If you were banished to the moon tomorrow and could only take 5 books with you?

Question: If you were banished to the moon tomorrow and could only take 5 books with you!?

So, which ones will you take!?

Should be interesting!.

EDIT: Saying Twilight or Harry Potter is a great way to not get 10 points!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

"His Dark Materials" trilogy by Philip Pullman (counts as one)
"Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams
"Neuromancer" by William Gibson
"The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas
"Catch-22" by Joseph HellerWww@QuestionHome@Com

-A guide to greenhouse farming so I won't starve!.
-A space habitat repair and maintenance manual so if where I'm living breaks, I can fix it before it kills me!.
-A book about spaceship design and flight book so I can build my own spaceship and fly it back to earth!.
-A calculus textbook so I can check my math on stuff like the spaceship I'm building and the trajectory of re-entry and stuff like that!.
-The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy, just in case plan A (survive while you build a spaceship and get out of there) fails!.

*Edit* The asker did not specify that they had to be specific books, or ones that even existed!. If I'm banished to the moon, and not left there to die of exposure (which I assume I am not, as there would be no point to bringing books otherwise), then rather obviously things like space habitats and spaceships would have to exist!. Therefore, instruction manuals and how-to books for them would likely exist as well!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yikes!. I've never had any desire to go to the moon, particularly if I can only take five books!. Who says I'm only allowed five books, anyway!?

Let's see!. If I was being honest, I'd say that I don't need to take Harry Potter!. I've got the books nearly memorized!.

So, that being said, I would take:
1!. My scriptures
2!. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
3!. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Ironic, though, because I wouldn't need to worry about dysfunctional societies if I was an outcast on the moon!.)
4!. The Prophecy of the Stones by Flavia Bujor!. It's a great fantasy book!.
5!. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If I were banished to the moon, the books would be pointless because I wouldn't be able to live there!. (I know, I know, this isn't meant to be rational!.)

1) Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, because every time I read I'm always discovering new things!.
2) The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, because it's my favorite book ever!. I couldn't not take it!
3) The Chronicles of Narnia, because I can reread them all the time and never get tired!.
4) Unfinished Tales by JRR Tolkien because I want to read it already and haven't gotten the chance yet!.
5) Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, because I'm in the middle of reading it and want to be able to finish!.

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I wonder what I did to get banished to the moon!.!.!.

Anyway, it was tough to choose, but perhaps these would be my choices:

1!.) the Bible
2!.) The Hobbit by J!.R!.R!. Tolkien
3!.) The Lord of the Rings trilogy by Tolkien (I'm going to count this as one book, because I do have a single book that is a collection of all three books in the trilogy)
4!.) Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
5!.) Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

That list could very well change depending on the day and on my mood, but it would only change a little!. And if it were to change, I can see possibilities such as Watchers by Dean Koontz or a collection of H!.P!. Lovecraft's works being added to the list!.

Best wishes!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Wow, the moon !.!.!.

1!. The Bible to keep me from going freak!. Spiritual feeding!.
2!. LOTR, Hobbit, Unfinished Tales, and Simarillion (yes, they are all in one book, I have it)
3!. Complete Works of Jane Austen (Yes, one book!. I'm such a cheater)
4!. The Complete Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
5!. I was divided whether I should bring Phantom of the Opera or Gone With the Wind and I couldn't decide so I'd have to say just a magic notebook that never ends so I can keep a journal!.

LuthienTWww@QuestionHome@Com

EXCELLENT question!

Hmm, that's probably one of the toughest questions for me to answer, but the list would probably look something like this:

1!. The Time Machine - H!.G!. Wells
2!. Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen
3!. And There Were None - Agatha Christie
4!. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep!? - Philip K!. Dick
5!. Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier

The last one is a toss up between Rebecca and either Sense & Sensibility or Jane Eyre!. All three have given me countless hours of enjoyment over the years, and I think I would have a hard time choosing between them!.!.!. Ultimately I would need a coin toss by some impartial third party to allow me to truly pick which one I would take along!

Good luck and happy reading!Www@QuestionHome@Com

ZOMGAH TWILIGHT! NEW MOON! ECLIPSE! BREAKING DAWN! AND MIDNIGHT SUN FOR SHUREE!
just kidding!.

1) Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2) The Catcher in the Rye by J!.D!. Salinger
3) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
4) Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
5) Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonWww@QuestionHome@Com

hm!.!.!.well if i were banished to the moon i am guessing that i would have no need for the twilight series, no guys, I'll just make myself miserable!.!.!.!.I'll take the host, thats about space kinda,might help!.!.!.!.and!.!.!.!."the sweet far thing" and!.!.!.!.The Bible!.!.!.!.and a collection of Edgar Allen Poe, and something by JRR tolkienWww@QuestionHome@Com

Pride and Prejudice
How do I love thee!?
Timeless Love
A walk to remember

Gosh I want to take so many!. If you noticed, all my books are tragic romances!. Except for pride and prejudice!. I'm a bit strange like that!. lol

And how could anyone say Twilight!?!?!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

I saw a book at a bookstore that had all of the Jane Austen Books in one, so that, and,
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
The Sweet Far thing by Libba Bray
An encyclopedia
A huge blank notebookWww@QuestionHome@Com

i would take
1)The goose girl
2) Interview with a vampire
3) The Green Mile
4) Dracula
5) Something by Charles Dickens

p!.s!.thanks for the harry potter tipWww@QuestionHome@Com

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress-Robert Heinlein

Foxfire 3

Christmas -Norman Rockwell

Star Over Bethlehem and Other Stories - Agatha Christie Mallowan

The Knitting Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You'll Ever Face; Answers to Every Question You'll Ever Ask -Margaret RadcliffeWww@QuestionHome@Com

1!. War and Peace - Tolstoy
2!. Crime and Punishment - Dostoyevsky
3!. The Complete Poems of William Blake
4!. The Adventures of Augie March - Saul Bellow
5!. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bola?oWww@QuestionHome@Com

The Holy Bible, The Green Mile, a collection of Shakespeare's plays, Elsewhere, and some sort of enchanted never-ending notebook!.
Aaaaand a pen!. :PWww@QuestionHome@Com

The Perks Of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Weiss
Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
and Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
:)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson
Angel Tech by Antero Alli
Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
Choke by Chuck PalahnuikWww@QuestionHome@Com

13 reasons why by jay asher
the secret life of bees by sue monk kidd
the notebook by nicholas sparks
telling christina goodbye by lurlene mcdaniels
the five people you meet in heaven by mitch albomWww@QuestionHome@Com

The Bible, War and Peace, Cannery Row by John Steinbeck, The Sun also Rises by Hemmingway and The Stand by Stephen King!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Mansfield Park - Austin
Mist of Avalon - Bradly
Count of Monte Cristo - Dumas
It's a Dirty Job - Moore
A Gracious Plenty - ReynoldsWww@QuestionHome@Com

The Complete Collection of Sherlock Holmes
The Count of Monte Cristo
Jane Eyre
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (I just started it, so I have to take this one)
The HobbitWww@QuestionHome@Com

Wuthering Heights, Masterpieces of Edgar Allan Poe, my Yearbook from any year, the Bible, and The Princess Bride!.

haha!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Ask Alice
Elsewhere
Lovely Bones
Pride and Prejudice
The SecretWww@QuestionHome@Com

i would probably take some of the old fashioned books like shakespere that i've been dying to read but just don't really have the time forWww@QuestionHome@Com

running with scissors
merchant of Venice
Tess of the d'urbivilles
scarlet letter
robert frost poemsWww@QuestionHome@Com

Five empty notebooks so I could write!. Pax-CWww@QuestionHome@Com

Bible, Great Expectations, Twilight, Wake and Boy Next Door (by Meggin Cabot {Meg Cabot's other name for the not teen books}Www@QuestionHome@Com

The twilight series and the Host!!!!!!!!!!!
I love all of Stephanie Meyers booksWww@QuestionHome@Com