I don't know if this has been attempted before, but I think we should establish a long standing thread of what book each poster would memorize if they had to pick only one with which to restart a barren society.
Mine: THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS by C.S. Lewis.
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How about the Bible? (or Koran if you prefer) That count? I'm not a religious nut but It has a lot of good stories and rules to live by. Although memorizing it would be a bitch! :-)
If not that how about "Animal Farm"? Teaching people how to treat each other equally and how power corrupts.
1984, Lord of the Flies and Everybody Poops would be great too :-)
The Bible is considered, by many, though not all, to be the foundation of much of Western Literature. I would certainly consider the Bible to be a worthy candidate for memorization.
Beyond the Bible, I might consider a Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... Though those are really collections of short stories...
I'd have to think about this some more...
Denzel's got that covered. (The Bible, that is.)
Catcher In the Rye (J.D. Salinger) or Snow Falling on Cedars (David Gutterson).
shareI'm pretty sure it would be close to impossible, but I would memorize Lord of the Rings just because that is one of the best books I've ever read. But like I said, it's probably impossible or else it woulod just be a bitch to do.
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I'd definitely wanna memorize some Barbara Kingsolver, probably The Poisonwood Bible, as it is one of my favourite books, with more poetry than most modern novels. Maybe Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway, perhaps Ulysses by James Joyce, or even War and Peace by Tolstoy, or The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Maybe Lolita by Nabokov, or The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. All of these books have had an enormous impact, so maybe I'd try memorizing all of them.....
Jack shall have Jill, Naught shall go ill: The man shall have his mare again, and all shall be well
primavera by francesa lia block
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George Orwell's "1984"
shareThe Communist Manifesto. kidding.
A Clockwork Orange. I hear Malcom McDowell's voice in the back of my head when I read it, and there is so much memorable crap in it that it would be one of the simpler books to memorize. Daunting task. We need someone with photo-memory to memorize War and Peace, Anna Karenina, or any other long ass book with great importance lol.
i cant believe only one person said a clockwork orange it is the epitome of kick ass, and it may have zero literary merit, but its an awesome tale. too bad that prick kubrick had to ruin the film
shareCome here and I'll punch your face in. The film's one of the greater movies I've ever seen. Kubrick did have a bit of a habit of slightly de-obeying his source material very accurately, but perhaps that's just what makes his films so original and wonderful. I love the film. And the book.
sharedon't forget that anthony burgess hated it.
shareSo? Stephen King hated Kubrick's "The Shining," despite it being revered as a truly great film. Then he had creative control for the TV movie version of his book, and it turned out to be a piece of *beep*
The moral: Authors aren't always objective when it comes to judging the merit of the film adaptation of their books.
It's often difficult to accept an adaptation when you're really attached to the book and the director and/or screen writer takes liberties, but sometimes, the book only serves as a jumping-off point for a very different vision, and something different yet still great comes out of it. Of course, Kubrick did a rather loyal adaptation of "A Clockwork Orange," in my humble opinion, but nonetheless, get over it.
The Manipulated Man, from Esther Vilar.
share'Allerzielen' from Cees Nooteboom
or 'Leviathan'from Paul Auster
"The Godfather" by Mario Puzo
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Ten Little Indians a.ka. And then there were none.
sharePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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