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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Ichirou on June 12, 2007, 03:15:52 AM

Title: Name at least five books that changed your life.
Post by: Ichirou on June 12, 2007, 03:15:52 AM: They don't necessarily have to be great books, or even particularly good ones, but name five books (or more, but don't go overboard to prove you're literate) that you've read that have, in some way, shaped or changed your way of thinking, and perhaps even your life.

The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger

On the Road, by Jack Kerouac

The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories, by Mark Twain

18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe, by Edgar Allan Poe

It, by Stephen King

Jude the Obscure, by Thomas Hardy
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Post by: Boogie on June 12, 2007, 03:33:11 AM: I read mostly:

history books

international politics books

shlock fiction books (ie. Tom Clancy)

As much as I enjoy reading, I can't say that any books have truly, by themselves, changed my life, or even deeply affected me.
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Post by: Ichirou on June 12, 2007, 03:35:33 AM: There is this thing called hyperbole. I used it to get people to look at my thread. :(
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on June 12, 2007, 03:39:41 AM: not a whole lot as an adult, but as a kid:

why i am not a christian by bertrand russell (accessible logic for a surly thirteen year old)

the second chronicles of thomas covenant by stephen r donaldson (poignant albeit terribly overwrought fantasy with a strong humanist element; compelling stuff to an angsty early pubescent)

the metamorphosis by franz kafka (metaphor and allegory clicked with me for the first time in the ninth grade)

catcher in the rye by j d salinger (duh)

destination: void by frank herbert (a celebration of computer engineering in the pursuit of god; pretty cheesy, now, but it convinced my seventh-grade self that sci-fi wasn't just edgar rice burroughs flights of fancy and star wars shoot-em-ups)
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on June 12, 2007, 03:41:51 AM: you posted six books, ichirou. :punch
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 12, 2007, 03:46:39 AM: Black Boy, by Richard Wright

The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. DuBois

The Great Gilly Hopkins, Katherine Paterson

M.C. Higgins, the Great, by Virginia Hamilton

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Beloved, Toni Morrison :-\ :maf :'( :( I still don't know what I think about this
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It's no coincidence that all these books deal with issues of race, inequality, and discrimination
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Post by: brawndolicious on June 12, 2007, 03:49:31 AM: and that you haven't gone 50 yards from your mother's vagina until you were about 14.
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 12, 2007, 03:54:02 AM: Books that pissed me off beyond recognition:

The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros. To this day I still debate my former English teacher over this abortion, and why she gave me a god damn C on my paper. UGHH first and only C paper :maf
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Post by: Human Snorenado on June 12, 2007, 03:54:15 AM: Illuminatus! by Robert Anton Wilson and Richard Shea- this pretty much shaped my highly paranoid, hyper aware state of being. It's also funny.

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran- if I could pick one book for people to learn morality from, it would be this book.

Hells Angels by Hunter S. Thompson- the first book I ever read by the good Dr. The rest, as they say, is history.

Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco- one of the best books ever written by one of the greatest living authors. Seriously, this guy poops all over everybody else working today.

Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.- such a fucking good book. You can kind of tell what it took out of him to write it, too. I will always appreciate what Mr. Vonnegut left us.
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Post by: Ichirou on June 12, 2007, 05:12:53 AM: Quote from: Professor Prole on June 12, 2007, 03:41:51 AM
you posted six books, ichirou. :punch

Topic says "at least five" because I couldn't narrow it down. :(
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Post by: etiolate on June 12, 2007, 07:15:24 AM: First four Dune books, especially the first and God Emperor, and uh *shrug*
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Post by: Mupepe on June 12, 2007, 07:32:30 AM: Quote from: Michelle the Fibber on June 12, 2007, 03:46:39 AM

It's no coincidence that all these books deal with issues of race, inequality, and discrimination
I guess it makes sense considering how persecuted you are and the fact that you have to go outside everyday and face the horrible injustices set in front of you.
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Post by: Flannel Boy on June 12, 2007, 09:27:12 AM: Quote from: Professor Prole on June 12, 2007, 03:39:41 AM

why i am not a christian by bertrand russell (accessible logic for a surly thirteen year old)

So you are saying that PD won't get it?

If you enjoyed that essay, you might also enjoy these essays by Russell as well: Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization?, Mysticism, Am I an Atheist or an Agnostic?, Is There a God?, and On the Value of Scepticism. Also the book Religion and Science.
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Post by: Himu on June 12, 2007, 11:19:17 AM: I don't know about "changing my life", but these 5 have had an influence on me.

1. The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley
2. Stride toward freedom: the Montgomery story by Martin Luther King Jr
3. Roots by Alex Haley
4. Paradise Lost by John Milton
5. The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien
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Post by: border on June 12, 2007, 11:47:00 AM: Full of Secrets: Critical Approaches to Twin Peaks (ed. David Lavery) -- the first time I read any sort of scholarly criticism

Microserfs (by Douglas Coupland) -- inspired me to take up (and subsequently fail at) Computer Science...it was a fun couple of semesters at Georgia Tech, though :)

Less than Zero (by Brett Easton Ellis) -- just generally added to my bleak outloook on things

The Catcher in the Rye (by JD Salinger) -- pretty much a requisite listing

Death of a Salesman (by Arthur Miller) -- technically not a book, but even as just a script on a page it's still pretty affecting
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Post by: CajoleJuice on June 12, 2007, 01:08:36 PM: 1984 by George Orwell - just so goddamn depressing and haunting

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - no explanation needed

The Awakening by Kate Chopin - biggest piece of feminist shit I've ever read

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad - cool book made into a cool movie

ESPN: The Uncensored History - probably made me start hating ESPN when I read it years ago
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 12, 2007, 01:09:23 PM: What's the ESPN book about?
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Post by: CajoleJuice on June 12, 2007, 01:11:48 PM: What the hell do you think it's about?
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Post by: Cyanista on June 12, 2007, 01:12:16 PM: Books have never actually changed my life, but the top ones that have affected my thinking are:

1984

The Prophet

Ishmael

Atlas Shrugged (heavy stuff, when I was 12)

King James' Bible
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 12, 2007, 01:14:46 PM: Quote from: CajoleJuice on June 12, 2007, 01:11:48 PM
What the hell do you think it's about?

Why don't you get my dick out your mouth and tell me what's up - I can't hear you.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on June 12, 2007, 01:16:21 PM: Quote from: Michelle the Fibber on June 12, 2007, 01:14:46 PM
Quote from: CajoleJuice on June 12, 2007, 01:11:48 PM
What the hell do you think it's about?

Why don't you get my dick out your mouth and tell me what's up - I can't hear you.

I'm sorry you can't figure out something that the 13-year-old version of me knew just by reading the title.
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Post by: bluemax on June 12, 2007, 01:16:27 PM: Books can change your life? The only thing that remotely springs to mind would be the Fortran book I had for my second AE class and then the text book for the next class. These books made me realize I didn't want to be a rocket scientist anymore.

And I guess the LOTR was kinda influential on me as a third grader or something.

1984, Fahrenheit 451, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies were all interesting but didn't have earth shattering changes on my life.
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Post by: Robo on June 12, 2007, 01:20:39 PM: Goosebumps vol. 6: Let's Get Invisible!
Goosebumps vol. 17: Why I'm Afraid of Bees
Goosebumps vol. 30: It Came from Beneath the Sink!
Goosebumps vol. 35: A Shocker on Shock Street
Goosebumps vol. 38: The Blob That Ate Everyone
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Post by: bud on June 12, 2007, 01:22:20 PM: Quote from: CajoleJuice on June 12, 2007, 01:16:21 PM
Quote from: Michelle the Fibber on June 12, 2007, 01:14:46 PM
Quote from: CajoleJuice on June 12, 2007, 01:11:48 PM
What the hell do you think it's about?

Why don't you get my dick out your mouth and tell me what's up - I can't hear you.

I'm sorry you can't figure out something that the 13-year-old version of me knew just by reading the title.

well, pd was homeschooled...
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 12, 2007, 01:27:25 PM: Quote from: CajoleJuice on June 12, 2007, 01:16:21 PM
Quote from: Michelle the Fibber on June 12, 2007, 01:14:46 PM
Quote from: CajoleJuice on June 12, 2007, 01:11:48 PM
What the hell do you think it's about?

Why don't you get my dick out your mouth and tell me what's up - I can't hear you.

I'm sorry you can't figure out something that the 13-year-old version of me knew just by reading the title.

God I just wanted to know what the book was about. You made it sound like it painted them in a bad light so I was curious.
http://www.amazon.com/ESPN-Uncensored-History-Michael-Freeman/dp/0878332707

THANK YOU Amazon for telling me what this is about. Unlike some homosexuals who will go nameless >:(
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Post by: Human Snorenado on June 12, 2007, 01:28:30 PM: Quote from: Cyanista on June 12, 2007, 01:12:16 PM
Books have never actually changed my life, but the top ones that have affected my thinking are:

1984

The Prophet

Ishmael

Atlas Shrugged (heavy stuff, when I was 12)

King James' Bible

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

You had such potential, too... :'(
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Post by: bud on June 12, 2007, 01:31:03 PM: how many film adaptations were there of 1984's story? i remember the movie 1984 and equilibrium (with bale) was kind of the same storyy.
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 12, 2007, 01:31:43 PM: Brazil is similar to the 1984 movie in a few ways as well. But it's amazing go see it omg
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Post by: Cyanista on June 12, 2007, 01:34:26 PM: Brazil is great.

Equilibrium is....laughable. But DAMN Christian Bale has never looked hotter. Never. I could watch this movie seventy two times.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on June 12, 2007, 01:42:31 PM: Quote from: Michelle the Fibber on June 12, 2007, 01:27:25 PM
Quote from: CajoleJuice on June 12, 2007, 01:16:21 PM
Quote from: Michelle the Fibber on June 12, 2007, 01:14:46 PM
Quote from: CajoleJuice on June 12, 2007, 01:11:48 PM
What the hell do you think it's about?

Why don't you get my dick out your mouth and tell me what's up - I can't hear you.

I'm sorry you can't figure out something that the 13-year-old version of me knew just by reading the title.

God I just wanted to know what the book was about. You made it sound like it painted them in a bad light so I was curious.
http://www.amazon.com/ESPN-Uncensored-History-Michael-Freeman/dp/0878332707

THANK YOU Amazon for telling me what this is about. Unlike some homosexuals who will go nameless >:(

:-*
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on June 12, 2007, 01:44:15 PM: Not a lot of books have an impact on me. Maybe one or two during phases.

When I was a child, it was Jonathan Livingston Seagull. When I was a teenager, it was probably Julius Caesar. As an adult, it's probably been ~~The DaVinci Code~~ a toss-up between Underneath the Banner of Heaven and a collection of stuff I read in World Lit.
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Post by: bud on June 12, 2007, 01:45:55 PM: Quote from: Cyanista on June 12, 2007, 01:34:26 PM
Brazil is great.

Equilibrium is....laughable. But DAMN Christian Bale has never looked hotter. Never. I could watch this movie seventy two times.

equilibrium is one of my guilty pleasures. i loved the gunplay
[youtube=425,350]_bGqnK0mFq4[/youtube]

don't mind the music :p
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on June 12, 2007, 01:47:04 PM: Equilibrium is one of those awful hivemind GAF recommendations that was pretty bad.
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Post by: brawndolicious on June 12, 2007, 01:48:06 PM: I've never cared about books to be "affected" by them that much but Catcher in the Rye was...meh. what was so special about it?

I remember liking it at one point but I don't remember why.
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 12, 2007, 01:48:55 PM: Quote from: am nintenho on June 12, 2007, 01:48:06 PM
I've never cared about books to be "affected" by them that much but Catcher in the Rye was...meh. what was so special about it?

I remember liking it at one point but I don't remember why.

Redardation: It's not just for homeschoolers anymore
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on June 12, 2007, 01:49:14 PM: But still mostly for the home schooled.
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Post by: brawndolicious on June 12, 2007, 01:49:52 PM: lurn 2 READ.
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Post by: Human Snorenado on June 12, 2007, 02:18:43 PM: Quote from: am nintenho on June 12, 2007, 01:49:52 PM
lurn 2 READ.

Learn to spell, savage.
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Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on June 12, 2007, 02:58:24 PM: The Wizard Knight, by Gene Wolfe
Light, by M. John Harrison
Gravity's Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
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Post by: demi on June 12, 2007, 03:13:31 PM: Welcome To Horrorland - R.L. Stine
Zombie Survival Guide - something Brooks
Day of the Triffids - some guy
How to Eat Fried Worms
Johnny Got His Gun - Dalton Trumbo
The Boxcar Children
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Post by: Cheebs on June 12, 2007, 03:32:59 PM: Quote from: Dick Frost on June 12, 2007, 03:13:31 PM
Welcome To Horrorland - R.L. Stine
Zombie Survival Guide - something Brooks
Day of the Triffids - some guy
How to Eat Fried Worms
Johnny Got His Gun - Dalton Trumbo
The Boxcar Children
I LOVED THE BOXCAR CHILDREN.

Holy shit, boxcar children series are unsurpassed classics.
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Post by: Lonestar on June 12, 2007, 04:11:47 PM: "he's just not that into you"
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on June 12, 2007, 04:22:33 PM: Quote from: Malek: King of Kings on June 12, 2007, 09:27:12 AM
Quote from: Professor Prole on June 12, 2007, 03:39:41 AM

why i am not a christian by bertrand russell (accessible logic for a surly thirteen year old)

So you are saying that PD won't get it?

If you enjoyed that essay, you might also enjoy these essays by Russell as well: Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization?, Mysticism, Am I an Atheist or an Agnostic?, Is There a God?, and On the Value of Scepticism. Also the book Religion and Science.

oh, that book lead me to read just about everything russell ever wrote.
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Post by: Flannel Boy on June 12, 2007, 04:27:50 PM: Quote from: Professor Prole on June 12, 2007, 04:22:33 PM
Quote from: Malek: King of Kings on June 12, 2007, 09:27:12 AM
Quote from: Professor Prole on June 12, 2007, 03:39:41 AM

why i am not a christian by bertrand russell (accessible logic for a surly thirteen year old)

So you are saying that PD won't get it?

If you enjoyed that essay, you might also enjoy these essays by Russell as well: Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization?, Mysticism, Am I an Atheist or an Agnostic?, Is There a God?, and On the Value of Scepticism. Also the book Religion and Science.

oh, that book lead me to read just about everything russell ever wrote.
He's one of my favorite philosophers. :heartbeat
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Post by: Ichirou on June 12, 2007, 08:03:43 PM: Quote from: Billy Rygar on June 12, 2007, 01:58:52 PM
Gulliver's Travels
Gravity's Rainbow
Candide
CrashWhite Noise
There are plenty of others but those divide my young reading life pretty well.

How old were you when you read these? That's so damn intimidating. :o

I remember reading Lord of the Rings and Lord of the Flies when I was in seventh grade...those had a big impact on me but I wouldn't say they changed my life...for a while, I read a lot of fantasy novels due to LotR but I haven't read a single fantasy novel in about twelve years.
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 12, 2007, 08:12:01 PM: Fucking Jedi apprentice series - I basically taught my self to read on those.
Iliad - revived my interest in reading
History of westren philosophy - gave me a very good new interest
Great expectations - I feel like Pip.

can't think of a fifth.
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Post by: Flannel Boy on June 12, 2007, 08:15:43 PM: Quote from: Father_Mike on June 12, 2007, 08:12:01 PM

History of westren philosophy - gave me a very good new interest

Good intro by Russell, but he breaks Godwin's Law every other paragraph. Product of the times I suppose, but blaming every philosoper for Nazism is a bit much.
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 12, 2007, 09:01:18 PM: lol, yes. It's very good as long as you can see he's a bit opinionated and use it as a launching point to read first hand the stuff he talks about.

His attack on Nietzsche was pritty funny though.
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Post by: demi on June 12, 2007, 09:01:46 PM: Quote from: Father_Mike on June 12, 2007, 08:12:01 PM
Fucking Jedi apprentice series - I basically taught my self to read on those.
Iliad - revived my interest in reading
History of westren philosophy - gave me a very good new interest
Great expectations - I feel like Pip.

can't think of a fifth.

How about The Dictionary?
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 12, 2007, 09:05:41 PM: Quote from: Dick Frost on June 12, 2007, 09:01:46 PM
Quote from: Father_Mike on June 12, 2007, 08:12:01 PM
Fucking Jedi apprentice series - I basically taught my self to read on those.
Iliad - revived my interest in reading
History of westren philosophy - gave me a very good new interest
Great expectations - I feel like Pip.

can't think of a fifth.

How about The Dictionary?
No I have an Oxford Canadian student dictionary and it's useless.
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Post by: Oblivion on June 12, 2007, 09:24:57 PM: The Chronicles of Narnia
Little Black Sambo
Mein Kampf
The Bible (King James Version)
Tikki Tikki Tembo
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Post by: Ichirou on June 12, 2007, 09:27:38 PM: Quote from: Father_Mike on June 12, 2007, 08:12:01 PM
Fucking Jedi apprentice series - I basically taught my self to read on those.
Iliad - revived my interest in reading
History of westren philosophy - gave me a very good new interest
Great expectations - I feel like Pip.

can't think of a fifth.

Thanks for not being embarassed to post that. So many of us probably had imporant formative experiences reading crappy fiction...I bet I read at least a hundred Star Trek novels while growing up.
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 12, 2007, 09:38:32 PM: Quote from: Ichirou on June 12, 2007, 09:27:38 PM
Quote from: Father_Mike on June 12, 2007, 08:12:01 PM
Fucking Jedi apprentice series - I basically taught my self to read on those.
Iliad - revived my interest in reading
History of westren philosophy - gave me a very good new interest
Great expectations - I feel like Pip.

can't think of a fifth.

Thanks for not being embarassed to post that. So many of us probably had imporant formative experiences reading crappy fiction...I bet I read at least a hundred Star Trek novels while growing up.

It was grade 4 and 5. I can't be embarrassed of stuff so long ago.
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Post by: Ichirou on June 12, 2007, 09:41:51 PM: ...yeah, man...me too...grades 4 and 5 only, I swear. I certainly didn't keep reading Star Trek novels when I got to junior high. :ninja
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Post by: Cheebs on June 12, 2007, 09:42:58 PM: I was addicted to those jedi apprentice novels when I was like 10. :-\
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Post by: CajoleJuice on June 12, 2007, 09:45:12 PM: I read Goosebumps and Animorphs when I was really young (don't remember what grades exactly). Jesus, what a fucking waste.
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 12, 2007, 09:45:35 PM: Quote from: Cheebs on June 12, 2007, 09:42:58 PM
I was addicted to those jedi apprentice novels when I was like 10. :-\

that puts us at the same age then :-*
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Post by: demi on June 12, 2007, 09:46:19 PM: Embarrassed? wtf

Fuckin squares

I was readin Goosebumps and Boxcar Children and Encyclopedia Brown and FEAR STREET and all that dope ill shit

Bunnicula

Mouse and the Motorcycle

Ramona Quimby

Wayside School

I could go on

I didn't read Animorphs since I wasn't a disgusting FURRY like CajoleJewce
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Post by: CajoleJuice on June 12, 2007, 09:46:43 PM: FEAR STREET!! YES!! :lol
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Post by: demi on June 12, 2007, 09:49:09 PM: A furry, CajoleJewce
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Post by: CajoleJuice on June 12, 2007, 09:49:52 PM: :'( It was just a phase! I'm over it!
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Post by: Cheebs on June 12, 2007, 10:02:10 PM: Quote from: Dick Frost on June 12, 2007, 09:46:19 PM
Embarrassed? wtf

Fuckin squares

I was readin Goosebumps and Boxcar Children and Encyclopedia Brown and FEAR STREET and all that dope ill shit

Bunnicula

Mouse and the Motorcycle

Ramona Quimby

Wayside School

I could go on

I didn't read Animorphs since I wasn't a disgusting FURRY like CajoleJewce
Shit I want to fuck you so hard. Best tastes ever.

Animorphs looked like shit yet and refused to touch it I LOVED
Ramona Quimby, Boxcar Children, Bunnicula, & Goosebumps all amazing.

Superfuge was amazing too. :bow
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Post by: CajoleJuice on June 12, 2007, 10:15:42 PM: Quote from: Cheebs on June 12, 2007, 10:02:10 PM
Quote from: Dick Frost on June 12, 2007, 09:46:19 PM
Embarrassed? wtf

Fuckin squares

I was readin Goosebumps and Boxcar Children and Encyclopedia Brown and FEAR STREET and all that dope ill shit

Bunnicula

Mouse and the Motorcycle

Ramona Quimby

Wayside School

I could go on

I didn't read Animorphs since I wasn't a disgusting FURRY like CajoleJewce
Animorphs looked like shit yet and refused to touch it

It WAS shit.
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Post by: Cheebs on June 12, 2007, 10:30:42 PM: Quote from: CajoleJuice on June 12, 2007, 10:15:42 PM
Quote from: Cheebs on June 12, 2007, 10:02:10 PM
Quote from: Dick Frost on June 12, 2007, 09:46:19 PM
Embarrassed? wtf

Fuckin squares

I was readin Goosebumps and Boxcar Children and Encyclopedia Brown and FEAR STREET and all that dope ill shit

Bunnicula

Mouse and the Motorcycle

Ramona Quimby

Wayside School

I could go on

I didn't read Animorphs since I wasn't a disgusting FURRY like CajoleJewce
Animorphs looked like shit yet and refused to touch it

It WAS shit.
Yeah but even as a kid when I was reading shit I knew better than to touch animorphs. I didn't know what a furry was but I just KNEW something was up with that stuff.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on June 12, 2007, 10:35:21 PM: :-\
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Post by: brawndolicious on June 12, 2007, 11:06:26 PM: Quote from: Oblivion on June 12, 2007, 09:24:57 PM
Tikki Tikki Tembo
That book was fucked up when I read it when I was younger but then I got older and I forgot all about it except the little chink fuck's name.
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Post by: jiji on June 20, 2007, 05:17:00 PM: Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches (Marvin Harris): This was assigned reading in an elective anthropology class I took in freshman year in college. It changed the way I looked at religion and taught me to see people outside Mormon-dominated Utah County's bubble as real people with valid culture.

Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco): Completely spoiled me for conspiracy/occult fiction, and gave me a genuine interest in history that let me see it as, y'know, stuff that actually happened to normal people.

I know there's more, but I can't recall too many specific examples, especially from childhood.
Title: Re: Name at least five books that changed your life.
Post by: tiesto on June 20, 2007, 05:20:40 PM: Quote from: jiji on June 20, 2007, 05:17:00 PM

Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco): Completely spoiled me for conspiracy/occult fiction, and gave me a genuine interest in history that let me see it as, y'know, stuff that actually happened to normal people.

I have this book sitting on my bookshelf, gonna pick it up to read one of these days.
Title: Re: Name at least five books that changed your life.
Post by: Himu on June 20, 2007, 05:22:58 PM: Quote from: CajoleJuice on June 12, 2007, 09:45:12 PM
I read Goosebumps and Animorphs when I was really young (don't remember what grades exactly). Jesus, what a fucking waste.

Fucking ANIMORPHS. :hyper :hyper :-[
Title: Re: Name at least five books that changed your life.
Post by: Chumley on June 20, 2007, 08:08:27 PM: My top five:

The Bible preferably the Douay Rheims or Revised Standard Version

The Divine Mercy by Saint Faustina (this book will blow your hair back ;))

Mere Christianity C.S. Lewis's masterpiece

Interior Castle by Saint Therese

Orthodoxy by "The Apostle of Common Sense" G.K. Chesterton
Title: Re: Name at least five books that changed your life.
Post by: Ichirou on June 20, 2007, 09:49:17 PM: Quote from: Chumley on June 20, 2007, 08:08:27 PM
My top five:

The Bible preferably the Douay Rheims or Revised Standard Version

The Divine Mercy by Saint Faustina (this book will blow your hair back ;))

Mere Christianity C.S. Lewis's masterpiece

Interior Castle by Saint Therese

Orthodoxy by "The Apostle of Common Sense" G.K. Chesterton

:rofl

...you're kidding, right? Right?
Title: Re: Name at least five books that changed your life.
Post by: CajoleJuice on June 20, 2007, 09:52:34 PM: Quote from: Chumley on June 20, 2007, 08:08:27 PM
My top five:

The Bible preferably the Douay Rheims or Revised Standard Version

The Divine Mercy by Saint Faustina (this book will blow your hair back ;))

Mere Christianity C.S. Lewis's masterpiece

Interior Castle by Saint Therese

Orthodoxy by "The Apostle of Common Sense" G.K. Chesterton

Shit, I didn't realize my dad posted here.
Title: Re: Name at least five books that changed your life.
Post by: Chumley on June 20, 2007, 09:54:40 PM: Ask Demi. :angel
Title: Re: Name at least five books that changed your life.
Post by: Cheebs on June 20, 2007, 10:16:36 PM: I understand why he kept hoping cloud was pure now.

and now the mel gibson avatar makes sense :(
Title: Re: Name at least five books that changed your life.
Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 20, 2007, 10:28:39 PM: Quote from: Cheebs on June 20, 2007, 10:16:36 PM
I understand why he kept hoping cloud was pure now.

and now the mel gibson avatar makes sense :(
:lol
Title: Re: Name at least five books that changed your life.
Post by: $till LegendaryU2K on June 21, 2007, 01:25:03 AM: Only book that change my life, way of thinking when i was a little boy is the holy bible. Everything i need to know, is located in that book.

:)
Title: Re: Name at least five books that changed your life.
Post by: Cheebs on June 21, 2007, 09:10:08 AM: Quote from: $till LegendaryU2K on June 21, 2007, 01:25:03 AM
Everything i need to know, is located in that book.

:)
it taught you how to read, write, do math, know history, science and other things you need to know to live a normal life?