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The Tropic of Creation cover is incredibly generic 90s sci-fi cover art that reminds me of the Wheel of Time paperbacks... but drat that Proteus Manifest cover next to it is pretty fuckin sweet Also, euphronius posted:I can smell those books Smells like a summertime trip to the library, surprisingly cool after the heat outside. Any of these books could have been in my backpack in 8th grade (I believe that's when I read Dune and the Foundation books)
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Pham Nuwen posted:The Tropic of Creation cover is incredibly generic 90s sci-fi cover art that reminds me of the Wheel of Time paperbacks... but drat that Proteus Manifest cover next to it is pretty fuckin sweet Let's investigate what's inside. quote:If you could look like anyone --or anything-- you wanted to, who would you be? 1978.
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 sorry i dont make the rules
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TK-42-1 posted:
For this post, and the many things wrong with it, His Excellency has condemned you to die. (also sorry, no rules getting made here either  )
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You will be given the coup de grace of a Fremen and then placed in a moisture-suck chamber where in short order your body will mummify and your water will drain out into a small bladder with a tap. Then we will all drink a cup and talk about what a good poster you where. We will also call you by your sietch name, since Star Wars is haraam.
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I suppose this is the part of the Thread-Cycle in which we discuss other Sci-Fi works. I just finished Proteus Manifest". Actually, I think this is 2 short paperbacks included as a hardback omnibus. This is a 1989 Book Club edition. First book was written 1978, 2nd one 1989. quote:If you could look like anyone --or anything-- you wanted to, who would you be? It says 22nd Century, but that just doesn't line up with some things. Pretty sure some of the year frames given at places, pushes it later, but it's not important. Earth Population is around 14 Billion. Doctors, as a profession, have been rendered obsolete by Form-Change tanks. It allows you to change, or regrow, various parts of your body. Plastic surgery, but it's all natural. It is an extremely popular, and well regulated, entertainment/lifestyle. Much like a ....LOT of sci-fi, it is pretty much a detective serial as it's driving force. You can change through all the varieties of the human form, and when you get bored of that, there are lots of ...others to choose from. Behrooz Wolf, or "Bey" as his friends call him, is the head of "The Office of Form-Control". He investigates things dealing with form-control, and hunts down illegal forms. I like that it is sort of hard-ish Sci-Fi, in that reshaping your body takes time and effort. You could spend weeks in a tank, for some of the more involved forms. It also has other costs. In the first few pages, he complains about the storage requirements for the new forms in the Spring Catalog. He says: quote:I already have a billion words of primary storage, and I couldn't even begin to handle it. Four billion words, or you shouldn't even think of ordering it This goon in SH/SC was kind enough to translate: admiraldennis posted:In x86 land, a "word" is still defined as 16 bits with 32 being a "double word" (dword) and 64 being a "quadruple word" (qword). Thank you, Admiral Dennis! So, Bey has 2 GB of primary storage right now, but the new forms require, at least, 8 GB of storage. Johnny Aztec fucked around with this message at 07:56 on Apr 1, 2021 |
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So you have minimum and recommended system requirements if you want to be Sonic but made entirely of penises? Because that’s what it would boil down to in our reality.
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Has this thread talked about the new Dune podcast by one of the LPOTL guys? I gave it a listen, but turned it off after ten minutes because... basically I was hoping that Henry has a sidekick that's more moderate and knowledgeable, but instead the other guys seems like even more of a dumbass. Maybe it gets better later on, but not really interested in continuing atm.
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u gotta post some quotes from that wing commander book, how the hell did wing commander get a novelisation
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Eau de MacGowan posted:u gotta post some quotes from that wing commander book, how the hell did wing commander get a novelisation And by Mercedes Lackey to boot. Now I'm curious as well, didn't even notice that the first time
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Ramc posted:I am just starting Chapterhouse finally and 'we've just been pretending to be stupid for eons to the point of the matres glassing our planet' -classic teliaxu' Another thing I am wondering is what do you think it would be like to gently caress one of the face dancers haha I'm just curious haha I've been imprinted
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busalover posted:Has this thread talked about the new Dune podcast by one of the LPOTL guys? I gave it a listen, but turned it off after ten minutes because... basically I was hoping that Henry has a sidekick that's more moderate and knowledgeable, but instead the other guys seems like even more of a dumbass. Maybe it gets better later on, but not really interested in continuing atm. I'm up to the latest episode (3rd) and it's pretty much the same. Maybe a little more in-depth than the first episode. I'm enjoying it though. LPOTL and their other shows really only work if you like their banter IMO.
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 eh, close enough.
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Man that is one webcomic that declined sharply
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I'm the Goku-hair Sexy Feyd.
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Don't do a parody of a movie if the movie is funnier on its own. I love David Lynch, Dune, and David Lynch's Dune, but it's still a movie where Sting menacingly tells a man he has to drink cat milk every day or he'll die.
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Boy that comic sucks.
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Dear Dune Goons, I am not going to read the entire thread, but I want to read Dune. I know at some point the series goes from good to terrible, where am I supposed to stop. I've already read like the first 9 pages, I hope I haven't gone too far yet.
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KonMari DeathMetal posted:Dear Dune Goons, I am not going to read the entire thread, but I want to read Dune. I know at some point the series goes from good to terrible, where am I supposed to stop. Read Dune. If you want to read more after that, you can read more, but the best poo poo is in the first book and it's fully self-contained.
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There are two good stopping points: the end of the first book, and the end of God Emperor. Pick one.
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KonMari DeathMetal posted:Dear Dune Goons, I am not going to read the entire thread, but I want to read Dune. I know at some point the series goes from good to terrible, where am I supposed to stop. just keep going until you come to the conclusion that it has become extremely weird and stupid. read the first two books, at least.
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the first three are a good trilogy, the fourth is it's own thing and not bad, the last two are part of a trilogy that he died before he could finish
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The nice thing is that you can pretty much stop at any point and the story will feel complete yet point toward the great unknown future. Imo If you enjoy reading the first book just read the sequels until it's not fun any more. But if you're onboard with the first book the second is pretty essential and it's a breezy read in comparison e: I reread the first book for the first time in a decade or so last summer, fell in love, and read all of the sequels, of which there are precisely five. I plan to reread messiah this summer Ingmar terdman fucked around with this message at 20:44 on Apr 7, 2021 |
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The books by his son are trash, even if you think you like trash they are trashier than that.
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KonMari DeathMetal posted:Dear Dune Goons, I am not going to read the entire thread, but I want to read Dune. I know at some point the series goes from good to terrible, where am I supposed to stop. I would mirror what others have said, and emphasize that if you enjoy Dune, the sequel is a great and much abbreviated follow-up that richly adds to the world and provides some much needed thematic clarity about the original Dune. It was originally intended to be published as a single work and it shows.
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I would also say that it's worth it to hit up God Emperor just for how weird it is, even if you don't like it otherwise
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Jewmanji posted:I would mirror what others have said, and emphasize that if you enjoy Dune, the sequel is a great and much abbreviated follow-up that richly adds to the world and provides some much needed thematic clarity about the original Dune. It was originally intended to be published as a single work and it shows. Dune asks "what if?" and Messiah answers imo.
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I quit after God-Emperor and don't regret it.
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My partner asks me to read aloud to help them go to sleep sometimes and of course one time it's Heretics just as they're talking about 750 labial techniques to please your man or whatever
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I'm about 1/3 of the way into 3rd book and loving it, if you want to stop at Dune just watch the Lynch movie imo.
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Skulk Hogan posted:I quit after God-Emperor and don't regret it. But the pussy magic
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Sooo i’m watching DUNE for the first time ever. Were the wires on Harkonnen meant to be that obvious?
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Hooo hooo boy! I spoke too soon! Turd alien making GBS threads lightning out of its vagina mouth!
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Turn on your monitor 
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Brazilianpeanutwar posted:Sooo i’m watching DUNE for the first time ever. ummm they're called suspensors??? 
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Colonel Cancer posted:Turn on your monitor Har har!
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milk this cat or you'll die
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This movie’s loving stupid,gently caress this.
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