05-12-2012, 09:18 PM
Fifteen years is a long time, so I would go for Quantity. When I was 16, I read all 3 of the Lord of the rings books, plus the "Hobbit" non-stop. Although I love fantasy, I would burn through ten books in two weeks then have nothing to occupy me for the rest of the time. I want something that has thin pages, small writing and is very, very thick! Ergo:
The unabridged OED
The complete and unabridged works of William Shakespeare
The complete works of William Blake
The epic poems of Homer
The Nag Hammadi Library
The Rig Veda
The Story of Civilization: Durant
Theogony
Idyls of the King
The last book of the Eye of the World series.
I went with the Theogony because I don't know if there is a complete works of Hesiod or not. If there is, I'll take that. Like Kirk in the Wrath of Khan, I cheat
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Notice on the right side, under the hand it reads "S. S. Botany Bay". Nice.
Dale
The unabridged OED
The complete and unabridged works of William Shakespeare
The complete works of William Blake
The epic poems of Homer
The Nag Hammadi Library
The Rig Veda
The Story of Civilization: Durant
Theogony
Idyls of the King
The last book of the Eye of the World series.
I went with the Theogony because I don't know if there is a complete works of Hesiod or not. If there is, I'll take that. Like Kirk in the Wrath of Khan, I cheat
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Notice on the right side, under the hand it reads "S. S. Botany Bay". Nice.
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.