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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Ooooh..I am legend
I really liked the latest movie. The ending annoyed me, but oddly didn't enrage me. It was apprent from very early on that it was "Based on" rather than "the film of" the book, so I think I was prepared.
There's an alternative ending on the DvD which adds several scenes and completely changes the outcome. It is, in my opinion, far, far better than the theatrical version.
Neither is as good as the book, of course, but both make fine entertainment in their own right.
The Stand
**spoiler warning**
Suffers from Stephen King Syndrome - It's a really, really enjoyable story with excellent characters and a good pace, it's tense and exciting, and then a couple of chapters before the end he suddenly goes "and... The bad guy's the devil. Yeah. that explains it."
Fuck off, Stephen. Every single book does not have to have a scooby-doo "ooh it's a vampire" ending.
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Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Tue 20 May 2008, 15:17,
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