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Since you didn't exclude religious books... Larry Send a noteboard - 01/04/2011 04:52:56 PM
I would say The Bible for the first, for its wide-ranging styles and matters of approaching things as much as for any beliefs one might have in regards to revealed religious truth.

For a book published in my lifetime? Tempted to say Bolaño's 2666, although DFW's Infinite Jest might be up there.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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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 1793 Views
good question Yunalesca - 01/04/2011 12:05:20 PM 1314 Views
The Kama Sutra *NM* Dark Knight - 01/04/2011 01:35:42 PM 420 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 430 Views
Since you didn't exclude religious books... Larry - 01/04/2011 04:52:56 PM 913 Views
GRRM's SoIaF, maybe they will live long enough to see the series ended HyogaRott - 01/04/2011 07:59:58 PM 1119 Views
You live in hope, I see. Camilla - 01/04/2011 08:15:05 PM 858 Views
Norton's Anthology *NM* random thoughts - 01/04/2011 08:44:18 PM 419 Views
Lord save me. *NM* Camilla - 01/04/2011 08:46:13 PM 400 Views
quantiy over quality random thoughts - 03/04/2011 07:16:13 PM 926 Views
Re: quantiy over quality Camilla - 03/04/2011 07:18:13 PM 918 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 849 Views
That is a problem. Camilla - 03/04/2011 11:59:28 PM 988 Views
Volume two hands down random thoughts - 04/04/2011 02:48:12 PM 796 Views
The first answer is far easier than the second. Tom - 01/04/2011 08:53:30 PM 932 Views
Someone needs to mention the important stuff Tor - 01/04/2011 09:21:48 PM 1174 Views
I was worried you were going to drag Jordan into this. *NM* Camilla - 01/04/2011 09:23:11 PM 383 Views
cookery is important... Yunalesca - 02/04/2011 12:51:16 AM 1162 Views
I'm tempted to say 1984 nossy - 02/04/2011 01:32:22 PM 902 Views
Oooh, good choice. Camilla - 02/04/2011 01:33:27 PM 837 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 400 Views
I'd go with Brave New World, actually. Ghavrel - 02/04/2011 10:36:20 PM 1006 Views
I think Huxley has a better understanding of human nature and less politcal motive random thoughts - 03/04/2011 04:48:19 AM 812 Views
I love your opening sentence nossy - 03/04/2011 02:34:45 PM 945 Views
thank you random thoughts - 03/04/2011 07:09:35 PM 952 Views
You'll be interested to know nossy - 03/04/2011 02:33:25 PM 952 Views
That was very good. Camilla - 03/04/2011 02:46:30 PM 933 Views
Some parts of Orwell's dystopia did in fact come true, though. Legolas - 03/04/2011 03:07:07 PM 860 Views
you really need to read Brave New World random thoughts - 03/04/2011 07:14:04 PM 813 Views
We agree again. *NM* Camilla - 03/04/2011 07:45:06 PM 433 Views
stop that your scaring me *NM* random thoughts - 03/04/2011 11:27:52 PM 380 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 378 Views
thats OK I'm good random thoughts - 04/04/2011 02:49:45 PM 833 Views
Re: thats OK I'm good Camilla - 04/04/2011 02:51:34 PM 766 Views
Stranger in a Strange Land imlad - 02/04/2011 05:37:05 PM 822 Views
on second thought imlad - 02/04/2011 05:41:14 PM 915 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 1051 Views
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