Reading on the Island

This is really out of left field here, but I was thinking about it today.
Somewhere recently I think I saw the question asked, and for some reason I keep thinking about it.
OK, let’s say all of a sudden you are washed up on some deserted island.
You’re Tom Hanks, minus the volleyball.
Even if you’re a woman, you’re Tom Hanks, just play along with it here --
So after you wring the seawater from your pantaloons…. [what?]….. umm, you find an old cache of books.

Now, an essential part of this game [play along now] is that you have to answer the following question QUICKLY, delaying for even 10 seconds will mean that the books themselves vanish, OK?
Think of how devastating that will be!
You’re on a deserted island!
Oh yeah, another thing, there is cold beer all over and maragaritas and pina coladas and tons of sandwiches, too. And a beach umbrella.
PLUS THIS CACHE OF BOOKS.
And a nice deck chair.

So you have to leave your one-word answer [plus two-thousand word rationale essay] in the comment section of the following link… remember, no more than ten seconds of thinking going on.
The question is:
WHICH ONE OF THESE TWO AUTHORS DO YOU WANT IN YOUR DESERT-ISLAND CACHE?

Click → HERE!

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