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There is a short story collection called Eye that covers most of Herbert's career up to that point, so has a lot of non-Dune stuff in it (mostly great). However the excellent Dune story in it is illustrated.
The collection also has a good introduction where he details how Star Wars ripped him off.
wait, star wars ripped off frank herbert? 😅
well this I must see, thanks for the recommendation, I'll go look that up, even if it's non-dune. 😋
well this I must see, thanks for the recommendation, I'll go look that up, even if it's non-dune. 😋
I know!! Who knew!! 😄
If you've not read his other stuff, it can be a bit of an eye-opener - he has a bit of a one-track mind. Whipping Star refers to that sort of whipping...
what whipping? 🤔 also, what do you mean by one track mind? 😅
I'm about halfway through Stephen King's The Green Mile; where I last left off, they're preparing for Delacroix's execution. I mostly know what happens since I've seen the movie with Tom Hanks, but it's always neat to compare movies with the books they're based off of. It's been slow going since it 1. takes a backburner to gaming more often than not (ESPECIALLY since I'm currently deep into XC3) and 2. I generally use books to wind down before bedtime...if I don't fall asleep first. It's a bit embarrassing since I used to tear through books like they were going extinct when I was a kid.
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@Rambler I read Snow Country years ago. Yep, it’s worth a read as it’s rightfully considered a classic. It’s very slow, very otherworldly, very simple, very beautiful, very good.
Good Omens by Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman. A question for anyone who's read Terry Pratchet - is this book similar to the discworld series? As in, is the humour similar, the way it's written etc. It's my first time reading something of his and want to know whether I'd like the rest or not based on this. Thanks!
@upisdown yeah they are pretty similar. Mort is probably the closest Discword book that is most like Good Omens for comparison.
Also even though both of them plotted the book Terry did the bulk of the writing of Good Omens as Neil kept getting behind on his schedule for Sandman.
@upisdown Discworld is brilliant, for me the Vimes Stories (Guards, Guards,Night Watch, etc) are the best, then the Death collection (Reaper Man, Mort, etc)
Best to read them in order a kind of order as there are a few nods back to previous books, but it doesnt really matter for some of them.
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@Bunkerneath I've heard good things from lots of people about it (esp. Guards, Guards). So if similar to Good Omens I can expect it to be very character-driven then.
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I finally got around to reading Lolita and the prose is amazing, though I find myself whipping out my phone's dictionary app every dozen pages or so. It's crazy to think English wasn't even Nabokov's native language.
Also, I have no idea how anyone could read it and hold the view that Humbert is meant to be a sympathetic character. I think people approach the book actively wanting to be offended and have a very shallow interpretation as such.
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I've been reading Great Satan's rage: American negativity and rap/metal in the age of supercapitalism, and it's been a bit unorganized so far. Like, talking about rap and metal and then going 20 pages into the nature of economic warfare and the theories of Georges Bataille and such.
It's really funny seeing insanely vulgar nu metal lyrics reprinted in an academic work.
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