tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post4131885233328370920..comments2024-03-28T18:54:13.800-04:00Comments on alien romances: Books That Made Us What We AreRowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-55494069848040191102009-05-05T13:00:00.000-04:002009-05-05T13:00:00.000-04:00Hi,
You are so right, books shape us.
I would say...Hi,<br />You are so right, books shape us. <br />I would say Russel Baker's books and later his columns aspired me to become a columnist. So also Bill Bryson - have written a few travel articles. <br />Thanks for your reply to my question on LinkedIn regarding book reviews.<br />Best,Lubnahttp://www.writerscyberslate.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-40560492776374541772009-05-01T21:13:00.000-04:002009-05-01T21:13:00.000-04:00It was actually a film that made me a writer--Star...It was actually a film that made me a writer--Star Wars. I wrote fan fiction based on the film before creating my own characters. It also made me a reader, as I began reading all the tie-in novels. I'd been a reader before, but that was my first real taste of science fiction/space opera.<br /><br />Once I got over the teenage years, I read non-film related science fiction. Anne McCaffrey was a huge influence on my early writing, especially the Sassinak books, and the Crystal Singer trilogy.Lisa Iriartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746425619147737744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-53149319383019068792009-05-01T19:21:00.000-04:002009-05-01T19:21:00.000-04:00Hard to narrow it down to just one book, I devoure...Hard to narrow it down to just one book, I devoured books when I was a kid, but Tolkien's The Hobbit and Mary Stewart's The Ivy Tree are standouts in my memories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-69955179597284253952009-05-01T16:42:00.000-04:002009-05-01T16:42:00.000-04:00Margaret, I wrote my senior thesis on C.S. Lewis's...Margaret, I wrote my senior thesis on C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy. I am so excited to see you like it too. It seems to me that THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH is written about today. It seemed that way forty years ago too. THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS... scary! I know too much about that kind of thinking. LOLFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08340332869249455215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-74776315212847624882009-04-30T15:49:00.000-04:002009-04-30T15:49:00.000-04:00Anne of Green Gables
Anne: "Don't you ever imagin...Anne of Green Gables<br /><br />Anne: "Don't you ever imagine things differently than they are?"<br />Marilla: "No."<br />Anne: "Oh, Marilla, how much you miss!"Kimber Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982239712083114488noreply@blogger.com