This is H.G. Wells' Time Machine question. If you could pick three books (of reasonable size) to help you rebuild society in the distant future, which ones would you choose? The other people have had no formal education or exposure to literature of any kind.
2007-03-26 12:20:37 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
3 copies of Douglas Adam's "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
2007-03-26 12:38:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'd take HG Wells' "Time Machine" just to mess with them!
Actually, I think the distant future won't need "rebuilding" or ancient literature. I think they'll probably have their own society and their own literature and I'd be interested in reading it. Human society is a hard thing to kill.
2007-03-31 02:10:54 · answer #2 · answered by Nathan D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've read the book and seen the movie.
The fact that the future men can't read won't matter--the time traveler will have to read it to them, teach them; the point is the books need to be for them--or for him.
For the Eloi, I'd suggest a one-volume encyclopedia of mechanics, engineering, basic stuff on how to build walls, lay pipe, construct a solar collector, make wire, build houses, lay a deck, etc., etc.
For the time traveler, I would consider a massive Best Loved Poems of the English Language--it would be something he could not reproduce for himself, might want to share and could reread many times.
The third book would have to be a large science book, to stimulate future science in the new world, an encyclopedia of basic science.
2007-03-26 20:19:58 · answer #3 · answered by Robert David M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pilgrims Progress
The Bible
An Almanac
2007-03-26 19:25:37 · answer #4 · answered by steddy voter 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible
Beauty For Ashes - Joyce Meyer
Battlefield of the Mind - Joyce Meyer
2007-03-26 19:31:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Diary Of Anne Frank
The Grapes Of Wrath
Little Women
(Great Question by the way - that really got me thinking!)
2007-03-26 19:24:29 · answer #6 · answered by koikoiboi 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would take three books by John O'Hara because he's my favorite author. The people you find there won't be ready to start reading right away but I would want some of my favorite books with me.
2007-03-26 19:33:29 · answer #7 · answered by annvictorblue 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Jungle
Uncle Tom's Cabin
German Sniper on the Russian Front....helluva shot.
2007-03-26 19:25:49 · answer #8 · answered by Jrahdel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the girl that says the Bible. To a Christian (as I am one) the Bible is the key to all life and to help rebuild a society, that would be a good key.
2007-03-26 19:31:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
*A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
*an encylopedia of music history
*an art history book
2007-03-26 19:29:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋