

I liked all of Dune, except for the first half of Messiah. The core of Asimov’s stuff is really good. It is all interesting, and there is merit to the short stories originally published in magazines, but the real stories with continuous threads are the best. The later the story was written in his life, the better they got in terms of immersion. However, there are many little nods to other works interwoven. They are not built upon each other in such a way as to be unreadable, or appear like ads or something. There are just plot elements that will be lost upon you as a more basal mystery versus something that is much more deeply layered in meaning.
In terms of free, Carroll’s original Alice in Wonderland is amazing to visit as an adult. Machen’s The Great God Pan is another fun little work that is very readable. Both are on Gutenberg, and YT in audio form.
























Till it fails. Displays are at risk of proprietary nonsense. Older is likely better.