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Skibas_clavicle:
--- Quote from: Bastardous Bassist ---Blackhawk Down by Mark Bowden (I hated the movie, but the book is fantastic)
--- End quote ---
I totally agree. It's the only book I've read that's made me cry. The part in the end when the enter the tents for the first time and people are finding out about Pilla and their other friends, that was heart wrenching.
Three other books I can list off the top of my head are:
The Painted Bird - Jerzy Kosinski (screwed my up for life...seriously)
Kiss Me, Judas (brought out much of my homosexuality, I had a major thing for the main female character. Alos it is my all time favourite book and really attracted me to that genre of literature. Comedy noir, sort of.)
Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puff - Chuck Klosterman (some of his points just always stuck with me, I swear I'm not a total pretentious snob).
Catfish_Man:
hm... so many to list. I think I'll pick five:
In no particular order:
The Diamond Age
Stranger in a Strange Land
The Lord of the Rings (and associated books)
1984
the Black Jewels Trilogy
...and yes I know some of those are more than one. shush :P
Hustler:
Although it might be a little too recent to say for sure, I think my winning a softcover version of The Watchmen in a writing contest a few months ago might have some far-reaching implications. Certainly it affected me more than anything I've read since high school, and college has thrown some pretty good books at me. I do re-read things often, but usually a great span of time goes between these readings. In the case of The Watchmen, it was almost immediate. I figure that has to mean something.
MilkmanDan:
Labyrinths - Jorge Luis Borges
It sort of rearranged my mind. Or at least made me realise just how rearranged my mind could get.
Bunnyman:
Much love for The Diamond Age.
Gibson - Burning Chrome. Most amazing collection of short stories I've ever written. One of the most eloquent explorations of a dark future. Reads like a lucid dream.
Catch-22. I have an affinity for smart-asses, and Joseph Heller most definitely is one.
1984. The book that made "Orwellian," "Groupthink," and "Newspeak" even more overplayed than Nazi allegory on the editorial page. It's over-the-top, but manages to be dismal and coherent rather than silly. And without 1984, there would be no Brazil.
Vonnegut - Cat's Cradle. See "Catch-22." Does for Cold War art-fucks and Carribean Banana Republics what Heller did for bomber squadrons. Phallic imagery, absurdist philosophy, and outright foma abound.
Brin - The Postman. Fuck the movie. A grimy, rain-soaked quest through a nuclear-scarred Pacific Northwest. Packed with creative twists and fascinating characters. Thoroughly uplifting in the least saccharine way possible.
Streiber/Kunetka - Warday. Absolutely terrifying book attempting to depict as realisitically as possible the outcome of a 'limited' nuclear conflict on the United States. Written as a series of interviews. Grimy, dreary, depressing, and wholly engaging.
Shepherd - In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash. The essence of Americana. Shepherd simply describes happenings in an Indiana town, but does so with incisive wit. Guaranteed to make anyone nostalgic. What "A Christmas Story" was based off of, but don't hold that against it.
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