Thanks Udhay!

Kunda, I hope you’re enjoying the book! 🤞 

> On Nov 25, 2020, at 14:25, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 3:45 PM Venkatesh H R <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> - Re-read Frank Herbert's Dune. First read it as a 16-year-old and was
>> apprehensive about the second read. So many of our heroes turn out to have
>> written sexist, racist stuff or were otherwise total ass***** in their real
>> lives. But Dune continued to amaze with its vision, its mixing of various
>> cultures in the world, the strong secondary and tertiary characters and
>> pro-environmental message. Now wondering if I should run through the entire
>> series ahead of the movie.
>> 
> 
> Speaking for myself, I loved Dune (although I last read it at least 2
> decades ago) but found the other books in the series underwhelming.
> 
> 
> 
>> That's about it. Reading A Dominant Character by Samanth Subramanian
> 
> 
> Samanth is on silk, so I will take this opportunity to congratulate him for
> making it to the NYT notable books of 2020 list [1].
> 
> Udhay
> 
> [1] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/books/notable-books.html

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