Patrick DeWind Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Patrick DeWind

Finished Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, borrowed from the Buffalo & Erie County public library. I love how people keep comparing it to a work that was influenced by it (time is a thing after all). But honestly I thought this a far, far better work. https://t.co/xqnktfDKeK

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Read All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Honestly, I found it kind of refreshing compared to most war fiction I've read in that it doesn't have a hero, or a good cause, or being on the right side. It rings truer for me. https://t.co/uCzYIoqWic

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Finished rereading Kindred by Octavia Butler, borrowed from the Buffalo and Erie County Library. I came to Butler's work only in the past few years after @levarburton read one of her stories on his podcast. Recently @BuffStatePrez mentioned her so I thought I'd revisit it. https://t.co/K2m2Lh0MHN

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Finished Hell House by Richard Matheson As an old Skinny Puppy fan it was inevitable I'd get around to the book the movie they like to sample from. Though a touch dated it is still a fun read. https://t.co/GTlcXA0yQ3

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Re-re-reread 1984 by George Orwell. This time through had a lot more to do with Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon. When I read that last year I remarked at the similarities between the two works, but hadn't read 1984 for quite a while. https://t.co/lOI0EG0YJ6

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Finished Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick. Borrowed from the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Though this came out about a decade ago, I think the information holds up. https://t.co/UpY1zNNop2

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Finished The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. It has been a LONG time since I first read this. It is one of the interesting books where most discussions about it concern the setting, not the story. https://t.co/qQiKkM3p48

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Finished Carrie by Stephen King. Last time I read this the WWWeb wasn't a thing yet. Sheesh. My favorite of King's books. I hate it when the trauma of bullying isn't handled well in books (and the fact that it is ubiquitous in fictional schools). King? He does it right. https://t.co/nUHQ8f9FAr

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Reread Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov. Not for nothing, but I always thought the second book was a little weaker than the first. I love the cadence of the first one with each challenge overcome over time, but that breaks down with the Mule, which dominates the book. https://t.co/4eObhJjrOD

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I was up too late reading The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy. Great in terms of how the story influenced later fiction, especially comic books. But I have a difficult time being sympathetic to the aristocracy. An interesting throwback in that respect. https://t.co/ZFzPoVQkKf

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