Perelandra!
I read Out Of The Silent Planet and Perelandra as a boy, enjoyed them.
But I couldn't make it through That Hideous Strength, I put it down baffled and bored one day, and never picked it up again. Now I'm thinking I was too young for it, particularly growing up so far away from the novel's setting in England.
The first two novels take place in Mars and Venus, so there's a sense of adventure. But in That Hideous Strength, the mannerisms and situations and dialogue styles are akin to something like Brideshead Revisited in Oxford and/or Cambridge.
While a British boy might get the whole thing intuitively, I grew up in Mexico, so had no mental compass of that world at that age. It was all as confusing to me then as God Emperor Of Dune was later.
I really loved the sense of adventure in both. A lot of people dislike That Hideous Strength relative to the others, so I don't think you're alone. I actually loved it, but I was a bit older when I read it. I felt like it was a rare example building an atmosphere of dread and foreboding. However, it's been many years since I read it. My own opinion of it may be different now.
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annoyedcamel@reddthat.com · 24 pts · 3y
The kid in me would like to try this while the adult in me is afraid of serious injury.
Vupperware@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y
This seems like a great way to dislocate or break a bone! Looks fun though
Rolder@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 3y
That guy has a pretty good vertical jump
Imgonnatrythis@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 3 pts · 3y
So no lawyers in Peru?
ivanafterall@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
Reminds me of an old C.S. Lewis sci-fi book (Perelandra) that had massive floating islands on top of the waves like this.
dedale@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
dedale@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
niktemadur@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
If memory serves, this is in Lake Titicaca?
dedale@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
niktemadur@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
Perelandra!
I read Out Of The Silent Planet and Perelandra as a boy, enjoyed them.
But I couldn't make it through That Hideous Strength, I put it down baffled and bored one day, and never picked it up again. Now I'm thinking I was too young for it, particularly growing up so far away from the novel's setting in England.
The first two novels take place in Mars and Venus, so there's a sense of adventure. But in That Hideous Strength, the mannerisms and situations and dialogue styles are akin to something like Brideshead Revisited in Oxford and/or Cambridge.
While a British boy might get the whole thing intuitively, I grew up in Mexico, so had no mental compass of that world at that age. It was all as confusing to me then as God Emperor Of Dune was later.
ivanafterall@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
I really loved the sense of adventure in both. A lot of people dislike That Hideous Strength relative to the others, so I don't think you're alone. I actually loved it, but I was a bit older when I read it. I felt like it was a rare example building an atmosphere of dread and foreboding. However, it's been many years since I read it. My own opinion of it may be different now.
thevoyage@no.lastname.nz · 2 pts · 3y
I wonder if anyone's skated a wave before?
niktemadur@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
They could integrate something like this in a parkour and/or obstacle course, with one of those wave-making pools.
gaybear@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y