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By *nvictus OP Man
over a year ago
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A program running on TV at the moment got me wondering what books may have had an effect on my life.
Lord of the Rings is one for me, it got me into Norse myths and took me into some very interesting directions that are still with me know some 30 odd years later and will be until the day I die.
The Bible is another, it made me realise at a very early age that God wasn't real (to me anyway..)
So what books have had an impact on your life and why? |
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My anthology of Robertt Frost Poetry I got when I was just a little fella (Still have it on the bookshelf)....it got me interested in reading and writing poetry and helped me look at the land, the countryside and the world about me in a whole new light  |
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Actually and it sounds strange i know
But the book i just couldn't put down was the Ray Kroc story
The guy who bought Mcdonalds from the Mcdonalds brothers and made it what it is today xx |
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By *nvictus OP Man
over a year ago
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Just thought of another one. I don't know what it was called but it was a kids book on nature and how to watch wildlife and stuff.
It was full of cartoons of a funny man in a hat and wearing binoculars telling you little titbits of information.
It was a huge influence on me as a kid and I still love nature now.
I wish I knew what it was called. |
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"Just thought of another one. I don't know what it was called but it was a kids book on nature and how to watch wildlife and stuff.
It was full of cartoons of a funny man in a hat and wearing binoculars telling you little titbits of information.
It was a huge influence on me as a kid and I still love nature now.
I wish I knew what it was called. "
I think they were Usbourne or Osbourne books |
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By *nvictus OP Man
over a year ago
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"Just thought of another one. I don't know what it was called but it was a kids book on nature and how to watch wildlife and stuff.
It was full of cartoons of a funny man in a hat and wearing binoculars telling you little titbits of information.
It was a huge influence on me as a kid and I still love nature now.
I wish I knew what it was called.
I think they were Usbourne or Osbourne books"
You know I think your right!! I might just have to research that. Thanks. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Just thought of another one. I don't know what it was called but it was a kids book on nature and how to watch wildlife and stuff.
It was full of cartoons of a funny man in a hat and wearing binoculars telling you little titbits of information.
It was a huge influence on me as a kid and I still love nature now.
I wish I knew what it was called.
I think they were Usbourne or Osbourne books
You know I think your right!! I might just have to research that. Thanks. "
No problem mate,i loved those books too as a child. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I remember reading the Lord of the Rings as a young 13 year old...yes a wonderful book ....Anyone read The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant ?....same genre...
I have to say a poem by Rumi was most influential in my life ....woke me up spiritually...
I`ve always read and so many books are floating around my head ....I`ll think of some  |
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i read a lot, and never do not have a book that i am reading
non has really influemced my life though as far as i know
ones i read and read again
Lord of the Rings
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull
Billy Liar (more because i live where it was set so can go see whats changed)
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The ones that stand out for me are ..... An anthology of Old English poetry mad my brain create pictures.
Johnathon Livingston Seagull also changed my life by making me feel I wanted to be free in the same way.
The Glass Bead Game - Herman Hesse what a read that was, made me think a lot more.
The Ascent of Man, Bronowski, opened my eyes.
Mervyn Peak's Gormengash Trilogy, and Ben Elton's Gridlock, made me laugh a lot more.
The Bible, made me understand more about my own culture. The Korann made me understand more about my ex's culture.
But I think everything you read influences you in some way. |
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"The ones that stand out for me are ..... An anthology of Old English poetry mad my brain create pictures.
Johnathon Livingston Seagull also changed my life by making me feel I wanted to be free in the same way.
The Glass Bead Game - Herman Hesse what a read that was, made me think a lot more.
The Ascent of Man, Bronowski, opened my eyes.
Mervyn Peak's Gormengash Trilogy, and Ben Elton's Gridlock, made me laugh a lot more.
The Bible, made me understand more about my own culture. The Korann made me understand more about my ex's culture.
But I think everything you read influences you in some way."
I keep a copy of johnathan livingstone on my bedside table all the while..
Jane Eyre
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Children on the Oregon Trail was the first book I read that totally absorbed me and showed me the power of writing to transport you to somewhere so totally alien to your own experience yet so authentic and so absolutely that it became "real" in my head. Already a reader at that point, it turned me into a life long reader for sure.
himself bought me a copy for Christmas...it cost a penny but to me is priceless. |
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