Discuss The Knowledge

Thanks Tom - just preordered it.

I enjoyed Lucifer's Hammer too. I thought about this too, but I have taken it that these wouldn't exist either, for the purposes of discussion. I suppose you could always plan to build one from scratch though... But It would drastically speed up the re-establishment of a civilisation though.

Interesting reply - thank you! I was curious with your part about smaller languages. Forgetting current politics, but would it not be more practical to use only the major languages spoken? If you are re-establishing society, you can use the opportunity to start again to have the best possible option...

Consciousness? Wow. Hadn't even considered something so deep. Where would your soul fit into this? Would this be one and same?

interesting point - each one would be a learning experience rather just a book...

th - yes will read it and have a think. I just hope it wouldn't lose itself by 'going abroad'. I'm looking forward to starting it. Maurice - Yes of course. I've only read a few UK based books as this topic is most written about in the US. I really enjoyed 'There Falls No Shadow' by David E Crossley ...

Just ordered it for my kindle.... My wife will chase you down if you make anymore posts about books worth reading!

What about a book vault? Like the seed vault. Something in a constructed bunker style enclosure.

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Maybe have multiple ones?

Yes, a notification system - thats a good idea. Perhaps it could arranged.

I've also just ordered the Disaster Diaries. I'll let you know hat I think when I've read it!

Jerry Pournelle, at one science fiction convention back in the 1980s, told us how he (when he was a teenager back in the 1940s) used that edition of the Britannica to create nitroglycerin, and luckily for him, noticed the warning that said the stuff was "extreamly hyperthermic"--he and hi...