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 Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:23 pm
I'm sure most people in this group think that bringing books when you're on the run from the undead is stupid. However, I'm sure most don't know off the top of their head which wild plants are poisonous and what to do in a medical situation.
What I suggest:
1. A book on edible plants in your state or area. I own "Edible Plants in New England". No pictures, sadly, but it describes which parts of the plants are edible, which poisonous plants look alike to edible ones, and if they're okay once you cook them.
2. First aid books. I have one that my mother used when she was a nurse. It's a gigantic book full of things from breaks and fractures to overdoses and snake bites. It even has solutions for when you literally have nothing (no splint? Two sticks and a shirt ripped in two!)
3. Any sort of book that has instructions on emergency camping. Meaning, lean-to's, sleeping in trees, digging out a cave in the dirt, etc. Basically, just rip out those pages and keep them safe or practice and memorize the steps.
4. Zombie Survival Guide, and/or any joke survival guide. While these books are intended for humor, they have a LOT of tips for real survival.
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Along with these books, everyone should bring one of those mini-first aid kits, lighters or flint, a map, and a plan. No matter what you do, consider yourself dinner if you don't have a set plan AND a backup plan AND a backup-backup plan.
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:43 am
Should you be planning your eventual Level 4 Outbreak hideaway, are there any books required for that? I suppose general maintenance books, medical books, histories, some classics, a geographic, nonpolitical world atlas, cook books, and (zombie) survival living, but would there be any other books you must have? A friend and I have a list of nearly 200 books to read before we die, but most people do not, what books would you take?
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:50 am
My Top 10:
Catch-22
1984
The Complete Works of Shakespeare
Robinson Crusoe
Frankenstein
The Iliad
The Odyssey
Lolita
The Bible
Don Quixote
A Doll's House
Despite being an atheist, I was raised both Baptist and Catholic, and the Bible is a surprisingly good read.
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:35 pm
While books are probably essential for the information they hold and the power of entertaining and distracting you from the world around you, the last thing you want to do is to weigh yourself down with the hundreds of books which might be useful to you. I suggest that if you are going to be on the move you bring with you a basic first aid book (which should fit in your kit), a basic soldiering guide (the basic skills guide which soldiers receive the first day of basic training is an excellent example. Small, lightweight and very practical.), and your basic topographical map. If your map reading skills are a little rusty (or non-existent), this is where the soldier's guide comes in handy.
I suggest that if you are going to have a hide-away for a possible level four, that you stock it with every kind of book you could ever imagine. This way you can learn whatever it is you need or kick back and relax when you make it to relative safety.
Also, if you live in Europe, or near any countries which speak another language, primarily and intend to travel trough this area, you either learn the language, or bring a basic guide with you in your ruck.
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