R.C. Dilan asked R.C. Dilan:

Is there any particular author or book that influenced you in any way either growing up or as an adult?

R.C. Dilan Two writers that really influenced me were Haruki Murakami and Hunter S. Thompson. I don't know if my writing is very similar to either author, and I know for a fact that I'm no where near there level, but their writing style really gets to me.

For Murakami, the thing that sticks out the most is how strange his books are sometime. He takes the character and the story to such unbelievable places at times, but he does it in a way that still feels real. I love that, and it really gave me the courage to push the boundaries of what is considered normal. Kafka's Metamorphosis also taught me a lot about pushing that boundary.

With Thompson, I just love the voice of his writing. Maybe it's because of Johnny Depp's portrayal in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but I find the sound of his writing to just be incredible. He also has my single favorite passage of all time; it's the one in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas about the 60's and the wave. I read it over and over.

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