Like the title! I've been getting back into reading for pleasure, and want to know what you like! I recently read Piranesi and loved it. I've heard good things about The Poppy War and Babel by R.F. Kuang, has anyone read them?
Generally just want a bunch of recommendations from your favorites, on our commie corner of the internet. No genre needed!
Flaws and all (though to his credit the author dunked on Joseph Campbell's misogyny shit pretty hard), the original Dune is my favorite book of all time.
You know, people give Herbert a lot of flack for his writing style, but upon rereading Dune I really grew to appreciate the prose. Every word feels very deliberately chosen, and I like how much attention is given to what characters are thinking about each other and manage perception of themselves (especially Paul).
That's exactly how I felt about Herbert's writing, too. I wanted those deep thoughtful dives and characterizations. I get easily bored with typical popular and excessive "what the room looks like" details but I can stay with a character's mind for pages and pages.
Yeah, and it's especially critical in a story that involves a lot of manipulation and "plans within plans within plans".
David Lynch was probably warned about making a movie that comes from a book with so much internal monologue and said "hold my milkshake" and did it anyway.
https://www.openculture.com/2018/08/how-david-lynch-got-creative-inspiration.html
I enjoyed it, but I like the Movie's changes to it a lot more because of certain... things... haha
I like the David Lynch Dune movie for the sheer weirdness.
Still need to see that version!
S'good.