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This book changed my life . . .

#61
On the day I read this book, it did change my life. I can't say any one event has ever changed my life...its more of a day to day thing. I pick up small pieces of life along my walk and put them in my pocket and smile. It all adds up over time...



And this is the one that made me want to write...can't say enough about his style and voice.

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Some would argue this next book is some sort of religious text. I didnt' see it that way. It more or less gave me hope about the human species in general.


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#63
To me, it would be L Ron Hubbards Mission Earth Series....its a full SF series that satirizes American politics and pop culture of the 80's....made me realize at about 15 that the world isn't the cut and paste happy place that it seems at a young age....

but really...if you read one book you get the ultimate answer

it just happens to be 42 :ninja:
 
#65
Wizardgoleman said:
To me, it would be L Ron Hubbards Mission Earth Series....its a full SF series that satirizes American politics and pop culture of the 80's....made me realize at about 15 that the world isn't the cut and paste happy place that it seems at a young age....

but really...if you read one book you get the ultimate answer

it just happens to be 42 :ninja:
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:D
 
#69
The Life of Pi was a "wow" book for me...

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson was another one that's sticks out in my mind.

Although I tend to go through phases of different kinds of books - novels through bios through almost textbook kind of book - and usually have a period of raving about one of my latest readings.
 
#70
morf said:
Because you dont realize to which extent literature can open your mind. Dismissing everything ever written like you just did is silly. It's like someone telling you "oh well I dont listen to music it does nothing for me, but I'm a big movies fan".
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Yes - great literature is really the only art form that discusses your inner thoughts and which can be about how you think - rather than skating over the surface of life which is what most films/movies do.

Of course there are films which can change your life - but it is an art form that shows you the 'outside' rather than the thought processes....

I take it as read that anybody who wants to be a musician has had their life changed by music - but books can really address your inner thought processes and speak to that directly.

In the end - philosophy makes you realise that we are each just a group of thought processes shaping our own world and that in the end - everything happens in our heads - well the only things we can be certain of - the rest could all just be illusion or a deliberate attempt to mislead us - see 'the Matrix' - one of the very few films that does address ideas and philosophy in a successful visual manner....?
 
#71
mlowe said:
Good point Morph man,

"Sometime the pictures are better on the radio"
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Hehe, exactly.

Bruce Lindfield said:
Yes - great literature is really the only art form that discusses your inner thoughts and which can be about how you think - rather than skating over the surface of life which is what most films/movies do.

Of course there are films which can change your life - but it is an art form that shows you the 'outside' rather than the thought processes....

I take it as read that anybody who wants to be a musician has had their life changed by music - but books can really address your inner thought processes and speak to that directly.

In the end - philosophy makes you realise that we are each just a group of thought processes shaping our own world and that in the end - everything happens in our heads - well the only things we can be certain of - the rest could all just be illusion or a deliberate attempt to mislead us - see 'the Matrix' - one of the very few films that does address ideas and philosophy in a successful visual manner....?
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Yep, pretty much.
 
#74
The First book I read enrirely online was something I believe was called 'Where's Grampa?'

I wish I could find it again, or get a physical copy. It basically consisted of an explanation of Alzheimers disease, sort of.

Alzheimers(in the story) is actually demonic posession. But because people have evolved since the dawn of creation, the demons usually can't 'connect' as efficiently as before. When they DO connect effectively, we perceive it as severe mental illness like schizophrenia.

When they connect less effectively, we STILL percieve it as mental illnesses.

In the main characters case, he has a demon that's trying to make him go on a killing spree, but in stead it causes him to lose bladder control at WalMart and wander off from the house at night with his underwear on over his pants.

It sounds pretty lightweight, describing it like that. But the dialogue scenes are awesome. Such as the one where the family members are talking about how "Grampa ain't what he used to be." and yet he is still completely together mentally and hearing all of this, but unable to respond Or any of the several long discussions inside his head with the frustrated demon, while his family see him staring off into space and think his mind is just wandering again.

It was way too cool for words and I wish I could read it again.
 
#75
"Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do (The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in a Free Society) - Peter McWilliams

Harmony - Walter Piston

The Road Less Traveled - Scott Peck

Whitewash I & II - Harold Weisberg

The Elements of Style - EB White & Wlliam Strunk
 
#78
Zen Guitar by Philip Toshio Sudo

Any musician owes it to themselves and those they teach to read this. the piece on tuning alone is worth 50 times the cover price.


Prachett rules! And If you aren't changed by Self-Reliance, you are simply on the wrong planet.
 

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