"Stranded on a desert Island" Book List

I am not too sure if this has been done yet, However i couldn't find it in the "search this forum" section.

One of my Profs and I once sat and had a drink and we discussed the top Ten Books we would like to have on a desert Island, If we could only read ten books or pieces of Writing for the rest of our life time.

Here is my excruciating List.

In no particular order.

1-Barneys Version - Mordicai Richler
2-The Hobbit- Tolkien
3-Odyssey- Homer
4-Great Expectations- Dickins
5-The Bible (Learn something New every read.) Non religious reading.
6-1984- George Orwell. (Remind me of what Im not missing in society....false hope, lol.
7-Animal Farm-Orwell.
8-Collected essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson- Book 1
9-A photo book of my family and friends.
10-AND FINALLY ANYTHING BY V.C. ANDREWS.....(Thoroughly Absorbent Toilet paper...)

What would you choose?

1). How to survive on a deserted island. (Author Unknown)
2). How to build a ship to get off the deserted island. (Author also Unknown)
3). How to convince Orlando Bloom to go with you to the deserted island (Author un... you know).
4). Idiot's guide to the Karma Sutra for people with back problems. :brow:

Okay, I can't be serious today. Sorry. :lol:

hahah, this doesnt need to be serious. that was pretty funny actually

I like countess' list...:)

may I add a couple of books to read before Orlando Bloom shows up? It's have to be some massively huge short story colelctions...I don't think I could deal with novel after novel over and over again, I'd have to have a million short stories to read instead of ten big ones....

so perhaps "100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment" "Concert of Voices," ...and perhaps I'll trade in the rest of the books for a laptop with unlimited battery life (solar powered perhaps?) and the Pirates of the Caribbean DVD's...

I know,I know....But play along...If you had to choose 10, what would you choose?

Hey buddy, too much of Castaway??? :D
1.Bible
2.Brothers Karamazov
3.Art of war
4.Don Quixote
4.Robinson Crusoe
5.Fathers and sons
6.The Godfather
7.Story about good and evil :lol:
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I can't think of anything else, probably some history books. And yes, thanks for comparing me with Stalin. I don't preffer Trocky either, but he would be much acceptable in this situation!!! :lol: Four legs good, two legs bad!!! :lol:

There are three types of books that I would want to have. The first would include books that might be useful in the situation: The Boyscout Manual, Robinson Cruso, The Swiss Family Robinson, The Island of the Day Before, and so on. The second class of book would be classics that I haven't read or would like to reread, which includes a large stack of books. The third type of book would be things that might fill my time, when I wasn't doing anything useful, including the complete works of many authors from de Qunicey and Poe to the complete works of Robert B. Parker.

I would also want a PC or a large supply of paper, so that I could do some of the writing that I don't usually have time for.

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Originally Posted by bazarov

Hey buddy, too much of Castaway??? :D

I can't think of anything else, probably some history books. And yes, thanks for comparing me with Stalin. I don't preffer Trocky either, but he would be much acceptable in this situation!!! :lol: Four legs good, two legs bad!!! :lol:

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Ah finally. I was wondering when you would get that! Lol....Not like Trotsky? Not the Exile writer type?? lol Oh Baz! :lol: :lol: :lol:

The "Flashman" series, by George MacDonald Frasier. I can read those over and over, and still get a laugh out of them.

Frederick Forsyth's great thriller, "The Day of the Jackal."

"The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood," by Howard Pyle.

"Treasure Island," by RL Stevenson

"Elmer Gantry," by Sinclair Lewis--in order to retain some humility.

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Originally Posted by Manfred

Frederick Forsyth's great thriller, "The Day of the Jackal."

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The best thriller I've ever read.

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Originally Posted by Asa Adams

Ah finally. I was wondering when you would get that! Lol....Not like Trotsky? Not the Exile writer type?? lol Oh Baz! :lol: :lol: :lol:

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I didn't read it for couple of days, so it took me to finish it, not to understand it :lol: Four legs good, two legs better!!! :lol: :lol:

Great book eh, Buddy?

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Originally Posted by Asa Adams

Great book eh, Buddy?

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Yes, teacher allways gives good advice! :lol:

In no particular order:

LOTR trilogy
Forsyte saga trilogy...and I'm counting those as one book because you can purchase them in one volume
Crime and Punishment
Demons
War and Peace
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...again, the whole thing because you can buy it that way.
Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul
Neverwhere
Master and Margarita
...and one more...I can't take the pressure of picking that last one so I'm going to leave it open so I can know that I'll always have that last option.;)

or would that be considered cheating?

Countess' list would probably sounds a lot like my ideal list, too, only without Orlando Bloom, and more like . . . Claire Forlani or Gwyneth Paltrow. My secondary list:

1. Finnegans Wake by James Joyce (no better time to understand it now!).
2. Some kind of anthology to Romantic poetry.
3. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
4. Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence.
5. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.
6. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.
7. Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcìa Màrquez.
8. Critique Of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant (again, no better time to understand).
9. The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger.
10. The essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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Originally Posted by mono

Countess' list would probably sounds a lot like my ideal list, too, only without Orlando Bloom, and more like . . . Claire Forlani or Gwyneth Paltrow. My secondary list:

1. Finnegans Wake by James Joyce (no better time to understand it now!).
2. Some kind of anthology to Romantic poetry.
3. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
4. Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence.
5. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.
6. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.
7. Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcìa Màrquez.
8. Critique Of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant (again, no better time to understand).
9. The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger.
10. The essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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Number ten is my favorite of your choices, Mono, lol!

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Originally Posted by bazarov

The best thriller I've ever read.

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Indeed, the best one I've ever read, too. Even though you know what the ultimate outcome must be, it seems impossible to stop reading. I finished this novel in two days.
I selected it for this thread because of the excitement level. After all, it must get rather boring on a desert isle after the first couple of weeks.

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Originally Posted by Manfred

I selected it for this thread because of the excitement level. After all, it must get rather boring on a desert isle after the first couple of weeks.

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HA, I can't imagine oh boring it would be...and lonely.

I say we all try to aim for the same desert island, that way we would all bring 10 books each, we could build up an impressive library and have company to boot. It's a win/win situation.;)

Just to be silly...

US Army Manual FM 21-76 Wilderness Survival

Seriously though... would be a useful book to have with you., 200+ pages on how to survive in the wilderness.

admin graces my thread...I am blessed :lol:

encyclopaedia brittanica (just have always wanted to read it a-z but never would have time but on a desert island...i would have time)
the divine comedy
how to get off of deserted islands for dummies by tom hanks (the star of castaway)
the complete idiots guide to calling a coconut wilson and the psychological advantages of calling him spalding or reebok
das boot(the boat) i forget the author
i would also like a computer and a lifetime supply of food but i guess that would be cheating...plus i would have to feed spalding too :D

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Originally Posted by literaturerocks

das boot(the boat) i forget the author

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Lothar-Günther Buchheim wrote it, and an excellent movie too :D

yes thats it i was looking for it for my dad at the bookstore today..i remember that name . he said he would like to read it as he had seen the movie. i have not yet seen the movie but i would definately like too. i suppose my local library has it.:) thank you for the author logos.:D

Logos, you didnt put what you would read. What would you read on the desert isle? So far we have quite a few people here! Even Admin!

1, The Bible (King James version prefered)
2. Matthew Henry's 1 Vol Commentary to the Bible (since I can't take all 6 unedited volumes)
Fun reading
3. The Continental Op - Dashiel Hammett (hopefully an edition that has more then 6 of the stories in it
4. The Ivory Child--Rider Haggard (has ALL his themes in one novel)
(Runner up--She and Allan-unless it's Wednesday)
5. Captain Blood--Rafael Sabatini (Hands down my favorite novel)
Runners up St Martin's Summer or Chivary)
6. The Betrayers - Donald Hamilton (Favorite Matt Helm novel)
Runner up--Murderers' Row
7. Quiller's Run - Adam Hall (favorite Quiller novel)
8. Teeth of the Dragon - Walter Gibson (favorite Shadow novel)
(Runners up--The Golden Masks or Queztal)
9. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
10. Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell (for that love/hate I have for Scarlett--Rhett is NOT coming back--she wore him out at last
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Nice list Mtpspur! :nod:

Hmm, lets see.....

1. LOTR trilogy - JRR Tolkien
2. Wild Swans - Jung Chang (probably the most important thing i've ever read)
3. Complete Works of Jane Austen - Jane Austen
4. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
5. Anna Karenina - Tolstoy (or actually, a volume containing both anna and war and peace. That may be cheating, but i'm sure it exists somewhere on the planet. If not, i'm not going to need any money for the rest of my life, so i can afford to have one printed specially for the occasion)
6. Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury
7. While i'm cheating, i might as well throw in a complete works of Arthur C. Clarke. Is gonna be one HUGE edition!
(ummm, this is so difficult, lol! i guarentee you the second i submit this i'll go "Oh ****! forgot this or that!")
8. I suppose the list just wouldn't be right if i didn't include a photo album with all my pics plus extra pics of family and such.
9. The Worlds Largest Sketchbook (drawing materials inculded)
10. And i suppose i'll have to be sensable and include the aforementioned wilderness survival manual.

Interesting exercise, have discoverd where some of my loyalties lie!

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! knew it!
Forgot Cloudstreet by Tim Winton!

And Highways to a War by Christopher Koch!

And A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth (havent read that one yet, but my parents have been reccomending it)
Ok, i'll stop now.
lol

1) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy- If I am stranded on an island I am going to need a laugh
2)HG2G #2
3)HG2G #3
4)1984
5)Pluto's Dialouges
6)Collection of W. H. Auden's Poems
7)Collection of Lord Byron's Poems
8)Belle Jar- Sylvia Plathe
9)Collection of J.D. Salingher's Short Stories (His Short Stories are probably the best I have ever read)
10)Animal Farm.

Lord of the Rings
Strangers on a Train (great book....always wanted to reread it!)
Rebecca
The Brothers Karamazov
The Complete Works of Shakespeare
Absalom, Absalom ( Faulkner novel that reads like a twisted whodunit!)
The Vampire Chronicles (yeah I know...Anne Rice...junk food for the mind)
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft (I like weird!)
The Jeeves Omnibus
The Forsyte Saga

Mary Sue, Rabid Reader, and of course, Miss Smilla; Welcome to the isle of Asa!

Miss Smilla sets about building her tree house a la Swiss Family Robinson and adds a library wing for all the books everyone is bringing. Hammocks too.

1. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Gibbon
2. History of England - Macaulay
3. Principal voyages of the English Nation - Hakluyt
4. Mathematics for Deck Officers - Munro
5. Admiralty Manual of Navigation
6. Palgrave's Golden Treasury
7. Nostromo - Conrad
8. Foucault's Pendulum - Eco
9. Tidewater Tales - John Barth
10. The Razor's Edge - Somerset Maugham

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Originally Posted by Miss Smilla

Miss Smilla sets about building her tree house a la Swiss Family Robinson and adds a library wing for all the books everyone is bringing. Hammocks too.

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haha, nice

I am seriously planning on responding to this one - but I keep changing my mind. What books to bring to the Isle of Asa?!!

1. Bible
2. LOTR Trilogy
3. Ulysses
4. Animal Farm
5. Lord Jim
6. A Farewell To Arms
7.War And Peace
8. Paradise Lost
9. The Great Gatsby
10. Catch-22

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Originally Posted by grace86

I am seriously planning on responding to this one - but I keep changing my mind. What books to bring to the Isle of Asa?!!

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Lol. It is a terrible decision. Asa is a stinker!