23 May 2021

Re Reads

"The Star Fox" by Poul Anderson was not what I remembered from being in 7th grade.

Moving on to "Dune" which I read in 10th.

I am greatly afeared of the Fafnard and the Gray Mouser books.  I really liked them when I was a tween and playing AD&D.

Too many things have failed to survive childhood nostalgia.

6 comments:

  1. If I had to be marooned with only one SF author's works to keep me company, it would be Poul Anderson. A couple of years ago I went back an re-read all the Technic Civilization (Nick van Rijn, David Falkayn) and Galactic Empire (Flandry) books, in chronological order of the stories. I thought they held up great, and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

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  2. If you hold "Dune" in high regard, do NOT, whatever the pressure, watch the eponymous movie.

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    1. But Sting was so dreamy!

      Too late, already seen the movie. I believe my response was, "what the fuck is this shit?"

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    2. I liked the movie for the cinematic scope and the "Payback" factor....If you don't use it to tie it to the book, it ain't bad.

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    3. I had basically the same reaction as McThag. Having read all the Dune books, it was definitely a WTF experience.

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    4. I would say that Dune, like Stranger in a Strange Land, is all but unfilmable.

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