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Your most influential book

Westy

Westy

the teste
Nov 22, 2002
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What was the most influential book you have ever read?


Back when I was a freshman in high school I had to write a report on Huckleberry Finn. Damn good book for a kid to read but as I had to analyse it for the report it really hit me. I was a bit of a ****ed up kid with little desire to see the outside world or any interest in thinking about anything considered a moral issue. Things kind of changed after that.
 
rollerbot

rollerbot

Chimp
May 10, 2008
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First reply was Lord of the rings because i finished it. But to read and be moved i really have to think hard on that question. I will get back to you if something comes to mind. :rolleyes:
 
nauc

nauc

Monkey
May 14, 2007
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idk if it influenced me or not but a very interesting book...



From as early as grade school, the world seemed to be on Nic Sheff's string. Bright and athletic, he excelled in any setting and appeared destined for greatness. Yet as childhood exuberance faded into teenage angst, the precocious boy found himself going down a much different path. Seduced by the illicit world of drugs and alcohol, he quickly found himself caught in the clutches of addiction. Beautiful Boy is Nic's story, but from the perspective of his father, David. Achingly honest, it chronicles the betrayal, pain, and terrifying question marks that haunt the loved ones of an addict. Many respond to addiction with a painful oath of silence, but David Sheff opens up personal wounds to reinforce that it is a disease, and must be treated as such. Most importantly, his journey provides those in similar situations with a commodity that they can never lose: hope

the son has a book out from his pov called Tweak, its good too
 
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stoney

stoney

Part of the unwashed, middle-American horde
Jul 26, 2006
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Westy said:
I expected a lot from that book, but it was so insufferably long and boring I couldn't finish it despite multiple attempts.
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One of my favorite books. I've probably read it 20 times over the years. I like the dark, spiral as the details of the story come out as it it retold in more detail through each cycle down.
 
sanjuro

sanjuro

Tube Smuggler
Sep 13, 2004
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The Fountainhead, which btw, I find other devotees to be especially obnoxious.

East of Eden as well, the best book I ever read.

The Monkey Wrench Gang too.
 
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owaispoul

Chimp
Jan 23, 2010
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There are a number of books that have influenced me but the one that had a tremendous effect on me was "5 Point Someone" written by an Indian author Chetan Bhagat. :weee: It was gifted to me by my friend. This book really made me remember my collage days and the tons of good times :rolleyes: I had with my friends there.:thumb:
 
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Upgr8r

Upgr8r

High Priest or maybe Jedi Master
May 2, 2006
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Ventura, CA
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess

Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein

Read them both when I was pretty young and they really made me think
 
BurlyShirley

BurlyShirley

Rex Grossman Will Rise Again
Jul 4, 2002
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TN
A Sand County Almanac - Aldo Leopold
Call of the Wild - Jack London
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - H.S.T.
 
badphish

badphish

Monkey
Feb 28, 2008
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+1 for the Monkey Wrench Gang. Probably still my favorite book ever.

Anything by Edward Abbey, really.

Ultimate High: My Everest Odyssey by Goran Kropp. It is an amazing read.

Tales from the Steep, or anything written by John Long
Boundless Horizons: Autobiography of Chris Bonnington
A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond
Seven Summits
Into the Wild
Catch a Fire: Biography of Bob Marley

I'm sure there area a dozen more, just can't remember them all.
 
Wingnut

Wingnut

Turbo Monkey
Nov 12, 2003
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Sorry, I'm Canadian ..sorry...
I really can't of any one book that remotely influenced me. I can't even remember the last book I read. Maximum boost by Corky Bell maybe, or How to make your car handle by Fred Phun......

I didn't find they influenced my life though..
 
Pesqueeb

Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
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Riding the baggage carousel.
The River Why by David James Duncan. I continue to re-read it on pretty much a yearly cycle.

Also Zen & Motorcycle Maintenance and any thing by Edward Abbey.

+2 for just not getting Catch 22. I've tried to read it probably half a dozen times and never make it more than half way through.


*You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to MMike again
 
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