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Should I read the Tempest? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/books@lemmy.ml

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I am trying to get into reading and I started with Brave New World, I have been reading the book for a year and have about 60 pages remaining. Before anyone mentions I am aware it is a small book that can be finished in a week, I am not used to reading. I normally read short stories, comics, and manga. I finshed the machine stops quickly, but I couldn't get into Brave New World, it has a lot of boring parts.

After finishing Brave New World should I read the Tempest, the main character made me interested in the story. I only read one other shakespeare book Romeo and Juliet the sparksnote version, it was great.

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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You didn't ask, but I really love:

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poe%27s_Tales_of_Mystery_and_Imagination/A_Descent_into_the_Maelstrom

This is among Poe's several stories that are now considered proto-scifi. I recall one where a balloonist becomes the first person to reach the moon, and I was fascinated when I read it as a kid.