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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 1974 Views
good question Yunalesca - 01/04/2011 12:05:20 PM 1592 Views
The Kama Sutra *NM* Dark Knight - 01/04/2011 01:35:42 PM 528 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 535 Views
Since you didn't exclude religious books... Larry - 01/04/2011 04:52:56 PM 1077 Views
GRRM's SoIaF, maybe they will live long enough to see the series ended HyogaRott - 01/04/2011 07:59:58 PM 1286 Views
You live in hope, I see. Camilla - 01/04/2011 08:15:05 PM 1025 Views
Norton's Anthology *NM* random thoughts - 01/04/2011 08:44:18 PM 519 Views
Lord save me. *NM* Camilla - 01/04/2011 08:46:13 PM 502 Views
quantiy over quality random thoughts - 03/04/2011 07:16:13 PM 1059 Views
Re: quantiy over quality Camilla - 03/04/2011 07:18:13 PM 1070 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 1011 Views
That is a problem. Camilla - 03/04/2011 11:59:28 PM 1144 Views
Volume two hands down random thoughts - 04/04/2011 02:48:12 PM 959 Views
The first answer is far easier than the second. Tom - 01/04/2011 08:53:30 PM 1092 Views
Someone needs to mention the important stuff Tor - 01/04/2011 09:21:48 PM 1464 Views
I was worried you were going to drag Jordan into this. *NM* Camilla - 01/04/2011 09:23:11 PM 490 Views
cookery is important... Yunalesca - 02/04/2011 12:51:16 AM 1459 Views
I'm tempted to say 1984 nossy - 02/04/2011 01:32:22 PM 1063 Views
Oooh, good choice. Camilla - 02/04/2011 01:33:27 PM 998 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 512 Views
I'd go with Brave New World, actually. Ghavrel - 02/04/2011 10:36:20 PM 1176 Views
I think Huxley has a better understanding of human nature and less politcal motive random thoughts - 03/04/2011 04:48:19 AM 978 Views
I love your opening sentence nossy - 03/04/2011 02:34:45 PM 1112 Views
thank you random thoughts - 03/04/2011 07:09:35 PM 1114 Views
You'll be interested to know nossy - 03/04/2011 02:33:25 PM 1109 Views
That was very good. Camilla - 03/04/2011 02:46:30 PM 1095 Views
Some parts of Orwell's dystopia did in fact come true, though. Legolas - 03/04/2011 03:07:07 PM 1019 Views
you really need to read Brave New World random thoughts - 03/04/2011 07:14:04 PM 971 Views
We agree again. *NM* Camilla - 03/04/2011 07:45:06 PM 541 Views
stop that your scaring me *NM* random thoughts - 03/04/2011 11:27:52 PM 484 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 479 Views
thats OK I'm good random thoughts - 04/04/2011 02:49:45 PM 994 Views
Re: thats OK I'm good Camilla - 04/04/2011 02:51:34 PM 937 Views
Stranger in a Strange Land imlad - 02/04/2011 05:37:05 PM 980 Views
on second thought imlad - 02/04/2011 05:41:14 PM 1080 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 1224 Views
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