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491808 No.491808 [Reply] [Original]

should I read this?

>> No.491825

>>491808

Read something better instead, like Hyperion.

>> No.491829

>>491825

or Starfist

>> No.491833

>>491829

Or David Brin's Uplift Saga.

>> No.491834
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491834

okay, well, I'm just looking at stuff on my girlfried's shelf. What about this?

>> No.491838

didn't mean to be dismissive, I will look into those later

>> No.491847

Fragile things is friggin awesome.

>> No.491856

>>491833
Or the Xeelee Sequence.

>> No.491880

>>491856

Or The Book of the New Sun.

>> No.491905

find ender's game, read that. then follow it up with speaker for the dead and so on. avoid the shadow series

>> No.491919

>>491905
I read enders game, followed by speaker for the dead. I felt like I missed something in the middle. What is "and so on" I can't really figure it out. Is Xenocide next? Then what?

>> No.491931
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491931

also, when does this become enjoyable to read? I got through the first couple chapters and was like "blegh". Does it change it's pace? Get better? I understand it's supposed to be some amazing book, but it's sure got a slow start.

>> No.491932

>>491931
It gets better. Just fucking power through that shit. Come on now. You know it's a sci fi classic. It'll be worth your while.

>> No.491935

>>491808
Ender's Shadow is pretty alright.
It goes progressively downhill after its sequel, though. I wouldn't read more than the third book in the Bean arc.

>> No.491975

>>491931
It's the same for me with Dostoevsky - once I get used to the names for people and places, the shit starts to rock my world.

You'll get over it after a couple o' pages.