I suspect there would be far too many to answer if I really thought about this, but here are a few:
Rudyard Kipling is beyond cancelled these days, but as a young child, The Just So Stories was probably the first book I liked for the style in which it was told as much as the stories themselves.
My favourite authors, Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges and Philip K. *** have doubtless influenced my worldview in numerous subtle and unsubtle ways.
Probably lots of bits of poetry have lodged in my head and underscored moments of my life.
Non-fiction: The Righteous Mind Jonathan Haidt springs to mind as something that influenced me fairly recently. The essays of George Orwell have been a big influence on how I see the political world, even though I am absolutely not a socialist.
Also a number of twentieth century Jewish Jewish texts that largely revolve around the idea of being a fully-observant Orthodox Jew, but also having an existentially-aware and authentic inner life. Details available on request, but I think it probably departs from the interest of most people here.
I suspect there would be far too many to answer if I really thought about this, but here are a few:
Rudyard Kipling is beyond cancelled these days, but as a young child, The Just So Stories was probably the first book I liked for the style in which it was told as much as the stories themselves.
My favourite authors, Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges and Philip K. *** have doubtless influenced my worldview in numerous subtle and unsubtle ways.
Probably lots of bits of poetry have lodged in my head and underscored moments of my life.
Non-fiction: The Righteous Mind Jonathan Haidt springs to mind as something that influenced me fairly recently. The essays of George Orwell have been a big influence on how I see the political world, even though I am absolutely not a socialist.
Also a number of twentieth century Jewish Jewish texts that largely revolve around the idea of being a fully-observant Orthodox Jew, but also having an existentially-aware and authentic inner life. Details available on request, but I think it probably departs from the interest of most people here.
Just seen how this comment was mangled by the filter. I think it's hilarious that the author of such classic science fiction as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, A Scanner Darkly and Ubik can't actually be mentioned name on this site now.
