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The first time i tried to read Dune, i made it most of the way through Chapter 1.
The second time i tried to read Dune, i made it about halfway through Chapter 2.
The third time i tried to read Dune, i made it just into Chapter 3.
The fourth time i tried to read Dune, i made it some decent distance, maybe two-thirdsish of the way through Chapter 4.
I have yet to have the wherewithal to try it again. Someyear.
The first time i read tried to read Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom, i read Chapters 1-4, then Chapters 1-4, then Chapters 1-4, and at that point felt i understood the first four chapters enough to continue to chapter 5. I thoroughly enjoyed the book.
Based on the Experience with Absalom, Absalom, i have some vague hope that getting through Chapter 4 of Dune, which i anticipate happening if ever i try a fifth time to read it, will inspire me to continue. Thus far, i have found the writing style in Dune so trying as to fear that that may be false hope, but i cling to that bit of hope yet. Time will tell. I doubt that i will try again this year. It's been 3 years, and the memories of the tedium are far too fresh yet - the thought of reading it doesn't fill me with dread, nor determination, just with lack of will. Five years passed between try 1 and try 2.
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The second time i tried to read Dune, i made it about halfway through Chapter 2.
The third time i tried to read Dune, i made it just into Chapter 3.
The fourth time i tried to read Dune, i made it some decent distance, maybe two-thirdsish of the way through Chapter 4.
I have yet to have the wherewithal to try it again. Someyear.
The first time i read tried to read Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom, i read Chapters 1-4, then Chapters 1-4, then Chapters 1-4, and at that point felt i understood the first four chapters enough to continue to chapter 5. I thoroughly enjoyed the book.
Based on the Experience with Absalom, Absalom, i have some vague hope that getting through Chapter 4 of Dune, which i anticipate happening if ever i try a fifth time to read it, will inspire me to continue. Thus far, i have found the writing style in Dune so trying as to fear that that may be false hope, but i cling to that bit of hope yet. Time will tell. I doubt that i will try again this year. It's been 3 years, and the memories of the tedium are far too fresh yet - the thought of reading it doesn't fill me with dread, nor determination, just with lack of will. Five years passed between try 1 and try 2.
*This post brought to you by a thread over yon.
