Comments on: Suffering is a misunderstanding http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/05/suffering-is-a-misunderstanding/ The Chronicles of Conor Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Conor http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/05/suffering-is-a-misunderstanding/comment-page-1/#comment-17893 Conor Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:23:13 +0000 http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/?p=916#comment-17893 I so rarely binge on authors that I think I'm going to start doing it more, just for the hell of it. Nothing reads as fast as a Pratchett book, so it'll be harder to do it with other authors, but I'm game for that. Several times now I've recommended <i>The Dispossessed</i>. Did you like it as much as everyone else, or am I a hopeless hippie? I so rarely binge on authors that I think I’m going to start doing it more, just for the hell of it. Nothing reads as fast as a Pratchett book, so it’ll be harder to do it with other authors, but I’m game for that.

Several times now I’ve recommended The Dispossessed. Did you like it as much as everyone else, or am I a hopeless hippie?

]]> By: T-rex http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/05/suffering-is-a-misunderstanding/comment-page-1/#comment-17770 T-rex Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:17:54 +0000 http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/?p=916#comment-17770 i would say that your perception of my me is pretty accurate. it does have a lack of consistency, though. after reading dune, i plowed through all the Herbert I could find, and did a similar thing with Dick. I really enjoyed The Left Hand of Darkness, also by Le Guin, and I didn't even consider grabbing another of her novels. I don't know what triggers rabid fandom, but i'm happy flying blind for now. i would say that your perception of my me is pretty accurate. it does have a lack of consistency, though. after reading dune, i plowed through all the Herbert I could find, and did a similar thing with Dick. I really enjoyed The Left Hand of Darkness, also by Le Guin, and I didn’t even consider grabbing another of her novels. I don’t know what triggers rabid fandom, but i’m happy flying blind for now.

]]> By: Conor http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/05/suffering-is-a-misunderstanding/comment-page-1/#comment-17553 Conor Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:38:41 +0000 http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/?p=916#comment-17553 When you find something you like, especially in science fiction, do you tend to plow through many books by the same author, one after the other? For some reason I have an impression that you do, but maybe that's reserved only for the authors you really, really love. The only time I can ever remember doing that myself was with Terry Pratchett books. With stuff like this, I dabble uncontrollably. I probably won't read another Le Guin book for months, although I loved <i>The Dispossessed</i>. I definitely highly recommend it. Rather a paragon of soft SF, in my terribly unenlightened opinion. When you find something you like, especially in science fiction, do you tend to plow through many books by the same author, one after the other? For some reason I have an impression that you do, but maybe that’s reserved only for the authors you really, really love.

The only time I can ever remember doing that myself was with Terry Pratchett books. With stuff like this, I dabble uncontrollably.

I probably won’t read another Le Guin book for months, although I loved The Dispossessed. I definitely highly recommend it. Rather a paragon of soft SF, in my terribly unenlightened opinion.

]]> By: T-rex http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/05/suffering-is-a-misunderstanding/comment-page-1/#comment-17329 T-rex Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:30:29 +0000 http://www.conorschaefer.com/blog/?p=916#comment-17329 tldr, I just bought this book at a used book store so I'll read it sometime soon tldr, I just bought this book at a used book store so I’ll read it sometime soon

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