Comment by flopsamjetsam
16 hours ago
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.
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.