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What is the longest book you own?

Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:51 am

And have you read it? Excluding dictionaries and has to be a single volume.

Reckon mine is Europe: A History by Norman Davies, 1365 pages.
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Re: What is the longest book you own?

Post by macdoc » Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:55 am

Hmmm certainly the longest set is Mazalan Book of the Fallen which is 10 interwoven novels of 900 pages or so each - I think 4th time around for me. They likely are the longest single volumes as well - one I think runs in the 1100 page range.
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Re: What is the longest book you own?

Post by Pappa » Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:57 am

Possibly, "The Slave Trade". I forget the author. Excellent book though.
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:59 am

Pappa wrote:Possibly, "The Slave Trade". I forget the author. Excellent book though.
Hugh Thomas?
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Re: What is the longest book you own?

Post by klr » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:07 am

I think we should go by words and not pages. :hmph:

No, strike that, it should be by characters, including spaces and punctuation. :lol:

I have no idea what my longest book is by pages. However, as there is a practical limit to how many pages can be in a softbound volume, I might struggle to beat 1,365.
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Re: What is the longest book you own?

Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:10 am

klr wrote:I think we should go by words and not pages. :hmph:

No, strike that, it should be by characters, including spaces and punctuation. :lol:

I have no idea what my longest book is by pages. However, as there is a practical limit to how many pages can be in a softbound volume, I might struggle to beat 1,365.
It's not a competition :hehe:
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Re: What is the longest book you own?

Post by klr » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:12 am

Clinton Huxley wrote:
klr wrote:I think we should go by words and not pages. :hmph:

No, strike that, it should be by characters, including spaces and punctuation. :lol:

I have no idea what my longest book is by pages. However, as there is a practical limit to how many pages can be in a softbound volume, I might struggle to beat 1,365.
It's not a competition :hehe:
Yeah right. You're just saying that because you know Anna will be along after a while with some mind-boggling page number ... :o
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Re: What is the longest book you own?

Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:14 am

klr wrote:
Clinton Huxley wrote:
klr wrote:I think we should go by words and not pages. :hmph:

No, strike that, it should be by characters, including spaces and punctuation. :lol:

I have no idea what my longest book is by pages. However, as there is a practical limit to how many pages can be in a softbound volume, I might struggle to beat 1,365.
It's not a competition :hehe:
Yeah right. You're just saying that because you know Anna will be along after a while with some mind-boggling page number ... :o
Actually, I'm expecting 'Zilla to come along with "USN issue underwear and its impact on the Pacific Theater" 3000 pages
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Re: What is the longest book you own?

Post by pErvinalia » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:29 am

My version of War and Peace comes in at 1344.

Also got Count of Monte Christo at 1130, and a book called Shantaram at 936
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Re: What is the longest book you own?

Post by pErvinalia » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:33 am

Ooh, found more...

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich at 1435

part of the 3rd IPCC report on Climate Change 2001 at 1032
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Re: What is the longest book you own?

Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:46 am

Honourable mention for Dreadnought: Britain, Germany And The Coming Of The Great War by Robert K. Massie, 1007 pages.
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Re: What is the longest book you own?

Post by klr » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:55 am

Clinton Huxley wrote:Honourable mention for Dreadnought: Britain, Germany And The Coming Of The Great War by Robert K. Massie, 1007 pages.
I have that, and the (slightly shorter) sequel, Castles of Steel.

EDIT: I have War and Peace as well, and The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.
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Re: What is the longest book you own?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:25 pm

The "Magic" Background to Pearl Harbor. 3345 pages in eight volumes.

Oh, and I have a government document that is five and half feet tall.
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Re: What is the longest book you own?

Post by Tero » Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:32 pm

2200 pages, Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, McGraw Hill. I opened it once or twice.
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Re: What is the longest book you own?

Post by Bella Fortuna » Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:36 pm

Off the top of my head I'd guess The Crimson Petal and the White by Michael Faber at a paltry 944 pages.
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