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! toriel-snooze

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    5 days ago

    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.

    • GeorgeZBush [he/him]
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      5 days ago

      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).

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        5 days ago

        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.

        • GeorgeZBush [he/him]
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          5 days ago

          Yeah, and it's especially critical in a story that involves a lot of manipulation and "plans within plans within plans".

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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            5 days ago

            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

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    • Cowbee [he/him]
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      5 days ago

      I enjoyed it, but I like the Movie's changes to it a lot more because of certain... things... haha