John Buchan's Desert Island Books.

[John Buchan]

John Buchan's Desert Island Books.

Normally on the desert island you choose eight records/CDs, I have changed it to books and here is my selection:

The Complete Richard Hannay. (Penguin books) John Buchan.
Huntingtower. John Buchan.
Castle Gay. John Buchan.
The House of the Four Winds. John Buchan.
John Burnet of Barnes. John Buchan.
Carter Beats the Devil. Glen David Gold.
Night Train to Lisbon. Pascal Mercier.
Robinson Crusoe. Daniel Defoe.

Record/CD Beethoven's Symphony No.6 (Pastorale)

Luxury Laptop/Wordprocessor with endless batteries.

Of course on the original you had the complete works of Shakespeare and the Bible.

Well I would take a modern translation of the Bible and instead of Shakespeare I would take an anthology of poetry.

What would you forum members take.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by John Buchan

What would you forum members take.

Mädchen Amick

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[John Buchan]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Mädchen Amick

I meant books no persons!!!

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by John Buchan

I meant books no persons!!!

How about a volley ball?

[Bateman]

Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima.
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
Crime and Punishment by Doestyevsky.
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.
Animal Farm by George Orwell.
Crash by JG Ballard.
American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis.
Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann.

I think my first choice is one of the most aesthetically beautiful books ever written. Conrad never wrote a bad book but Heart of Darkness is one of his best. Crime and Punishment and Doctor Faustus make many demands of the reader but ultimately the effort is well worth it. Crash and American Psycho are both first rate examples of the 'kinetic 'novel and Animal Farm and Gullivers Travels are there because they are both a really good engaging read.

[Zan de Man]

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut - to remind me that civilisation contains the seeds of its own destruction
The Once and Future King by T H White - so I don't forget the better side of the human spirit
The Human Stain by Philip Roth - just for the pleasure of reading Roth's most satisfying novel
The Oxford Book of English Verse - to give me years of thematic reading and simple dipping in, as well as to preserve my language skills
The Isles by Norman Davies - it's a BIG book and I'd need the time to re-read it
Essential Bushcraft by Ray Mears - for practical purposes
The Complete Works of Shakespeare - cheating, but it would certainly keep me reading - and performing - for years
The Bible (Authorised Version) - for the stories, the poetry and the tradition

That's today's choice. Tomorrow's might be different in some respects.