Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 1 of 20: (sprin5) * Mon, Apr 17, 2000 (07:55) * 1 lines
Topic suggested by Marcia.
Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 2 of 20: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Apr 17, 2000 (11:16) * 1 lines
Thank you! Now I really have to decide whether or not to take Mary Stewart's Trilogy plus the best World Atlas available,(probably National Geographic's)and probably should take a copy of The Bible. Subject to change, of course. But that is my first 5.
Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 3 of 20: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Apr 17, 2000 (11:24) * 3 lines
How to Survive on a Desert Island for Dummies...
*laugh* i was hoping to get that in before anyone else *GRIN*
Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 4 of 20: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Apr 17, 2000 (11:51) * 3 lines
*LOL* Wolfie, I would not have thought of it. Must be a Larousse's Encyclodedia of Desert Island life, and the Zagat Guide to good food on same.
How about a Fodor's Guide so you get the best of palm trees to shade you...
Why not just take a laptop...or is that heresy (and where is the electricity?!)
Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 5 of 20: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Apr 17, 2000 (18:50) * 1 lines
well, they have batteries, but how would you get connected to the web?
Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 6 of 20: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Apr 17, 2000 (19:11) * 1 lines
Hey, Terry has a palm pilot which shoots straight for the satellite without a modem... But, you cannot surf the Spring very easily with it - or for very long...
Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 7 of 20: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Apr 17, 2000 (19:15) * 1 lines
...but it would not do. I could never again see remember buttons (if, indeed, I ever will again...) with the palm pilot. That is too big a loss to ask me to bear.
Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 8 of 20: Samm Blob (AlFor) * Mon, Apr 8, 2002 (21:50) * 3 lines
Let's see, there are about three collections of Peter Egan's columns and articles from Road & Track, so what would the other two be...
ASTERIX COMICS! Asterix In Switzerland and Asterix In Corsica.
Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 9 of 20: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Apr 9, 2002 (08:27) * 1 lines
You could read through these in a week or two, don't you need some big, fat books, say A la recherche de temps perdu by Marcel Proust, or War and Peace, or James Joyce Ulysses?
Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 10 of 20: Autumn (autumn) * Tue, Apr 9, 2002 (17:49) * 1 lines
It would have to be some epic tome...I never re-read books, so I will have to think about what is still out there that could keep me busy for a long time!
Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 11 of 20: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Apr 9, 2002 (19:50) * 3 lines
Take Mitchener with you and Tolstoy plus a Bible in ancient Greek and teach yourself to read it.
I love ASTERIX - but will it pale after a long while? I'd also take my collected works of Walt Kelly.
Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 12 of 20: S B Robinson (SBRobinson) * Wed, Apr 10, 2002 (11:08) * 5 lines
My Trixie Belden series (LOL! i'm not kidding!) :-)
Autumn, i cant believe you dont re-read! ...my old favorites get positively abused. (spines completely broken, pages falling out, etc.)
The Bible in ancient Greek is a little to advanced for me Marica- :-) Would take a KJV copy though. I love the language in that version. Sounds more like scripture to me than some of the more recent versions.
Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 13 of 20: Samm Blob (AlFor) * Wed, Apr 10, 2002 (17:09) * 3 lines
That's why I'd choose Asterix in Switzerland with Roman quaestor Vexatius Sinusitus and Asterix in Corsica with most of Asterix's friends from the other adventures (except Sinusitus) and with the sphinx-like Boneywasawarriorwayayix.
Actually, though, I forgot the most important book: a HUGE blank book for me to fill with scribblings...
Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 14 of 20: S B Robinson (SBRobinson) * Wed, Apr 10, 2002 (17:28) * 3 lines
Actually, though, I forgot the most important book: a HUGE blank book for me to fill with scribblings...
lol - but of course! :-)
Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 15 of 20: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Apr 10, 2002 (18:17) * 1 lines
I know this lady can spin a fine yarn, indeed. Sam is also a gifted writer. I hope you are rescued with notes intact. I think I would need a computer with a lifetime supply of data to keep me company. Perhaps loaded with Project Guttenburg...
Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 16 of 20: Wolf (wolf) * Wed, Apr 10, 2002 (18:54) * 1 lines
i'd prefer the big blank book and plenty of pencils (and a sharpener).....but i'll stick with my first choice a long time ago, a big Stranded on a Deserted Island for Dummies!
Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 17 of 20: Autumn (autumn) * Mon, Apr 15, 2002 (10:59) * 1 lines
LOL!!
Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 18 of 20: S B Robinson (SBRobinson) * Mon, Apr 29, 2002 (16:34) * 5 lines
Think perhaps i would also like to have a copy of Wolf's Stranded on a Deserted Island for Dummies! :-) excellent choice Wolf~
Also, would like copies of Bridget Jones Diary and The Edge of Reason -so i could always have something to laugh about. *big grin*
And maybe something completely useless (but great day-dreaming material) like a EuroRail train schedule, or a map of Paris.
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Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 19 of 20: Stacey (stacey) * Mon, Nov 11, 2002 (14:24) * 5 lines
The adolescent fiction book, "The Bridge to Teribithia"... a tearjerker but a real reminder of a read as well...
Erma Bombeck's "I Lost Everything in the PostNatal Depression"
and, of course, "Love Story."
I'd leave all the psychothrillers at home, since they'd probably scare me to much if I were stranded by myself...
Topic 29 of 47 [books]: stranded on an deserted island - what books?
Response 20 of 20: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Nov 11, 2002 (19:31) * 1 lines
Art History, mostly modern American art.
books conference 
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