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True, but they didn't necessarily replace machines likes mentats or guild navigators did. The Bene Gesserit tried to guide humanity mainly through politics and controlling bloodlines. Both Asimov and Herbert wrote about similar themes but I found Herbert's approach far more interesting.
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Arthur C Clark is another sci-fi author that I've read and found not to be my cup of tea. After watching 2001: A Space Odyssey I felt obligated to read the book. So chances are I won't re-read Arthur C. Clark's 2001 or Asimov's Foundations. However, Frank Herbert's Dune series have been re-read multiple times along with the audiobooks. Anyone else have books that have been re-read multiple times?
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No idea how often I read my Asterix, Lucky Luke and Donald Duck comic books and my MAD Magazines as a kid.
Later, I haven't read so many books repeatedly. Catcher in the Rye every ten years or so. It's very interesting how differently I think of Holden Caulfield each time. Some Pratchetts, especially the ones where Death has a leading role. Just recently I re-read Michael Chabon's Gentlemen of the Road, and I'm pretty sure this hasn't been the last time. Great fun. Then there is, in German, Fritz Mühlenweg's In geheimer Mission durch die Wüste Gobi, (Big Tiger and Christian), one of the greatest all-age adventure novels ever written. |
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The whole Vorkosigan series, by Lois McMaster Bujold. I only discovered them in 2010 or 12 ish, but have already read the series twice. I ran into a reference recently and now feel it's time for another read.
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Cryoburn. Death of a major character. Announced in ONE word.
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This may seem like an obvious point however civilization as we know could not have developed without a system of written transmission of knowledge from one generation to the next. There was probably a few nomadic cultures in existence not so long ago who may not have fully utilized writing but passed on their cultural heritage through oral tradition, cultural artificats or the medium of language itself. In ancient Egypt it's probable the majority of the population were illiterate (if such a term could apply) however via the medium of monuments cultural information could be passed down many generations. Perhaps only an elite priestly caste understood fully the system of symbolic written encoding of information. The breakthrough of a formal use of writing to easily transmit knowledge from one generation to the next cannot be underestimated.
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