I will probably wait a couple of days after Dune opens to see it. I too have been reading about all of the anticipation. Be sure to read Herbert for his philosophy because that is what he is underneath his writing. Two stories: when the original Star Wars was released in 1977, there was no advance publicity. I was in the record business in those days and went to see the first showing with several co-workers and there were only about 75 people in the theater. Astonishment of course. Then I went to work, got on the phone with corporate in Los Angeles and ordered 400 copies of the soundtrack saying I wanted them in Denver ASAP. They were gone in 72 hours. I think we sold a thousand in three weeks. Second story: one of the best New Yorker covers ever. Two trains at a station heading in opposite directions. A guy in one train looks up as a girl in the other train looks up. They are each holding the same book. A short tragedy of sorts. But I wrote about it devising a happy ending. Keep reading on trains. I meant to ask last week if you have read Ursula LeGuin’s Earthsea books. If you have not please do. I love the world she creates.
I will probably wait a couple of days after Dune opens to see it. I too have been reading about all of the anticipation. Be sure to read Herbert for his philosophy because that is what he is underneath his writing. Two stories: when the original Star Wars was released in 1977, there was no advance publicity. I was in the record business in those days and went to see the first showing with several co-workers and there were only about 75 people in the theater. Astonishment of course. Then I went to work, got on the phone with corporate in Los Angeles and ordered 400 copies of the soundtrack saying I wanted them in Denver ASAP. They were gone in 72 hours. I think we sold a thousand in three weeks. Second story: one of the best New Yorker covers ever. Two trains at a station heading in opposite directions. A guy in one train looks up as a girl in the other train looks up. They are each holding the same book. A short tragedy of sorts. But I wrote about it devising a happy ending. Keep reading on trains. I meant to ask last week if you have read Ursula LeGuin’s Earthsea books. If you have not please do. I love the world she creates.
I love Earthsea! Beautiful, somewhat radical fantasy.