The Batlord

I find the Victorian-era sexism to be hilarious. Especially since...



But yeah, the beginning is clearly the best part.

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grindy

It was probably relatively progressive for its time, the women are often characterized as strong and all that. But, yeah, I know what you mean.

But what annoyed me about the second half or so was


Also Van Helsings 'accent' got so ****ing annoying at some point.

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Chula Vista

Robert Heinlein - Stranger in a Strange Land.

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on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

The Batlord

To be fair, most male sci fi/fantasy authors can't write women for ****. They're nerds. Give 'em a break.

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Chula Vista

Ya, but Heinlein is just plain ridiculous at times. Part of it is he was writing back when wives stayed at home cooking and cleaning and would greet their husbands after work with a pipe and slippers.

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on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Traveling_Alone

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― Sylvia Plath

innerspaceboy

Lately I've really wanted to read a classic from the golden age of science fiction - an indisputable milestone of literature. For the last few days I considered reading Dune, but this evening I firmly decided that Asimov's Foundation is the perfect fit for my literary intrigue.

Nearly universally acclaimed as the greatest set of Science Fiction literature ever produced, the Foundation Trilogy was the keystone for everything that followed.

Winner of a special Hugo Award as Best All Time Science Fiction Series, Foundation will escape me no longer.

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The Batlord

Read Dune, though.

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innerspaceboy

Absolutely. Immediate following the Foundation trilogy.

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The Batlord

I'd say read Dune first, since the rest of the Dune books seem to be crap, but you read so fast that I don't know that it will make a difference, but I'd be interested in your opinion on Dune. Foundation as well for that matter, as I've only ever gotten about halfway through the first book (not because of quality, I just have a short attention span).

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