Books that changed your life - >> name a couple

[Supermodel]

I would have to say:

Fear of flying by Erica Yong (made me a feminist)

and

The Three Musketeers by A. Dumas because I was a little kid and I hated reading and this was the first book I remember picking up without being forced to and not being able to put it down.


Before you all respond:

Let's assume we all credit the Bible and the Koran.

[Menshevik]

Guerilla Warfare, introduced me to Che.

If I Die In A Combat Zone by Tim O'Brien, a memoir of Vietnam

What Is Communist Anarchism by Alexander Berkman

Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas, about Castro persecution

Ideas and Opinions by Albert Einstein, a collection of all his essays

Bread and Wine by Ignatio Silone, about Italian Communist posing as a priest while trying overthrow Facist govt.

many more, have to look over my library.

[kingbee]

either coming up for air or homage to catalonia (both by george orwell)

[Xvall]

1984 - By George Orwell
Manifesto of the Communist Party - By Karl Marx
The Theoretical Foundations of Communism, Fascism, and Democracy - (Author Unknown)

[Bakunjin]

Albert Camus: The Stranger
Albert Camus: The Plague

[Revolution Hero]

" Scientific communism"- written by many soviet theoretics

" How the steel was tempered" by Ostrovsky

[I Will Deny You]

Everybody Poops

Lindsay

[man in the red suit]

lmfao,

for me it would be "Tom sawyer." I will never wander through caves again in my spare time.

(Edited by man in the red suit at 1:06 am on June 23, 2002)

[suffianr]

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien.

That fucking Gollum thingy gave me endless nightmares, when I was a kid..."what's it's gots in it's pocketses?"
Fucker. :)

[I Bow 4 Che]

Kurt Vonnegut Slaughter House Five...holy shit that book changed my life forever! it completly opened up my mind!

[guerrillaradio]

Orwell - 1984
Camus - The Outsider
Klein - No Logo

[MJM]

Black Like Me.

[j]

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life--J.L. Anderson

Savage Inequalities--J. Kozol

There Are No Children Here--Kowlitz (I think)

j

p.s.--Lindsay--Everybody Poops is GREAT BOOK!!!! My girlfriend just gave it to her 2 1/2 year old nephew. Its hilarious

[Conghaileach]

Orwell's "1984" and "Homage to Catalonia".

[deadpool 52]

All books change your life in some way.

Chomsky's What Uncle Sam Really Wants informed the most in the begining of the real world wide events.

And Seuss's Fox in Socks did a number, too.

[death b4 dishonour]

A book called DragonWings... its about a young chinese boy living in san fransico in the early 1900's and the racism he had to deal with while living there.

[Supermodel]

I'm printing out this post and I promise to read all these suggestions (read a few already). Thanks and keep them coming.

[Felicia]

...I need a book to change my life and open my eyes, this thread has been helpful to me, thanks :)

[Anonymous]

The process - Franz kafka
MEtamorfos - Franz kafka
And so talked Zaratusta - Nietzche
Democracy And secrecy - Dr. Oswald Le Winter (ex. CIA)
Jesus against Jesus - Gérard Mordillat & Jérôme Prieur
The great Misterys of the secret war- Bernard michal (about spys in WWII)
The Art of war - Sun Tzu

And others............

(still trying to find a translated version of Guerrilla warfare of Che!)

[Felicia]

Quote: from the anarchist on 10:20 pm on July 18, 2002

(still trying to find a translated version of Guerrilla warfare of Che!)

One in english?

[bluerev002]

fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury was the first book i read about censorship and it opened my eyes to it all. its great and true, although not a lot of my peeps understand it, they thought it was boring.
I started reading "Che Guevara, a revolutionary life" a couple weeks ago and so far its great.

[mentalbunny]

1984 scared me shitless, and Brave New World likewise. Also the most recent book i've read "the lathe of heaven" freaked me out.

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice had an impact, made me think aobut imortality and the flaws of human nature. I'm not a huge reader any more, I should pick it up again.

Oh yeah, Camus' Teh Outsider had an impact too, his writing style hit me.

I can't remember msot of the books I've read, anyone got any recommendations?

[Titus]

fight club - chuck palahnuik
1984 - george orwell
down and out in paris and london - orwell
on the road - jack kerouac

[Anonymous]

Felicia: on english?


no in portuguese i alredy have the book in english

[ComradeJunichi]

I'd have to say Animal Farm. It opened me up to history more than politics or philosophy. BUT history opened me up to politics and philosophy. Thanks Orwell.

[Anonymous]

but what has been opening my eyes more is the site: www.gnn.tv

[mentalbunny]

I'm off to france for 4 weeks so i'll have masses of reading time and thus I'm taking a stack of books with me. I've read most of most of them, but I never finished Sophie's World or Candide, and I'm reading The Outsider in french, as well as Les Justes (I don't know it's english title, it's a play). Hopefully these will be good!

[Lefty]

Jesus, so many

The catcher in the rye- J.D. Salinger- It makes me feel like a human when nothing else does

The motorcycle diaries- Ernesto "Che" Guevara- It taught me about the poverty outside of the U.S

1984- George Orwell- It made me anti-american

Animal Farm- George Orwell- It made me anti-stalinist

Monsters Blood (Goosebumps #38)- R.L. Stine- Since i read it in 1st grade, i have read everything that wasnt nailed down

Rants- Dennis Miller- That man is fucking hilarious.

I will think of more.

[Lefty]

Shit! I forgot Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. It made me anti- censorship. More are yet to come.

[komsomol]

No book has made any real impact on my life. Some ahve gave me ideas, only non-fiction though, fiction sucks.

The internet is just as usefull as a book.

[Xanderbeaux]

Animal Farm for sure i couldnt put the book down
Guide of a Solitary Practioner (something like that) Scott Cunningham
All Quiet on the Western Front
Ask Alice
The Odyssey- if they use to believe in that b4 and now we think there so stupid what makes us think were any better maybe someone will read a book like that later on about us and think we were so stupid for believing in saints gods/ess or anything
Pandora by Anne Rice
those are only a few of alot

[new democracy]

i am about to read "we can change the world" that i am sure that will change my life even more!!!

[anti machine]

One Flew Over the CUckoo's Nest-Ken Kesey

And The Grapes of Wrath, CHe by Anderson, but most of all the Autobiography of Malcolm X

[MAN with a RED face]

Communist Manifesto
"All the working class in the world, Unite!"

[boadicea88]

Lord of the Flies.
1984.
Many more.

(Edited by boadicea88 at 11:27 pm on Aug. 29, 2002)

[hawarameen]

Of mice and men didnt change my life but it was a bloody good book.

What is 1984 like? many have said its good.

what did change my life was che a revolutionary life by anderson -

[pce]

johnny got his gun - by dalton trumbo

the stranger

and the autobiography of malcolm X

[boadicea88]

Quote: from pce on 2:33 pm on Aug. 30, 2002
johnny got his gun - by dalton trumbo



I keep trying to get that from the library, but I always forget the title.

[ovrproofmentalz]

the autobiography of Malcolm X

[ovrproofmentalz]

my bad...... i dont mean to flood but

The long walk to freedom - by nelson mandela

also changed me

[deadpool 52]

Heather Has Two Mommies

[mujer revolucionaria]

a Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving (my favorite book)

On The Road - Kerouac (I know typical)

Catcher in the Rye - Salinger (put the love of reading in me....I still remember reading the entire book under the staircase at my Jr High as I hid out there for hours one afternoon)

The German Ideology - Marx (hmmm what can I say.....amazing)

Shock Treatment - Karen Finley (made me realize I wasnt alone in the world)

Sexual State of the Union - Susie Bright (intellecual writing about sex......you can be sexy and smart!! Even if you arent a beauty queen....I am surely no beauty queen.....Susie is SO liberating!!!)

[Sammi]

Catcher in the Rye - Made me realise Books had a message or would make you think..

My Life by Trotsky- Showed me "commies" are not evil satan worshipping, Baby eatting Demons that The North American Media and School system makes them out to be and that they actually had good in them.

The Guitar handbook- Thought me the basics of guitars and playing them :o

[boadicea88]

I forgot Wateship Down, The Plague Dogs, and Mao Tse-Tung On Revolution. Oh, and The Cry and the Dedication.

[Mazdak]

Communist Manefesto
Lord of the Rings

A few historical novels.
a few biographies on stalin that are quite anti stalinist.
I set out disproving them.

[mentalbunny]

I recently read Behind the scenes at the Museum. It was incredible, it really touched me, Kate Atkinson writes so well. It definitely had an impact on me.

[Socialmalfunction]

farenheight 451
1984
lord of the flies
lord of the rings
memnoch the devil
and every other book that i've read over this past year and a half

[No Food Allowed]

I've started reading Tupac's poetry book, The Rose That Grew From Concrete Many of the poems are deep and emotional. I recommend this book to everybody.

(Edited by No Food Allowed at 5:25 pm on Sep. 8, 2002)

[Marxboriqua]

I too am taking notes on what to read from this thread, currently I'm reading Guerilla Warfare, the biography of Che, and Sun Tzu's The Art of War

[Marxboriqua]

Although the books that changed my life would have to be, The Lord of the Rings for making me learn to love reading, and Fight Club for totally changing my outlook on life and the world around me.

[Prometheus]

Well, when one encounters something - i.e. anything - it changes her; albeit the quality of change varies.

Hence, noting this, I really think that the question should be far more specific.

[IHP]

"Midnights Children" -- Salmon Rushdie
"Marx Engels Reader" -- Marx, Engels
"Guevara, also known as Che" -- Paco Ignaitio Taibo II
"Johnny got his gun" -- Dalton Trumbo

--IHP

[commieboy]

"Guevara, also known as Che" -- Paco Ignaitio Taibo II
The catcher in the rye
communist manafesto
one shot one kill
(I just bought The african dream from che's journals and has anyone else here read it and if so did you like it?)

[Marxman]

"Russia:from revolution to counter-revolution."
"Bolshevism:the road to revolution."
"Lenin and Trotksy:what they really stood for."
...

[LeninCCCP]

1984
Communist Manifesto

[peaccenicked]

The book is great but here is synopsis of the film and quote.

SYNOPSIS


Based on the classic Russian novel by Ivan Goncharov, "Oblomov" is the story of a wealthy landowner who simply refuses to leave his bed. The idle protagonist resolves to maintain his horizontal posture indefinitely, despite the efforts of numerous well-wishers who try to coax him outside. Pining for the magical vision of reality he enjoyed as a child, Oblomov would rather let his life waste away than come out of his lair and face the drabness of everyday existence.



MOVIE QUOTES



"Never in my life, thank God, have I had to pull a sock on my foot myself!" -- Oblomov

[doolally]

-everything is a political act, and so-called *popular* fiction has changed more lives and affected more daily interactions than any of the *serious*, theoretical books cited in this thread. My father beat his children and his wife, in part, because he read The Sun newspaper. [I can make those links for you in another thread if you like] Here are the books that come quick and sharp to mind when I think of who I am now [in no order and with no indication of how I was changed]:

Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs
The Gulag Archipelago, Solzenintsyn (sp)
Use Of Weapons, Iain M. Banks
Dispatches, Michael Herr
Gender Trouble, Judith Butler
Coming Through Slaughter, Michael Ondaatje
Ulyssess, James Joyce
The Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf
A Woman's Place, Robin Lakoff
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, Ken Kesey
Deliverance, James Dickey
The Indispensible Chomsky, Noam Chomsky
Collected Poems, Margaret Atwood

-dool

[Panamarisen]

"Microbe Hunters" - Paul de Kruif

"Steppen Wolf" - Hermann Hesse

"Tropic of Capricorn" - Henry Miller

"Las venas abiertas de América Latina" (The open veins of Latin America) - Eduardo Galeano

"Libro del desasosiego" (Book of Disquiet) - Fernando Pessoa

[Exploited Class]

TCP/IP in just 14 hours.
"The error checking of protocols is just amazing, if you could only hold DNS in your hand!"

Anything by Danielle Steele

Wiring diagram manual for the 1992 Ford Taurus.

Freaky Friday - Well the movie (not sure if there is a book)

Spiderman comics.

The book of Mormon

*Just to throw everybody for a loop since it is Friday*