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Tight but Polite
Can anyone recommend any books similar to and as good/nearly as good as 'Dune'?
I want to buy my mate a book and 'Dune' is one of the few novels he's into
Hyperion, maybe?
Can anyone recommend any books similar to and as good/nearly as good as 'Dune'?
I want to buy my mate a book and 'Dune' is one of the few novels he's into
TBF, Dune has the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen introduce himself to the reader by asking "Is it not a magnificent thing that I, the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, do?" - while talking to characters who obviously know who he is (some guy he's employed for decades and his own nephew).Actually tell a lie I read the first SENTENCE and thought it looked like toss.
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But I think what put me off was "played Rachmaninov's Prelude in C-Sharp Minor", and I can see that perhaps there's a Ballardian thing going on here of juxtaposing something very specifically of our world with "great, green, saurian things". (Ala. the doctor sitting down to eat a german shepherd at the start of high rise.)
But no sand blown in your faceone of the most boring cinema experiences I've had probably. and I went to the 4D version with moving seats and fog and water in your face and stuff
Yeah, that sentence is a heap of shit. A page is more than enough to get a sense of the author's style, just as talking to someone for 5 seconds is enough to realise you will find their voice even more annoying over 2 hours, and so you prefer to adopt someone else thank you very much.Actually tell a lie I read the first SENTENCE and thought it looked like toss.
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But I think what put me off was "played Rachmaninov's Prelude in C-Sharp Minor", and I can see that perhaps there's a Ballardian thing going on here of juxtaposing something very specifically of our world with "great, green, saurian things". (Ala. the doctor sitting down to eat a german shepherd at the start of high rise.)
It's called exposition and it's for your benefit.TBF, Dune has the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen introduce himself to the reader by asking "Is it not a magnificent thing that I, the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, do?" - while talking to characters who obviously know who he is (some guy he's employed for decades and his own nephew).
Oh thanks, Professor, I hadn't realised that.It's called exposition and it's for your benefit.
I quite liked the first one in the cinema but I feel so little inclination to rewatch it and I think it's that joylessness
There's no sense of camaraderie between characters and wanting to spend time with them, as there is in LOTR and MACTFSOTW
Yeah, Foundation is good. Goes on a bit though.asimovs foundation series
first and last man by olaf stapleton