Books That Changed Your Life

H3x

Dec 16 2004, 09:53 PM

not to many posts in here hehe so what are a few books that changed your life or way of thinking?

SuburbanalCuts

Dec 19 2004, 01:39 PM

QUOTE(H3x @ Dec 16 2004, 09:53 PM)

not to many posts in here hehe so what are a few books that changed your life or way of thinking?

One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka.

srbin

Dec 25 2004, 11:28 PM

Hm...i think that is definately the book Xtazy...
Why?...because i catch this thing,that every drogs are pure shhhh and they will anhiliate u now or later ...

lostmaiden

Dec 26 2004, 07:51 PM

Actually... Inuyasha really changed me cause that's when I saw great manga was and I changed from a normal person to some anime freak that now has nothing better to do than own an Inuyasha guild on neopets...

Caveman

Dec 28 2004, 08:40 PM

George Orwell's 1984 was HUGE for me. Winston's story is an incredible one, and only the genius of Orwell could put something so mindblowing together in a single comprehensive novel. The biggest thing that book taught me was that you should never be afraid to question. We live in a scary world, there's not doubt about it, and the only way to make sense of it is to be inquisitive, and not swallow up what's thrown out at you.

I read Animal Farm in 6th grade. Unfortunately, I was FAR too young to grasp any of the underlying concepts. Maybe I should pick it up again...hehe

vanilla_rent

Dec 29 2004, 06:28 AM

caveman... nice to see someone so like-minded in this forum!

where do I start.. I have no idea where to start. There are way too many books that have changed my life before I even knew they were changing my life- that sounds silly but I'm referring to days like 5th-6th grade, and the like...

so many books are amazing that it's an obsession of mine as a writer, and for anyone who even rarely reads (you would think I spend all my time reading loving it so much and yet how sometimes I don't even get to it except for school) but loves reading... books can definately change your life. look at me- looking at schools for creative writing majors when I would of never even of thought myself good at writing save essays and the like freshman year...

but books? Well, over the summer I read House of Leaves, as did actually a bunch of incredibly talented book-literate theatre kids I know... It can be one amazingly confusing book at times, but never in a frustrating way- only confusing in the ideas swirling in your head... no one has any idea what I'm talking about, just because when you try and summarize the magnitude of House of Leaves it's almost.... you really are lost in where even to start to even give a halfway accurate picture of the book. It is one amazing book- I could name other books that I keep by my side as picturesque momentos of thoughts of members of the real world as abstract as it is, but it could take me forever- even a partial list... spans hundreds of authors. but I do have my favorites, like anyone.

you see, it's not so much House of Leaves changes your train of thinking- or possibly it does- theatre kids like myself live in a world sometimes so amazingly... upfront? (not even the world for it, though, unfortunately to truly generalize it) to simply keep from being pretensious that possibly we can't be completely changed by something when you are always changing but... it's like seeing the span of your life spread out so evenly and chaoticly, extremely researched and footnoted and yet in reality, utterly made up, and yet how in reality it is a novel by a guy with no relation to you, and the story has absolutely no relation to you, and yet... House of Leaves swallows you up, and eats you alive... now that, that is what gives me inspiration and a will to live in life... and the want to be a writer and to be around other writers, theatre kids and like minded... anyone...

Kahli

Jan 7 2005, 04:25 AM

'lord of the rings' changed my life, and made me really appreciate tolkien and all his works. even though the fellowship of the ring was a *little* slow to start off, the pace gradually began to pick up.

ICE-XG

Jan 7 2005, 04:38 AM

QUOTE(lostmaiden @ Dec 26 2004, 02:51 PM)

lol

never seen someone's live turn around after watching a tv show. but, it's a good show. i like animi, who dosen't. i watch animi snice i was born bcuz i was born at asia S. Korea. get back to the point, ur the 1st person i heard of that have life changing turn around from TV in 30min. To bad it isn't the same way for everyone. it will b kind of funny

byrdhouse

Jan 18 2005, 01:39 AM

Well, I would have to say the Bible. It not only has changed my life but it continues to offer good wisdom about how to be a better Christian. And lately I've been reading books about Jesus and his personality...how he handled events, relationships, his role, etc. I just finished a book titled The Traveler's Gift, Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success by Andy Andrews. Andrews has the main character go back in time and talks to famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Anne Frank, and so on who impart one of the seven principles of success. If you think that you can't change the world this book will convince you otherwise. Anyway, I really enjoyed it.

...on to my next book,

Ciao,

A librarian's worst nightmare

spiderink

Jan 30 2005, 07:55 AM

Harry Potter. It hasn't changed my way of thinking, but my life would be vastly different if I had never read them. It led to certain choices and discoveries that have changed my life for better and worse. (Chaos theory) It's only directly influenced one big choice in real life, and joining parts of the fandom online. But both of those have branched out with far-reaching consequences. I don't know whether or not I believe in fate/destiny. But major parts of the last three years, and the rest, of my life might not have been.

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mama_soap

May 30 2007, 05:21 AM

@DeM0nFiRe: I haven't specifically read Masters of Doom just yet, but I know exactly what you're talking about. Every single time I read a story-behind-something-big book, my faith in my current interest begins to dwindle, and I want to switch careers

Actually - this happens with television too, I should really stop watching inspiring interviews of actors I admire, I end up with this very non-trivial desire to stop-hacking-and-start-acting... {grin}

Coming back to books, The Man Who Loved Numbers, The Man Who Knew Infinity, Genius, Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman, and others are similarly inspiring.

Anyone read those encyclopedia type (i.e., popular-science-ish, nothing technical) books that explain what goes into the making of special effects in movies? Or glossy reference books that enumerate dance cultures around the world? I have been subjected to the library for many hours on end (for reasons beyond my control, and not worth going into

), and I ended up browsing the reference section for a good deal. Wasn't life changing, but there were some interesting eye openers.

Particularly memorable was the a book which was, erm, a comprehensive archive of crimes during a certain period of time in western Europe, if I am not mistaken - I stopped reading when it got gruesome, but the thing about reading non-fiction is that it's a distinctly unpleasant feeling to realize the nasty stuff happens outside Doyle's imagination too. (Yeah, yeah... I don't watch too much reality TV and steer clear of news channels

) I am usually affected more easily by non fiction than fiction as far as the written word goes, although writers like Orwell make for (important) exceptions.

runescapeguy

May 30 2007, 02:31 AM

the only books that i have ever read and that have "changed my life" were The Harry Potter series. It all started out with my parents getting mad at me and sending me to my room..pft buttholes *rofl* neways, my grandpa had given me the books earlyer that day and so i decided to pick up the first book and start to read it and i liked it ...i didn't go to sleep until late that night because i was getting so far into the book..

I never read before that..never..not unless i was forced..andd they encouraged me to read..but i only read those other books dont appeal to me..but iw also changed my life because it made me want to make a harry potter fan site which is what i am working on now...so you could say that is the reason i am so kean to the internet and making websites and i owe it all to my parents :-D hehe

it has also made me such a harry potter freak! i have like 10 posters in my room that are harry potter related!! and i love it!! sometimes im ashamed to admit it but ive had dreams i was in the sequal...

it has also changed my life by encouraging me to write..J.K. Rownling is so excelent at this stuff that i thought maybe i can write like her some day and encourage others haha yeah right..but i am in the process of writing my own fan-fiction story some-what close to her books..so you can say i am a HUGE HARRY POTTER FREAK and that i am a HUGE HARRY POTTER FREAK oo yeah and that i am a HUGE HARRY POTTER FREAK..and it has changed my life quite a bit

DeM0nFiRe

May 29 2007, 10:27 PM

For me, it'd be Masters of Doom. It's about the people who made, you guessed it, Doom. I mean, I always wanted to do game development, but once I read that book I was like Holy crap, I can do that!

kraizii88z

May 29 2007, 09:07 PM

I like-->
~Paramahansa's Autobiography of A Yogi~
~Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain~
~London - Edward Rutherford~
~Anne Frank's Diary~
~Thiaoouba Prophecy - Michel Desmarquet~
~Messages From Water - Masuru Emoto~
~Sunfood Diet Success System - David Wolfe~
~Law of One - Carla Rueckert, Don Elkins, Jim McCarty~
These books are all very different but
they have all helped me in different areas, oh,
and of course, anything by ~Shakespeare~ &
~Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet~
I like reading.

NNH1254

May 20 2007, 04:12 PM

QUOTE(Caveman @ Dec 28 2004, 04:40 PM)

I read Animal Farm in 6th grade. Unfortunately, I was FAR too young to grasp any of the underlying concepts. Maybe I should pick it up again...hehe

Same here, I'm thinking about reading it when school's over.

I read Lord of the Flies in 6th grade too, didn't really get it, and read it again the summer after 8th, which was better. I wouldn't say it totally changed my life but it was important. Also Plato's Republic, I didn't agree with most of it but the allegory of the cave really did change how I looked at things.

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