Favorite book/script affected you

[stimcrab]

First of all, what is your favorite book/script?

Secondly, how did it affect you? This can be either to mean you as a person or your writing style...

I'll do one, too. My favorite book is probably Paradise Lost by John Milton. This book affected my writing style because I started to write in a loftier style. The book also really expanded my mind about the philosophical ideals that are wrestled with in the first book of the Bible. The part that really struck me, though, was the characterization of Satan, who, in my eyes, is the perfect anti-hero; that really got me started on writing stories about people who are really downtrodden, and turn into from the protagonist to the anti-hero.

Also, I'll be happy to review anyone else's work, just send me a request!

[Pathnine]

Neat thread! I can't narrow it down to just one book, so I'll do one for each of my favorite genres:

Self Help: Being your own dating service, by Nina Atwood. This book is an amazing book about how to get into a healthy LTR. It opened my eyes in a lot of ways.

Poetry: The Selected Poems of Anna Akhmatova. I've read this book from cover to cover dozens of times, and it is by far my favorite book of poetry. I can pick it up at anytime of the day, or read it anywhere, and it still intrigues me. She was a dark poet with an old soul. Russian, too.

Fiction: The Trial, by Franz Kafka. Kafka was my favorite author for years, and aside from his short stories, this book is my favorite book of his. It all started with Kafka.

Humor: Letters from a Nut, by Ted L. Nancy. This book is so fucking funny it's insane. Jerry Seinfeld wrote the introduction. This is the first book that I ever read that made me recognize the importance of punctuation. It influenced my poetry, and other writings.

Childrens: If I ran the Circus, by Dr. Seuss. This was the only Dr. Seuss book that I ever owned as a kid, but I lost it years ago. I picked up a new copy at the thrift shop recently, and reading was fun as hell. Nostalgia.

Comics: Lone Wolf and Cub. I don't have the creators names on hand this second. This is an absolute masterpiece of a comic. I used to read it in high school, but I didn't get the complete set until last year. It's brilliant. The characters have so much depth, and the storyline is so badass, it's just awesome.

Those are the main genres I read, but I may think of something else later. Cool thread :)

Daniel