The Time Machine-put your thinking caps on

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January 01, 2011 • 1:27 pm

On TCM today is an old favorite of mine, and some of you too, called The Time Machine with Rod Taylor. The movie ended with Taylor going back to the future - gee, that would be a great name for a movie some day - and his maid and his friend noticed he had taken 3 books with him. Noticing his extensive library, I've often wondered which books?

So then, if YOU went into a future society like the one Taylor went to, what 3 books would you take and why?

Keep in mind this fact: He went back to a group of people who had no real purpose in life, had been fed by a cannibalistic race, enjoyed seemingly ideal weather conditions, and apparently had little or no concern for the life of others.

I am most interested in your answers. No prizes given but I am certain we shall all be delighted with each others' posts. Please try to keep it serious - that means you Fred! j/k

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January 01, 2011 • 1:46 pm

The collective works of Shakespeare, the Webster Unabridged dictionary, and Lord of the Flies.

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January 01, 2011 • 1:53 pm

Murder on the Orient Express, Strong Poison, and The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes.

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January 01, 2011 • 2:32 pm

If I were taking books, I wouldn't be able to go anywhere without Lord Of The Rings...

People with no real purpose in life, I guess I would take along a Bible, even though I don't really believe in religion myself I have to admit that it does have quite the following and it might give the people a purpose and some direction in their lives...

I don't suppose I could take a Kindle or a Nook with a virtual library already installed on them... No that would be cheating...

hmmm Third??? How about the Encyclopedia, yeah that could be of some use...

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January 01, 2011 • 6:17 pm

I would bring Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land, Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, and the collected works of William Shakespeare.

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January 02, 2011 • 4:23 am

Well my first would have to be 'how to make friends and influence people' if I was going to meet a new culture.

Then perhaps a book on how to fix time machines and lastly, for entertainment, I'd probably take Bleak House by Charles Dickens.

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January 02, 2011 • 3:42 pm

Jen wrote:The collective works of Shakespeare, the Webster Unabridged dictionary, and Lord of the Flies.

Just take the dictionary. It has all the other books in it.

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January 03, 2011 • 4:48 pm

GarySogar wrote:
Jen wrote:The collective works of Shakespeare, the Webster Unabridged dictionary, and Lord of the Flies.
Just take the dictionary. It has all the other books in it.

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