Can books make a difference? What books have influenced you and how?

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― Fred (Fred), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 19:53 (twenty-one years ago)

You could just replace "books" with "gravity."

― Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 22:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Or gravy.

― MikeyG (MikeyG), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 09:24 (twenty-one years ago)

All the Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, John D. MacDonald and Ed McBain I read in my teens taught me to pay very close attention to the details.

― the apex of nadirs (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 15:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Franz Kafka and Albert Camus all probably influenced me to be an unnecessarily moody and obsessive young adult. Thanks guys.

― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 11 November 2004 06:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Franz Kafka and Albert Camus influenced me to be an unnecessarily moody and obsessive young adult. Thanks guys.

― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 11 November 2004 06:27 (twenty-one years ago)

PG Wodehouse and Douglas Adams made a big difference to me, because they made me realise how important humour is to me. Books in general have made an otherwise humdrum life fantastic.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Thursday, 11 November 2004 17:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I learned everything I know about women from Paula Danziger and Judy Blume. Which is why I'm currently dating a 12-year-old.

― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 11 November 2004 22:05 (twenty-one years ago)

I wrote a paper on this in a college seminar and my endpoint was essentially, no. But I'm not sure if I still believe that. In hindsight, certain books really brought out in me a desire to travel and write, and I think that is a real effect.

― 57 7th (calstars), Thursday, 18 November 2004 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Without The Lord of the Rings nobody would have noticed "Columbine," methinks.

― Ann Sterzinger (Ann Sterzinger), Thursday, 18 November 2004 21:44 (twenty-one years ago)

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