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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The Electric Kool Aid Acid TestBy Tom Wolffe, following around the author Ken Kessey and his troop known as the merry pranksters, acid, grateful dead, hippies back when they were fun. I can't really explain how it changed my life, but all of a sudden everything looked different somehow, I suppose my little high school world seemed very small all of a sudden, and my stigma against drugs was completely knocked off its feet. Still haven't dropped acid though...who knows though, I might still. For me the book wasn't about the acid, it was about the rebellion, the philosophy, and the characters of the story, all of whom were real people, it was a non-fiction book after all.
I still carry around my copy with me, just in case I feel like getting back into that high of reading it.
length? just riiiide it out maaaaan.
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Arsonade is saving up for a new box of hummus, Fri 16 May 2008, 7:18,
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I would have loved thiswhen i was a teenager. My teenage little brother insisted I read it having turned him onto Kerouac, Bukowski, Burroughs etc but I couldn't get through it - age and weight gain have made me cynical. Glad you liked it though!
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