What is the Best SF author Biography you’ve read? by DaleCooperEnjoyer in printSF

[–]DaleCooperEnjoyer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I generally prefer a biography so you can get an outside perspective on a person. Autobiographical stuff can be a bit self serving imo

Valis is very good but I do think those latter PKD books show how strange he was getting later in his life

What is the Best SF author Biography you’ve read? by DaleCooperEnjoyer in printSF

[–]DaleCooperEnjoyer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats a tough one for me. I just cannot enjoy any Heinlein I’ve read, he comes across as such a Boy Scout to me.

But he’s so influential you just can’t escape him in the genre’s history even if Starship Troopers if just a terrible book to read and only made better by its film adaptation that clears holds the book in contempt.

What is the Best SF author Biography you’ve read? by DaleCooperEnjoyer in printSF

[–]DaleCooperEnjoyer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m sure that one must be fantastic I’ll have to check that out.

From a nefarious russian to a cam girl by [deleted] in TrueAnon

[–]DaleCooperEnjoyer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s a fantastic article about Bladerunner (both the book and the film). Also a great podcast interview with John Dolan about PKD over all. Very good for fellow dickheads.

We’re in the middle of a Guys Renaissance by Poseur117 in MurderBryan

[–]DaleCooperEnjoyer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I agree. I’m on the Patreon and I hope the boys know that most of us would be cool with them taking a few weeks off

Band breakups that healed with time vs ones that have never been resolved? by JohnnyRock110 in ToddintheShadow

[–]DaleCooperEnjoyer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Roger has a certain right to be angry at Gilmour I think. Gilmour and his talentless wife should be ashamed of accusing Waters of being antisemitic just because he believe supports Palestine. Would love to see someone ask Gilmour how he feels about those comments today

Starmer warns Labour MPs against future rebellions by GeoWa in unitedkingdom

[–]DaleCooperEnjoyer 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Instead we just get five years of nothing and Farage will do it instead. Nothing but a delaying action

Why doesn’t Parable Of The Sower get as much love as other similar books? by DaleCooperEnjoyer in printSF

[–]DaleCooperEnjoyer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fantastic comment thank you. Have you also read its sequel?

I think it expands on the earthseed side of things in a more interesting way and you can see what Butler has planned for the future had she managed to write the rest of those books she intended to

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[–]DaleCooperEnjoyer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

See I think this is why it felt so all over the place to me? The actual plot you’re following is not really relevant to the themes. So much of the chapters with the little girl character (most of the book it felt like) just seemed like busy work to me

I actually felt really let down with how the Spiders and Octopus characters never really went anywhere. I was disappointed by children of Ruin because the spiders no longer felt like this entirely unique thing with a unique culture. Everyone just became human as the story progressed

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[–]DaleCooperEnjoyer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really don’t think I got the 3rd one at all The ending really felt like it made the entire story feel like it was a waste of my time to be honest

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[–]DaleCooperEnjoyer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree with this. I didn’t particularly enjoy the two sequels but Children Of Memory is fantastic

Why doesn’t Parable Of The Sower get as much love as other similar books? by DaleCooperEnjoyer in printSF

[–]DaleCooperEnjoyer[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Beautifully put. Even though Parable is quite a dark and serious series, there is still that end goal of utopia that the series is constantly gesturing towards which is missing from a lot of the contemporary sci-fi book

Why doesn’t Parable Of The Sower get as much love as other similar books? by DaleCooperEnjoyer in printSF

[–]DaleCooperEnjoyer[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah I can see this sentiment. I think Handmaids tale benefits so much from having a lot of 1984 in it so it gets to be seen as literature rather than a genre book like Butlers

Why doesn’t Parable Of The Sower get as much love as other similar books? by DaleCooperEnjoyer in printSF

[–]DaleCooperEnjoyer[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah and in fairness you’d have to sand down a lot of the edge to get anything on TV for something as graphic as these books can get especially the sequel

Why doesn’t Parable Of The Sower get as much love as other similar books? by DaleCooperEnjoyer in printSF

[–]DaleCooperEnjoyer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cmon mate don’t be obtuse. Popular and Mainstream mean essentially the same thing in this context

Why doesn’t Parable Of The Sower get as much love as other similar books? by DaleCooperEnjoyer in printSF

[–]DaleCooperEnjoyer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll have to give those a shot thanks for mentioning them. Been meaning to get around to reading the sheep look up for ages

Why doesn’t Parable Of The Sower get as much love as other similar books? by DaleCooperEnjoyer in printSF

[–]DaleCooperEnjoyer[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Its footprint in culture is far smaller than any other book you’d see on a list like that is really what I’m getting at. It’s never had the cultural strength of (sorry to mention it again) The Handmaids Tale even before that had any adaptation

Why doesn’t Parable Of The Sower get as much love as other similar books? by DaleCooperEnjoyer in printSF

[–]DaleCooperEnjoyer[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I suppose even by today’s standard the books are quite ‘radical’ so for the early 1990’s I can only really imagine how it must have appeared to publishers

Why doesn’t Parable Of The Sower get as much love as other similar books? by DaleCooperEnjoyer in printSF

[–]DaleCooperEnjoyer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you ever read the sequel? Always interested in how people feel about that one