is Dune still the GOAT science fiction novel

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

The Dune series has the unusual quality of being progressively LESS satisfying as it goes on.

Read the first 3 novels (Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune) and then stop there.

didn't Frank Herbert's son or some shyt write the later novels?

 

[714562]

didn't Frank Herbert's son or some shyt write the later novels?

He wrote the prequels and the very last one.

 

[Serious]

i like all of them

the first 3 are good in terms of plot and suspense and story arc, i dont know why anybody would say they suk

what makes the books great is the blending of philosophy which gives all the story lines a lot of depth and make you think a lot about humanity and what it means to be human

but after the third book, the story line gets hazy and jumps around a lot, there is a lot of dialogue with few actions, i like it but i can see why a lot of people wouldnt

can't I just watch the movie. I don't feel like reading the book

 

[theworldismine13]

can't I just watch the movie. I don't feel like reading the book

 

[southpawstyle]

We have a bunch of his original manuscripts in the archives at our library. I bet that shyt is worth so much money

 

[Majestyx]

i never read it yet, i just constantly here its the best...

but why do sci-fi buffs consider it the best..

is it a complex novel, is it the way Frank Herbert conveys his message, or was it the first novel to really adapt sci-fi concepts

it's the spice

 

[ExodusNirvana]

The Ender's Game movie was trash...trust me read the book. I have'nt read anything further than the first one but it was really good.

Books like Ender's Game should be a mini series on TV or something and not a half assed movie that does'nt really explain things. But then again they'd probably screw that up too.

 

[Starman]

Hyperion is light years beyond Dune. On The Fall of Hyperion now, and I just don't see how Dune can even compete.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

LOL I just blew my own mind

My avi right now is me when I was on the beach in Cancun two years ago...READING DUNE that I bought in Hardcover at the airport

 

[theworldismine13]

Hyperion is light years beyond Dune. On The Fall of Hyperion now, and I just don't see how Dune can even compete.

i brought hyperion, its sitting on my desk, ill see about that

 

[Starman]

i brought hyperion, its sitting on my desk, ill see about that

Thats all I can ask. Keep a breh posted.

 

[Red Shield]

Frank Herbert
“Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And as the aristocracy develops, government tends more and more to act exclusively in the interests of the ruling class -- whether that class be hereditary royalty, oligarchs of financial empires, or entrenched bureaucracy.”

wasn't a bad flick

 

[YvrzTrvly]

i brought hyperion, its sitting on my desk, ill see about that

Weve spoken about dune before and our opinions lie on the same plane.

Hyperion is a great book, but never will it betray writing anywhere as good or demonstrate complex thought like herbert did in dune

 

[Starman]

Weve spoken about dune before and our opinions lie on the same plane.

Hyperion is a great book, but never will it betray writing anywhere as good or demonstrate complex thought like herbert did in dune

You're buggin. Dunes writing is nothing special and at times outright incoherent. Where I thought it shined was plot and the themes. Especially the themes

 

[Dr. Narcisse]