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Actually, this is an international tea room. *sips iced milk tea like an ungrateful ex-colonial*
But yes, we have crumpets, scones, cookies, sandwiches. We also have macarons and macaroons, biscuits and briskets, waffles and pancakes, and also some delightful South East Asian cake treats.
(Just a note, please try Malay cakes when in South East Asia. They are awesome.)
I personally hated The Great Gatsby, Children of Men, and Wicked (thought I LOOOOVE the musical). And a lot of people like Eragon as well and I can not stomach it, though I did read them all to see if they got any better. I just couldn't handle any more of the single tears.
Like you, @CylverRayne, I've been known to take a book out to a stream, or the base of a waterfall, or a fall of rocks down a mountainside ... and just lose myself.
So, when I say "I feel ya" I mean it. Thanks for linking up those memories for me
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Science fiction is often referred to as "Science Fact To Come." I'd have to reread the series, but there are so many things in Dune that are coming in to reality, or have been reality, for a while now, not least the suits they wore in the desert.
I always saw it as a lovely mix of science and magic, but then, the science we have today (even to my sitting here typing on a keyboard, just to wing these words your way, @lexmax) would have been considered magic just a hundred brief years ago. I kind of figured that much of the Bene Gesserit "magic" was in fact a further form of science, largely unknown even in that futuristic time
**NOTE** These discussions thrill me!
Now, I was just going to college when Harry Potter came out. The whole "YA" genre really wasn't in my wheelhouse, so to speak. At that time, I don't think "Young Adult" books was even a common phrase, I certainly wasn't familiar with it... and mind you, I had already started reading Clive Barker books in middle school, about 6 - 7 years before the release of Harry Potter. (I was a horny teen reading Imagica in study hall, getting my mind warped.)
So during my college years, I did have friends who were fans of Harry Potter..... but the way they would describe it, I just couldn't muster the interest. A kids book about a young boy who goes to "wizard's school?" Uhhh.... no thanks.
Of course, I saw the movies and enjoyed them for what they were, and as the years have gone by, I can now appreciate that series for what it is and what it means to a certain generation... but you know, I really still can't get myself to read them. Certainly not because I hate them, not at all. But rather... a little part of me is still that guy who initially (and unfairly) looked down on YA books... and I also feel like I missed the bus on that one. That little cultural phenomenon passed me by.
The only genre of books I read is fantasy. Within that genre, "epic" and "LitRPG" of my favorite sub-genres. below is a list of books I have completed this year.
Here is a link to my Goodreads 2017 Reading Challenge.
(Ordered from start of the year to present)
Swore I want going to read it because of the hype, watched the films and even though there was a lot of reliance on cliches and taking from other authors I felt silly, I started reading the first book and gave up there... Jk didn't attract me with the writing, I have been told she gets better, but it felt very much like reading enid blyton
So Happy to be able to confess
See? Feels better right?
Rumbleforge said: Wow, yes, and I'm glad you wrote this the way you did. I mean, I've read some Steampunk, and liked the stories, but -- same as you -- the having to dive into and around the different vocabs did make it tricksy.
Then I begin thinking; huh. It's not just Steampunk that does that. Actually, you take a lot of books and they do that, so the question becomes -- why is it so much more noticeable in SP?
Other things that really throw me against a wall, believe it or not, is very shoddy editing. Misused words, misspelled words, so on and so forth. My brain literally has to stop, read, reread, insert correct word/spelling, then move on. And sometimes, I'm not sure if I'm right or wrong, so off I go to the dictionary or thesaurus, then back into the book!
But yeah, even now, sitting here at the keyboard, I can pull up the scent-memory and tactile-memory of the books, and sit back and just smile while I relax a little bit
I read it because I had two daughters who were teenagers at the time, and I gotta admit, I didn't ever "love" it til the last couple of books. Then, I was in tears.
But I can't help but wonder if it happens in SP more because there's less cultural awareness of the genre... it still has that "underground" feel because it's so less prevalent in movies and tv - so we have less of that foundation to ground us. When reading SP in a book, our interpretation of what it is and looks like can vary greatly, and as the book unfolds we are constantly thrown with new terms and descriptions that force us to re-evaluate these perceptions in our minds.
For me personally, it leaves me with a feeling of uneven footing, like I'm never 100% sure I know whats going on in the page.
You know, I'm actually glad you mentioned this... because I have definitely noticed an uptick in grammatical errors in books since around the year 2000.
My personal belief is that writers have been relying more on "spell check" for their work than actual proofreading.
Or perhaps it's the editors who are relying on "spell check" more, than actually doing it.
Either way, in recent years I've come across some jarring errors that I surprisingly saw slip through.
Even if it's from favorite authors, you still kinda feel a little respect for the book drop when you come across it, don't you?
You are, You're, ur, u r.
First book on the list is S by JJ Abrams. It's the book I've wanted for the longest time but have always procrastinated on it.
Since I don't like to order a single item for delivery, what is the one book you guys will recommend me to get?
There is a reason why it's won many awards.... and one of those rare magical books that can be appreciated by all ages.
To see so many full-price books being released with such a high level of errors is infuriating! I mean, isn't this what these people are paid for? Send'em to me, seriously!
The only time I really get into trouble (and fortunately, only took once for me to say "Oh, ok!"), is when I try to read things written by British authors. There are words we use (myriad) which you guys still use the "old" way (myriads of); there are spelling differences (honor/honour), and so forth. But it was a bit mind-blowing to me to realize that a lot of idioms are even subtly different (worse comes to worst/worst comes to worst). So once I got past that, it became even easier for me to tell what's been written where ... to an extent.
So -- bad editing = FAIL, whereas different idioms = OH YAY, MORE TO LEARN!
Edit: I forgotten to mention that I have some fan translated novels that never got published in English, such as Overlord (well, at the time of downloading them). And I have a butt load of visual novels that for the most part translated by means of fan translators. But I did buy some online like Clannad. I even bought the Kickstarter Limited Edition of the English translation from Sekai Project when they did the kickstarter, though I kinda bought the Steam version so I didn't have to open the box lol.
HA, the clever sneaky rat I am, I figured out a way to participate! I will find images of the actual books I possess........
do you know how hard it is to find the exact same covers?!