This book changed my lifeThe Goat writes, "Some books have made a huge impact on my life." It's true. It wasn't until the b3ta mods read the Flashman novels that we changed from mild-mannered computer operators into heavily-whiskered copulators, poltroons and all round bastards in a well-known cavalry regiment.
What books have changed the way you think, the way you live, or just gave you a rollicking good time?
Friendly hint: A bit of background rather than just a bunch of book titles would make your stories more readable
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chthonic, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:11)
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Bit of a cliché maybeWhen I was a sixteen or so I read "1984" followed by "A Brave New World". These two books shaped my thinking and informed my world view to this day.
To me religion is just someone being told something so many times they end up believing it and then repeating to themselves "I'm so glad I'm an Alpha / Beta / Delta / Epsilon / Gamma".
If you want to understand the nature of control read these books.
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Sorry...I like your post, agree with it.
But you read "Nineteen Eighty-Four".
1984 was the film.
/pedant.
*clicks*
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Cawl, Mon 19 May 2008, 12:48,
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I'm glad I'm a gamma semi-moron......no, wait.
Did you read Brave New World Revisited [Note for the uninitiated: prophetic series of Huxley essays published in 1958]? Scary. He might as well have called it "Two thousand and eight"
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Mon 19 May 2008, 13:45,
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@ScaryDuckDid he bring atomic energy into the equation in these essays? He was always slightly annoyed with himself he didn't anticipate it in the novel.
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Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Mon 19 May 2008, 13:59,
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@Boss KeloidYes, he did. He mentioned how annoyed he was at failing to anticipate atomic weapons in Brave New World Revisited. Considering how well he predicted the future in Brave New World, I think he was being a bit hard on himself.
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mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Mon 19 May 2008, 17:11,
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@mistaspakkamanThe thing is with these people they are always really hard on themselves. I know Mystic Meg and she is often furious with herself when she gets it wrong.
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BindiBaji, Mon 19 May 2008, 18:20,
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