- May 16, 2000
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It's time to re-visit an old favorite discussion: At the end of the 1960 movie A Time Machine (from the H.G. Wells story) Alan Young's character David Filby learns that his friend George (played by Rod Taylor) has returned to the year 802,701AD to help rebuild civilization for himself and the gentle, but wholly uneducated, Eloi.
It appears that all he took with him to accomplish this undertaking were three books and he muses to the housekeeper, "Which three books would you have taken?"
Ignoring the obvious outs like 'he has a time machine, he can go to any time and get other stuff', or 'by that time in the future scientific phenomenon x will have made the Earth unlivable', which three books would you take with you to rebuild all of civilization?
Be prepared to defend your answer.
For extra credit, differentiate between what three books you could have chosen at the time of the story (1900), and which three you'd choose today (if they're different).
It appears that all he took with him to accomplish this undertaking were three books and he muses to the housekeeper, "Which three books would you have taken?"
Ignoring the obvious outs like 'he has a time machine, he can go to any time and get other stuff', or 'by that time in the future scientific phenomenon x will have made the Earth unlivable', which three books would you take with you to rebuild all of civilization?
Be prepared to defend your answer.
For extra credit, differentiate between what three books you could have chosen at the time of the story (1900), and which three you'd choose today (if they're different).