Good day HN,<p>I was curious - what books (and other similar items) would you keep hardcover copies of, for the when the zombiecalypse/apocalypse/skynet happens, and digital access ceases to be possible?<p>I'm wondering about both practical types and names of books (survival guides being an obvious one), but also sentimental and historical texts (bibles, encyclopedias, diaries, etc).<p>Assume you have room to keep whatever you need (within reason), and that we don't have a 'must fit in a backpack' restriction :)
It doesn't exactly fit the question, but you should check out survivor library. It's definitely run by people who take this apocalypse idea pretty seriously. Most of the things I've seen are old books describing pre-industrial techniques.<p><a href="http://www.survivorlibrary.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.survivorlibrary.com/</a><p>One time I found a book about bread baking from the 1840s. There was a multiple page rant about how you could discern good Christian character in a housewife by the bread she made, among other hilarious things.
* Bushcraft 101 [1]<p>* Be Expert With Map and Compass [2]<p>* Lots of notebooks with pens<p>* An Almanac<p>[1] <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bushcraft-101-Field-Wilderness-Survival/dp/1440579776/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1503580643&sr=8-2&keywords=bushcraft" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Bushcraft-101-Field-Wilderness-Surviv...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Expert-Map-Compass-Bjorn-Kjellstrom/dp/0470407654/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1503580718&sr=1-3&keywords=orienteering+book" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Expert-Map-Compass-Bjorn-Kjellstrom/d...</a>
The Long Now foundation did something along these lines a few years back[1].<p>I'd probably go for a bit of 60s SF for my "inspirational" choices.<p>Have a soft spot for John Seymour's "Practical Self Sufficiency" too.<p>[1] <a href="http://blog.longnow.org/02014/02/06/manual-for-civilization-begins/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.longnow.org/02014/02/06/manual-for-civilization-...</a>
<i>Self Sufficiency</i> by John Seymour.<p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Complete-Book-Self-Sufficiency/dp/1405345101/" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Complete-Book-Self-Sufficiency/...</a>