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Harper Kingsley · 07-12-2012, 01:45 AM

I read Dune when I was in sixth grade. I remember hiding it in my desk and reading while I was supposed to be doing math

I read up to God Emperor of Dune, then had to walk away after that. Probably because my dad got into this whole tangent about how spice is actually oil and the Freemen are Arabs, blah blah blah, and the whole metamorphosis into a worm was because Frank Herbert was on chemotherapy at the time and lost his hair, etc, etc. Plus it got "kind" of weird.

I've only read 4/10 on the list and I'm pretty much a sci-fi fiend--CJ Cherryh, Poul Anderson, Alan Dean Foster, Andre Norton, Jerry Pournell. Maybe I'll take the rest of the list to the library and see if any of them strike my interest.

07-12-2012, 01:45 AM	#33
Harper Kingsley Clone Trooper Posts: 212 Karma: 4566103 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Washington Device: kindle	I read Dune when I was in sixth grade. I remember hiding it in my desk and reading while I was supposed to be doing math I read up to God Emperor of Dune, then had to walk away after that. Probably because my dad got into this whole tangent about how spice is actually oil and the Freemen are Arabs, blah blah blah, and the whole metamorphosis into a worm was because Frank Herbert was on chemotherapy at the time and lost his hair, etc, etc. Plus it got "kind" of weird. I've only read 4/10 on the list and I'm pretty much a sci-fi fiend--CJ Cherryh, Poul Anderson, Alan Dean Foster, Andre Norton, Jerry Pournell. Maybe I'll take the rest of the list to the library and see if any of them strike my interest.