I read the Cuckoo's Egg when I was in like 6th grade, and even though I didn't REALLY understand what was going on at the time, I've always wondered if it subconsciously influenced me towards becoming more computer-savvy, to my present day form as a command line junkie ;)

IIRC I randomly picked it out from the local Borders too (realize I'm dating myself with that one) so that's some real "Dalai Lama reincarnation" stuff going on there. Like it was fated...