Athena Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I saw this via YouTube and found this an interesting question. Imagine Willy Wonka (from Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) gave you three tickets. The golden ticket is for a world from a book where you will spend a year. The silver ticket allows you to spend six months in a book's world. The bronze ticket is good for a three months stay in a book's world. Which three books would you choose to travel to, one for each ticket? (I hope I explained this allright. Original source is a YouTube Q&A video from Jen Campbell (the author of Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops and other books), the actual question comes from one of her subscribers (I can't remember his name now, I watched the video a few hours ago, the question is somewhere around 75% of the video)). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 What a great idea! I think I'd choose a year in Middle Earth, 6 months in Narnia and 3 in Discworld Although the chocolate factory itself is a very tempting option Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 A year in "The wind in the Willows" Six months in Middle Earth (The Shire rather than Mordor, with a trip to Rivendell & The Prancing Pony at Bree) 3 months in the club from "The breathing Method" short story by Stephen King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Hmm . . . I'd definitely go for: - A year at Hogwarts School (after all the bother with Voldemort has been sorted out, of course ). I'd totally be a Ravenclaw. - 6 months in Middle-Earth (somewhere like the Shire or Rivendell, like Ian said, though would love a trip up Orthanc tower just for sh!ts and giggles). - And, yeah, same as Hayley for the 3 month one - I'd definitely love a trip to Discworld, but wouldn't want to stay long enough to turn into one of its crazy citizens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursenblack Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Love this idea. I'm sure I've thought about it before, especially when I was younger. I would choose one year in Avonlea from Anne of Green Gables, six months at Hogwarts School, and three months in Wonderland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felidae Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Oh yes! I'd spend a year in Terry Pratchett's the Long Earth, skipping between worlds. Six months in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, provided I am made a vampire. And three months in Hogwarts. Honestly I'd kick out the Vampire Chronicles world soonest because to fully experience that you'd have to spend at least like a decade there, preferably more than half a century. So maybe replace that one by Middle Earth, visit the Shire and Rivendel especially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSchultz19 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Well certainly wouldn't spend any time in The Hunger Games I think golden ticket would be Harry Potter and Hogwarts. I'm not sure about the others because I don't read a lot of books where the setting is a whole different "world" that I would want to go to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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