As the title says, apparently John Christopher’s Tripod Trilogy is being adapted to the big screen (by Touchstone Pictures). I’ve never read the books, but I’m entirely cool with more science fiction novels being turned into movies. The more the merrier.
Any thoughts from folks who have read the series? Or are those of us in the U.S. mostly ignorant of Christopher?
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Sometime near the end of the Spring semester, I decided it was time to take another crack and reorganizing my life. I’ve gone through years of on again / off again burnout, some of it my own fault (I’m disorganized and try to do too much) and some of it a consequence of things about which I have no control (my former university essentially bankrupted itself, forcing me to find a new job in my field, and I’ve since moved twice — the short version). All that burnout and overfilled plate-ism has made it harder to keep up with grading and find the energy to complete tasks on time. So it seemed only logical to use my university library privileges to borrow a variety of recommend productivity and project management books to see what advice, systems, etc. are out there.
Why would someone make a list of important and interesting works of dystopian fiction? Or a suggested reading list of works that are relevant to those dystopian works? There is absolutely no reason other than raw interest. There’s nothing going on to compel this. There is nothing in particular one making such a list would hope you’d learn. The lists below are not an exhaustive list. There are bound to be texts I have forgotten or texts you think folks should read that are not listed. Feel free to make your own list and tell me about it OR leave a comment. I’ll add things I’ve missed! Anywhoodles. Here goes:
And so it came to pass that I finished up my annual Best of EDM [Insert Year Here] lists. I used to do these on Spotify before switching to Tidal, and I continued doing them on Tidal because I listen to an absurd amount of EDM and like keeping track of the tunes I love the most. Below, you will find a Tidal playlist that should be public. You can listen to the first 50 tracks right here, but the full playlist is available on Tidal proper (which has a free version just like Spotify does). For whatever reason, the embedded playlist breaks the page, and so I’ve opted to link to it here and at the bottom of this post. Embeds are weird. Or you can pull songs into your preferred listening app. It’s up to you. Some caveats before we begin:
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OMG, that’s great! I loved the Tripod trilogy as a kid. It was one of the first SF books I read. If you decide to read it, you should start with The White Mountains, the original first book. I think if you read the later prequel first, it would spoil some of The White Mountains.
Will do. Thanks for the recommendation!
Never read the author. I have been more into Frank Herbert and Stephen R. Donaldson.
In fact, I really recommend some of the extended Dune series both sequels after Frank’s own (some of the plots pulled from his vaults) and even prequels. These are written by Anderson and Herbert’s own son. They are fascinating and for those hardcore scifi fans, these books reveal a lot more than what the original series and the movies (original and remakes.)
I’ve never read the author either, but I suspect he’s rather big, or was, in England. I’ve heard of him before, though.
You like the stuff written by Anderson and Herbert’s son? I’ve heard mixed reviews. Some love them, and some don’t. I suspect it has to do with how purist you are with the Dune novels.