Most Infleuntial Books, a List.

What are the most influential books in your life? Well, here are mine, hope you enjoy!

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[childofthemoor]

It totally makes sense that you would think so.

I forgot Arha! I guess it's because I was a bigger fan of the first Earthsea book than any of the others.

[marktrade88]

Oh yeah, i think you're right about the that. Maybe they did say something about Genly Ai being a man at the beginning and I just ignored it because of the female voice.

There's Arha in the second Earthsea book. I haven't read that many to notice. Yeah, maybe I just expected her to have more female protagonists too, and that's why I thought Ai was a woman?

[childofthemoor]

I think that I remember that the main character is a black man....I think there is something mentioned about the main character being a man. It's funny, for Ursula K Le Guin having such strong female characters and themes, all her main characters are men. And that's sweet, cause I like Ged, Orr and She -- whatever his name from The Dispossessed Was -- but it's just strange.

[marktrade88]

Yeah, exactly! Through the whole book, I thought the main character was a woman. Even though they call everybody "he" they don't explicitly reveal the he's a man until the end and I was like, "whoa.... really?"

[childofthemoor]

Yep, really!

That's interesting. I never thought about that, considering I've only read it. As well, the main character, I thought was a man, but I could be wrong (?), and all the characters were gender-neutral, although they were referred to as "he," so that feminine twist is rather interesting.

[marktrade88]

Really? I actually listened to the audiobook for "The Left Hand of Darkness" and because it was narrated by a woman, it felt like it really had a twist that the text didn't.

[childofthemoor]

Great choices! Ursula K Le Guin is my favorite author of all time.

[marktrade88]

Yeah, I've read the first three Earthsea books and "The Left Hand of Darkness" so I don't expect to be disappointed. :)

[childofthemoor]

I'd go with the Lathe of Heaven, most definetly. :D

[marktrade88]

Interesting. I think, because I've seen this video, that I'm going to check out "The Lathe of Heaven" and "The Alchemist" next.

"Sideways Stories from Wayside School" was my first funny book. When I was little I really wanted to be an architect, and that book is based around the idea that the architect for the school looked at the plans sideways and had it built 30 stories high instead of one floor with 30 rooms. It was so silly, I loved it.

Maybe, I should think of more and make a video?