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When you throw away the trash, don't forget to throw away most of the books by L. Ron Hubbard - a windbag of hot air and misplaced psychological motives. Don Last edited by Dr. Drib; 10-29-2009 at 07:56 AM. |
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Glad you said "most". His early works are good. Before he got into that weird stuff. My suggestion is to burn the "Dune" series......and the author. |
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Deus Irae. It should have been a masterpiece, coming from two amazing authors, Zelazny and PK Dick. It wasn't garbage but I did not enjoy my first reading years ago, nor my second reading recently. Probably just me. I give up, lol.
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Laurell K. Hamilton. The first three or so were good, but now it's basically porn, but with werewolves.
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Deaver, do yourself a favor, stay far away from him.
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I liked Deus Irae fairly well, but it was not my favorite Zelazny book, and I'm still working my way through Dick's bibliography. Oftentimes 2 great authors don't make for a better book than 1.
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Our school thought that a good introduction to the sci-fi genre would be 'The Black Cloud'. Oh lordy. It was the worst book I've ever had to drag my way through. |
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Does anyone know where I can find an ebook of the original without going to the darknet? I bought a copy of Dune only to find it was the defaced edition. Come to think of it, I should haunt some used book stores while I still have a good chance to find it. |
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I must have been sleeping and completely missed this. Do I understand you to say that Brian edited/changed the original Dune?!? Obviously I haven't read it in years. My take -- I loved Dune. As conclusions to that story I liked book two and three, but I could see it if you said those weren't your cup of tea. Frankly, I could even understand if the original wasn't for everyone, but I loved it. MLH |
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