in the way of a follow-up
to this post

i ran across this post i made at 12:32 pm on December 27, 2000*:

When I was out with friends the other night, we listed books that influenced or changed our lives.
Here are some of mine --

Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison
Cat’s Eye, Margaret Atwood
A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
Free Fall, William Golding
Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut
Wild Swans, Jung Chang
Bastard Out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison
Condemned to Devil’s Island, Blair Niles
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
Black Power, Stockely Carmichael & Charles V. Hamilton

Some alternates that are significant for the time and circumstances under which they were consumed:
Helter Skelter, Vincent Bugliosi
Nine Princes in Amber, Roger Zelazny
Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung

wow, that list is in some serious need of updating. maybe soon.

* i honestly can't believe i've been blogging for that long.