Fahrenheit 451
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What Book would you become?

Each of of the people in the end memorized and told their book to others. They became their book. What book would you be?
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Lord of the Rings...I have a good memory so I could do all three books
In view of my shaky memory, I'd have to go with Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess.
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Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin - a big favorite of mine. The language is transporting.
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The obvious choice for me is
but I am going to have to say that I would probably choose
Can you imagine all the people that would search for me after finding the other 6?

but I am going to have to say that I would probably choose

1984 or brave new world
or fahrenheit 451. . . the excercise would be pointless if no one knew where the idea came from
or fahrenheit 451. . . the excercise would be pointless if no one knew where the idea came from
Alfred and Liz, you are both spot on when it comes to choosing a book to 'become.' This story has been with me since I was a child...in the late 60's-early 70's. I love the WRITTEN WORD and what it means to humanity. With that said, I would become 'The Prophet' by Kahlil Gibran...I was given a copy in college and have used so much of it in my life that I feel this is a book which should be saved.
Walden. Also, if my memory can handle it, everything Bradbury's ever done.
brad meltzer "the book of lies" this is not the most imporatant work in the world but we all need to be entertained and this did it for me. Cain kills Abel in Chapter Four of the Bible. It is the world's most famous murder. But the Bible is silent about one key detail: the weapon Cain used to kill his brother. That weapon is still lost to history.
In 1932, Mitchell Siegel was killed by three gunshots to his chest. While mourning, his son dreamed of a bulletproof man and created the world's greatest hero: Superman. And like Cain's murder weapon, the gun used in this unsolved murder has never been found.
In 1932, Mitchell Siegel was killed by three gunshots to his chest. While mourning, his son dreamed of a bulletproof man and created the world's greatest hero: Superman. And like Cain's murder weapon, the gun used in this unsolved murder has never been found.
Definitely some Shakespeare. Maybe Hamlet or A Midsummer Night's Dream.
I'd be a kooky book of poetry.. E.E. Cummings maybe. It would be hilarious reciting that!
I'd just listen to all you guys. My memory stinks!
Dune I would like to say I would do the whole series by Frank Herbert but not sure my memory is that good, but if it were my chosen duty in life I could push myself.
The Fountainhead or Neverwhere. I've read those more than I can count.
I would have to say a collection of short stories and poems by Edgar Allan Poe, one of the most influential literary geniuses of the 19th century. He is my favourite author and his writings have inspired me a great deal.
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty or
Alexander Dolgun's story by Alexander Dolgun or
The Hummingbird's daughter by Alberto Urrea
Alexander Dolgun's story by Alexander Dolgun or
The Hummingbird's daughter by Alberto Urrea
I would be honored to be a book from the Bible...If I could choose, I would really like to be one of the Gospels, or the Acts of the Apostles.
As for books that I'm well-versed in, then I would choose Cannery Row or Of Mice and Men (both by Steinbeck).
As for books that I'm well-versed in, then I would choose Cannery Row or Of Mice and Men (both by Steinbeck).
Something lighthearted and easy to remember. Perhaps one of Shel Silverstein's book of poems.
Great question! I would have to be "Something Wicked This Way Comes" or "The Phantom Tollbooth." These are books that have helped define me in so many ways, and I read them at least once every year!
The Bridge of San Luis Rey or Light in August. At least those are the freshest in my mind as having affected me strongly.
It's a children's book - Adopted Jane - but I just love it, and when I was young I related to Jane. Every time I re-read it, I get something new.
Good question. Maybe Anthem by Ayn Rand or Dandelion Wine :) Probably something else I can't remember right now
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Since I am always holding conversations with myself, I'd have to become a play. How about the Importance of being Earnest.....
I would want to be Will Greyson, Will Greyson. It's diversity is so well put and the story is wonderful and affirming.
I would be Fahrenheit 451. In knowing this book, I would have to know all the ones referenced within it. And then of course being the book means that I could think about all the members of the secret group and therefore be all great literature of the past.
I'd be Don Quixote--in the original Spanish...what fun!
I'd have a hard time choosing. something funny, I guess, that paints a portrait of a particular time, too: Thurber's My Life and Hard Times

I have a really hard time memorizing anything but if I was to choose one book that I could become and tell others it would be the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho... it is one of those books I have given others when they were at a cross-roads moment.
Fahrenheit 451 – It’s magnificent, magical, poetic and unique. But most of all its relatively short and frankly I’d never be able to memorise anything longer!
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