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The Book That Had The BIGGEST IMPACT on you was.. (1 Viewer)
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I don't remember what it was called. It was a book about a little girl who went fishing with her grandfather. They caught mussels.
It was the first book I ever read, so it must have the biggest impact on me.
Other ones:
The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R Tolkien
The Light Fantastic, by Terry Pratchett(the first Discworld novel I ever read)
BattleAxe, by Sara Douglass (not a great book, but had a single scene which inspired a single line which evolved to become my second novella)
The Smile, by William Blake (a poem)
The Raven, by E. A. Poe (a poem)
The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
Memories of Ice, by Steven Erikson.
That's just a few. I have more, but I can't think of them right now.
It was the first book I ever read, so it must have the biggest impact on me.
Other ones:
The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R Tolkien
The Light Fantastic, by Terry Pratchett(the first Discworld novel I ever read)
BattleAxe, by Sara Douglass (not a great book, but had a single scene which inspired a single line which evolved to become my second novella)
The Smile, by William Blake (a poem)
The Raven, by E. A. Poe (a poem)
The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
Memories of Ice, by Steven Erikson.
That's just a few. I have more, but I can't think of them right now.
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You've caught my attention. Which scene?
on Topic: The Shining by Stephen King was when I decided I wanted to write. And (Alex, you'll kick me) Magician by Ray Feist was when I decided I wanted to write fantasy.
I had the Lord of the Rings read to me aloud by my dad when I was younger, so that helped get me into reading.
I used to read the Animorphs by K.A. Applegate. It was like a 60 book series and I never read them all, but I read over half of them. That influenced me and kept me reading. I got lots of experience from those
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I used to read the Animorphs by K.A. Applegate. It was like a 60 book series and I never read them all, but I read over half of them. That influenced me and kept me reading. I got lots of experience from those
.It was at the very start of the book. When the baby eats it's way out of the mother. The setting and the wraiths inspired the line 'Ours is the path of white snow and black stone,' Which eventually became my novella 'Summer'.
If I hadn't read a lot of better fantasy first, I would have liked Feist. I can see how he could inspire you to write fantasy.
Anthem by Ayn Rand- made me realise the evils of her very philosophy, but also brought to light the importance of stylism in lit
The Giver- Made me hate the killing of humans, even if it is done supposedly for the sake of "mercy killings." Kind of exposed the culture of America for what it really is.
The Giver- Made me hate the killing of humans, even if it is done supposedly for the sake of "mercy killings." Kind of exposed the culture of America for what it really is.
There were two books that had a huge impact on me, at different times and for different reasons.
The first was "Citizen of the Galaxy" by Robert Heinlein, which I read when I was 13. It was the first novel I ever read and I only picked it up out of sheer boredom while I was lying in bed recovering from the flu. Up until that day, I'd had no interest in books. In terms of literary merit, it really has none - it was one of Heinlein's many sci-fi novels for teenagers. But once I picked up that first book I never looked back.
The second was Baudelaire's "Flowers of Evil", which I first read over a year ago, and it really did changed my life. Up until that point I was blindly walking along the corporate career path, no end in sight. It woke me up to the possibility of living the life I wanted to live on my terms.
It's been an interesting year.
The first was "Citizen of the Galaxy" by Robert Heinlein, which I read when I was 13. It was the first novel I ever read and I only picked it up out of sheer boredom while I was lying in bed recovering from the flu. Up until that day, I'd had no interest in books. In terms of literary merit, it really has none - it was one of Heinlein's many sci-fi novels for teenagers. But once I picked up that first book I never looked back.
The second was Baudelaire's "Flowers of Evil", which I first read over a year ago, and it really did changed my life. Up until that point I was blindly walking along the corporate career path, no end in sight. It woke me up to the possibility of living the life I wanted to live on my terms.
It's been an interesting year.
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk.
oh and just read
old school (God i hope that was the title) by Tobbias Wolfe (God i hope that's how you speel his name).
Syklor will be pleased to know the thing that really got me about this book was economy of words....
Oh and The dark is Rising - books
and all the Arthiurian books ever written
and Enid Blyton (farway tree....)
and CS Lewis
and an obscure Sci Fi book called the fifth experiment
shit now i can't stop.......
Travels with my Aunt (great book!)
My name is Asher Lev - hell this should have been first.....
No, no, The Norse Myths, Aboriginal dreamtime stories, the Greeks Myths and the Magabignon (however that damn word is spelt!) - yes, yes mths first - devoured them from age 9 to around 15!
old school (God i hope that was the title) by Tobbias Wolfe (God i hope that's how you speel his name).
Syklor will be pleased to know the thing that really got me about this book was economy of words....
Oh and The dark is Rising - books
and all the Arthiurian books ever written
and Enid Blyton (farway tree....)
and CS Lewis
and an obscure Sci Fi book called the fifth experiment
shit now i can't stop.......
Travels with my Aunt (great book!)
My name is Asher Lev - hell this should have been first.....
No, no, The Norse Myths, Aboriginal dreamtime stories, the Greeks Myths and the Magabignon (however that damn word is spelt!) - yes, yes mths first - devoured them from age 9 to around 15!
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
and, Rage, Stephen King :cyclops:
and, Rage, Stephen King :cyclops:
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The Golden Man by Philip K. Dick. It was a collection of the best sci-fi I had ever read, and the best use of the short story I've seen to date - especially in the extremely pointed stories "The Pre-Persons" and "The Golden Man".
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