Reading suggestions, opinions?
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Ermaculate
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With the name Flagg you better mention The Stand and Dark Tower lol
Love Cowboy
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Here's a reading suggestion for you guys: C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy
the titles are, in this order:
Out of the Silent Planet
Perelandra
That Hideous Strength
Greatest thing I've ever read. I suppose it's not for everyone, but give it a try.
the titles are, in this order:
Out of the Silent Planet
Perelandra
That Hideous Strength
Greatest thing I've ever read. I suppose it's not for everyone, but give it a try.
FlawlessVictor
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The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
Actually it's an anthology of short stories. Most stories in the collection are consistent, but you find a couple of stories that are added or removed with edition. "The Last Night of the World" was unique take on the apocalyptic themes in other works of fiction, but it was rather dull read as their was no conflict and the rather dialogue-heavy which is not Bradbury's forte. "The Veldt" his strongest work. It's a chilling tale of our dependence and misuse of technology, and is relevant to this day.
BIOS by Robert Charles Wilson
The first half was promising, but it fizzled afterward. The author went at lengths to describe the social hierarchy that didn't go anywhere, not much in the way of character development, and I felt not much was learned about the alien planet they supposed to explore.
Actually it's an anthology of short stories. Most stories in the collection are consistent, but you find a couple of stories that are added or removed with edition. "The Last Night of the World" was unique take on the apocalyptic themes in other works of fiction, but it was rather dull read as their was no conflict and the rather dialogue-heavy which is not Bradbury's forte. "The Veldt" his strongest work. It's a chilling tale of our dependence and misuse of technology, and is relevant to this day.
BIOS by Robert Charles Wilson
The first half was promising, but it fizzled afterward. The author went at lengths to describe the social hierarchy that didn't go anywhere, not much in the way of character development, and I felt not much was learned about the alien planet they supposed to explore.
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J. Valjean
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Liam Neeson's adaptation was the best one. I saw it after I saw Taken, and it was like, dad from Taken warped back to the French Revolution lmao.
Anyone hear anything about that Jonathan Safran Foer guy? His books are all over the place and yuppies are all about him. I read the first few pages of Everything is Illuminated and really don't see what the fuss is about. Guess some writers have you at the first page.
J. Valjean
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Has anyone read Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield?
