Stuck on a desert island, what book do you bring?

If I could bring any book to a desert island, it would have to be any book by Dennis L. McKiernan. This is because, when stranded on an island, you're going to want a fire, and his books are the only ones of the fantasy genre that I would not mind burning.
 
"A Darkness at Sethanon" by Raymond E. Feist.
And about "necronomicon"...sorry,but I'll prefer Ildatch.It will make cool ghost like the Skull Bearers or the Mord Wrights.
 
"How to Built an Ocean Going Vessel" by Thor Heyderhall(sp?)

Sorry Asha'man, I know your question was a serious one... it would be my omnibus edition of The Lord of the Rings.



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Wasn't Necronomicron also the name of an SF novel that came out recently... I'm forgetting the author's name...
 
I will have with me the COMPLETE and final Wheel Of Time series omnibous edition.

I will tear my filthy, worn out shirt, and tie it to a piece of wood.

I'll firmly attach the wood to the omnibous.

And then I'll have a raft...

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I know the question was a serious one, but everyone is having fun with this
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I like it.

In all seriousness I think I would try to bring a book which is suitably long and makes me think, but which also makes me feel better about being in a sandy, presumably hot place for a long time.

Perhaps Dune? May get a little boring though. S'all I can think of that is desert based though.

Aleya - http://silver-oak.com
 
Shezhad,it was "Cryptonomicon" by William Gibson.I remember also book,called "Neuromantic"
 
Lior... there will also be room for us other castaways as well, and the population of Luxenberg, I nearly said China, but that would have been an exageration
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Hi there.
Just to clarify, cuz it looks like it needs some clarifyin',
Neuromancer is by William Gibson.
Cryptonomicon is by Neal Stephanson
The Necronomicon was written by Abdul Alhazred in the eighth century. It's a book of dark sorcery. Supposedly. And it was heavily referenced by H.P. Lovecraft.
And if I were stuck on a desert island, I think I'd bring an e-book. With a wireless modem.
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Sorry for writing something off topic, but Charles: Nietzsche himself was an enemy of antisemitism - only his sister was a nazi and maipulated his theories and 'adapted' them for Hitler...
 
I know that Liselle... I was saying that he believed in superhuman ideals and that Hitler used his ideas to support Naziism. I didn't say that he was a Nazi or that he was antisemetic.
 
"Imajica" by Clive Barker.

The book has everything. And its rereadable again and again and again..
 
I would take a lot of white paper and pencils for then i finally had enough time without disturbances by kids, husband and animals to write my own book.
By the way: Nietzsche didn't have superhuman ideals. He just tried to picture how man had to be if he wanted to survive without the support of the believe in god, reason, or moral.Only in this way man had to be "super" human. He thought, it could be possible.But he was too optimistic as we all know.
 
Nietzsche also thought that the strong should trumple the weak...
A very sensitive guy, I'll have to admit...
 
He did not say the strong should trample the weak. He said the strong should stop letting the weak (=church, morals, humanism, socialism etc.) trample on them.
It's not the main intention of the strong to trample the weak.
Nietzsche himself was in fact "weak" as a person but his critique was strong, his enemies (reason, moral) were in strong positions, but their arguments weak (=nihilistic, built on nothing.)
Sorry, let myself get carried away
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Charles de Lint - and I thought I was the only one who'd read one of his books... "The Little Country"

Seriously, I'd take the Dune Chronicles... It'll be some time before I can figure them out.
 
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