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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HmmIt looks like a lot of people on this thread have just listed a bunch of 'classic' books. Where are the stories behind how these books actually changed your lives? It's not a competition to see who's read the most 'intellectual' books.
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El Lazarus is calm now, Ish,, Tue 20 May 2008, 18:55,
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I think you'll notice if you read the posts more indepth that...Although some of us have read quite intellectual books, a lot of them have been dismissed as crap or boring thus confirming that not all 'classic' books are worth reading.
So people are not back slapping for being clever but sharing their thoughts and opinions on literature.
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girlinthehole, Tue 20 May 2008, 19:34,
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There's been some really good stories,and well justified book choices. I have to agree though, listing classic books and saying whether or not they are good doesn't make for an entertaining or thought provoking answer. I've read this, and that. Look at me.
Back-slapping is especially common on the internets, and quite popular in QOTW replies.
Ah, those halcyon days before the "reply" button existed, and /talk was /talk.
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'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.I tend to detest the so-called classics. Dickens? Horrible writer, the sort I would avoid at any cost at a party lest he corner me and drone on for the next three hours. Nathaniel Hawthorne? Long-winded bore who tried to see significance in the most mundane things, and shoved improbable supernatural events into his work.
Overall these guys speak less to the heart and more to the sphincter.
The books I referenced are ones that I've read, cover to cover, and loved. If they happen to be considered classics it comes as a bit of a surprise to me.
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 21 May 2008, 3:10,
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Yes it is about who's most intellectualA perpetual theme on QOTW is competitiveness - who's most literate, better at grammar, funniest, most imaginative... who gets most stories on the winner board, who's most sensitive/erudite/well-read/broad minded. It's all a humanist love-in - a clique almost.
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their posts are still closer to the topic than yours(
Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Wed 21 May 2008, 11:50,
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