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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Many. Including The City and the Stars by Arthur Clarke, one of my all-time favorites (didn't like 2001). Also The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, for example. The Goblin Reservation by Clifford Simak. A sci-fi duology by an Estonian author that has not been translated into any other language, AFAIK. And there are many others. Not Dune, though.  Read it once and felt like meh. |
I had that reaction to "The Valley of Horses" by Jean Auel. I got so far in it and the story bogged down with info. about the geology etc. of the area where the story was set. Ayla was out running around somewhere but she got pushed to the side by the mega size info dump.