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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I don't know why I didn't mention this one before...Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. The plot line is that an evil carnival comes to town in a small midwest town in an ancient train, and the only people who see it for what it is are a pair of 13 year old boys, and the rather old father of one of the boys. (He's 52 when the story takes place.)
Imagine being a 13 year old boy with a vivid imagination who spends far too much time alone.
Imagine being said boy, and having a father who was 54 at the time of reading.
Imagine reading this book in October, during a weekend away, then riding home with said aging parents on a night of a full moon and seeing the moon rise, humongous and orange, over the city as you come home, just a couple of hours after finishing that book.
Imagine lying in bed and hearing off in the distance the sound of a train whistle.
Sleep? Who needs sleep?
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The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 20 May 2008, 19:24,
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Ah,the curse of the over-active imagination. I read that book at about 15 - good but creepy!
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Anything by BradburyI also particularly like Dandelion Wine, and Death is a Lonely Business is rather good too. But it's his short stories that are really worth reading (Dandelion Wine is a collection of short stories in all but name anyway)
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flatfrog Staring vacantly into space, Wed 21 May 2008, 9:25,
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