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As an academic writer steeped in philosophy, what works of fiction have most influenced you?
Gregory B. Sadler
Early on, I had a strong interest in science fiction, fantasy, and horror so I'd expect that all that reading had some effect. . . .
There's still some writers in those genres -- G. K. Chesterton, P. K. Dick, H.P. Lovecraft in particular -- who I keep going back to, but from my college years on, my reading widened considerably. I'd say at different times, the influence differed as well. I remember being very struck by Celine's Journey to the End of Night, Dostoyevsky's The Demons, Kafka's The Trial.
It's tough to say though -- some of the writers who have really influenced me did so through what you might call the "combined weight" of books -- that would include Iris Murdoch, Graham Greene, and P.K. Dick
There's still some writers in those genres -- G. K. Chesterton, P. K. Dick, H.P. Lovecraft in particular -- who I keep going back to, but from my college years on, my reading widened considerably. I'd say at different times, the influence differed as well. I remember being very struck by Celine's Journey to the End of Night, Dostoyevsky's The Demons, Kafka's The Trial.
It's tough to say though -- some of the writers who have really influenced me did so through what you might call the "combined weight" of books -- that would include Iris Murdoch, Graham Greene, and P.K. Dick
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