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I forgot to state that the version im listening to are a production, where the different characters are different voice actors etc, theres some sound effects etc. It won audio book of the year in 2008.

@The-red-centaur woah 21hr+ !! i think listening to long audiobooks are quite nice, especially if it's the version with a proper voice cast and background music, etc. i'm listening to a trashy fantasy audiobook at the moment, but i can't complain, the production makes it pretty entertaining.

sounds like you've been a fan of dune for a while! i didn't know the son also wrote some books too, what a cool (and talented) duo! glad you're getting the chance to experience the story in a new way!! let me know your thoughts once you've finished the series 😊

@rav3n i am up to book 4, so i still have a lot to get through lol.

and trashy fantasy can be a good place to get absorbed in, no judgement from here.

are the last few books longer? @The-red-centaur hope you savour the story!

agreed, it really is a good way to get hooked back in. the plot of the story is great so far, just the choice of words/dialogue that makes it cringey at times 😆

what's next on your list after you finish dune?

Im not sure. I love classic sci-fi @rav3n or maybe an epic by Tolkien or something similar. Depends on what I find available.

After I finish the main dune titles I will see if I kind find the others in the dune universe written by Frank's son. So i could be busy a while, as I dont listen every day and often its just a few chapters at a time.

omg a Tolkien epic would be amazing. i've only read 'the hobbit', and the audiobook was so fun - loved their singing/folk songs. @The-red-centaur

sounds like Dune's got you covered for a good while, especially with those anniversary editions, etc. i love when there's a big book universe and collection!! do you know if Dune books are still be written? or has the collection ended?

@rav3n i just did a quick google, Brian Herbert has still been releasing titles as recent as 2023. Most of the books he released expanded his father's dune universe. As of date there are 23 books so far. The first dune novel came out in 1965. It has aged very well and is considered one of the best sci-fi novels. There is lots of speculation the first gorge lucas star wars was a dune rip off.

oh wow 23 books is plenty! will be interesting to see if all the books maintain the same quality of writing/story. those are some impressive authors though, maintaining a sci-fi world like that would not be easy @The-red-centaur omg that speculation around star wars potentially being a dune rip off is so interesting... it's so wild how star wars film franchise blew up while dune's didn't get the same attention 🙃 have you read the star wars series before?

As a teen I read a starwars book or two. @rav3n I think star wars took off because of the movies and the games. It was a cultural phenomenon that made sci fi a more normalised genre, in the 60s sci fi was just emerging and the dune books were instantly a success, films weren't a big thing and it didn't become a social phenomenon. Also dune is a very dense, often political series, where as star wars is more fun and doesn't take itself seriously.

Anyways thats my take on it.

I actually came to this little house to get a few things out of my head actually. Writing things helps me make sense of my thoughts, I've been thinking a lot of heavy things lately, and I dont have people who I can get it out to. Its been about a year since I stopped therapy so I cant get that outlet.

6 years ago i was half way through a 6 month hosoital stay, and 3 years ago I just got out of a coma. My life was constantly held there on the smallest thread of my own making. Its very different now and im proud of how far I've come. Im glad I am no longer how and where I used to be.

Saying that I feel like im just a fraud. I feel like I just wing it through each day, doing anything I can to keep distracted, just so I can go to bed and repeat it all the next day.

I feel so shallow and hollow. My chronic fatigue stops me from doing any meaningful or worthwhile. I barely have interactions with anyone apart from my support workers these days. I mostly leave the house only for groceries, and its not for lack or desire. I hate this. I miss the days when I would walk in a park, go for drives, go to magic and hang out with my friends, I miss painting.

I feel sedentary and I am so trusted with my mind and body. Ive been wondering lately if its just all the suppressed traumas and mh shit that I push away 24/7 (without knowing i amor trying to) that is having me so drained.

For the first time in ages, my thoughts are going back to life would have been better if it ended back then. Im not suicidal, but I feel like my is useless. I cannot function on basic tasks, and the meaningful things I put in my life i cannot do. Its like all the work I have done to make my life good and safe is constantly for naught because I cant keep it there due to the fatigue and it all just falls over constantly.

Im not sure how to shift my mindset. My thoughts and mood are making me wonder if depression is rearing its head. Ive been agated and frustrated with myself. Self compassion and understanding helps a little, but I dont want it to fall any further apart. Im not sure how to stop the constantly erosion because fatigue has left me exposed to all the elements.