Ed Lynskey's Blog: Cracked Rearview Mirror - Posts Tagged "reading-influences"

For this post of my first reading influences, I going to omit the obvious but all-important role of my parents. So, who else is left? Well, my grandfather was a big reader of the classic pulps like Mr. Spillane's Mike Hammer, so he's mine.

The teachers had some pull. I recall the Scholastic Books biographies of historical figures that I read in the 4th grade. I'm not sure how I had the time to read them in class, but I did. The public library comes to mind. I checked out Zane Grey and Hardy Boys by the bushel. The Batman and Green Hornet comic books had an early appeal for me.

Remember the Walt Disney Children's vinyl LPs like of Swiss Family Robinson, Robin Hood, and Treasure Island? I played the grooves out of those albums. It wasn't reading per se, but it was vivid storytelling just the same. I wish I was a kid again to give them a listen with the same rapt attention that I had back then.

Happy reading to you and yours!

By Ed Lynskey
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Author of Lake Charles
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