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What has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood! Mood's a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It's not for fighting.
My problems with Dune are not issues with speculation. My disbelief is maintained through healthy exercise. Much as I am opposed to terms like world-building I can empathize and imagine. Pondering alternatives is a heady philosophical endeavor. That said, I do not like the insistence on the epic in SF/F. What I want is a Month ...more
My problems with Dune are not issues with speculation. My disbelief is maintained through healthy exercise. Much as I am opposed to terms like world-building I can empathize and imagine. Pondering alternatives is a heady philosophical endeavor. That said, I do not like the insistence on the epic in SF/F. What I want is a Month ...more
So I read this largely because my niece Sarah has to read it in school and by chance we ran across the movie in a thrift store and bought it for her as a joke. We ended up watching it with her and man, was that an experience. It was so weird. Like, beyond weird.
And so next the book - especially since a new miniseries is coming out next year.
I both liked and was bored by the book. The political intrigue and the ecology elements did fascinate me, but I’m not sure what to take from the parallels ...more
And so next the book - especially since a new miniseries is coming out next year.
I both liked and was bored by the book. The political intrigue and the ecology elements did fascinate me, but I’m not sure what to take from the parallels ...more
Jan 20, 2011
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