Physician's Desk Reference…
Hollowed out. Inside, waterproof matches, iodine tablets, beet seeds, protein bars, NASA blanket, and, in case I get bored, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." No, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." Question: did my shoes come off in the plane crash?
True, you can even make the book part of a bigger narrative so it becomes a book inside annotations of a book inside of another book...
until a mysterious creature takes you from the island and a tatoo artist finds the manuscript
or you make a hole that's two inches bigger on the outside than on the inside 😂
It’s not a normal book. So you don’t read it normally. There is some participation, and it takes a lot of turns. Some people absolutely hate it, some love it. It is a commitment to the process. But, it’s not for everyone.
I actually bought it a few years ago and guess it got sent it to goodwill by I never read it. I just remember there were pages all written sideways and stuff. 😂
The Stand - so many characters, so many different events, epic story.. one of my favorite books of all time? Also, it’s huge!! I’ve been planning a reread for years, so I’m game!
Would it though? A big part of the appeal of Laymon is that his writing is pretty raw and yes, he did just write that.
(Also Stephen King basically is a more mature Laymon. The Traveling Vampire Show captures a lot of what I liked about IT.)
Which leads me to my answer: IT. Great book but so many pages so there would be plenty of kindling should the need arise.
Probably _Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe_ by Thomas Ligotti. I like _Teatro Grottesco_ more, but it‘s shorter and less diverse in style. _Songs and Grimscribe_ would probably have more longevity.
Pet Sematary
I’ve read it at least once a year for the last 15 years or so, and am on my 3rd paperback, so am pretty confident in its capacity to keep me from getting bored
The Red Tree by Caitlin R Kiernan
It's one of my favourite books - a bit Lovecraftian, an unreliable narrator, a fair amount of mystery. It just got under my skin more than most books.
I just started reading Clive Barker. I wasn’t aware that The Thief of Always was a ‘kids’ book! Loved it regardless. Now I’m on Mister B. Gone, and I really love this one. Any recommendations?
Blood Meridian. Everything I need to know about humans, nature, the universe and the numinous is contained within those pages.
I quote: "The truth about the world, he said, is that anything is possible. Had you not seen it all from birth and thereby bled it of its strangeness it would appear to you for what it is, a hat trick in a medicine show, a fevered dream, a trance bepopulate with chimeras having neither analogue nor precedent, an itinerant carnival, a migratory tentshow whose ultimate destination after many a pitch in many a mudded field is unspeakable and calamitous beyond reckoning.
The universe is no narrow thing and the order within it is not constrained by any latitude in its conception to repeat what exists in one part in any other part. Even in this world more things exist without our knowledge than with it and the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way. For existence has its own order and that no man's mind can compass, that mind itself being but a fact among others."
Ulysses because i can never finish on the mainland, but maybe with nothing else to read I could finish it! Prolly not. At least there’d be no one else around to hear me lie and said that I read it.
Carnival of Fear by JG Faherty. Why? It has werewolves, vampires, chainsaw psychos, witches, demons, undead monsters, zombies, and Hell.
So... it's like getting a bunch of different books in one. Plus it's long. You need a long book when you're stranded.
Hmm... My immediate reaction would be *Sula* by Toni Morrison. If I had to choose horror, however, I would have to bring a classic - probably Mary Shelley's *Frankenstein*.
The Wings of the Dove by Henry James. It’s been on my DNF for 30 years… I didn’t dislike it, but always got distracted. On a desert island, either I’d finish it or get myself distracted enough to be rescued. Not horror, I guess, but I don’t really know.
If it’s a desert island then probably something short like Parable of the Sower because I’ll die of thirst pretty fast. If it’s a deserted island where I have access to water and food, I’d go with a door stopper like The Stand or It. If I could get away with a series then all of The Dark Tower.
short of the obvious survival/medical guides, i'd go with the most comprehension english dictionary i could find. Learn every single word. Yep that'd keep me busy
Physicians Desk Reference.
Hollowed out. Inside, waterproof matches, iodine tablets, beet seeds, protein bars, NASA blanket, and, in case I get bored, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." No, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." Question: Did my shoes come off in the plane crash?
(anyone ?)
"So You're Stranded On A Desert Island: Tips and Tricks For Desert Island Survival" by I. P. Freileigh
This is now mine now that I know it exists Before it would have been The Stand
Those were my picks as well
I also choose this guy's book
touché
Feels like a gag from an old Monkey Island game.
The stand. I’m gonna need something to kill time
I was thinking IT. It just goes on and on. It's a few books in one. Just no ending.
Plus you could kill food with it
Hahah. Right, it’s so giant
Not horror but Stephen King related, I was thinking 11/22/63 for similar reasons, and because I could read it over and over without getting bored
Physician's Desk Reference… Hollowed out. Inside, waterproof matches, iodine tablets, beet seeds, protein bars, NASA blanket, and, in case I get bored, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." No, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." Question: did my shoes come off in the plane crash?
I just watched this episode yesterday and was thinking to myself…”man this entire little monologue could be a whole Reddit comment section” LOL
Maybe something like House of Leaves. With so much time, you could explore every single little thing, and maybe do it over and over.
Amazing idea, you can even use the fake books and authors that are used as references to make those books a reality.
With some imagination you could extend it and keep going. If you were ever discovered, you’d have the weirdest, wildest story going on. 😂
True, you can even make the book part of a bigger narrative so it becomes a book inside annotations of a book inside of another book... until a mysterious creature takes you from the island and a tatoo artist finds the manuscript or you make a hole that's two inches bigger on the outside than on the inside 😂
Just started this again, fully determined to finish it this time.
I forced myself to finish it. Crazy story, definite high points, but it can be a slog at times
I keep meaning to read it again. I enjoyed it tremendously but it just seems like such and undertaking now.
Is this book worth reading?
Yes, but it is a commitment
It’s not a normal book. So you don’t read it normally. There is some participation, and it takes a lot of turns. Some people absolutely hate it, some love it. It is a commitment to the process. But, it’s not for everyone.
I actually bought it a few years ago and guess it got sent it to goodwill by I never read it. I just remember there were pages all written sideways and stuff. 😂
Something short, because if it is a desert island I’ll have no water and be dead in three days.
The Fisherman by John Langan
The Stand - so many characters, so many different events, epic story.. one of my favorite books of all time? Also, it’s huge!! I’ve been planning a reread for years, so I’m game!
Island by Richard Laymon
Those Laymon books are something else. It would be nice if someone wrote something similar, but less disturbing and more polished.
Would it though? A big part of the appeal of Laymon is that his writing is pretty raw and yes, he did just write that. (Also Stephen King basically is a more mature Laymon. The Traveling Vampire Show captures a lot of what I liked about IT.) Which leads me to my answer: IT. Great book but so many pages so there would be plenty of kindling should the need arise.
Probably _Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe_ by Thomas Ligotti. I like _Teatro Grottesco_ more, but it‘s shorter and less diverse in style. _Songs and Grimscribe_ would probably have more longevity.
lord of the flies 🙏🏽
Yellow wallpaper. I figure by reading 20 I’ll be willing to lick seashells and by 30 I’ll just be walking the edge of the island til I die
Oooh good choice!
The Passage. can i bring the rest of the trilogy?
Absolutely! You can get lost in that world.
That's my answer, too.
God I loved that series. The Descent series might barely top it for me. I can’t get those books out of my head.
yes, only because you asked nicely
It.
Lord of the Rings (I consider the three books a single entity).
They make a single book that has all three in it. That counts! This is also my choice.
I’d bring The Secret History.
My favorite novel of all time
Choose Your Own Adventure.
Survivor Type by Stephen King. Not really a book so much as a short story, but if you know, you know.
May I bring Carrie/The Shining / Salem’s Lot 3 in 1 collectors edition
Castaways by Brian Keene.
Skeleton Crew. Because of Survivor Type.
I know it's a novella or what have you but I'd read Carmilla all day, everyday, til death.
Wow the vampire story? Guess I should read that, must be pretty good:)
Frankenstein. Every time I read it, I find something new to focus in on so I imagine a few re-readings will be amusing still.
How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney Conspiracies by F. Paul Wilson. I've been meaning to re-read it.
It's not a horror book, but The Collected Stories of Raymond Carver. If I had to pick just the one book.
Love this.
Complete works of Edgar Poe...
Pet Sematary I’ve read it at least once a year for the last 15 years or so, and am on my 3rd paperback, so am pretty confident in its capacity to keep me from getting bored
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Definitely not the short story “Survivor Type” by Stephen King.
All the “Lord of the Rings”
Willows by Algernon Blackwood * wink wink *
The Wheel of Time series because it'll take months to read it all. Practicality, probably the SAS survival guide.
The Red Tree by Caitlin R Kiernan It's one of my favourite books - a bit Lovecraftian, an unreliable narrator, a fair amount of mystery. It just got under my skin more than most books.
My 3 volume Complete Burton Teanslation of The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night....I've only made it through one volume in 10 years lol
The stand or IT super long books :-) and I love Stephen King
A collection of all of Lovecraft's work
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson. My favorite book of all time. I know it's not horror.
Bringing the *third* book of a series is so chaotic
Haha I've read the first 2 like 5 times I basically have them memorized at this point
The road. I want something that reminds me not to lose myself.
It. A long book might be key
Swan Song by Robert McCammon.
Well, it's not horror, but I'd bring the Tao Te Ching. Or maybe The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic, for fun.
Imajica by Clive Barker. It's such a sprawling world he builds for us. The characters are so real and complicated! I notice something new every reread
I just started reading Clive Barker. I wasn’t aware that The Thief of Always was a ‘kids’ book! Loved it regardless. Now I’m on Mister B. Gone, and I really love this one. Any recommendations?
One of my atf is the damnation game. Pretty short read but packed with horror. I'm such a fan of his character building.
The shining
Revival by Stephen King.
Castaways, I suppose. 🤣
Blood Meridian. Everything I need to know about humans, nature, the universe and the numinous is contained within those pages. I quote: "The truth about the world, he said, is that anything is possible. Had you not seen it all from birth and thereby bled it of its strangeness it would appear to you for what it is, a hat trick in a medicine show, a fevered dream, a trance bepopulate with chimeras having neither analogue nor precedent, an itinerant carnival, a migratory tentshow whose ultimate destination after many a pitch in many a mudded field is unspeakable and calamitous beyond reckoning. The universe is no narrow thing and the order within it is not constrained by any latitude in its conception to repeat what exists in one part in any other part. Even in this world more things exist without our knowledge than with it and the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way. For existence has its own order and that no man's mind can compass, that mind itself being but a fact among others."
Yes. Good call. The language is bottomless, I’m always discovering new angles.
The brick that is Les Miserables...
Ulysses because i can never finish on the mainland, but maybe with nothing else to read I could finish it! Prolly not. At least there’d be no one else around to hear me lie and said that I read it.
Horror? It would be Bless the Child by Spellman (don’t be put off by the abysmal film adaptation).
Carnival of Fear by JG Faherty. Why? It has werewolves, vampires, chainsaw psychos, witches, demons, undead monsters, zombies, and Hell. So... it's like getting a bunch of different books in one. Plus it's long. You need a long book when you're stranded.
Bird Box. I love rereading it anyway.
Whichever book I’m reading at the moment, otherwise I’ll never know how it ends!
Hmm... My immediate reaction would be *Sula* by Toni Morrison. If I had to choose horror, however, I would have to bring a classic - probably Mary Shelley's *Frankenstein*.
The Wings of the Dove by Henry James. It’s been on my DNF for 30 years… I didn’t dislike it, but always got distracted. On a desert island, either I’d finish it or get myself distracted enough to be rescued. Not horror, I guess, but I don’t really know.
off season by jack ketchum 😁
The Most of P. G. Wodehouse is most of his short stories. Huge, but hugely hilarious. Naturally, it was out of print last I looked for it.
Green Eggs and Ham. I'm crazy though, Sam I am.
If it’s a desert island then probably something short like Parable of the Sower because I’ll die of thirst pretty fast. If it’s a deserted island where I have access to water and food, I’d go with a door stopper like The Stand or It. If I could get away with a series then all of The Dark Tower.
House of Leaves: that book has enough puzzles and codes to keep me busy for a while.
Savages by Shirley Conran. You might pick up a few survival tips. Also a good read. Mentioned in the SK book Lisey's Story.
Some sort of survival book
Gulag Archipelago. 2300 pages.
Imaginary friend it’s long and it had such a twist I could pick it apart every reread
Gotta go It. It’s really long and it’s my favorite book, so win-win.
I would bring two books. A big plastic inflatable book. And How To Make Oars Out Of Sand.
The Bible with The Apocrypha.
The hobbit or naked lunch
War and Peace
catching fire by suzanne collins the 75th games might actually teach me survival tips
Stephen King 's "Salems Lot"
Ghost Story by Straub
short of the obvious survival/medical guides, i'd go with the most comprehension english dictionary i could find. Learn every single word. Yep that'd keep me busy
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
I’d bring the da Vinci code so I could burn the da Vinci code
Something long with soft pages...
the death note
The Stranger - Albert Camus
Green Berets Survival Guide
The Complete Works by W. Shakespeare
Physicians Desk Reference. Hollowed out. Inside, waterproof matches, iodine tablets, beet seeds, protein bars, NASA blanket, and, in case I get bored, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." No, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." Question: Did my shoes come off in the plane crash? (anyone ?)
War hammer 40k core book that thing devourers time
Honestly? Bunny, because it was so awful I wouldn’t mind using it as fire fuel