Gimme an opinion

[tiamatlady]

Because I don't feel like making a poll:

Books for the trip, I'm definately getting a couple of trashy novels, but I want a hair more substance as well:

The Dune Series - potentially the newest ones House Harkonnen and House Atredies, along with a reread of Dune (I was about ten to tweleve on the first read *evil grin*)

Lord of the Rings series - Never read them, almost don't want to spoil the movies with the "It's different" clutter (PS - i have these on CD, books on CD if you will, a gift from the Laura many moons ago)

The Gormenghast series - something deadwinter reminded me of in his journal, I've wanted to read these since seeing th BBC/PBS series (Something I need to get Marcus, perhaps I'll look while I'm over there, but *shhhhh* Don't tell him *lol*)

Any other recommendations? I'm seriously leaning towards Dune, since these I can probably get cheap and used.

And I did say series, I have two 7 hour long flights, and have been known to finish trashy novels in about 2 hours. Goblet of Fire (hardcover) took me about 10, straight reading, all day one Saturday.

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[marienkafer.livejournal.com]

the ghormenghast trilogy is AWESOME and it's where the cure got the song the drowning man, you'll find it if you read through long enough. god i loved those books--i gave them to a friend who was in prison, or at least i tried to but they were hardcover and he was not allowed hardcover books so the fucking COs tossed em.

[tiamatlady]

The BBC movie was really good, excellent use of color, and those ridiculous costumes, made me very much want to read them. Marcus warned me tho, that they move very slowly and I may want to commit ahro-kari before I get to anything "good"

It helps that Jonathan Rhys-Davis is a hottie, and he played Steerpike. *DROOLS*

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[marienkafer.livejournal.com]

well, it depends on what kind of attention span you have for books. i loved them. they didn't move slowly to me.

[andalucien.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I've still never read dune. It's been on my must-read list forever. I think having seen the movie makes it much more difficult for me to muster any enthusiasm for the book. Not that I hated the movie as much as many, more that I know how it ends already.

Did you ever read Roger Zelazny's Amber series? That is my favorite science fiction series of all time. I guarantee it would make one of the flights go REAL quick (alhough there are 5 books, they are rather short).

Also, you've probably read Hyperion and the Fall of Hyperion, but if not, those are pretty awesome books as well... there was a 3-year period where all I was reading was computer books and cookbooks, but I made time for those in between.

[tiamatlady]

Hmmm... I've still never read dune. It's been on my must-read list forever. I think having seen the movie makes it much more difficult for me to muster any enthusiasm for the book. Not that I hated the movie as much as many, more that I know how it ends already.

The book goes into much deeper detail. The thing is, it's a series, and after Dune everything goes all upsidedown, which I hated. What I'm seeing about House Atredies tonight makes me want to skip these for now.

Did you ever read Roger Zelazny's Amber series? That is my favorite science fiction series of all time. I guarantee it would make one of the flights go REAL quick (alhough there are 5 books, they are rather short).

No, I haven't, that might be an option. But, I looked up the flight info again tonight, and there are two movies I want to see showing each way, at my seatback private screen, plus Nintendo games, and television shows. I could sit back and totally veg out in front of movies the whole time *lol*

Also, you've probably read Hyperion and the Fall of Hyperion, but if not, those are pretty awesome books as well... there was a 3-year period where all I was reading was computer books and cookbooks, but I made time for those in between.

Actually, no I haven't read them. They sound familiar tho.

I'm thinking about going with the Gormenghast series, if I can get the three book compendum used, plus a raunchy novel or two, for the fluff hours. I'm less worried about the flights, and almost more worried about the airport wait(s). How was your trip, BTW?