What Book Inspired You The Most?
Posted by admin on March 11, 2009
Cliché as it may be for a fantasy lover, the most inspiring book in my life was The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.
I read The Hobbit for the first time when I was five or six, and it was then that I decided to write fantasy stories. I can’t say that I am the greatest author on the planet. In fact, among fantasy authors I rank pretty low. Life has its distractions and it is difficult to dedicate oneself to a lifestyle that doesn’t support a family.
This interest in fantasy, however, has given me a number of skills that I doubt I would have otherwise acquired. It lead me to study the art of writing, which meant that I learned to love to read.
It lead me to a love of role-playing, which lead to a love of computers and technology. This lead to a deeper understanding of mathematics, science, and a general love of learning.
Because I picked up The Hobbit at such a young age and because I couldn’t put it down again, I have very much been inspired to become the person that I am today.
So I ask, what book inspired you?
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Dragon Blogger said,
When I was a child the DragonLance series by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman were the first major novels to inspire me to write. Stephen King was a huge influence, but those were my introduction to Fantasy novels.
Berni said,
It took me a bit to get into reading, it wasn’t until I was sixteen that I discovered a beat-up softcover book my older brother had in the study room. It was Mooncrow by Jack Massa.
Twenty-two years later I still have that same old book (now taped together). It was that book that inspired me to read, broaden my reading horizons. [^-^]
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