You’re about to be marooned on a desert island…

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22 Sep 2012, 2:29 am

…and you can only take one book. What would it be?


I’d take Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake.


I love Blake’s art and lyrics and I could easily spend the rest of my life trying to unravel the mysteries in this masterpiece. :D


http://www.rarebookroom.org/Control/blkin2/index.html


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22 Sep 2012, 5:01 am

I'd prefer to take a book with a title of something like "How to Escape when Marooned on a Desert Island".

If not that, perhaps a book on how to survive on a desert island including recipes.



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23 Sep 2012, 5:51 am

American Gods by Neil Gaiman.



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23 Sep 2012, 11:04 am

It's a tossup between "Bushcraft", or "The Combat Leader's Field Guide".

The former deals with wilderness survival methods, while the latter teaches you what to do when the cannibals show up.


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23 Sep 2012, 1:24 pm

Something by Bret Easton Ellis. Maybe 1984.


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23 Sep 2012, 1:32 pm

A book on the local flora and fauna with respect to what is edible and what is not. Barring that, The Bible.


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23 Sep 2012, 7:33 pm

Something with a lot of pages, so I could start more than one fire with it.


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23 Sep 2012, 8:25 pm

The Bible.



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23 Sep 2012, 9:03 pm

I imagine an Encyclopedia of Animals would suffice.



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24 Sep 2012, 12:18 am

1969 edition of Playboy magazine.