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The Time Machine-put your thinking caps on
Posted: January 01, 2011 • 1:27 pm
by Jim the old guy
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
Re: The Time Machine-put your thinking caps on
Posted: January 01, 2011 • 1:46 pm
by Jen
The collective works of Shakespeare, the Webster Unabridged dictionary, and Lord of the Flies.
Re: The Time Machine-put your thinking caps on
Posted: January 01, 2011 • 1:53 pm
by sam10100
Murder on the Orient Express, Strong Poison, and The Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes.
I enjoy the killings!
Re: The Time Machine-put your thinking caps on
Posted: January 01, 2011 • 2:32 pm
by Bafitis
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...
Re: The Time Machine-put your thinking caps on
Posted: January 01, 2011 • 6:17 pm
by Fred Buer
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.
-Fred
Re: The Time Machine-put your thinking caps on
Posted: January 02, 2011 • 4:23 am
by Demonlawyer
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.
Re: The Time Machine-put your thinking caps on
Posted: January 02, 2011 • 3:42 pm
by GarySogar
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.
Re: The Time Machine-put your thinking caps on
Posted: January 03, 2011 • 4:48 pm
by Jen
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.
har har hardee har har
Re: The Time Machine-put your thinking caps on
Posted: January 03, 2011 • 5:21 pm
by sam10100
Gary,
Love the new Avatar. Singing in the Rain is one of my favorite movies.
Re: The Time Machine-put your thinking caps on
Posted: January 04, 2011 • 6:05 pm
by plumgas
talking about time, can any remember the time tunnel series
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFgMGvFhGQY