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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Sorry, I disagree.I've read a few graphic novels, and I would consider them to be proper books. The main difference is that instead of describing surroundings and characters, they show them to you. So instead of Neil Gaiman describing Death as being a slender young woman with dark hair, he gives you this:
and instead of describing how he sat glumly on a stone stair talking to her, he gives you this:
The dialog is all there, and he gives voiceovers to convey what the main character is thinking- all of the elements of conventional literature are there. The only difference is that instead of using words to describe things, he uses graphics. It's just another means to the same end.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 20 May 2008, 16:40,
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