Sly1 Posted December 16, 2001 Share Posted December 16, 2001 I'm looking for some good book to read. Do you people recomend it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quoudam72 Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 Do we recommend it!?! Why we stand by it, live by it and most of all we have built FED2K on it's very.....very.....very......foundation yeah that's the word I was looking for oh and by the way it is a good book to read. I take it you came by the Duniverse by way of the games or the movie (Lynch) or the mini-series (Harrison). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 Read Dune. It is like a bible, only it actually contains useful ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quoudam72 Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 Bible-like huh...... o.k. to each his own but the Dune novels are filled with very interesting thoughts on a vast number of subjects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilbaronatreides Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 DUDE SLY!!!!! Have you ever read the Lord of the Rings Trilogy? If so, Dune is possibly the only thing equal to it. I dont doubt that Tolklien inspired Hebert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quoudam72 Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 ::) for the love of Shai-Hulud not on this thread too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 aw crap, now the D&D freak (me)has to clean this up too?all right they are both the best in their fields and herbert was not inspired by tolkien, hobbits and fremen don't mix? >:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimatri99 Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 It's a REAL good read and is developed to a point where the story becomes so compelling that ...I can guarantee if you like sci-fi you won't be able to stop at dune (but you could its complete in and of itself.)Any parallels between spice and oil? Oh,ya. lots of em and the more time goes by the more I wonder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 Yeah, herbert himself said that spice (or was it water? Can't seem to remember now) was a paralel to oil.I've actually just started readin LOTR for the first time (got a copy of it for my birthday the other day) and so far its been disapointing. Everyone says how great a book it is, but I find it hard to stay awake while reading it. It seems to be aimed at a younger audience.Btw, for you Dune trivia freaks out there, how does the term Bedwine (from Ichwan Bedwine) connect to reality?Answer, there is a nomadic, desert tribe whose name is Bedwine in arabic.*Note: I think I spelled that wrong:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 I would say spice since water is readily available off of Arrakis.As for LotR I read the Hobbit and didn't really like it so never finished the rest of the series, fantasy has never really been something I read much. HHGttG on the otherhand is great. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timsvs Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 read the book man, seriously nuthin' like it on earth. Amazing, it's just so realistic!! great vision of the future! go forth now and read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nampigai Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 HHGttG??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nampigai Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 Thanx guess I'll just see the movie LotR then and save my money for some more Frank Herbert Books :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 HHGttG (or sometimes h2g2): Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nampigai Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 who wrote it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 The answer to all your questions is 42. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nampigai Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 Excuse me but I'm a little confused now..... ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 Douglas Adams Is the writer of The Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. He past away on May 11 this year at the age of 49. He also wrote Dirk Gently, The meaning of Liff, Change to See and Starship Titanic. In his work he combines fiction with a ( in my oppinion ) good sence of humor. The radio version of The Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy was nominated for a Hugo Award in 1979, the only radio programm that ever got nominated for the Hugo I believe.There is even a pc-game planned of the books. This is developed by The Digital Village en the publisher of the game will be Pan interactive. You can find more of him at DouglasAdams.com and more of the game at paninteractive.se if you'd like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quoudam72 Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 Algerbra......Feyd h2g2=42 do you get now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nampigai Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 Thanx ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 There is already a (very weird) computer game, I can't remember where on the net. And the answer to Life, the universe and everything is 42.The problem with this answer is that we don't yet know the question.Very well, the question is 'What do you get if you multiply six by nine?'This shows that the universe was fundamentally mucked up to start with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quoudam72 Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 So what Mahdi said has nothing to do with algebra? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 42 and the connected stuff is from Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost_child Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 i have actualy just finished the first dune book and found it amazing. i also recommend house atredies which i read before dune because my local book store took 4 months for dune to come. house atredies wasnt quite as good as dune but it was still pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutus Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 The hitchiker guide to the galaxy is cool. :)And fun. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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