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flopsamjetsamyesterday at 10:41 PM1 replyview on HN

Dune: re-read the first time since I was a teenager. Mostly to compare my memory of it against the films.

Foundation and Second Foundation: for much the same reason.

Both very enjoyable reads, but quite different from the modern interpretations.

"How Life Works: a users guide to the new biology" by Phillip Ball. Really extended my understanding of where biology is now.


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trentnixtoday at 1:07 AM

I read five of the Foundation books (stopping before Prelude) in 2024. I had read them as a kid and loved them, but three (plus) decades later and they just didn’t hold up as well as I hoped.

The Mule is still great, though.