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30% complete! Barbarius has read 16 of 52 books.
vii, 192 pages ; 25 cm
I've been meaning to read this since it was published (and the library is going to demand this copy back soon), so now's a good time to start it, I guess?
I've been meaning to read this since it was published (and the library is going to demand this copy back soon), so now's a good time to start it, I guess?
Also, it seems sloppy to me to have EVERYTHING originate within a single 30 year period: Atreides, Harkonnen, Suk doctors, the Tleilaxu, shield generators, suspensor lights, faster-than-light travel, discovering melange, the Freman, riding worms, the Bene Gesserit... It was almost like the authors had a checklist of references they wanted to make, and because it was set so much earlier they thought they all had to originate and none could be already established.
Also, it seems sloppy to me to have EVERYTHING originate within a single 30 year period: Atreides, Harkonnen, Suk doctors, the Tleilaxu, shield generators, suspensor lights, faster-than-light travel, discovering melange, the Freman, riding worms, the Bene Gesserit... It was almost like the authors had a checklist of references they wanted to make, and because it was set so much earlier they thought they all had to originate and none could be already established.
The best way I can describe this book is "aggressively 50%". It seems to me that its only purpose was to connect the first 700 page book to the third 700 page book, through its own 750 pages.
The best way I can describe this book is "aggressively 50%". It seems to me that its only purpose was to connect the first 700 page book to the third 700 page book, through its own 750 pages.
I'm annoyed that I've committed myself to this trilogy. I'm being told I should abandon it and read something else, but I don't think I can now (does anyone else feel that way mid-series?)
I'm going to read the third one, but unless it really pulls something out of the bag (which the last 1450 pages haven't convinced me it will) I don't think I'll be recommending any of the expanded Dune universe.
I'm annoyed that I've committed myself to this trilogy. I'm being told I should abandon it and read something else, but I don't think I can now (does anyone else feel that way mid-series?)
I'm going to read the third one, but unless it really pulls something out of the bag (which the last 1450 pages haven't convinced me it will) I don't think I'll be recommending any of the expanded Dune universe.
Six murders. One hundred pages. Millions of possible combinations. . . but only one is …
A fiendishly difficult puzzle? Count me in!
Science fiction and East Asian myth combine in this dazzling retelling of the rise of …
Just got recommended this by a colleague. One critic (Shelley Parker-Chan) describes it as "Think The Handmaid's Tale meets Pacific Rim and buckle up." and, honestly, that sounds great to me.
Just got recommended this by a colleague. One critic (Shelley Parker-Chan) describes it as "Think The Handmaid's Tale meets Pacific Rim and buckle up." and, honestly, that sounds great to me.
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the …
Having intelligence, we must not act in ignorance. Having choice, we must not act without responsibility.
— Earthsea: The First Four Books by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #1-4) (Page 361)
¡Viva la revolución!
@futzle @dmk@ramblingreaders.org I've read the second one (Count Zero), but not the third (Mona Lisa Overdrive) yet. It was good, but different. It's set in the same universe but with none of the same characters. Still weird and funky though.
Apparently Gibson's script for Alien 3 is "one of the best screenplays never made". I haven't read it though. But BBC produced a radio play of it a few years back which I'm keen to check out!
@futzle @dmk@ramblingreaders.org I've read the second one (Count Zero), but not the third (Mona Lisa Overdrive) yet. It was good, but different. It's set in the same universe but with none of the same characters. Still weird and funky though.
Apparently Gibson's script for Alien 3 is "one of the best screenplays never made". I haven't read it though. But BBC produced a radio play of it a few years back which I'm keen to check out!
@futzle @dmk@ramblingreaders.org I've also had this on my wishlist for years. I should get around to it someday... Did you read the other two Neuromancer novels?
@futzle @dmk@ramblingreaders.org I've also had this on my wishlist for years. I should get around to it someday... Did you read the other two Neuromancer novels?
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the …
Reading this to my child at bed times. A GREAT choice!
TBH, I'm not loving this series. I thought this would be an interesting story in the history of the Dune universe, but, honestly, they're VERY long, and not as captivating as the elder Herbert's original series.
TBH, I'm not loving this series. I thought this would be an interesting story in the history of the Dune universe, but, honestly, they're VERY long, and not as captivating as the elder Herbert's original series.
