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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Just started The Wasp Factory........Wouldn't say they've changed my life massively but all these books have turned me into an unwashed loner for the time I was reading them.
Catch 22- Joseph Heller,
1984- George Orwell,
Crime and punishment- Fyodor Dostoevsky,
The Years of Rice and Salt- Kim Stanley Robinson,
The Dark Tower- Steven King.
Out of all these i'd have to say that, while The Dark Tower is my favourite (i've been known to badger friends and family until they cave in and promise to read it), The Years of Rice and Salt is the one that has stayed in my mind so well. And i've still to meet anyone else who's read it...
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I finished the firstBook of The Dark Tower the other night, going to carry on with the rest as and when I get them.
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Cawl, Tue 20 May 2008, 17:22,
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my godI hated Crime and Punishment.
If he didn't belabour the same basic point throughout the whole book it would have been less than a third the length and infinitely more readable. I hated it. I'm so glad I never got forced to read it at school, I might seriously have considered quitting the class.
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Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Tue 20 May 2008, 17:28,
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I read those Dark Tower books.Worth it, but the quality varies along the way.
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Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Tue 20 May 2008, 18:24,
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I've been wanting to read the Dark Towerbut I can never find the first one in any secondhand shops, and it never occurs to me to order it online....
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Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 20 May 2008, 18:27,
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I'm almost certain that it's Stephen.Enough to call you a retard.
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Wasp Factory? GeniusThe Wasp Factory gave me the fear, I finished it a week ago. Brilliant book.
Dark Tower for me was a bitter dissapointment though, I just diddn't agree with the last two books. They were just too obvious and predictable, infact I haven't read a single Stephen King book snce I finished the last page of The Dark Tower - I found it that offensive and annoying. Enjoyed the first five though! Ah well, it's all subjective
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