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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My top three1. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, by Robert Tressell. I know, you're all thinking "Bollocks!". It's the best description of why you should NEVER trust an employer. It's also a damn good reminder that the Tories starved us once, and they'll do it again if they can.
2.The Hobbit. The opening line "Long ago in the quiet of the world, when there was less noise and more green..." is just fantastic. LOTR is cock frankly, when you get past about 15. Peter Jackson made it a hell of a lot better by messing with the text.
3.The short story collection by William Gibson that contains "Johnny Mnemonic" and "Burning Chrome". If Clarke imagined NASA, Gibson imagined the Internet.
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