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If you could pass on only one book to the next generation, what would it be? Camilla Send a noteboard - 01/04/2011 10:29:47 AM
I came across this at the Guardian, and it made me think about things like canonicity for a moment. I figured the best way to get it out of my head would be to turn it into a survey here and make you think about it instead.

I cannot help seeing it as a two-part question.

The question is, if you could only pass on one book to the next generation, which would it be. But I feel there is a difference between books that have already been handed down and given the status of classics, and the books you have come across on your own (to a greater extent) because you were alive when they were published.

So.

If you could only hand on one book that has already been handed on to you, which would it be?

If you had to choose one book among the books published in your lifetime, which would it be?
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If you could pass on only one book to the next generation, what would it be? Camilla - 01/04/2011 10:29:47 AM 1879 Views
good question Yunalesca - 01/04/2011 12:05:20 PM 1385 Views
The Kama Sutra *NM* Dark Knight - 01/04/2011 01:35:42 PM 450 Views
Well, it WOULD help insure that there would be at least 1 more generation after that... *NM* HyogaRott - 01/04/2011 07:49:30 PM 457 Views
Since you didn't exclude religious books... Larry - 01/04/2011 04:52:56 PM 986 Views
GRRM's SoIaF, maybe they will live long enough to see the series ended HyogaRott - 01/04/2011 07:59:58 PM 1193 Views
You live in hope, I see. Camilla - 01/04/2011 08:15:05 PM 935 Views
Norton's Anthology *NM* random thoughts - 01/04/2011 08:44:18 PM 441 Views
Lord save me. *NM* Camilla - 01/04/2011 08:46:13 PM 424 Views
quantiy over quality random thoughts - 03/04/2011 07:16:13 PM 966 Views
Re: quantiy over quality Camilla - 03/04/2011 07:18:13 PM 978 Views
I was mostly pissed that I had to $60 for it and everything we read was available for free random thoughts - 03/04/2011 11:27:24 PM 921 Views
That is a problem. Camilla - 03/04/2011 11:59:28 PM 1052 Views
Volume two hands down random thoughts - 04/04/2011 02:48:12 PM 865 Views
The first answer is far easier than the second. Tom - 01/04/2011 08:53:30 PM 1004 Views
Someone needs to mention the important stuff Tor - 01/04/2011 09:21:48 PM 1245 Views
I was worried you were going to drag Jordan into this. *NM* Camilla - 01/04/2011 09:23:11 PM 412 Views
cookery is important... Yunalesca - 02/04/2011 12:51:16 AM 1249 Views
I'm tempted to say 1984 nossy - 02/04/2011 01:32:22 PM 973 Views
Oooh, good choice. Camilla - 02/04/2011 01:33:27 PM 905 Views
Yeah, that seems like the obvious choice for me as well... but in my lifetime, no idea either. *NM* Legolas - 02/04/2011 06:23:54 PM 432 Views
I'd go with Brave New World, actually. Ghavrel - 02/04/2011 10:36:20 PM 1082 Views
I think Huxley has a better understanding of human nature and less politcal motive random thoughts - 03/04/2011 04:48:19 AM 887 Views
I love your opening sentence nossy - 03/04/2011 02:34:45 PM 1022 Views
thank you random thoughts - 03/04/2011 07:09:35 PM 1020 Views
You'll be interested to know nossy - 03/04/2011 02:33:25 PM 1017 Views
That was very good. Camilla - 03/04/2011 02:46:30 PM 1000 Views
Some parts of Orwell's dystopia did in fact come true, though. Legolas - 03/04/2011 03:07:07 PM 932 Views
you really need to read Brave New World random thoughts - 03/04/2011 07:14:04 PM 882 Views
We agree again. *NM* Camilla - 03/04/2011 07:45:06 PM 460 Views
stop that your scaring me *NM* random thoughts - 03/04/2011 11:27:52 PM 403 Views
I can berate you for writing "your" instead of "you're" if it makes you feel better. *NM* Camilla - 03/04/2011 11:30:14 PM 397 Views
thats OK I'm good random thoughts - 04/04/2011 02:49:45 PM 900 Views
Re: thats OK I'm good Camilla - 04/04/2011 02:51:34 PM 844 Views
Stranger in a Strange Land imlad - 02/04/2011 05:37:05 PM 890 Views
on second thought imlad - 02/04/2011 05:41:14 PM 989 Views
Can't recommend many published in my life that I've read;the Sprawl Trilogy if I can count a series. Joel - 03/04/2011 12:18:30 AM 1131 Views
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