Calvin & Hobbess
It’s amazing how much it relates to me, especially with Calvin and all his imagination
I just finished reading For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway. Having grown up with a grandmother who was displaced as a young child during the Spanish civil war, I’ve gotta say this book struck a chord with me. Reading about the wholesale destruction of a society would’ve been pretty tragic by its own merit, but to know that my own existence is a result of it all is kind of sobering.
Tao Lin is kind of a baller. Richard Yates looks like it’ll be awesome though I have to wait until the 18th to see if anyone gets it for my birthday. :S
Why don’t you post in the Indianapolis thread?
Kaori- Only Roah is allowed to sit on such a high horse. These are books that affected them not books that should necessarily affect you in the same way.
I didn’t realize it until re-visiting it recently, but I think A Brave New World has profoundly shaped my ideas about consumption.
wtf is a book, fuck bad bitches, smoke blunts, make money son! srsly 
*Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. *That whole personality vs character thing had me in a daze for a few days. It’s hard to think straight after that game starts hitting you in the head.
bmckay
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The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster.
I wouldn’t be able to truly appreciate the English language had it not been for this book. I would still be a simple plebeian.
The Tao of Pooh, dead serious.
Blurry ass screen. I thought the last letter of that title was something different until I Hyperworded it.
Hyperword is a Firefox extension you guys should try out.
One book that affected me was Organizing for Dummies. No kidding. I’m sure that, like all Dummies books, it probably isn’t the best out there on its particular subject. Still, I started organizing things out of necessity years ago and getting that book strengthened my resolve and methods a lot.
Fahrenheit 451. we had to read that book in high school and honestly i barely paid attention to it. after high school i decided to read it again and wow just wow. anyone who is close minded at all should read this book. i was not closed minded while reading it but it did make me see things in a certain light and helped me understand the fear that certain people have towards free thinkers.
rsigley
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the quran
i never read it, but people who did took it too literally used its words to kill many americans and on that day my world changed and i realized freedom isn’t free
Pertho
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Wow, the amount of stupid you find in this website is impressive.
Calibur
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Freedom costs $1.05
Anyhow, I think Brave New World is rediculously overrated. Probably because people want to compare Huxley to Orwell and it’s just not there. Not only is Orwell a much better writer (excluding Animal Farm) but he seems to be a much more multi dimensional thinker. I don’t think he needed acid to help him out either.
J-ride
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I think the book that changed my life was the Count of Monte Cristo. After I read that book, I really had quite a different perspective on life and the people around me and decided I wanted to be remembered as a positive influence on the people I am involved with, so I moved away from doing selfish things and living just for myself. Also, I read it on the recommendation of Mummy-B, so don’t hate.
William Gibson, fuck yes. Cayce Pollard = boner
