Books - What are you reading?

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Eejit

Some light holiday reading. Finished Dune. Was underwhelmed tbh, dunno what I was expecting but it didn’t do anything I wasn’t expecting. Final third all felt a bit rushed and sketchy.

Moved on to annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer. Much better: creepy and unsettling, conceptually engaging. I hear that books two and three of the trilogy are dross so maybe will avoid.

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ltc in reply to @Eejit

If you've not read it, Roadside Picnic by The Strugatsky brothers is worth a read. Very similar concept to Annihilation. It's the book Tarkovsky's film Stalker is based on.

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Eejit in reply to @ltc

I hadn’t made the connection with roadside picnic in my head, but you are right the two are very similar, in theme and tone. Love that book.

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