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In reply to the discussion: What Book had the biggest influence on you? [View all]antiGOPin294
(53 posts)212. Anything by George Orwell
His books are truly prophetic. The ideas presented in 1984 are becoming more and more realistic in today's society, especially in light of the recent NSA scandals.
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Grapes of Wrath. Read it in my early teens during the depression days. Struck home, although
lumpy
Jun 2014
#54
Ulysses - I realised that either I am not crazy or I am not the only crazy one.
djean111
Jun 2014
#11
I feel I missed out. I read that book literally 50 years ago and wasnt influenced.
rhett o rick
Jun 2014
#283
I could answer a thousand ways. But I go with 'Slaughterhouse Five or The Children's Crusade'
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2014
#15
If we are talking about greatest influence, "Catch 22" is high on my list. "Catcher in the Rye."
rhett o rick
Jun 2014
#280
I would say The Tao Te Ching has had a profound impact on me as well.
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2014
#234
I don't know what influence, exactly, Catcher in the Rye had on me, but I felt that
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jun 2014
#202
Whatever book confers cred upon me and makes me look hip and edgy, yet soulful.
Dreamer Tatum
Jun 2014
#49
You'd read 50 Shades of Grey to a roomful of orphans? You're sick, man. Real sick.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#83
My book is, and could be for you too is "Looking out for #1" by Robert J. Ringer
nolabels
Jun 2014
#102
Whatever book conifers crud upon me and makes my hips look pudgy, yet slothful.
betsuni
Jun 2014
#244
Not yet, grasswire, but I still have my library card!!! Will check them out this week!
japple
Jun 2014
#69
"Warday" is a good book. James Kunetka and Whitley Strieber also wrote a book
Louisiana1976
Jun 2014
#187
I won't say that's my favorite, or had the 'biggest' influence on me
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jun 2014
#92
I have quite a few shelves in my library keeping Chalice company. It was a wonderful time for me.
Hekate
Jun 2014
#115
Ah, yes! That book was my guide when I had my 2nd child at home with midwives, after my 1st child
scarletwoman
Jun 2014
#196
If I had only known enough when I had my 1st child, I think I might have been able to avoid
scarletwoman
Jun 2014
#198
Gravity's Rainbow for fiction. The History of Sexuality for non-fiction.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#78
The World According To Garp... The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test... Childhood's End...Cosmos...
WillyT
Jun 2014
#95
1984 / Atlas Shrugged / Starship Troopers / The Jungle / Winning Through Intimidation ...
Demo_Chris
Jun 2014
#125
Truth be known, "A Child's History of the World" in 2nd grade. Began my life-long Anglophilia AND
WinkyDink
Jun 2014
#148
The true test of the immediate greatness of text is when its contents evade summation.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#214
Thank you for that great recommendation!! I will get it! And thanks for the Jefferson quote.
DesertDiamond
Jun 2014
#162
Back when I was just out of school, I read "Fahrenheit 451" It turned me into a reader.
alfredo
Jun 2014
#165
A friend gave us Bukowski as a wedding gift. Being newlyweds, we wrote our own Bukowski.
alfredo
Jun 2014
#257
He could do epic tragedy ('SatF,' 'Absalom Absalom!') or dark comedy ('As I Lay Dying') equally well
nomorenomore08
Jun 2014
#243
Black Like Me. (2) - Atlas Shrugged in that it illustrated how dreary right wingers'
Hoyt
Jun 2014
#191
Since it is Not mentioned I have to say that one of the books that so influenced me was
fasttense
Jun 2014
#247
"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainance" and "Another Roadsie Attraction"
Armstead
Jun 2014
#262