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Influences

What influenced it?

Name one book or film and see everything that influenced it, and what influenced those, back to the oldest stories we have. A new one takes two or three minutes.

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Recently traced

  1. Anabasis Xenophon. 21 works, back to Lugal-e (The Exploits of Ninurta) and Sumerian Gilgamesh poems (Gilgamesh and Huwawa, Death of Gilgamesh).
  2. Poster for Blade Runner
    Blade Runner Film by Ridley Scott. 32 works, back to Genesis and Iliad.
  3. Cover of Against the Grain (À rebours)
    Against the Grain Joris-Karl Huysmans. 30 works, back to Odyssey and Hebrew Bible (Tanakh).
  4. Cover of Crime and Punishment (Prestupleniye i nakazaniye)
    Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky. 27 works, back to Iliad and Genesis.
  5. Cover of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J. K. Rowling. 33 works, back to Iliad and Odyssey.
  6. Cover of A Sentimental Education (L'Éducation sentimentale)
    A Sentimental Education Gustave Flaubert. 33 works, back to The Odyssey and The Iliad.
  7. Cover of The Sun Also Rises
    The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway. 25 works, back to Ecclesiastes (Qohelet) and The Gospel of Mark.