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Re:Learning to Read in Your 30s Profoundly Transforms the Brain by Nition on Monday November 05, 2018 @11:25PM (#18388359)
Funny, if I think of my favorite books I'd probably say the Three Body Problem trilogy, A Deepness In The Sky, and The Stand...maybe because I haven't read 11/22/63 yet. I better read Altered Carbon since you seem to have exactly the same taste as me.

I'd add that reading the whole Three Body Problem trilogy is highly recommended since it gets higher concept every book. And personally I enjoyed A Fire Upon The Deep just as much as A Deepness In The Sky.

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Re:Learning to Read in Your 30s Profoundly Transforms the Brain by yourbandsucks on Monday November 05, 2018 @11:36PM (#18388410)
The Stand is an actual classic, I should have mentioned it if I mentioned King. 11/22/63 is more of a less-epic, mature character work. Cheers to good taste!
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Re:Learning to Read in Your 30s Profoundly Transforms the Brain by Skunkleton on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @01:43AM (#18388914)
I had no idea what I was getting into when I read The Stand back in high school. I thought Stephen King was a "horror" author, and the only thing I knew about him was that he wrote IT. The Stand remains one of the best books I have ever read.
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Re:Learning to Read in Your 30s Profoundly Transforms the Brain by lsc on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @04:07AM (#18389431)
King is awesome, though I prefer his novellas and short works. Apt pupil? The Showshank Redemption? The Breathing Method? really, all of 'different seasons' was incredible.
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