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Saving Literature
August 10, 2013 at 6:41 am
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I am watching the movie Oblivion and the two books the main character happen upon that were saved were of the classic literature variety. I find that extremely hard to believe.
Therefore, if there were to only be two books to survive in this world, what would be those two books?
There is one condition. The books cannot be classic. They must be popular modern fiction.
My two picks:
Dean Koontz's Breathless
Anne Rice's The Wolf Gift
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RE: Saving Literature
August 10, 2013 at 7:29 am
I'm horrfied by the very idea that there could only be two books in the world.
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RE: Saving Literature
August 10, 2013 at 7:35 am
Just be hopeful one of them is not a religious text.
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RE: Saving Literature
August 10, 2013 at 7:40 am
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One of them should be hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, omnibus version that has the entire series(is this cheating?)
I can't decide for the other one. Dean Koontz is alright I guess. I've only read one or two of his, but I prefer Stephen King for horror books.
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RE: Saving Literature
August 10, 2013 at 7:43 am
Stephen King is considered horror, but I never got a sense of fear from his books.
Dean Koontz is more of a psychological thriller writer.
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RE: Saving Literature
August 10, 2013 at 8:00 am
Really? I get really freaked by his books. But I'm a lightweight when it comes to horror.
Right, Koontz is more of a thriller, agreed.
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RE: Saving Literature
August 10, 2013 at 10:04 am
The Bible
Curious George
Taking all bets!
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RE: Saving Literature
August 10, 2013 at 11:23 am
How modern is modern? No specific time limit was set.
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RE: Saving Literature
August 10, 2013 at 11:57 am
"The Dilbert Principle"
"Fanny Hill"
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RE: Saving Literature
August 10, 2013 at 12:01 pm
(August 10, 2013 at 11:23 am)Faith No More Wrote: How modern is modern? No specific time limit was set.
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