Desert Island Book Choices - Page 2

HarryT · 09-01-2009, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

I must have the library. And one with a better selection of compatible books, and not all the books that I want only being available in that freaking WMA format. As mentioned in your other thread, Iʻm not much into listening to music or books. I have to listen to people all the time. I like my books to be the strong silent type.

Sorry, Grace, I don't understand what you mean when you talk about "books in WMA format". WMA is an audio file format, not an eBook format.

montsnmags · 09-01-2009, 06:48 AM

Proust, Shakespeare, Philip K. Dick, Gene Wolfe and Anthony C. Yu's translation of Journey to the West. For poetry (aside from Shakespeare's), Dylan Thomas, Auden, Eliot, Heaney, Frost, Bishop, Basho, Rind.

In the next five minutes, this will change.

kennyc · 09-06-2009, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

It would also be handy to have an iPod Touch, so that you could use its mirror-like screen to signal to passing ships

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ROTFL!

Sweetpea · 09-06-2009, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

It would also be handy to have an iPod Touch, so that you could use its mirror-like screen to signal to passing ships

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I kept thinking about this as it being not right somehow... And today I figured it out!

Why would you want to be rescued if you have more than enough for a couple of years worth reading with you? No interruptions to stop you from reading (except the nature calls like food intake and food outtake...)

ShortNCuddlyAm · 09-06-2009, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

I must have the library. And one with a better selection of compatible books, and not all the books that I want only being available in that freaking WMA format. As mentioned in your other thread, Iʻm not much into listening to music or books. I have to listen to people all the time. I like my books to be the strong silent type.

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Sorry, Grace, I don't understand what you mean when you talk about "books in WMA format". WMA is an audio file format, not an eBook format.

That's exactly what she meant, I think

(it's something I'm fed up with too - books I want being available as audio books but not as ebooks)

ShortNCuddlyAm · 09-06-2009, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

I kept thinking about this as it being not right somehow... And today I figured it out!

Why would you want to be rescued if you have more than enough for a couple of years worth reading with you? No interruptions to stop you from reading (except the nature calls like food intake and food outtake...)

Ahh - but after those couple of years, you'll need to signal to passing ships to get you some memory cards with more books on them!

Sweetpea · 09-06-2009, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Ahh - but after those couple of years, you'll need to signal to passing ships to get you some memory cards with more books on them!

But by that time your screen will so horribly scratched that it won't reflect the sun anymore... I mean, youre ebook reader you'll treat with respect as you use that a lot and your sanity is tied to that. That iphone thingie is useless and will be thrown about a lot...

ShortNCuddlyAm · 09-06-2009, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

But by that time your screen will so horribly scratched that it won't reflect the sun anymore... I mean, youre ebook reader you'll treat with respect as you use that a lot and your sanity is tied to that. That iphone thingie is useless and will be thrown about a lot...

Hrm true - but I think the iphone screen is glass, so you could get some dead wood and kindling, break the iphone for the glass, and use that to start a fire to use as a signal.

kennyc · 09-06-2009, 11:18 AM

I've also heard that the batter can short out and start the fire all on it's own.

RWood · 09-06-2009, 12:34 PM

"Don't rescue me yet, I haven't finished reading all of these books."

One I would take (and it has been on my reader since it was first posted because it is so good and fits so many reading situations) is Harry's Omnibus of Sherlock Holmes.

Among the material I would have are works by Voltaire, Gunter Grass, Asimov, Heinlein, the Harvard Classics series, Charles Dickens, Sherwood Anderson, St. Augustine, Mark Twain, Anton Chekhov, Ayn Rand, H. Rider Haggard, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anthony Burgess, John Steinbeck, and a copy of the Bible.

Tracey · 09-06-2009, 04:50 PM

For me it would be primarily Ian Rankin, Patricia Cornwell and PD James. All crime writers so it would have to be a non scary desert island so i wouldn't be afraid to go to sleep after reading! Agatha Christie, Douglas Reeman, Hammond Innes, and, as mentioned on another thread, I would have to have my favourite reread book, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, all of which would keep me contented for many months. Throw in a few books relating to my beloved Arsenal Football Club and i would probably prefer not to be rescued!

griffonwing · 09-06-2009, 05:45 PM

I am partial to Ardal O'Hanlon's choices of Island Necessity books.

My first book would be a big, plastic inflatable book.
My second choice is "How to Make Oars from Sand".

wodin · 09-07-2009, 12:14 AM

Kind of moot, don't you think? With just a few 32GB SD cards you could have the Library of Congress!

LDBoblo · 09-07-2009, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by wodin

Kind of moot, don't you think? With just a few 32GB SD cards you could have the Library of Congress!

And some solar power source...

wodin · 09-07-2009, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by LDBoblo

And some solar power source...

That was in the OP.

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09-01-2009, 06:48 AM	#17
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	Proust, Shakespeare, Philip K. Dick, Gene Wolfe and Anthony C. Yu's translation of Journey to the West. For poetry (aside from Shakespeare's), Dylan Thomas, Auden, Eliot, Heaney, Frost, Bishop, Basho, Rind. In the next five minutes, this will change.

09-06-2009, 11:18 AM	#24
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,897 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	I've also heard that the batter can short out and start the fire all on it's own.

09-06-2009, 12:34 PM	#25
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	"Don't rescue me yet, I haven't finished reading all of these books." One I would take (and it has been on my reader since it was first posted because it is so good and fits so many reading situations) is Harry's Omnibus of Sherlock Holmes. Among the material I would have are works by Voltaire, Gunter Grass, Asimov, Heinlein, the Harvard Classics series, Charles Dickens, Sherwood Anderson, St. Augustine, Mark Twain, Anton Chekhov, Ayn Rand, H. Rider Haggard, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anthony Burgess, John Steinbeck, and a copy of the Bible.

09-06-2009, 04:50 PM	#26
Tracey Connoisseur Posts: 67 Karma: 68 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Wilburton, Ely Device: Sony PRS-505	For me it would be primarily Ian Rankin, Patricia Cornwell and PD James. All crime writers so it would have to be a non scary desert island so i wouldn't be afraid to go to sleep after reading! Agatha Christie, Douglas Reeman, Hammond Innes, and, as mentioned on another thread, I would have to have my favourite reread book, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, all of which would keep me contented for many months. Throw in a few books relating to my beloved Arsenal Football Club and i would probably prefer not to be rescued!

09-06-2009, 05:45 PM	#27
griffonwing Suave Swabby, Savvy? Posts: 1,602 Karma: 520350 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Harrison, ARrrr, USA - southern Ozark mountains Device: Slate Blue PEZ (Astak Pocket Pro), CVSCX-9300 Quad-band watch phone	I am partial to Ardal O'Hanlon's choices of Island Necessity books. My first book would be a big, plastic inflatable book. My second choice is "How to Make Oars from Sand".

09-07-2009, 12:14 AM	#28
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	Kind of moot, don't you think? With just a few 32GB SD cards you could have the Library of Congress!

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