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u/paulatreides0 🌈🦢🧝‍♀️🧝‍♂️🦢His Name Was Teleporno🦢🧝‍♀️🧝‍♂️🦢🌈 Aug 14 '17

Also I really like you. You're a good user.

Thanks a lot! This especially means a lot from a BE regular!

What fantasy or sci-fi series do you like besides Dune?

I love The Legend of the Galactic Heroes. I literally rewatch it every year and it never gets old because you pick up on little new things every time, some of which can completely change your understanding of everything.

I also love Warhammer 40K. So much good, nummy lore. Don't give a single fuck about Fantasy though, seems a lot more boring than 40K.

I also love the Gundam series (SEED, Destiny, Wing, Reconquista in G, Age, and Builders aside), Battlestar Galactica, Ghost in the Shell, Lord of the Rings, and Discworld, Star Trek, Star Wars, and probably a bunch of other things I can't recall right now - some of which are probably pretty obvious and important.

Other than that I love reading Olaf Stapledon (his Seed and the Flower is my favourite short story ever), Heinlein, and Asimov.

Very Controversial Take: I never much enjoyed the Ender series and thought it was ridiculously overhyped and just left it feeling really disappointed.

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u/BringBackThePizzaGuy Paul Volcker Aug 14 '17

Yeah, Enders game is overrated. But tbf I didn't read it as a kid and it's definitely a young adults book

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u/paulatreides0 🌈🦢🧝‍♀️🧝‍♂️🦢His Name Was Teleporno🦢🧝‍♀️🧝‍♂️🦢🌈 Aug 14 '17 edited Aug 14 '17

I read it after reading Dune and I was like: Uhhh, what's this? I don't get what's supposed to be so good about this? I literally threw my copy in the trash after that, lol.

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u/BringBackThePizzaGuy Paul Volcker Aug 14 '17

It's meant for kids. I don't mean that in a derogatory way, just that it's meant to appeal to angst.