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A comment on Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impact on your life?.

Re:Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impa... by sdedovic on Sunday March 29, 2020 @10:38AM (#22719338)
- Anna Karenina: Tolstoy knows people better than they know themselves

- Brave New World: Aldous Huxley is a genius and a wordsmith

- Dune: a sci-fi masterpiece, highly recommended to anyone into sci-fi

- Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: not purely fiction but an amazing book I will surely re-read during my lifetime

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Re:Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impa... by dreamer7 on Sunday March 29, 2020 @11:07AM (#22719583)
Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is really a perspective expanding book. It just took a lot of persistence to get through as, at times, it was quite frustrating to read.

Perhaps I should read it again to get a deeper appreciation for it

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Re:Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impa... by Jkol on Sunday March 29, 2020 @01:40PM (#22720883)
Same for me, I loved it for the lessons I learned and I've gifted that book to friends but boy it is a slog to read through.
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Re:Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impa... by pengaru on Sunday March 29, 2020 @06:59PM (#22723553)
Zen is worth a read to acquire a label for gumption traps alone. But I must admit I've probably never actually read the entire thing, whenever chapters went deep into Phaedrus land I probably skipped a few pages here and there.
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Re:Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impa... by acarabott on Sunday March 29, 2020 @01:23PM (#22720732)
Lila, the sequel to Zen... had an even bigger impact on me.

I also found some of the ideas easier to take away and hold onto.

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Re:Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impa... by Balgair on Sunday March 29, 2020 @01:24PM (#22720738)
Karenina is amazing all these decades later.
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Re:Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impa... by throw1234651234 on Sunday March 29, 2020 @09:18PM (#22724357)
Zen and The Art...is like a boomer bible.
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