Book carryover into life

HorridRedDog · 04-10-2010, 10:36 AM

Books have had more than a few carryovers into my life.

On the "fun" side;

Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes - caused me to move to Boston in the 70's.

John Carter by Edgar Rice Burroughs - got me started with fencing, and astronomy.

Any other stories?

I'm not looking for "This is the best book to change you life". Just an easy going discussion about how a book or two made your life a little more interesting.

RPribyl · 04-10-2010, 10:38 AM

Very interesting topic! Only thing I really have is reading books that involve my place of employment...but a book didn't get me to start working there. It's still interesting to read about the author's take on the Bureau of Prisons.

ImogenRose · 04-10-2010, 11:39 AM

My physics MCAT books got me back into quantum physics.... time travel... and writing.

HorridRedDog · 04-10-2010, 11:43 AM

Interested in prisons? Try "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Alexander Solzenhitsyn. Want to go a little farther, try this.

jonsbjons · 04-14-2010, 10:06 AM

I read in childhood, reread during all my life and gave to my child "Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain, "Karlsson on the Roof" and "Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren, and especially the saga of Moomin Tove Jansson.
This is quite typical for people of Russia and the former Soviet Union, but I still have absolutely no idea what the popularity of these books in the world.

lene1949 · 04-16-2010, 10:33 AM

I watched a few mini-series from Australia, which caused me/us to move here...

GA Russell · 04-16-2010, 05:06 PM

Bill Veeck's Veeck as in Wreck spurred me on to get a job in a minor league baseball front office.

pholy · 04-18-2010, 12:03 PM

Tracy Kidder's Soul of a New Machine led me to leave a safe, steady, somewhat boring job with Bell to join a project doing a new 'word processor' from AES (remember them?) just as the new IBM 'PC' spelled the death knell of single function computers. Of course, no dot matrix printer could have the quality of a good Daisy Wheel (tm?) printer with a specialized driver that could vary the hammer force for perfectly even black letters. Wow! Then came laser printers... oops. What a disaster that turned into!

jes1 · 04-18-2010, 10:19 PM

Every time I have read the Harpercraft Hall series by Anne McCaffery I have started practicing my poor old dusty guitar and piano. Hmmm...I think it is time for a re-read of the series. I have not played in months.

04-10-2010, 10:36 AM	#1
HorridRedDog Addict Posts: 322 Karma: 1592 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: PRS-600 EB-1150	Book carryover into life Books have had more than a few carryovers into my life. On the "fun" side; Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes - caused me to move to Boston in the 70's. John Carter by Edgar Rice Burroughs - got me started with fencing, and astronomy. Any other stories? I'm not looking for "This is the best book to change you life". Just an easy going discussion about how a book or two made your life a little more interesting.

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04-10-2010, 10:38 AM	#2
RPribyl Member Posts: 24 Karma: 36 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Dundee, MI Device: Kindle Voyage, Kobo Aura One	Very interesting topic! Only thing I really have is reading books that involve my place of employment...but a book didn't get me to start working there. It's still interesting to read about the author's take on the Bureau of Prisons.

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ImogenRose PORTAL Posts: 7,204 Karma: 2884640 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Kindle 1, Kindle 3 (3G), iPhone	My physics MCAT books got me back into quantum physics.... time travel... and writing.

04-10-2010, 11:43 AM	#4
HorridRedDog Addict Posts: 322 Karma: 1592 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: PRS-600 EB-1150	Interested in prisons? Try "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Alexander Solzenhitsyn. Want to go a little farther, try this.

04-14-2010, 10:06 AM	#5
jonsbjons Connoisseur Posts: 56 Karma: 118 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: PBook301	I read in childhood, reread during all my life and gave to my child "Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain, "Karlsson on the Roof" and "Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren, and especially the saga of Moomin Tove Jansson. This is quite typical for people of Russia and the former Soviet Union, but I still have absolutely no idea what the popularity of these books in the world.

04-16-2010, 10:33 AM	#6
lene1949 Wizard Posts: 1,952 Karma: 213930 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Middelfart, Denmark Device: Kindle paper white	I watched a few mini-series from Australia, which caused me/us to move here...

04-16-2010, 05:06 PM	#7
GA Russell Montreal wins Grey Cup! Posts: 7,583 Karma: 31484197 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	Bill Veeck's Veeck as in Wreck spurred me on to get a job in a minor league baseball front office.

04-18-2010, 12:03 PM	#8
pholy Booklegger Posts: 1,801 Karma: 7999816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Device: BeBook(1 & 2010), PEZ, PRS-505, Kobo BT, PRS-T1, Playbook, Kobo Touch	Tracy Kidder's Soul of a New Machine led me to leave a safe, steady, somewhat boring job with Bell to join a project doing a new 'word processor' from AES (remember them?) just as the new IBM 'PC' spelled the death knell of single function computers. Of course, no dot matrix printer could have the quality of a good Daisy Wheel (tm?) printer with a specialized driver that could vary the hammer force for perfectly even black letters. Wow! Then came laser printers... oops. What a disaster that turned into!

04-18-2010, 10:19 PM	#9
jes1 Zealot Posts: 139 Karma: 698 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Device: Astak EZReader, Dell Axim x50v, iPod Touch, nook	Every time I have read the Harpercraft Hall series by Anne McCaffery I have started practicing my poor old dusty guitar and piano. Hmmm...I think it is time for a re-read of the series. I have not played in months.

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