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"What Book Changed Your Mind?"

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I didn't know who these people were that they asked, but there are some interesting book suggestions:

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FAHRENHEIT 451 was the book for me. Ray Bradbury's short stories were what firsat made me want to become a writer, and this novel further cemented that dream inside of me, as well as more deeply instilled this passion for books and a fight against censorship.
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When I first came to BookTalk, I had been wrestling between theism & atheism and at that time was still hoping to find Something There. Reading and discussing Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan on BookTalk convinced me that quest was ridiculous.
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LanDroid wrote:When I first came to BookTalk, I had been wrestling between theism & atheism and at that time was still hoping to find Something There. Reading and discussing Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan on BookTalk convinced me that quest was ridiculous.
I'd never heard of that book, but I'll certainly check it out.
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LanDroid, I didn't know Demon-Haunted World was so instrumental in your shift from theism to atheism. But it makes sense that it was.
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in the mid-1960s, fresh out of college, I was a supporter of our war in Vietnam. Needless to say, I ran into a slew of opposing viewpoints. Then I bought a book by the Ripon Society, titled: "100 Reasons Why We Are in Vietnam." Was certain this would provide all the info I needed to bolster my opinions. I read it, and came to the conclusion that the United States had absolutely NO reason to be fighting a war in Vietnam.
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Hal Henry wrote:in the mid-1960s, fresh out of college, I was a supporter of our war in Vietnam. Needless to say, I ran into a slew of opposing viewpoints. Then I bought a book by the Ripon Society, titled: "100 Reasons Why We Are in Vietnam." Was certain this would provide all the info I needed to bolster my opinions. I read it, and came to the conclusion that the United States had absolutely NO reason to be fighting a war in Vietnam.
I am speaking as someone born in 1990, so of course I was not around in that era. But the books that have shaped my opinion regarding Vietnam were the novels and short story collections written by Vietnam vets. THE THINGS THEY CARRIED by Tim O'Brien, A GOOD SCENT FROM A STRANGE MOUNTAIN by Robert Olen Butler, and of course THE FOREVER WAR by Joe Haldeman were all influential for their brutal but beautiful deptictions of the time.
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FAHRENHEIT 451 and Atlas Shrugged. Shame on me, but it was not a long time ago when I've finished to read them.
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This may seem to mainstream, but for me, the book that changed my outlook on life was The Fault in Our Stars. Sometimes we think that life is hard, that life is unfair, but upon reading it, people with ailments/disabilities are the ones who have it harder. It's hard to fall in love, to get attached because you may not know when your ailment will attack you, and it's hard to see your loved ones stress over you.
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"Follow Your Heart: Finding Purpose in Your Life and Work" by Andrew Matthews has changed my mind to more positive. Try this book.
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