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What are you reading?

I've just finished this and I'm looking for something new.

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SW-User
What genres are your favorites
Lugwho · 61-69, M
@SW-User virtually always fiction, but any genre except sci-fi and fantasy.
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@Lugwho But "Dune"...
@Fishy 'cause Dune.
Lugwho · 61-69, M
@Kwek00 I haven't read it. Not really to my taste, but maybe I'll look out for it in the charity shops.
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@Lugwho Well, I have to be honest... If you ever start it, you kinda need to read up until book 4... It's pretty deep.
Lugwho · 61-69, M
@Kwek00 Sounds like a big commitment
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@Lugwho Not sure... I read it fairly quickly. However... I've seen a bunch of reviews on Frank Herberts' Dune. And I think it really depends on the reader, more then with most other books. Especially his first book, is written in a way that the overall majority of novels aren't. You get full knowledge, of every important category. Nothing is hidden, thoughts are expressed all the time. You know exactly what is going to happen and who is going to do "it"... there is a point too this way of dealing with his audience. The funny thing is, that a lot people are still duped at the end of the novel.
Lugwho · 61-69, M
@Kwek00 Got to admit, I've always been a bit put off by the terrible reviews the original film got back in 1984.
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@Lugwho Well... the original movie, is also "David Lynch"... You either love him or hate him. LOL
Also, David Lynch... misrepresents the book. His movie misses the point completely.

According to Lynch, he was also pressured to not follow his script, because of producers wanting to earn money.
Lugwho · 61-69, M
@Kwek00 I quite like Elephant Man, Blue Vevet and Wild at Heart. I started watching Twin Peaks half way through and didn't have a clue what was going on. Eraserhead was not a favourite at all.
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@Lugwho I never saw "wild at heart"... I do like David Lynch. I also didn't like Eraserhead. You forgot: Lost Highway and Mullholland Drive"

... Also, I love (absolutely love) "The Straight Story".
Lugwho · 61-69, M
@Kwek00 I haven't seen them.
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@Lugwho Well, if you are ever looking for something to watch... have fun :D
Lugwho · 61-69, M
@Kwek00 I'll add them to the list, it's a very long list 🤣
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@Lugwho That's okay
I like movies too... But I do at least watch a lot. I'm kind of a couch potato. And if I'm not behind a PC, TV ... then I'm lieing down with a book. I like all the lazy stuff.
Lugwho · 61-69, M
@Kwek00 I used to love films and got out of the habit. Combination of being married to someone who's not keen and two decades of children choosing the film lol.
Kwek00 · 41-45, M
@Lugwho Well, you can spend a second only once. 🤷‍♂
Since I'm living with someone, my number of movies per week... has gone down drastically.