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11-04-05, 01:26 PM
| | | | really GOOD, life-changing books? So, OK. BD told me to do this w/i 1 day (see how well I obey?) 
I wanna know ppls opinion on really GOOD (not boring), life-changing books they have read. Pref, not fluff fiction; ones that really have had an impact on how you think about the world. Can be fiction or non. Go!!
The Fountainhead
The Red Queen
Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Cyteen series
My Early Life (churchill)
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12-04-05, 06:41 AM
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| | | life of pi
the alchemist
these too r my all time fav latley illthink of more and be back
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monkey wrench gang. (made me want to blow up walmart.)
pillars of the earth. (i don't know why it just did.)
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| | | Go Indigo! You read Fountainhead, eh? I cannot recommend that book highly enough. (By Ayn Rand.)
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| | | Has to be 1984. Makes you really think, then you want to get rid of anything that has to do with technology and live like it was 1084. Great book, but scary if you thin about it, cause it's happening.
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| | | Playboy.
Seriously, I was lookin' through my first Playboy at the age of 8.
Definitely changed my life.
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Originally Posted by bohemiandonut Go Indigo! You read Fountainhead, eh? I cannot recommend that book highly enough. (By Ayn Rand.)
My favorite novel is East of Eden, by John Steinbeck. So, so, so good. Yup. Rands stuff is good. The F. is her best, tho, for readability IMHO. Tried EoE as a teenager, but couldn't get into it. Maybe should try again, now I am older... had same problem w/Hemingway ::yawn::
A few others:
The Count of Monte Cristo (a guy who could plan LONG TERM!)
The Hornblower books (Forester)
Brave new World (better than 1984, i think)
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| | | Catch 22 definitely changed my life for the better after I read it.
It's just that good.
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Originally Posted by MaRTiaL RaGe kama sutra.....bam end it right there. haha... nice...
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Originally Posted by indigosoul Yup. Rands stuff is good. The F. is her best, tho, for readability IMHO. Tried EoE as a teenager, but couldn't get into it. Maybe should try again, now I am older... had same problem w/Hemingway ::yawn::
A few others:
The Count of Monte Cristo (a guy who could plan LONG TERM!)
The Hornblower books (Forester)
Brave new World (better than 1984, i think)
Oh, & of course, Desirable & Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts Definitely look into Steinbeck again. "Eden" starts out with the characteristic, lengthy poetics, but it picks up around chapter three. And after you're done you will actually want to go back and see what you may have overlooked when he described the green, lush, Salinas Valley.
Brave New World was incredible. I plan on looking into the other recs.
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