I love Jones. Deeply. Dark Lord of Derkholm and Deep Secret are probably my favorites. Though I love Howl's Moving Castle as well...
Ah yes, Dune... I married a Dune fanboy. I've read the first one twice, and then I think only Children of Dune. My first birthday present for him was a custom bound copy of The Dune Encyclopedia. (Eventually, we'll get the rest of the series bound to match.) He got a Crystknife for his birthday one year and he managed to get both a reading from Chapterhouse: Dune and a reference into our wedding ceremony. (OK, I liked the last two bits, so I have nothing to complain about... *grin*)
I have come to accept that it will always be a part of my universe and learned to coexist happily...
I must say - the SciFi channel miniseries versions? Highly recommended...
I have her Territory sitting on a shelf above me. But I've not actually read it (nor anything else of hers)...
I actually think I've got most of the books I recommended - except for the majority of the Company novels. Eventually I'll pick them up, but for now, I've just got The Graveyard Game, which falls in the middle of the series. Black Projects, White Knights (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Projects,_White_Knights), which is an anthology, may be a good place to start. The series involves cyborgs, time-travel, and a somewhat bleak future. Backstory helps, I've found. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Zeus_Inc.)
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2009-04-10 12:07 am (UTC)Ah yes, Dune... I married a Dune fanboy. I've read the first one twice, and then I think only Children of Dune. My first birthday present for him was a custom bound copy of The Dune Encyclopedia. (Eventually, we'll get the rest of the series bound to match.) He got a Crystknife for his birthday one year and he managed to get both a reading from Chapterhouse: Dune and a reference into our wedding ceremony. (OK, I liked the last two bits, so I have nothing to complain about... *grin*)
I have come to accept that it will always be a part of my universe and learned to coexist happily...
I must say - the SciFi channel miniseries versions? Highly recommended...
I have her Territory sitting on a shelf above me. But I've not actually read it (nor anything else of hers)...
I actually think I've got most of the books I recommended - except for the majority of the Company novels. Eventually I'll pick them up, but for now, I've just got The Graveyard Game, which falls in the middle of the series. Black Projects, White Knights (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Projects,_White_Knights), which is an anthology, may be a good place to start. The series involves cyborgs, time-travel, and a somewhat bleak future. Backstory helps, I've found. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Zeus_Inc.)