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21898831 No.21898831 [Reply] [Original]

When the grid goes down, what books do you have to keep you occupied?
I have collected the following

>In Search of Lost Time complete collection (4,500+ pages)
>Joseph and His Brothers (1,500 pages)
>The Count of Monte Cristo (1,200 pages)
>The Bible

I figure these will keep me occupied enough at least until I can find somewhere to source books from in the aftermath. What about you?

>> No.21898843

Books are for children and nerds, you should enslave those nerds to rebuild the internet.

>> No.21898856

>>21898831
Fun premise, I hope noone will say something faggy like "your chance of survival is minimal and even if you do, you should have other priorities than which books to read."
Personally, I would grab a few doorstoppers as well. Donquixote, the bible, some biographies, some works by mediterannean 20th century authors. Maybe an art book or 2.

>> No.21898861

Man if the world was ending and all I had left to keep me occupied was Proust I think I'd rather just die

>> No.21898879

>>21898861
What would you need to keep yourself from that state?

>> No.21898886

>>21898879
Something slightly more uplifting than a dour reflection on nostalgia, time, and loss. I'd honestly take with me some massive shitty fantasy or scifi series. Escapism would be the best option.

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21898915

>>21898831
>what books do you have to keep you occupied?
All of them. Should stack up on candles though. And print out my own writings, too, I guess.
It's not gonna be nukes but a solar flare btw.

>> No.21898921

>>21898886
Makes sense, so something like? It's just a theoretical asking which books you find important enough bro.

>> No.21899009

>>21898831
maybe you should get some survival guides instead of fiction you fucking retard

>> No.21899021

>>21898886
nah I think you need Dostoevsky and Nietzsche to set the mood. now's not the time for pussyfooting

>> No.21899025

>>21899021
>Dostoevsky
Sure
>Nietzsche
No

>> No.21899029

>>21899025
>No
why not Nietzsche? I think he's the perfect post-apocalypse reading

>> No.21899093

>>21898831
I have the Turner Diaries audiobook on a set of vinyl records