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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Scaryduck reminded me ofUmberto Eco - 'Foucaults Pendulum' or Dan Brown for grown-ups. No great back story, just a book that makes reading that great experience for which you would even turn down sex, drugs and/or rock 'n' roll.
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you what?Umberto Eco basically masturbates all over a typewriter. His texts are florid to the point of unreadabilty, and I waded through "Pendulum" for a month before reaching that cop-out of an ending. What a cunt. Eco, you're a cunt. I bet he looks into a mirror whilst he types, too.
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Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Thu 15 May 2008, 16:04,
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EcoOne of my favourites. Pendulum is among his best, but he sets the bar high. He tests his readers and challenges them to keep up.
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Foucault's Pendulumwas my favourite book when I was 16. I wanted to make a wiki of it but wikis hadn't been invented then.
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crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 15 May 2008, 16:07,
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Name of the Rose was goodAll his other fiction that I've tried has completely failed to hold my interest. But the basic premise of FP is 'it's really easy to make up a conspiracy theory' and Dan Brown definitely took note...
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flatfrog Staring vacantly into space, Thu 15 May 2008, 16:32,
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IslandPendulum is just self-indulgent wank, although worth a holiday read. Name of the rose is excellent. The Island of the Day before Yesterday (or something) is kind of in between the two, I feel.
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