This book changed my lifeThe Goat writes, "Some books have made a huge impact on my life." It's true. It wasn't until the b3ta mods read the Flashman novels that we changed from mild-mannered computer operators into heavily-whiskered copulators, poltroons and all round bastards in a well-known cavalry regiment.
What books have changed the way you think, the way you live, or just gave you a rollicking good time?
Friendly hint: A bit of background rather than just a bunch of book titles would make your stories more readable
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chthonic, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:11)
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Iain BanksThe Crow Road, a pretentious smart-arse (but ultimatley lovable uni student) slowly uncovers dark family secrets. I read this at a time when I had just moved to a new town for uni, and everytime i went home my mum (recently divorced form dad) seemed to start telling me all these tales about her life with my dad when they first met, my dads side and her quaker side of the family . It turns out i have a more interesting family than i thought. Its still probably my favorite book of all time, the whole tone and pace of the book is perfect.
Look Windward and all the other culture novels. It turns out reading books set in a futuristic galaxy spanning utopia makes you sick of being stuck here living a short brutal life on a planet where human life doesn't seem to be valued very highly. Sounds stupid i know but they have kind of turned me into abit of an anarchist.
(, Thu 15 May 2008, 17:27, 6 replies)
The Crow Roadis my favourite book too :)
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Really good bookFirst book I
a) Stayed up till dawn to finish because I couldn't put it down
b) Wrote to the author to say thanks (he replied and I
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any bookthat starts with your grandmother exploding is always a win
Except I have never finished Feersum Endjin or the steep approach to Garbadale, the first does my head in and the second i put down and haven't picked up again.
Everything else is superb and will feature in my list!
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Read Canal Dreams tooSomeone described it to me as 'The Thinking Man's Die Hard' which is a weirdly apt description.
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chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Thu 15 May 2008, 18:17,
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The thinking man's die hardhaha do you mind if i nick that? it may be the best description of anything i have ever heard.
Tho i dont think bruce willis was gang raped in die hard. Though it might be in the directors cut, i havent seen that.
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ComplicityCrow Road is definitely excellent, and Complicity must rank up there with it. All of Banks' novels are basically telling the same plot (except for the Iain M Banks ones, and the weird ones like The Bridge, Walking on Glass, etc.) and he really got it to perfection in The Crow Road.
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