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Anonymous Sat May 25 12:01:48 2019 No.13179758 [Reply] [Original]

How good is it? I've pretty much haven't read any fantasy or sci - fi except the most super basic/essential like Lord of the rings. That's it. I want to read something where i'll really get emerged in the world, is this good for that sort of 'escapism'?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 12:03:14 2019 No.13179764 The plot amounts to "Stay away or I'll blow shit up!". Also everyone has a shield that when you hit with laser turns into an atomic bomb. And the book also tells you that 'atomics' are reserved only for the ducal families etc.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 12:11:03 2019 No.13179792 I never read the book but I watched the first half of the movie it was weird I didnt like it and I didnt finish it and mental monologues in a movie are you serious? book probably sucks too

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 12:13:45 2019 No.13179800 >>13179758 >DUDE STARWARS RIPOFF LMAO

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 12:15:59 2019 No.13179813 >>13179800 >Dune (1965) >Star Wars (1977) what was meant by this

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 12:17:33 2019 No.13179822 >>13179764 so good or bad?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 12:20:20 2019 No.13179836 >>13179758 Dune is very good. The second book is okay. The third book is the masterpiece. I recommend you read the first three books and stop.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 12:21:42 2019 No.13179844 >>13179758 Yeah, I really liked it.

Anonymous Sat May 25 12:29:21 2019 No.13179885

>>13179758
I bought Dune today after the Pewdiepie recommendation. Almost 900 pages for 10 dollars. Well fuck my beaver and call me Ned Flanders if that isn’t a good price. I know this looks like a bait but nah i’m serious. I also bought Stranger by Albert Camus if anyone wants to know.

Anonymous Sat May 25 12:30:12 2019 No.13179888

>>13179758
I liked it but I thought it was a little longer and more padded than it needed to be. It's worth a read if you want to read one of the most influential scifi books.

Herbert has an interesting way with words, he likes hyphenating two or three words together to form new words and it produces some interesting results.

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>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 12:42:00 2019 No.13179950 >>13179822 Great book

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 12:46:31 2019 No.13179981 >>13179758 It is full of political intrigue. I would recommend Hyperion for a scifi introduction.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 12:49:01 2019 No.13179994 Children is a pleb filter and if you didn't like it you don't actually like the series beyond muh action

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 12:50:12 2019 No.13179999 >>13179885 >pewdiepie recommendations probably bait but if you are serious fuck off

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 12:55:23 2019 No.13180030 >>13179981 Like Game of Thrones political intrigue?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 13:27:47 2019 No.13180229 >>13179999 I already said it’s not a bait. What the fuck is your problem? He motivates people to read books they would never read otherwise and motivates people who don’t read at all into reading. You don’t have to be so mean you sad incel.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 18:12:28 2019 No.13181781 >>13179758 Sci-Fi is for brainlets Read greeks instead

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 22:44:13 2019 No.13182937 >>13179792 I watched the Spicediver's cut the other day and I really enjoyed it. Don't know how it compares to the original, but maybe give that a try.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 22:47:35 2019 No.13182957 I personally didn't like it much. It had some interesting ideas though so it's probably worth reading it yourself to see if it appeals. I also read the second book and didn't like that much either, although for very different reasons to the first.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 22:48:00 2019 No.13182960 >>13179885 Was it a recent video? Better get some books I wanted before they get more expensive for no reason.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 22:52:05 2019 No.13182980 >>13179999 Not that Anon but I got American Psycho of Pewdiepie recommending it (It was on my backlog to get eventually but I never really bothered) and it was pretty good. The dude is probably better read then 95% of /lit/ desu.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 22:57:08 2019 No.13183005 >>13179758 read solaris and space odyssey

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 23:02:03 2019 No.13183022 Better than lotr worse than got

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 23:17:31 2019 No.13183092 >>13179758 It's a shittier edgier version of Star Wars with drugs, sex, and space muslims.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 02:45:06 2019 No.13183917 >>13179836 Ignore this OP you need to read God Emperor to understand the first three

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 02:55:44 2019 No.13183945 >>13179758 It's pretty good. Only read the first three books unless you get heavy into the philosophy in the books.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 03:05:16 2019 No.13183967 File: 145 KB, 680x788, 1525010119691.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13183092 >It's a shittier edgier version of Star Wars

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 03:06:33 2019 No.13183972 File: 526 KB, 960x960, 1558342242917.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13179800

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 06:54:15 2019 No.13184536 >>13179836 I thought people only read 3 so they could read 4

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 08:30:27 2019 No.13184843 >>13180030 I said political intrigue, not edgy backstabbing.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 08:40:21 2019 No.13184877 It's long winded, confusing, and easier to just watch the movies.

Anonymous Sun May 26 09:21:26 2019 No.13184994

>>13179758
>I've pretty much haven't read any fantasy or sci - fi except the most super basic/essential like Lord of the rings.
Dune is on this level of "essential" too.
It's shit but yeah, you'll like it if you want to be, ahem, EMERGED in it.

>>13179885
>Pewdiepie recommendation
>Well fuck my beaver and call me Ned Flanders
>I know this looks like a bait but nah i’m serious.
>I also bought Stranger by Albert Camus
r/books is right that way

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 09:36:54 2019 No.13185042 >>13179792 >mental monologues the studio put that shit in along with the opening narration. it's what made lynch disown the film

Anonymous Sun May 26 09:47:07 2019 No.13185090
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>>13179758
Good book, they are rereleasing the others june 4th on amazon with better covers. It is a big fucking book, a little weird, but cool show of political groups fighting for resources till sandpeople attack and take over their drug operations. Shit gets crazier in the next books leading up to a giant half man, half sand worm god emperor. Also check out the porn game of it Behind the Dunes.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 09:48:09 2019 No.13185098 File: 1.08 MB, 1280x1136, 1534063490248.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13183972

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 09:50:21 2019 No.13185115 >>13181781 And tell me how Achillies whining like a bitch in Illiad is better than space muslims surfing the dunes on mountain sized worms?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 09:55:24 2019 No.13185148 >>13179758 >emerged immersed is the word you're looking for

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 10:01:54 2019 No.13185169 great book. Want to read the sequels but it's been so long since I read the original that I think I'll have to look up a quick plot summary to know what's going on.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 11:56:02 2019 No.13185706 >>13180229 Underage

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 14:20:28 2019 No.13186513 >>13182960 Not really recent it’s over a year old. https://youtu.be/s7u-xAWWyK4

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 14:22:13 2019 No.13186527 >>13184994 Thanks for recommending that sub at least there will be less pseuds fangirling over some greek faggot’s thoughts.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 15:04:24 2019 No.13186759 >>13186527 don't let the door hit you on the way out

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 15:15:06 2019 No.13186824 >>13179792 >bait

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 17:17:28 2019 No.13187610 >>13179758 the dune series is the lsd of books

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 18:20:50 2019 No.13188010 The book is good for creativity and "world building" but holy shit is Paul ever over powered, it makes the rest of the book boring.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 18:29:30 2019 No.13188053 >>13188010 >Caring about power levels Maybe you should stick to Harry Potter

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