tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post5154992798269514372..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: Meaningful BooksDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-17003085114240692872013-12-14T12:49:41.652-06:002013-12-14T12:49:41.652-06:00I think you're supposed to feel miserable read...I think you're supposed to feel miserable reading dystopias. And then, since mostly they're about the problems of current society displaced onto a different world, you're supposed to get angry and try to do something about them - to try to solve the ones that already exist, or try to prevent the ones that seem to be coming.<br /><br />You can take them just as stories if you want, and many people do - they're fascinating that way just in themselves - but I've always thought they were meant to be wake-up calls to action.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-44912963240719779512013-12-14T10:03:05.150-06:002013-12-14T10:03:05.150-06:00A Canticle for Liebowitz was the book that led to ...<em>A Canticle for Liebowitz</em> was the book that led to my discovery that I really don't enjoy dystopia AT ALL. Every time I try and read one, I feel miserable the whole time I'm reading it, and for hours after I finish.<br /><br />I'm impressed by anyone who can read them, because they're fascinating.<br />Random Michelle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-19116863057185876412013-12-13T21:01:20.881-06:002013-12-13T21:01:20.881-06:00I appreciate the thought that LOTR and Canticle ar...I appreciate the thought that LOTR and Canticle are Deep History. (grin)<br /><br />The great thing about influential books is that they can influence in so many ways.<br /><br />Dr. PhilDr. Phil (Physics)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11943336276878704753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-1321607755879531882013-12-13T20:02:02.639-06:002013-12-13T20:02:02.639-06:00It tickles me how many of these I've read and...It tickles me how many of these I've read and enjoyed.Janiecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06223994862015217811noreply@blogger.com