And it transcends everything - food, health etc. lots people in power could learn from reading between the lines of Pratchett.

Amazing debut. Captured Herbert’s universe well. Weird Guardian article mind, wasn’t the powerful Bene Geserit always dominated by women at every level-kind of the point? I find the political power systems in Dune fascinating, and wonder how far off reality and frail human power struggles it is?

My dad suggested I’d love the Hobbit as a holiday read when I was six. I was fascinated by the size and front cover of the complete LOTR books in WH Smith’s and was promised a copy when I finished the Hobbit. Didn’t put it down and have read them yearly since. The films were a cherry on the top!