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The rules: Don't take too long to think about it. List 15 authors (I'm including fiction and non-fiction) who have influenced you and who will always stick with you. List the first 15 you can identify in no more than 15 minutes.

1. J.R.R. Tolkien

2. Donatien Alphonse François

3. Dante Alighieri

4. Umberto Eco

5. Camille Paglia

6. Mikhail Bakhtin (his work on Rabelais)

7. Jean de la Fontaine

8. Mário de Andrade

9. Arthur Conan Doyle

10. H.P. Lovecraft

11. Murray Rothbard

12. Friedrich Nietzsche

13. Ayn Rand

14. H.G. Wells

15. Albert Camus

#books #literature #nostrbooks

KassandrA dot_c0m 2y ago

1. Albert Camus

2. Friedrich Nietzsche

3. Dostojevski

4. Houellbecq

5. Baudelaire

6. Trakl

7. Virgile

8. Chateaubriand

9. Huysmans

10. La Bruyère

11. La Fontaine

12. Goethe

13. Balzac

14. Lucrèce

15. Marc-Aurele

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Discussion

Luigi 2y ago

We have some good authors in common, I see. I grew up reading La Fontaine. And I also love Houellebecq. Good list!

KassandrA dot_c0m 2y ago

let's resist the huge pile of shit that surrounds us

Luigi 2y ago

Oh, À Rebours/Against Nature is another personal favourite. Nice to see Huysmans mentioned too

KassandrA dot_c0m 2y ago

I should have place Huysmans wayyyy higher in my list.