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> Tag: #classicscifi

Finally got around to this classic (pushed by Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya)

Dune by Frank Herbert

August 11, 2021 by caragwapa Leave a Comment

Gun to head, if I had to choose a genre of books, it would be epic fantasy or science fiction.  I love the detailed mythologies and extensive worldbuilding that these genres provide.  I also like that most grapple with philosophical and sweeping questions about humanity and good and evil. I guess I’ve read a lot of the classics of both genres but somehow, I had neglected to read Dune.  Maybe because nobody really introduced me to the genre.  My Aunt and my Dad instilled a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #classicscifi, #Science Fiction, Dune, Frank Herbert, sci-fi, Speculative Fiction

caragwapa's CBR13 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #classicscifi, #Science Fiction, Dune, Frank Herbert, sci-fi, Speculative Fiction ·
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Darling it’s better down where it’s wetter.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

February 14, 2021 by Bea Pants Leave a Comment

  I listened to this book via the podcast Phoebe Reads a Mystery which is voiced by Phoebe Judge of the famed Criminal Podcast. She reads one to two chapters a day of a classic mystery (though I’m not sure if this most recent selection qualifies). This book follows a reluctant passenger aboard the Nautilus, a submarine which must have seemed truly fantastical the time of the book’s 1869 publication, and it’s secretive Captain Nemo. French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax has, along with his faithful servant […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #classicscifi, #JulesVerne, CBR13, Jules Verne

Bea Pants's CBR13 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #classicscifi, #JulesVerne, CBR13, Jules Verne ·
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