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In Bosnia in the 80s, I read this novel which was amazing but confusing. Decade later, I learned it was the middle third of the Original dune novel, starting l

In Bosnia in the 80s, I read this novel which was amazing but confusing. Decade later, I learned it was the middle third of the Original dune novel, starting literally in the middle of Harkonnen attack, as they ponder the ancient cannons without any mention of shields etc. It was quite the trip :-) I don't think it was hostile though. I think it had to do with this one guy / club doing the translating and needing both time to do the work, and money from first part to live through / finance the next part. I could be wrong, I was 10 at the time...

CurtMonash 3y ago
I read the third book of the Zelazny's Amber series before I read the second, back when the series was new. I didn't do it on purpose, but I wasn't careful to avoid the risk either. That was the first time in my life I read three novels the same day. It was 2 days before qualifying exams for my PhD. 1 day beforehand I was going to cram, but the day before that I wanted to clear my brain.
- mcv 3y ago
  First time I read The Lord of the Rings, I was 12 or so, my dad was reading The Two Towers, my older brother was reading The Fellowship of the Ring, so I decided I should just start reading The Return of the King. So my first memories of LotR are Pippin riding Shadowfax behind Gandalf. When my dad finished book 2, I dropped book 3 and switched, and then to book 1 when my brother finished the first book, so that was a bit of a fragmented experience. Maybe there's also a lesson here to read books with your kids, or at least where they can see you read. It's contagious.
  - bombcar 3y ago
    My dad ended up buying the famous pirate Ace version of the Fellowship of the Ring - and it had absolutely no indication it was the first part of a combined trilogy so he thought it has a VERY abrupt weird ending until he later learned there were other volumes.
    - mcv 3y ago
      My dad had all three, my mom had only the first (of the same edition), so we had two copies of Fellowship at home. I guess I should have started in the other copy, except when I started we were on vacation and we didn't bring the duplicate Fellowship with us.

CurtMonash 3y ago

I read the third book of the Zelazny's Amber series before I read the second, back when the series was new. I didn't do it on purpose, but I wasn't careful to avoid the risk either. That was the first time in my life I read three novels the same day. It was 2 days before qualifying exams for my PhD. 1 day beforehand I was going to cram, but the day before that I wanted to clear my brain.

mcv 3y ago
First time I read The Lord of the Rings, I was 12 or so, my dad was reading The Two Towers, my older brother was reading The Fellowship of the Ring, so I decided I should just start reading The Return of the King. So my first memories of LotR are Pippin riding Shadowfax behind Gandalf. When my dad finished book 2, I dropped book 3 and switched, and then to book 1 when my brother finished the first book, so that was a bit of a fragmented experience. Maybe there's also a lesson here to read books with your kids, or at least where they can see you read. It's contagious.
- bombcar 3y ago
  My dad ended up buying the famous pirate Ace version of the Fellowship of the Ring - and it had absolutely no indication it was the first part of a combined trilogy so he thought it has a VERY abrupt weird ending until he later learned there were other volumes.
  - mcv 3y ago
    My dad had all three, my mom had only the first (of the same edition), so we had two copies of Fellowship at home. I guess I should have started in the other copy, except when I started we were on vacation and we didn't bring the duplicate Fellowship with us.