The only reason that I finished it was because then I could say, legitimately, that it was a pile of shit with no redeeming literary value, no matter what some asshole tries to say about it. I guess I could do what Jung did, fall asleep after a few hundred pages and then write a scathing précis that very effectively called into question the author's literary talent, technical ability and mental sanity, but instead I just read through the book.
Dune, on the other hand, is a book that we know has no literary value, and which is not held out as a work of art, or a "great book of the Western canon", or serious literature. It was written, ostensibly, for entertainment and as a very blunt metaphor for the effect of oil on the Middle East so transparent a child could see it.
So no, not planning on wasting my time reading it to the end.
Dune, on the other hand, is a book that we know has no literary value, and which is not held out as a work of art, or a "great book of the Western canon", or serious literature. It was written, ostensibly, for entertainment and as a very blunt metaphor for the effect of oil on the Middle East so transparent a child could see it.
So no, not planning on wasting my time reading it to the end.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
I just started reading Dune...
21/12/2012 04:34:17 AM
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I found Dune completely unreadable.
21/12/2012 02:52:02 PM
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I respect your opinion
03/01/2013 11:39:46 PM
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Ulysses was abysmally awful
04/01/2013 02:31:04 AM
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It can be a tough read in the begining but the payoff is worth it.
28/12/2012 02:27:36 PM
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You are a bad person.
28/12/2012 07:35:08 PM
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It may not be an incredibly popular opinion, but I liked them. He isn't his father but they're good
02/01/2013 01:42:32 PM
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