George

Thanks everyone. Plenty of good books to add to my must read list now

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Way way back in the late 1970's, I read a book called The Monkey Wrench Gang by (I believe) Edward Abbee. It was about a group of four or possibly five people who took it upon themselves to be environmental activists, long before environmental activism came into vogue. They rode around at night sawing down billboards in the desert, performing creative sabotage etc etc and it really opened my eyes to the harm that was coming to our environment even at that time. It changed the way I thought about being environmentally conscious and it was a darn good story to boot.

Justin

I really enjoy reading, though I've not really read any books that I would say "changed my life". If I had to choose the one that came closest, though, I'd say: Sex and Society in the World of the Orthodox Slavs, 900-1700 by Eve Levin. That book gives more information than you would ever want about how the Orthodox Slavs dealt with the issue of sex, and it was a bit of an eye opener for me as an Orthodox Christian. For example, they believed that any miscarriage that happened was the fault of the mother, and she was excommunication for a year.

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mplltt

The dictionary references the bible as a noun and an adjective. An adjective describes a noun and therefore any book with it's title a noun, can be referenced as a bible. Every book that is not literature including republican philosophy or the establishment (including established church doctrine) would have been a good book other than the bible to read.

To satisfy curiosity and in so doing relieve emphasis on the obvious, I like Backstory by Ken Auletta, Moksha by Aldous Huxley, Isaac Asimov (any of his books) and mathbooks. I hate the fact that Asimov is taken out of context so often and I wish that there was more emphasis on his scientific books that describe the doctoral work that he has professed.

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Czurcz

The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy - The Trilogy Of Four, by Douglas Adams.

Changed my life, seriously, I'm not kidding. Now I always make sure that I take a rubber duck into the bath with me.

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George

Interesting... what about teh book changed your life?

I can't wait to hear this one. I only saw the movie

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Czurcz

Oh, it opened up my imagination, that's all.

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LadyLuck

LMAO i saw that movie! Ya it changed my life too. NOW i know the meaning of life. 42 BABY!

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THEWAULRUS

Bible is a pointless book of stories in my opinion and I treat it as such. The only thing I can really withdraw from it are morals, which I can have enough common sense to come up with on my own. As for books that changed my life, not any that I know of.

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The War Against the Chtorr - David Gerrold

While not prophetic books... it made me think of the diverse lifeforms that maybe discovered in the real Universe. Spooky, shaky, and possibly real.

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