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What are you currently reading?
dark_drake:
--- Quote from: Sidoh on January 04, 2011, 01:44:30 am ---I think I'm gonna read Atlas Shrugged, but I'll probably read The Fountainhead too. :)
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Good choice. I enjoyed both of those, but Atlas Shrugged about lost me with the three hour speech at the end.
I've been reading through the Dune series. I can easily recommend the first two (Dune and Dune Messiah). The next two, Children of Dune and God Emperor of Dune, aren't nearly as good. Frank Herbert struggled telling a story in which one of the characters was omniscient, and it showed. The stories plodded along with little to nothing happening. After this lull, Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse Dune bring the books back to deep and complex storylines and characters. They do drag out at parts, but these two rank up there with Dune Messiah.
Sidoh:
I did like Dune! I think someone told me the sequels get progressively worse, but it's nice to hear they recover. I'll grab those too.
Rule:
I'm curious about the book "Letters to a Young Contrarian" (Christopher Hitchens), but I am not sure what to expect.
Ender:
--- Quote from: Sidoh on January 04, 2011, 04:09:10 pm ---I did like Dune! I think someone told me the sequels get progressively worse, but it's nice to hear they recover. I'll grab those too.
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Hm, since your into Sci-Fi, you might want to look into Asimov's Foundation series. I haven't read it, but I hear it's very good. Also, Brave New World by Huxley, though I haven't read that either.
Oh, and have you read His Dark Materials? If not you should definitely get on that.
--- Quote from: dark_drake on January 04, 2011, 03:39:54 pm ---
--- Quote from: Sidoh on January 04, 2011, 01:44:30 am ---I think I'm gonna read Atlas Shrugged, but I'll probably read The Fountainhead too. :)
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Good choice. I enjoyed both of those, but Atlas Shrugged about lost me with the three hour speech at the end.
I've been reading through the Dune series. I can easily recommend the first two (Dune and Dune Messiah). The next two, Children of Dune and God Emperor of Dune, aren't nearly as good. Frank Herbert struggled telling a story in which one of the characters was omniscient, and it showed. The stories plodded along with little to nothing happening. After this lull, Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse Dune bring the books back to deep and complex storylines and characters. They do drag out at parts, but these two rank up there with Dune Messiah.
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That's interesting. I read the first three or four Dune books, but I think they may have started to wane on me. Good to know that it picks up again.
Armin:
--- Quote from: Rule on January 04, 2011, 04:40:22 pm ---I'm curious about the book "Letters to a Young Contrarian" (Christopher Hitchens), but I am not sure what to expect.
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you should read Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse sometime. the main character often reminded me of you as I read it.
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