The Gathering Darkness (the Connor series) - Dirk B. (Page 36 of 57)

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80% of the way through God Emperor of Dune.
I'm considering rereading the Foundation series after I'm done with Dune. It's been forever since I read those.
I highly recommend the Heechee Saga if you've never read it. I've read it about three times. I think it's five books.

I study the writing technique from these masters, even if the story is boring.

I decided to keep reading until the end of the Dune series timeline, including the final two books written by BH/KA. I recall not particularly liking their two books, but I'm enjoying Heretics of Dune more than I remember. I also liked Chapterhouse on past reads. 3.75 books to go. Also good progress on plotting the investigation of Connor's history by Inspector Campana. I originally thought I would spread it out over many chapters, but I'm now wondering if I should roll most of it into one focused chapter, albeit with a lot of minor scenes as Campana bounces from location to location in her search, something like a Law & Order episode.

Milano, Marino, Moretti, Michel(Angelo), Maria. Time to update my names bible before I use any more names with an M. And I've lost count of the number of names I have that end in o.

Just finished Heretics of Dune. Pretty good overall. Three books to go, then It's off to the Foundation series. Haven't read that in decades, and I'm pretty sure I only read the original trilogy, not the whole series. When I browse suggested books on Kindle, I realize I've already read many of the classic sci-fi novels from my teens. For the most part, I only remember the titles.

Isaac Asimov was once asked what he would do if he was told he only had a year to live. His answer: write faster! :-)

A minor addition, "teacher" can be made to pass the uniqueness rest.
Imagine your 5-yr-old running in the door:
>Mom! Dad! We caught a bug today and Teacher let us keep it

(Later same book, talking to a friend)
Dad: Our son's teacher gave him a bug.
Here, Dad cannot use capital because uniqueness lost

Another example, the Lone Ranger & Tonto walk up to two villains.
Villian: Hey lawman (Addressing Lone ranger as one lawman among many)
vs
Villain: Hey Lawman (Using a common term that everyone in the scene understands who it is)

In this above case, I'll take either as long as it's consistent that no other good guy is also Lawman

I rediscovered in Chapterhouse that Frank Herbert used the Jews as a secret society that had survived the millennia since Old Earth. I had planned to rewrite Galaxy Tales to project Anglicans forward into the year 4017, rather than the generic Christianity I used in my previous drafts. Should be ready to start that in ten or so years. :-(

Chapterhouse Dune epigraph: it is possible to know so much about a subject that you become totally ignorant.

Chapterhouse is an interesting book, besides being enjoyable. Many of the chapters have very little dialogue and even less action. Just characters ruminating on interesting topics that moves the story forward.

Big ass plothole coming up in the next chapter. Campagna has an opportunity to grab a sample of Connor's blood for a DNA test, but doesn't. The only fix I can think of is that she's overwhelmed by events and forgets to do so until it's too late (eg his blood is cleaned up before she comes back for a sample. Meh.

Technically, the above solution also works for hair follicles. Place a demon in the lab and he messes with or destroys the sample. As a result, no DNA results.