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Books that changed your life
Moo Cakes:
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Best book I've ever read.
Also, Politically Correct Bedtime Stories... and though not life-changing, I enjoy works by Marcus Sedgwick.
Omnicide:
Yeah, 1984 got me into reading when I was about 11. I used to read Stephen King before then, and it was still the first and only book to scare me shitless.
Also: The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa. I was in high school and it all seemed uncomfortably reminiscent of how I was living at the time. It's the perfect handbook on how not to live your life, but it's never preachy. rare thing in literature.
Peet:
Lord of the Rings. I fell in love with it from the first chapter and Tolkien's influence is massively apparent in anything I write. I've since joined an LOTR mod team for Rome: Total War and thus spend a fair portion of my time poring over the trilogy and all the other related books.
The Picture of Dorian Gray. Just because Oscar Wilde is a massive hero of mine. Again, this influences my writing a lot.
Houdinimachine:
Catch-22 made me realize the absurdity of worrying about life when death is so much more scary.
Breakfast of Champions made me realize that Kurt Vonnegut is just as crazy as I am and people think he's a genius.
Kai:
Catch 22 is a marvelous book.
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