Uh… that should have been “seed” plants, not “sea” plants. :smack:
I’m going to have to replace Holidays in Hell because I just remembered I want to take The Triumph of Vulgarity, a wonderful view of rock and roll and its ties to Romanticism.
In all seriousness, I was going to list The Boy Scout Handbook as my first choice. It’s got all of the information of the Army manuals, Red Cross books, etc. that other folks mentioned, leaving me room for nine literature choices.
I’d also bring The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion (are those all available in a single volume?), The Complete Works of Shakespeare, and The Bible, of a certainty. After that, I’m not sure… We’re not just talking good books here, but re-readable books.
As has been mentioned above works of fiction are going to have to be good enough to stand many readings, so Ulysses Finnegans Wake Anna Karenina The Complete Works of Shakespeare Don Quixote The Magic Mountain
Robinson Crusoe for possible inspiration
And for some meaty non-fiction
The complete works of Freud if I’m allowed; otherwise The Interpretation of Dreams The Golden Bough Algebraic Topology by Ewin H. Spanier
Boy oh boy, you do have a high threshold of boredom, don’t you?
I wanna take Thomas Wolfe’s Look Homeward, Angel, but I can’t bear to drop any of mine. I’ve already made the decision to sacrifice a good collection of Greek plays.
If a series counts as one, then I’d just take the entire Wheel of Time. If they haven’t rescued me by the time that I’m finished with it, then there’s something seriously wrong with the search and rescue teams in the area.
To Kill a Mockingbird Catch-22
The **Harry Potter ** series (all 7, preferably) The Egyptian Sun Signs (by Linda Goodman) or Love Signs by the same author A Christmas Carol
The Happy Hooker series The Andy Warhol Diaries The Encyclopedia Brittanica
The Boyscouts Handbook
I’d conceivably like to bring nothing but books I haven’t already read yet (I could find a few mystery titles that I’ve been meaning to peruse) but I guess that’s cheating.
Okay. Here goes.
Rebecca- Daphne DuMaurier
No Night is Too Long- Ruth Rendell
Rosemary’s Baby- Ira Levin
A. C. Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes series (The OP said series…:))
You’re not, Winnowill… I love Richard Adams in general, and I named my daughter Maia, specifically after the character in the book. Beautiful name, beautiful book.
As for my list… no particular order here, just as I think of them.
[ul]
[li]The Dark Tower series (hopefully complete with 7 books) - by Stephen King[/li][li]Different Seasons - by Stephen King[/li][li]Carrion Comfort - by Dan Simmons[/li][li]The Dark is Rising (series, 5 books) - by Susan Cooper[/li][li]The Handmaid’s Tale - by Maragaret Atwood[/li][li]The Thief of Always - by Clive Barker[/li][li]The Once and Future King - by T.H. White[/li][li]The Sandman (series, 75 issues) - by Neil Gaiman and lots of amazing artists[/li][li]Watership Down - by Richard Adams[/li][li]Lord of the Rings (series, 3 books) - by J.R.R. Tolkien[/li][/ul]
I could read all of these books for the rest of my life and be pretty happy. I get something out of them every time I read them.
OK, I’m hiding ten more in my suitcase (who really needs clothes, after all?):
The Dark is Rising series, Susan Cooper (thanks for reminding me of that one, Avalonian–and I know a pair of Welsh twins that are spookily similar to Bran…) Look Homeward, Angel and You Can’t Go Home Again, Thomas Wolfe (the master of “plot? what plot?”) Holidays in Hell and Eat the Rich, P.J. O’Rourke Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson The Children of Green Knowe, L.M. Boston Armitage, Armitage, Fly Away Home, Joan Aiken Those Who Hunt the Night, Barbara Hambly (my favorite vampire book of all time) Lost Souls, Poppy Z. Brite
