Only one novel

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    forgotenmemory New Member

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    I would take a good long book. The Lord of the Rings. Th one wit hall the books in one.
     
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    Even though it's a kid's book, I'd take Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix. I've read that book over four times and I'll read it again. It never gets old. Or I might take Touching Spirit Bear, but I'm not sure if it's the kind of book that I'd want to read over and over again. It might ruin the spirit and the purpose of the book.
     
  3. Leaka

    Leaka Creative Mettle

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    I would take my collection novel with the full novels of three authors.
    One is from Stephen King the everlasting I believe.
    The second is Ann Rice
    And the third is Micheal Crichton.

    So I bring one book and get three really long stories in one.
    Keep me living for a while.
     
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    I'm happy to see another person read The Thirteenth Tale!
    For a series I would take the Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray. For one novel, it would probably be To Kill A Mocking Bird.
     
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    I would take Paradise Lost. I'd have all the time in the world to learn every word of it if I was stuck on an island. If I got sick of doing that I could always create my own language and translate it into a book of bound foliage and illustrate it with shells.
     
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    One that's good, long, and I haven't read before. I mean, seriously, you're going to be there a long time, why would you want something you've already read? It's either find yourself a new book in the wreckage or get a volley ball
     
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    I'd bring The Complete Works of William Shakespeare-- lots of material for all my message-in-a-bottle/fire-making/toilet-and-tissue-paper needs. (I'd use the leaves, but I have this thing where I'm always 100 percent certain that every plant I touch in the wilderness is gonna turn out to be poison ivy. It can be a real hindrance to a Boy Scout. =P)
     
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    Hmm, I'd make it My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult. Of the fifteen novels she wrote, I find that to be the only one completely flawless :D
     
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    Hmmm, I would have to say that the novel would be one that I wrote, so that I could spend the rest of my life editing it. HAHAHAHA! :D
     
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    "A Solitary Blue" by Cynthia Voight. I can really relate to that book.
     
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    If I go on the island naked, does that let me bring two books? Or maybe if I sacrifice my baby toe...

    Hmmm... toughy... one book? Does The Complete Works of Shakespeare count? That is only one book... technically. If not, i'd say Nineteen Eighty-Four.
     
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    How many pages in a trilogy? I'd take as many blank sheets of A4 as I can and a box of good black-ink pens and spend my time writing my own collected works. Maybe by the time I escape, or am saved, it'll be ready for my agent.:)
     
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    sense and sensibility - brilliant story, great characters and written like poetry
     
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    A book on true life survival techniques.
    how to make a fish hook out of a safety pin.
    how to build a fire.
    how to make a lean to that will survive a storm.

    as for a novel something by Eric Flint or Mercedes Lackey. Gives an escape to another world off the island.
     
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    ChimmyBear Writing for the love of it. Contributor

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    The First Rumpole Ominibus by John Mortimer. It holds sentimental value and I just couldn't imagine not having it with me.
     
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    Wreybies Thrice Retired Supporter Contributor

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    The City and The Stars by Arthur C. Clark

    I never tire of it. Sweet, pure, unadulterated, golden-age science fiction at its best.



    *God bless you, Arthur! You made a little Puerto Rican boy look up and think, 'That's where I wanna' go'*
     
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    The First Rumpole Omnibus, by John Mortimer. It has been a close companion for over ten years.
     
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    Watership Down. I've read it once a year or so since tenth grade. I wouldn't say that it's my favorite book, but it's the one with the most re-reading potential.
     
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    The Lord of the Rings.

    'Nuff said.
     
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    Hmm, thats a tough one. If it was only one novel it would probably be Only in Death because it is the ending of the super-awesome Gaunt's Ghost series by Dan Abnett. And then after im done reading i'll make a paper tepee! :D
     

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