Yes, not as great as the originals, but still quite good reads. After that, we suggest Dune Messiah and Children of Dune, to finish Frank Herbert’s original trilogy.
This is one of the seminal works in all of literature, and everyone should read it. We strongly recommend reading Frank Herbert’s original novel Dune first. Without melange and its amplification of the human immunogenic system, life expectancy for the very rich degenerated by a factor of at least four. With the regular ingestion of melange, the rich can expect to live several hundreds of years (e.g. The Fremen are Zensunni adherents, and many of Herbert’s epigraphs are Zen-spirited.
Throughout the Dune series and particularly in Dune, Herbert employs concepts and forms borrowed from Zen Buddhism. Zen teachings ultimately had « a profound and continuing influence on work ». The iconic moments are spread too far and between while scenes just drag on forever, making it difficult to recommend to newcomers and casual viewers.ġ8 Is Dune set in our universe? What religion is Dune based on? With a director’s cut clocking at three hours and a theatrical run that still exceeds the two-hour range, Dune is a chore to get through. “It’s a really impressive book, just coming from the point of view of a writer,” he says.įrankly, Dune is boring. Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy host David Barr Kirtley has always found the book a bit slow, but he acknowledges it as a great achievement. Overall, I’m happy for what it did for sci-fi/fantasy, but if I never have to read it again, that would be too soon.įurthermore What is so good about Dune? Dune contains a depth of worldbuilding that is seldom matched in science fiction. The all knowing god boy is not a fun character.
The characters were boring and one dimensional. It’s long – 412 pages – and has a large cast of characters and several sub-plots to keep track of, but it is well written and an excellent example of a world-building novel.
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