Having mentioned Charles Darwin previously I guess that that more shaped my ideology but my world? I guess WW2- my great grandparents on one side died in camps, my grandfather got away and while running met my grandmother. After the war ended he wanted to get as far away as possible just in case another WW started so off to Australia it was and here my family was formed with lots of mixed immigrant blood.
My life revolves around that Aussie laid back, hot and deadly environment and so I guess WW2 shaped my world more than a book's publication- wouldn't have been born without the war, which seems kinda morbid.