#classicscifi – Cannonball Read 17

Finally got around to this classic (pushed by Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya)

Dune by Frank Herbert

August 11, 2021 by caragwapa Leave a Comment

Gun to head, if I had to choose a genre of books, it would be epic fantasy or science fiction. I love the detailed mythologies and extensive worldbuilding that these genres provide. I also like that most grapple with philosophical and sweeping questions about humanity and good and evil. I guess I’ve read a lot of the classics of both genres but somehow, I had neglected to read Dune. Maybe because nobody really introduced me to the genre. My Aunt and my Dad instilled a […]

Darling it’s better down where it’s wetter.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

February 14, 2021 by Bea Pants Leave a Comment

I listened to this book via the podcast Phoebe Reads a Mystery which is voiced by Phoebe Judge of the famed Criminal Podcast. She reads one to two chapters a day of a classic mystery (though I’m not sure if this most recent selection qualifies). This book follows a reluctant passenger aboard the Nautilus, a submarine which must have seemed truly fantastical the time of the book’s 1869 publication, and it’s secretive Captain Nemo. French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax has, along with his faithful servant […]

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