For me: Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy.

I had seen the movie but never read the book before. It was a lot better than I expected.

Also what is your current/next book?

I’m continuing the saga with The Restaurant At The End Of The Galaxy.

  • @wjrii
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    25 days ago

    Kevin J. Anderson holds a special place in my development as a young reader. His Star Wars books helped me understand that a book can be absolutely awful, and I don’t have to finish it, and that I haven’t failed by putting it down.

    • OpenStarsOP
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      5 days ago

      He is controversial: I’ve seen people describe him as “Good lore builder, pretty bad at actually writing.”

      He created the Maw and Kessel, purple and double-bladed lightsabers, Exar Kun, etc. that people liked, but you had to slog through long flowery dialogue to get through it. Meh, I am mostly okay with that personally, but yeah some people can’t stand it.

      Edit: I want to add that the vast majority of YouTube videos are so much worse in terms of blah blah blahbity blah I-want-to-make-this-video-just-over-10-minutes-long-so-I-can-sell-moar-ads. Books at least I can just go at my own pace and slow down or even skim a bit and speed up if I wish, while such videos (which are pretty much all of them?) are basically take-it-or-leave-it, so yeah I’m much more forgiving of such things when they appear in book form:-).