'Lord of Light' worth Memorizing
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Lord of Light
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In the manner of Fahrenheit 451 this book is worth memorizing! If ever forced to commit a novel to memory for future generations, this would be my first choice. (Martian Chronicals is second and Dune is third)
I read this novel at a tender age of 14 and always return to it when I need 'psychic renewal'.
We even covered this book in a high school sci fi lit class.
My favorite line is "The dawn emerged pink, like the newly bitten thigh of a young maiden".
Yes, I also remember the bluish humanoid-fish quality of the Guild Steersman. The book has lots of other great renditions of sci fi aliens. I still have my copy.
I am sure that Barnes&Noble can get a copy of the bok or else try Half-Price books or one of your local resellers.
The series played the Guild Steersman closer to that Atlas' rendition, but I did not see the spice environment hat they need to live in now that they have changed into Steersman. The Lynch movie gave more of a feel for the Guild's living conditions.
Amongst other issues with the Dune series, I took particular note of the balliset played by Gurney. As some of you will notice my nick is Lute which is the physical device actually used on screen by the actor.
The prop was a Renaissance Lute of either 6, 7, 8, or 10 courses. It was missing the frets for the top one third of the neck. Though I assume this is an attempt to make it resemble the ancestral Arabian instrument from which the Lute is derived: al'oud. ("the tree" in Arabic)
The actual musical soundtrack was an 'oud and not the lute.
I would expect that 10,000 years of civilization would produce an instrument more futuristic for the balliset. But I can't complain too much that my favorite instrument got some screen time!
P.S. You all should try to tune one of those things when the strings are made of gut!
P.P.S. For inquiring minds: the lute was the piano of its day roughly 1440 in Italy through 1625 in England as the Renaissance period progressed across Europe. It evolved in to the Baroque Lute with many additional strings. Subsequently the guitar came into vogue because of the fewer strings: it was easier to learn and play.
The 'oud came across the Med with the Moors and their Spanish invasion.
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I read this novel at a tender age of 14 and always return to it when I need 'psychic renewal'. We even covered this book in a high school sci fi lit class.
My favorite line is "The dawn emerged pink, like the newly bitten thigh of a young maiden".
Thanks for noticing. I will send an e-mail, but I have to do so on my personal account and not thru the work account
.It may be later today, but most likely on the weekend.
Say, the pronoblem site looks quite impressive: the beowolf cluster and the AI research. I would love to hear about the AI research
Yes, I also remember the bluish humanoid-fish quality of the Guild Steersman. The book has lots of other great renditions of sci fi aliens. I still have my copy.
I am sure that Barnes&Noble can get a copy of the bok or else try Half-Price books or one of your local resellers.
The series played the Guild Steersman closer to that Atlas' rendition, but I did not see the spice environment hat they need to live in now that they have changed into Steersman. The Lynch movie gave more of a feel for the Guild's living conditions.
Amongst other issues with the Dune series, I took particular note of the balliset played by Gurney. As some of you will notice my nick is Lute which is the physical device actually used on screen by the actor.
The prop was a Renaissance Lute of either 6, 7, 8, or 10 courses. It was missing the frets for the top one third of the neck. Though I assume this is an attempt to make it resemble the ancestral Arabian instrument from which the Lute is derived: al'oud. ("the tree" in Arabic)
The actual musical soundtrack was an 'oud and not the lute.
I would expect that 10,000 years of civilization would produce an instrument more futuristic for the balliset. But I can't complain too much that my favorite instrument got some screen time!
P.S. You all should try to tune one of those things when the strings are made of gut!
P.P.S. For inquiring minds: the lute was the piano of its day roughly 1440 in Italy through 1625 in England as the Renaissance period progressed across Europe. It evolved in to the Baroque Lute with many additional strings. Subsequently the guitar came into vogue because of the fewer strings: it was easier to learn and play.
The 'oud came across the Med with the Moors and their Spanish invasion.