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19-06-2005 15:33 DT110880
147 posts	Name the author, or possibly single book that has had the most profound affect on the way you think, act and view the world, was it fiction, or non-fiction, why and which ideals affected you?

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19-06-2005 15:36 DT110880
147 posts	The author that has profoundly affected my views on life is Friedrich Nietzsche, a dynamic unique thinker, philosopher. I began reading his book when i was around 18, and he changed the way i thnk forever. I am still to understand whether this has been positive or negative, though I know one thing, it is impossible to ignore the change in my mindset.
19-06-2005 15:38 FoNT
1,940 posts	yep, id deff have to go with Nietzsche.
05-08-2005 19:02 smartyjonescrzy
77 posts	Ruffian was moving to me. (A non-fiction book, history) No book has made me cry. Except Ruffian. Her story chronicled in the most brilliant way made me shed a tear after I finished the book. When you read the comment 'ultimately touching' on the front cover of the book, they mean it. Another book that sways me is Jerry Bailey's autobiography. It is really cool to me how he opened up his personal life to everyone. Reading it, I found out how much the guy and I are alike. The way (besides the fact that we both love horses) we share the same ideals and goals is amazing. I found out alot about myself while reading his book. (Not to mention the fact that he's really hot!)
08-08-2005 02:36 komradekae
11 posts	Affirmation: The Dr. Peter AIDS Oddessy. If anyone knows Dr. Peter, he was a young doctor from Vancouver who hosted a CBC AIDS diary for years on the CBC. His insights on homophobia and AIDS were really interesting, and inspiring. This book really touched me and I recomend it to anyone, especially if you're more a fan of the non-fiction. I've cried so many times reading it, it's very sad.
13-08-2005 23:48 grounded_angel
6,464 posts	Dan Brown: Angels and Demons; The Da Vinci Code Since I have read it, my opinions, my points of view changed a lot. There's really many things left to know and the church has been hiding it for ages.. those books kinda open my eyes to those situations!
13-08-2005 23:53 lepper_messiah
723 posts	J.K Rowling - the whole Harry Potter series. Totally changed my view on the wizarding world. First I thought they were on par with gypsies, but since reading about their hardships and about their own little world - I have actually come to respect them.
15-08-2005 19:32 foxyroxy3
10 posts	CS Lewis is an amazing writer and all of his books that I've read have made me think differently but "Mere Christianity" has had the biggest impact on me of all his books
15-08-2005 19:33 FireWaterBurn
28,885 posts	Definetly Larry Flynt. Truly a magical writer.
15-08-2005 20:04 calvin915
15 posts	George Orwell is doubleplusgood.
15-08-2005 20:06 Chobbits
6,667 posts	I must agree about Nietzsche. Unbelivably hard to read, but it changes everything.
15-08-2005 20:35 3x5comfwheel
7,935 posts	She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
15-08-2005 20:53 dark_knight86
4,992 posts	Little Women i forgot the author's name but this book was such a great and touching story, I loved it, it made me believe that no matter how bad you've got it, in the end you can still be happy and triumpht as long u dont give it and try your hardest.
15-08-2005 20:54 dark_knight86
4,992 posts	And its even more amazing since its based on the author's life
15-08-2005 21:16 riefkye
304 posts	how about Agatha Christie?! yeah Agatha Christie sounds good....
21-08-2005 20:49 e80kse
1,401 posts	As far as my favorite, or the one that has consumed the most of my time, Brian Jacques, with his Redwall series. I liked C. S. Lewis. But if I read much more of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novels, I would probably say him.
21-08-2005 20:54 apache_jumponit
48 posts	alrite agathie christi was a pretty good answer... but i def. have to go wit the person who wrote The Giver. oneof my fav. books, but had the most effect. yeah...
21-08-2005 20:57 Roxy_Ryan
21,758 posts	Dave Pelzer... he's been through so much, man.
21-08-2005 21:07 apache_jumponit
48 posts	meant agatha*
26-08-2005 20:38 the_a2
52 posts	Definetely Paulo Coelho. Piedra river and Veronika decides to die. Ducking brilliant. It's changed me.
10-11-2006 04:28 sugarcanejane
74 posts	oh jeeez i have so many. Eliot Bliss is one of my favorite fiction woman authors. If you have heard of her i would be quite suprised. She only wrote two books in her lifetime but both of them have really impacted me just because i read them when i was going through those weird teenage years. Even though the books were written nearly 90 years ago i was able to understand the authors meaning. Even when im 77 years old i will still be readind her two books. Anton Chekhov and William Golding also are wonderful.
06-12-2006 10:00 something_more
267 posts	i have sevral, for one the Uglies series is has definitely got me thinking and also the Noughts and Crosses series by Malorie Blackmen. The noughts and crosses series really gets you thinking about what things would be like if it was all swiched and i love it! also the book The Giver which really raises lots of questions about what things owould be like if we were completely controlled like we are seeming to become now.
06-12-2006 12:21 Dagor
38,012 posts	authors: Gabriel Garcia Marquez and probably Jean Paul Sartre (in terms of having had an impression on me). It's weird, I read a lot of those when I was around 17-23 ... and now it's been ages since I had a book of them in my hands. About books: I have to think there for a moment
08-12-2006 02:03 Baby_Jenks
121 posts	Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. I walked around in a daze after reading them. They changed my views on almost everything. How anyone and everyone can be beautiful if only you look hard enough. How beauty is the key to our existance. How God is unltimately flawed. How the devil isn't all bad. How religion is the one thing that draws all humans together but never in perfect unity. How perfection isn't perfect. That perfect isn't perfection. How funny we humans really are. How little and tiny we really are. How much one of us could actually make a difference to the world. How to enjoy the simple things. As you can tell i could ramble about these books all day but ultimately they are about life and that's something I want to live for. I also got my name from them. Baby Jenks
08-12-2006 05:36 Schatzi
21,747 posts	Perks of Being a Wallflower & Catcher in the Rye were my 'emo/angsty' books, I guess, but they were both amazing, really. I read them at the point in my life where I had my 'Oh my, I don't know if things are ever going to be better or if I'm ever going to be able to handle it. I don't know if I'm ever going to be okay' stage. It's always comforting to know that someone out there kind of sort of feels the same as you even if it is just a character in a book. And I found Perks to make you really feel like everything would be okay & not in a horribly cheesey way either.
07-02-2007 13:33 Friidoliin
80 posts	Emily Brontë and Wuthering Heights, I don't know what it is about her and that book. And also Edgar Allan Poe and E.E Cummings