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Books that changed your life
citylights:
the one book i can say drastically changed my life is 'sirens of titan' but kurt vonnegut.
i won't go into the main plot device that changed my outlook on the meaning of life, for that would be a horrible spoiler, but all i can say is that it did, indeed, change my outlook on the meaning of life.
hairstyles of the damned by joe meno is amazing too...more of a punk music exploratory, but one of the main characters has my name, so it pleases me. i enjoyed the book too.
Rizzo:
--- Quote from: Bunnyman ---BOOKS!
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Them's be some good books. I also dig Diamond age. It's no Snow Crash but it's preeeeety cool.
Rubby:
--- Quote from: 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.
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A whole "section" of my "Critical Analysis of modern literature and film" class was on Watchmen. It was bloody awesome I must say.
Bastardous Bassist:
--- Quote from: Skibas_clavicle ---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.
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I'm glad people other than huge military hitory buffs (I'm going to assume you're not a military history buff...) like this book. That just prooves how awesome Mark Bowden is. He's not a military writer, but after writing that book, a whole lot of people assumed he was. That's how good it is! Read it now, if you haven't already!
Kai:
I've notcied alot of people have mentioned 1984. Just curious, how many of you have read it more than once? Because I thought it was simply amazing the first time I read it, and then I read it again a while later and I didn't see it. Did this sort of thing happen to anyone else? I mean, I love the book, but it just lost something the second time around.
Also, I think Brave New World is better, but I'm in the minority here.
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