■ 🕑 1. Giko Book Club
│ Read a book? Post your thoughts on it!
│ Someone read a book you read? Answer them!
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│ > Find books:
│ https://fmhy.net/readingpiracyguide
│ > Windows ereading:
│ https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org
│ > Android ereading:
│ https://readera.org/
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│ < We suggest epub / mobi over PDF when possible
│ < As this thread grows, "tree" mode may be more useful than "thread"
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├─■ 🕑 2. Dune
│ Earlier this month, I read Dune 1-4.
│ I appreciate how each book goes in a different direction yet the
│ world of Dune still remains largely consistent with itself.
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│ Dune #1 was probably the best but the sequels all take the concept
│ in interesting directions. I think the writing has aged pretty well.
│ But 3 return visits to Arrakis were enough for me.
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└─■ 🕑 3. Witcher
Book order: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher#Overview
I read books 1-3 and I'm working on 4 now. The world is pretty
interesting and the focus on character relations is done pretty well.
After I finish 4 I'm going to watch the Netflix series and start playing
Witcher 3 while I continue reading through the rest of the series.
These books feel like they could work really well as an anime or game
series as I read through them. It's not world-changing literature but
the entertainment level is pretty solid. I liked the references to
fairy tales in the first 2 books of short stories.
I don't think Witcher is as good as Lord of the Rings but it's better
than Game of Thrones. Fans of Dungeons and Dragons and classic RPG games
could probably really appreciate Witcher, and fans of fairy tales and
myth as well.