A book that changed your life

[Scout]

I could never get into Slaughterhouse-Five, but maybe I should give it another try.

[Papaphilly]

Scout wrote: "I could never get into Slaughterhouse-Five, but maybe I should give it another try."

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is not for everybody. He is a giant in my life, but I certainly get that he does not affect all. When asked who I think the most of when it comes to modern authors, I always say Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Ray Bradbury. Vonnegut taught me to think and Bradbury taught me to dream.

[G.R.]

Papaphilly wrote: "Vonnegut taught me to think and Bradbury taught me to dream."

Papaphilly thanks for that last post. I was going to say that people are mentioning some great books but few people are actually commenting on how those books changed them.

"Flowers for Algernon" was the first book that brought me to tears and showed me how effective a constantly transforming narrative voice can be.

"A Game of Thrones" was a genre game-changer for me and actually the impetus that convinced me I wanted to write my own (but highly inferior) novel.

[Scout]

I read a lot of Bradbury in my youth. Can't say it was transformative, but his work was interesting. Was War of the Worlds one of the first widely read novels about interplanetary clashes?

[Scout]

I'm going to get them from the library, pronto :-) Will let you know how it goes.