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Writers who have influenced me « blue stockings — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:51:46 +0000

[...] who have influenced me Posted by woodscolt under Books, Personal No Comments A nice meme I got from So Many Books: name the twenty-five writers who have influenced you. It took me ages to [...]

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:11:23 +0000

I did the meme too: http://susanflynn.blogspot.com/2009/03/sunday-salon-25-most-influential.html It was a lot of fun! I’ve noticed that bloggers from the US pick Laura Ingalls Wilder whereas us up north pick Lucy Maud Montgomery, from our childhood fav authors. I’ve read some Anna Akhmatova, and how delightful to see Adrienne Rich there too! And my favourite, Jane. Lovely answers, Stefanie!

By: wil

wil — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:36:02 +0000

Great list! I recognize most of the names, but not all of them…I’ll have to follow up on those unknowns.

L’Engle is one of the authors that hooked me on sci-fi as well.

Now to see if I can come up with 25 of my own…

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:32:19 +0000

What a great and eclectic list! I’m currently reading A Wrinkle in Time–my first L’Engle novel. It’s great, but I wish I’d read it as a child… it feels like a book I could grow very fond of, as opposed to falling in love with.

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:05:54 +0000

Vasiilly, enjoyed your answers very much.

Sylvia, I bet you can come up with 25 and I will be interested to see who they are!

Carrie, I know what you mean. I’ve seen writers on others’ lists that I have never heard of and was surprised too. How could I not know?

BooksPlease, I am positive you can find 25. And after you do you will want to add another 25!

Maggie, Douglas Adams and Virginia Woolf get along well on the list, but in life I bet they would have annoyed the heck out of each other!

Litlove, I’ve always considered my reading to be rather eclectic and accidental and you manage to make it sound so very sophisticated. How do you do that?

Verbivore, thanks. Have fun researching!

Dorothy, it is fun to see some overlap and some new writers too. You had a few on your list that I had never of heard of that will be fun to investigate. It was difficult thinking over my reading history and trying to remember. Coming up with 25 was hard and ever since I have been thinking of others that I wish I had thought of but then I would have to drop one of the ones already there which would make a dilemma on how to choose.

Hobgoblin, it is hard to remember them all isn’t it?

Emily, you would make the best psychic ever. I think you should become telekinetic too. You and the ghosts would have great fun.

Karen, I enjoyed your list and you made me realize I forgot Judy Blume! How could I forget Judy Blume?

Dark Orpheus, I loved the Dune books and I thought for a while that Heinlein was a scifi god. No list would be complete without them!

Danielle, I would love to see your list. I think you could do it just fine! It is fun to see how one author leads to another and try to figure out how the ones that don’t seem to go together fit.

Laura, thanks for your nice comment. Feel free to link. You have a nice site

Gentle Reader, it is fun to see how lists have some overlap isn’t it? Your list has made me remember some I forgot about for mine!