On Jun 2, 2004, at 2:41 PM, Casey Rousseau wrote: > David Dyer-Bennet writ: >> ... whereas Dune is a major classic. > > Agreed. My only complaint about Dune is the same complaint that I have > for Jane Eyre, another classic. It took me two tries to break past the > first 80 pages. Once the story really gets going though, I'm hooked. I'm not even as far as you. I gave Dune three strikes to get me past page 100. It's out. 'Course I'm more philistine than most here, I'll bet. Lord of the Rings struck out, too. I don't even know how Return of the King ends (though I have a sneaking suspicion a monarch is involved).- I'm hoping to rent the DVD Real Soon Now (Yeah yeah, I'm sad I missed it in the theater, but it was not to be). No spoilers! There's just too much out there that makes me unaware I'm even turning pages to bother with stories that present that kind of inertia on startup. Case in point with the works this list focuses on. Even Paarfi's accounts. Ban Zone Grime (Why Noam Izenberg showers after leaving the Zone)