The Necronmicon was a hoax, dude. It was written by HP Lovecroft and some of his buddies as a publicity stunt. Fun read, though.
I assume that religious texts are off the table, what with them shaping entire cultures an all, not to mention individual lives.
As to works of fiction; My right brain would have to say 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, but I'm a left brainer at heart. That would make my final choice the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson.
What's the most powerful book that you've read?
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Posté 30 mars 2013 - 08:53
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My vote goes to The Giver, As a youngster, it had very strange thematic elements to it that seemed an awful lot more interesting than most of the literary pieces being thrown at me back in the day.
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Posté 30 mars 2013 - 09:26
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Read it, liked it a lot, but the ending? I thought it was pure bullocks and a kind of deus ex machina. And talk about corny and cheesy...Johnnie Walker wrote...
The book as a whole made me realize how effed up the world can be.
I knew well enough before reading it, but majority of the pages in this 1,072 page book just blew my mind.
The ending left me completely and utterly speechless.
Self realization will hit you like a freight train from the depths of hell.
It makes you comprehend how small and insignificant we actually are as a whole.
We are nothing but someone else's play toy for torture because they hold more power than we do.
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Posté 30 mars 2013 - 11:00
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Les Misérables. I love me some Dumas, so The Count of Monte Cristo is up close.
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Posté 30 mars 2013 - 12:44
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Dune01 wrote...
Read it, liked it a lot, but the ending? I thought it was pure bullocks and a kind of deus ex machina. And talk about corny and cheesy...Johnnie Walker wrote...
The book as a whole made me realize how effed up the world can be.
I knew well enough before reading it, but majority of the pages in this 1,072 page book just blew my mind.
The ending left me completely and utterly speechless.
Self realization will hit you like a freight train from the depths of hell.
It makes you comprehend how small and insignificant we actually are as a whole.
We are nothing but someone else's play toy for torture because they hold more power than we do.
It wasn't the ending of the dome it self that made me speechless. It was the simplicity of it. Like that's all it took. And then the part of how diminutive it really makes you feel. How we humans aren't really all that powerful.
It's just my personal perspective that I got from it.
To each it's own.
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Posté 30 mars 2013 - 12:50
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Urk wrote...
The Necronmicon was a hoax, dude. It was written by HP Lovecroft and some of his buddies as a publicity stunt.
Publicity stunt or not, it is a powerful book.
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Posté 30 mars 2013 - 12:52
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I love that series. I own it and reread it a few times.
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Posté 30 mars 2013 - 12:55
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Johnnie Walker wrote...
spirosz wrote...
I love that series. I own it and reread it a few times.
Funny enough, I started with this one, not knowing it was the second book, I just liked the cover. Read it, was a bit confused, then my buddy had all the books and lent them to me and I loved them.
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Posté 30 mars 2013 - 01:01
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There are a lot of books that I hold dear for sentimental reasons, but as far as impact (off the top of my head), I'd say the following:
'Earth Abides' - George R. Stewart. It's a post-apocalyptic tale, but it was an interesting take on how "civilization" dissolves and then is rebuilt.
'Making an Exit' - Sarah Murray. An exploration of sorts into how different people honor their dead. It's funny, and poignant, and gives much pause.
'Earth Abides' - George R. Stewart. It's a post-apocalyptic tale, but it was an interesting take on how "civilization" dissolves and then is rebuilt.
'Making an Exit' - Sarah Murray. An exploration of sorts into how different people honor their dead. It's funny, and poignant, and gives much pause.
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Posté 30 mars 2013 - 01:04
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A Game of Thrones and the rest of the series.
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Posté 30 mars 2013 - 01:05
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spirosz wrote...
Johnnie Walker wrote...
spirosz wrote...
I love that series. I own it and reread it a few times.
Funny enough, I started with this one, not knowing it was the second book, I just liked the cover. Read it, was a bit confused, then my buddy had all the books and lent them to me and I loved them.
I started with The Fires of Merlin actually. Then once I realized that it was a series, I got the other ones.
I also like T.A. Barron's other work too.
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Posté 30 mars 2013 - 01:23
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Seriously now, it's Steven Erikson's Deadhouse Gates followed by Memories of Ice in his The Malazan Book of the Fallen series. If i could i would include the whole series.
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Posté 30 mars 2013 - 01:40
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'Everybody Poops' had an enormous effect on me. I don't think the toilet is trying to eat me anymore.
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Posté 30 mars 2013 - 01:51
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The top one made me a made man. The 2nd saved my life.
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Posté 30 mars 2013 - 03:11
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A Song of Ice and Fire series
The Wheel of Time series
The Dresden Files series
1493 by Charles C. Mann
The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire a the Dawn of the American Century by Scott Miller
Divergent by Veronica Roth
John Adams by David McCullough
Andrew Jackson by H.W. Brands
Oh, and this book:
The Wheel of Time series
The Dresden Files series
1493 by Charles C. Mann
The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire a the Dawn of the American Century by Scott Miller
Divergent by Veronica Roth
John Adams by David McCullough
Andrew Jackson by H.W. Brands
Oh, and this book:
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Posté 30 mars 2013 - 03:43
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As a teen in high-school:
Since then though, this one:
Since then though, this one:
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Posté 30 mars 2013 - 05:03
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First read this when I was thirteen. I was never much of a reader, but that all changed after I read The Stand.
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Posté 30 mars 2013 - 07:12
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We read "Where the Red Fern Grows" back in 4th grade.
Yeah, needless to say I went home and gave my dog a big hug the day we finished reading it.
Yeah, needless to say I went home and gave my dog a big hug the day we finished reading it.
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Posté 30 mars 2013 - 07:17
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The Templar Trilogy and the Ender Saga, for me. Both got me thinking quite a bit. Even my favourite books, Dune and Deathworld, didn't move me as much.
