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    Posted: September 29 2005 at 09:19

Classical sci-fi by Asimov and A.C.C (both already mention i think). Historical literature like Frans.G.Bengtsson's "Röde Orm" ("the longships") and various books by Olov Svedelid. Horror by Poe and one of my absolute favourites H.P Lovecraft (Call of Cthulhu, Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath etc.)

Currently reading Milton's "Paradise Lost" ...heavy and facinating reading indeed...still enjoyable though.



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Points: 1239 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 28 2005 at 18:51
all sorts at different stages of my life - from wilbur smith adventures when I was 10 and things like King Solomon's Mines and Treasure Island to ray Bradubury in my later teens (what a beautiful writer) and Tolkien and Stephen King and after that just all sorts really from potboiling nonsense to the tougher stuff.

At the moment I'm loving Haruki Murakami - what a wonderful writer

though juts glancing at my nightstand seems I'm reading a lot of non-fiction travel history books at the moment - like Anthony Sattin's 'The Gates of Africa' (great read), Giles Milton's 'White Gold', 'The Travels of Marco Polo' and Lesley Adkins 'Empires of the Plains'. Weird how you go through these phases

Went for a quick diversion with the Harry Potter though and now ploughing through Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Norrell and Mr Strange thing - seems alright if a little studied and laboured.
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-Franz Kafka

-Charles Bukowski

-G. García Márquez

-Fiodor Dostoievski

-Adolfo Bioy Cáceres

-Arthur Rimbaud.

-Julio Cortázar
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Originally posted by GoldenSpiral GoldenSpiral wrote:

Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

Originally posted by Wolf Spider Wolf Spider wrote:

Andrzej Sapkowski
Frank Herbert
Fiodor Dostojewski
Michail Bulchakov

Frank Herbert

Dune is the greatest sci-fi book ever written,and the book that got me into sci-fi.



I am currently reading Dune and it is awesome so far.  I just wish i had more time for recreational reading.  I am also a big fan of Arthur C. Clarke, Chuck Palahniuk, and Tolkien.

I also must mention one of the craziest books I have ever read, House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski.  This book is an insane sort of sci-fi story that works on about 3 levels of concentric narrative, and becomes so convoluded at times that you literally have to turn the book upside down to read it.  Has anyone else read this book?

YES.That book reminds me of a bad acid trip I had when I was a teenager.


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william blake's writing & illustrations

colin wilson- outsider

hindu mythology

robert svoboda- aghora series

j.d.salinger-catcher in the rye
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^ Thanks for the tip, Jean

As for me... I can't think of any books that haven't influenced me to a certain degree (except the ones I was supposed to study from), but if I have to choose, I choose Samuel Beckett and Julian Barnes.  
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as for completely insane books, go for the "Codex Seraphinianius" by Luigi Serafini:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Seraphinianus


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Henry Kuttner (stories about Hogben's Family - I can't remember title)
Stainslaw Lem
Kurt Vonnegut
Franz Kafka
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Bulkhakow Michail
Tibor Dery
William Wharton
Jules Verne
George Wells
Joseph Heller (paragraph 22)
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Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

Originally posted by Wolf Spider Wolf Spider wrote:

Andrzej Sapkowski
Frank Herbert
Fiodor Dostojewski
Michail Bulchakov

Frank Herbert

Dune is the greatest sci-fi book ever written,and the book that got me into sci-fi.



I am currently reading Dune and it is awesome so far.  I just wish i had more time for recreational reading.  I am also a big fan of Arthur C. Clarke, Chuck Palahniuk, and Tolkien.

I also must mention one of the craziest books I have ever read, House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski.  This book is an insane sort of sci-fi story that works on about 3 levels of concentric narrative, and becomes so convoluded at times that you literally have to turn the book upside down to read it.  Has anyone else read this book?
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Quite a mix actually: from Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy) to Homers' Iliad.
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Stanislaw Lem is awsome but I`ve read better books. Bulhakow has also other great books, Dostojewski as well
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nice to see someone named Bulgakov; "The Master and Margerita" is one of the greatest satires ever. "Dune" is overrated, in my opinion; when it comes to SF: give me Stanislaw Lem. I also love James Joyce, Lawrence Sterne and Jonathan Swift (Irish on my mother's side). and, since I am a woman, I also love the works of the Bronte sisters, Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf


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Originally posted by Kohllapse Kohllapse wrote:

Originally posted by Wolf Spider Wolf Spider wrote:

Originally posted by Kohllapse Kohllapse wrote:

The Bible


Let me see... You have "One" as your avatar and the book that influenced you is the Bible...
NEAL, get outta here this is a fan forum
 
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Originally posted by Wolf Spider Wolf Spider wrote:

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The Bible


Let me see... You have "One" as your avatar and the book that influenced you is the Bible...
NEAL, get outta here this is a fan forum
 
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Originally posted by Kohllapse Kohllapse wrote:

The Bible


Let me see... You have "One" as your avatar and the book that influenced you is the Bible...
NEAL, get outta here this is a fan forum
 
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Points: 3047 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 25 2005 at 13:09

hmmm some of the books that influenced me....

  1. 1984 - George Orwell
  2. The Grapes of Wrath - Steinbeck
  3. Dune - Frank Herbert
  4. The Jungle - Upton Sinclair
  5. The Lathe of Heaven - Ursula K. LeGuin
  6. John Adams - McCullough
  7. What's the Matter With Kansas? - Thomas Friedman

to name a few

as T. Jefferson said, "I cannot live without my books".
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Some authors, whose works I enjoyed: Aleksis Kivi, Eino Leino, Franz Kafka, Charles Bukowski, Raymond Chandler, Norman Mailer, Ian M. Banks and Philip K. Dick.

I haven't read novels for some time, I'm just unable to concentrate them.  I have done books about history, science and arts, as they can be readed in a more short-tempered way.
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Many authors 'ave influenced me, but none more than Niccolò Machiavelli. His works, such as "Il Principe" and "Dell'arte della guerra," 'ave really 'elped me shape my political and societal views.
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The Gadfly by E.L. Voynich probably had the biggest influence on me than any other book...
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