• Fenzik@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Wage Labor and Capital - Karl Marx. It’s very small but I’m taking my time with it

    I’m in kind of a rotation of Sci-Fi (last: Children of Dune), classic novels (Dune kinda counts but my last from this category was Lord of the Flies), and nonfiction/leftism

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      1 year ago

      Based. What did you think about Dune? I read books 1 and 2, and then started reading Orientalism by Edward Said, and I’ve found that Dune is smacking of orientalism and sexism. It makes it hard to go back and read the 3rd book.

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        It’s absolutely orientalist, similar to Zelazny’s Lord of Light but for Islam instead of Hinduism. For these, I was able to view them as a product of their time and enjoy the story even while recognizing some problematic elements.

        I found the 2nd book to be a bit of a slog, and I enjoyed the 3rd a lot more again. Since it was about new characters once again coming of age (… kind of), it has that same sense of exploration and discovery as the 1st. The 1st is definitely my fave so far though.