February 17, 2003, 03:08
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No books for you!
Not quite a copycat thread...
If you could only read one more book the rest of your life, what book would that be and why?
My vote is for Miguel Cervantes' Don Quixote.
It's a great book, which I have not found time yet to read.
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February 17, 2003, 03:15
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Arturo Reverte's "The Club Dumas"
or "The Scarlet Letter"
or maybe even "Salome"
better yet would be pen and paper, so I could make up my own stories... 
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February 17, 2003, 03:21
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2001 a space oddessy
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February 17, 2003, 03:23
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the Bible
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February 17, 2003, 03:27
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something very long. Like "encyclopedia galactica"
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February 17, 2003, 03:37
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I can't think of anything humorous at the time. 
So I'll just say Vel's strategy guide
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February 17, 2003, 05:34
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My own autobiography. Boring like heck.
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February 17, 2003, 06:51
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I would also chose The Holy Bible
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February 17, 2003, 07:03
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I just have to wonder what kind of person would have the holy bible to be the last book to be read. 
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February 17, 2003, 07:06
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Originally posted by aaglo
I just have to wonder what kind of person would have the holy bible to be the last book to be read.
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someone who likes sex, violence, double cross, contradiction. hypocrisy, persecution, racism, sexism and genocide
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February 17, 2003, 07:07
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...and a load of crap?
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February 17, 2003, 07:40
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War&Peace
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February 17, 2003, 08:52
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I just have to wonder what kind of person would have the holy bible to be the last book to be read.
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Someone who has done alot of wrong and is hoping for forgiveness
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February 17, 2003, 10:26
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War&Peace I never read. But I just don't think I would have chosen that one. My brushes with pre-revolutionary russian writers have been painful.
Of the books I have read, there are several I could spend quite some more time with:
Bible (long, occasionaly boring, sometimes hysterically funny)
LotR (long, good story)
Don Quixote (both parts, long, very funny, my edition has a too small typeface, though)
Kringla Heimsins (powerful narrative, lots of blood and gore)
Winner:
Probably Arabian nights. Lasts a looong time, sometimes overly repetitive, but funny, good mix of long and short stories, nicely recursive tales, a few X-rated scenes.
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February 17, 2003, 12:25
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War and Peace was great
I read it in 6th grade
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February 17, 2003, 12:28
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Prima's Simcity 4 Strategy Guide
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February 17, 2003, 13:34
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Do Mad Libs count?
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February 17, 2003, 13:40
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Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables".
I assume you are refering to literature, because the Encyclopedia Brittanica (or other encyclopedia's) could keep you going for a while .
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February 17, 2003, 13:57
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I could reread it a trillion times and still be discovering and rediscovering delightful new bits of humour.
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February 17, 2003, 14:01
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"Nutrition Facts" from Fruit Loops by Kellogs.
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February 17, 2003, 14:03
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I could reread it a trillion times and still be discovering and rediscovering delightful new bits of humour.
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Why not take the whole trilogy? All five books are now in a convenient one-volume edition.
I'd also vote Les Miserables. How surprising that Imran would pick a book that heroicizes socialists!
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February 17, 2003, 15:06
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If I really had that much time, I'd bring along the entire Wheel Of Time series - that would kill the time pretty well.
Although it might get tiresome, reading about these women constantly obsessing over how much bosom they're showing in their dresses.... 
When all's said and done, I sincerely think I'd take the scarlet letter
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February 17, 2003, 15:09
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war and peace, encyclopedia britannica, lord of the rings, OED, doesnt matter really...
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February 17, 2003, 15:24
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thief of time, terry pratchett.
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February 17, 2003, 15:38
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If I really had that much time, I'd bring along the entire Wheel Of Time series - that would kill the time pretty well.
Although it might get tiresome, reading about these women constantly obsessing over how much bosom they're showing in their dresses....
When all's said and done, I sincerely think I'd take the scarlet letter
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WoT can be read in a week easy
and it is not worth as much on rereads as the Bible or other deaper books (not to say that it is not worth rereading (I have done so ~10 times))
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February 17, 2003, 15:45
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Why not take the whole trilogy? All five books are now in a convenient one-volume edition.
That's what I meant. The two Dirk Gently books, the Salmon of Doubt (one of the early printings with the Genghiz Khan story), and Last Chance to See wouldn't hurt either.
thief of time, terry pratchett.
Are you sure? I thought that it was one of his weaker efforts.
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February 17, 2003, 18:42
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I was looking for books that you have not read, that you would want to read before you die.
That's why I didn't vote for the bible, which I have had a chance to read parts already.
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February 17, 2003, 18:55
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Penthouse letters.
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