I saw this question posed on Mastodon. If you got lost in space and rescued by aliens who made you live in a simulation for the next 40 years based on a book, what would it be?

For me: The Great Gatsby. I would have to play the part of Nick and just get drunk all the time.

  • InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    NOT The Bible.

    God, or Twilight, I haven’t seen the movies but I’m sure that’s the worst possible option.

  • USSBurritoTruck@startrek.websiteM
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    3 months ago

    If it it was based on a book I happened to bring along for entertainment, there’s a good chance it would a John Scalzi novel, which means it could be “Redshirts”, and that would be pretty surreal.

    Or some Ninja Turtles comics.

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    3 months ago

    Besides cheating and choosing a Star Trek novel, I can think of several.

    Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl might not be a bad one. Almost no matter who I chose, I’d have a comfortable life style.

    Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn would be miserable to live in, but if I was a character with allomancy, that might be acceptable.

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    3 months ago

    Hard to say, most of my books are historical fiction, which would be horrible-living with a huge conflict during times of war and strife, or science fiction, which would be horrible for the same reasons.

    But I guess I would choose Spider Robinsons The Callahan Chronicles (Cross Time Saloon) because it’s a few good stories, where the only conflict is personal…and there is plenty of beer.

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    3 months ago

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and i gotta play Hunters part. If I’m gonna be stuck there then I’m gonna be high as fuck.