Long Sun/Short Sun

Gryphoncrossing at aol.com22 Mar 2005, 19:34

James Wynn22 Mar 2005, 21:34

↳ in reply to Gryphoncrossing at aol.com

I've not yet read these series though I have read the New Sun books, and was wondering if those who have would be interested in sharing their thoughts re: -Which of these two you prefer, and why A) Long Sun/Short Sun is a single novel in my opinion in the same way...oh...The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi are a single movie. B) I enjoyed reading the Long Sun more. The Long Sun definitely feels like a more accessible read although it is multiple strata deeper than you think when reading it the first time or after you have finished it. But you won't understand a lot of what is going on until you get to the Short Sun (the other half of the story). The Short Sun is harder...like The New Sun. Reading it I had the same constant feeling of unbalance...of being painfully aware that I wasn't sure what was going on. -How these tow and New Sun relate Its in the same universe. It is best that you have read New Sun first...but not absolutely essential.

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes22 Mar 2005, 22:50

↳ in reply to James Wynn

More or less, what Crush said. Reading "Short" without having read "Long" would be something like reading "Urth of the New Sun" without having read tBotNS.

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On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:33:47 -0600, James Wynn <thewynns at earthlink.net> wrote: I've not yet read these series though I have read the New Sun books, and was wondering if those who have would be interested in sharing their thoughts re: -Which of these two you prefer, and why A) Long Sun/Short Sun is a single novel in my opinion in the same way...oh...The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi are a single movie. B) I enjoyed reading the Long Sun more. The Long Sun definitely feels like a more accessible read although it is multiple strata deeper than you think when reading it the first time or after you have finished it. But you won't understand a lot of what is going on until you get to the Short Sun (the other half of the story). The Short Sun is harder...like The New Sun. Reading it I had the same constant feeling of unbalance...of being painfully aware that I wasn't sure what was going on. -How these tow and New Sun relate Its in the same universe. It is best that you have read New Sun first...but not absolutely essential. _______________________________________________

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