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Author Topic:   10 Books To Save Humanity!!
Huntard
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Message 18 of 100 (562370)
05-28-2010 9:35 AM
Reply to: Message 17 by Straggler
05-28-2010 9:26 AM


Re: My Own (Initial) List
Straggler writes:
I have a single volume book called "The Complete Works of Shakespeare" on my bookshelf. That counts as one book.
And Coyote has 10 volumes that comprise the complete Enciclopedia Brittanica. Yet his doesn't count?

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Huntard
Member (Idle past 2316 days)
Posts: 2870
From: Limburg, The Netherlands
Joined: 09-02-2008


Message 21 of 100 (562373)
05-28-2010 9:54 AM
Reply to: Message 20 by Straggler
05-28-2010 9:48 AM


Re: My Own (Initial) List
Straggler writes:
The Encyclopedia Britannica 11th Edition is a 29 volume set!!!
I was just making a point. If a compilation of works counts as one book, then how are we to determine when 1 volume is or is not allowed? What if we do something insane and compile the entire EB into one volume? Would it count then?
And seriously - Is that what we would take to reflect humanities creative achievements and grand accumulation of innovation and insight? A friggin glorified dictionary!
That's not what I said, I don't think we should take the EB, encyclopedia's are far too brief on all their subjects. I'll see if I can compile a list of books this evening, but 10 is a bit less I think.

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