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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Witches AbroadIt changed my life! Well... not my life exactly... but the books I hold dear at least.
Yes! I still remember to this day... sat there 13 Years old in the library and my friend Joe 'sidling' up to me grinning from ear to ear and saying the fateful words.... "mate look.... it says 'shit'.... best book ever!"
And that was me hooked, there I was getting hold of any other Terry Pratchet books I could find for the (perceived) 'gratuitous swearing' their pages concealed...
And now? Well I would like to say that; now that I am the proud owner of the full works of Pratchet I understand the humour, in jokes, subtle references to the more 'geeky pleasures' in life scattered though their pages, and the way he manages to, with this fantasy world of his, hold up a mirror to our own world and comment on all things great, bad and just plain weird about us and our species.
But no matter how high my esteem for this writer and no matter how much joy he has bought me though his writings I still remember my first introduction:
Shit (snigger)
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weekendsession, Thu 15 May 2008, 23:53,
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it was lords and ladies for mei'm onto my third copy now, the other two having fallen apart. i've had to buy second copies of quite a few of the discworld books, i read them more than anything else. my best ones are reaper man and feet of clay, because they are autographed!
*gets all geek-xcited*
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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 16 May 2008, 0:46,
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Oh yesI started on Pratchett about 8 years ago, I have all the books currently available in softback.
They're just awesome, normally they're fairly self contained mini series (about 2/3 books), but there was one I remember reading that had lots of references to the older books and actually had me pissing myself with laughter compared to the dangerous manic chortling they normally provoke.
Not to mention they got me through a tough time during secondary school thanks to being able to escape to them.
I love the Discworld and TP.
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