Comments on: Which book would you save?

By: Doyle

Doyle — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:03:58 +0000

I would have to save the book of Revelation, because if our society ever does ban literature and/or the Bible, that’s the time when we will need to know what’s next. Ecclesiastes has always been one of my favorites, and I would most definately memorize that one too. It’s quite a coincidence that the two books I want to memorize the most are the ones that Montag memorized in the book. Ecclesiastes expresses vanity of this life, and Revelation gives us the hope of the next.

By: jim

jim — Fri, 02 May 2008 03:31:52 +0000

i would save the Preacher comic book series. i know that technically they are nine seperate books but i could solve that problem with glue and alot of tape. best story ever, front to back, it is priceless.

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By: Will

Will — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:49:31 +0000

I loved Grapes of Wrath, but it’s just too sad and depressing for it to be the only book you have. I’d pick East of Eden over Grapes of Wrath.

But picking for myself, the first thing that comes to mind is Ken Kesey’s “Sometimes a Great Notion.” If you haven’t read it, you should, and then do the book tourney again. It’s final four material. It’s that good.

Tom Robbins also comes to mind. But I want the whole Tom Robbins collection, not just one book.

But hell, if I only get to save one book, I better make it count. War & Peace. Or Atlas Shrugged. Two enormously long books that I’ve never read but want to. Or the Bible.

By: Lisa Redmond (illuminato)

Lisa Redmond (illuminato) — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:36:34 +0000

I would probably suggest “To Kill A Mockingbird” for the same reasons you selected “The Grapes of Wrath.” An important book to our culture, a wonderful literary read, and one of my all time favorites. (But I agree with you on “East of Eden” as well, so fun to read in a dramatic soap operaish way!)