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9853445 No.9853445 [Reply] [Original]

What does /lit/ think about Dune?

I've never read any of them, and a friend told me only the first book of the ones written by Frank is good, and then they rapidly go downhill, and told me to stay far, far away from the ones his son wrote.

I really thought at least the original ones are all good, but he says they get too "philosophical" and "preachy".

How true is this? Also share experiences reading these, and the books following the original hexalogy.

>> No.9853484
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9853484

Lurk more faggot

>> No.9853491

>>9853445

I never got this book cover. What the hell is it? I just think of a turd monster or something when I see this.

>> No.9853500

>>9853445

I read the first one, don't really have any desire to read any more. Very cool story...really bad writing and execution. It feels like a bullied 14 year old wrote everything. It's annoying that someone is ritualistically killed with a knife every two pages.

>> No.9853573

God Emperor is the best and the only one worth reading

>> No.9853609

>>9853500
I actually like edginess in my books, even if it's seemingly adolescent.
Loved all the Conan stories, so somebody getting ritualistically murdered with a knife every two pages, is actually a turn on.

>>9853573
I can't just start with the fourth in the series, it's a personal defect of mine that I have to retroactively experience everything leading up to a certain point (even works that inspired the original work that I was supposed to read/watch/play etc.).

So yeah, I guess I'm going in.

Wish me luck anons

>> No.9853923
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>>9853445
it's awesome

he wrote this too

frank is a god

>> No.9854500

>>9853491
I think it's a dune.

>> No.9854546

The first book deserves it's acclaim. I haven't read the others.

>> No.9854626

>>9853500
>.really bad writing and execution. It feels like a bullied 14 year old wrote everything.

it's kind of odd how everyone who ever reviewed the book disagrees with you. i suspect they weren't trolling for attention, though.

>> No.9854630
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>>9853923
superior

> you will never have a GF who is also a literal star

>> No.9854631

>>9854626
thanks for the input, gayboy.

>> No.9854642

>>9853445
sum baka ass shit about a star war ripoff

>> No.9854911

>>9853445

Herbert's prose is good among sci-fi authors. I have a pain in my heart for Jodorovsky's film that was never completed. Salvador Dali as the emperor of the universe would have been sublime. Fat Orson Welles as Baron Harkonen would have been cash.

>> No.9854926

>>9854911
>herbert prose is good among sci-fi authors
my good, then the other dude dont even try, herberts writes like a mongoloid.

>> No.9854938

>>9854926
>herberts writes like a mongoloid

The syntax of your comment aside: have you read Assimov? Herbert is great in comparison. One-off schlock sci-fi is even worse.

Iv'e only really read Gibson for sci-fi. Prose in that genre is limited.

>> No.9854950

>>9853445
God Emperor is when the series gets preachy, but it preaches the truth. The environmental message of the first one isn't very preachy. God Emperor is literally soliloquy after soliloquy of why liberals are retarded and then plot related stuff about oppressing people. It actually manages to be pretty clever despite inserting political views. It helps that I agree with him though.

>> No.9854993

>>9853445
The setting is really interesting but the characters are pretty boring. Drops off in quality when Leto dies and the focus shifts to Paul.