Dune~ Greatest Sci-Fi saga ever written?

David · Post by **David** » 2002-07-11 06:42pm

I sure do think so. And for those who want to discuss Dune, whether they like it or not, I have set up a discussion board. The banner is crappy, but I'm working on that.

Go here http://pub33.ezboard.com/bspacingguildofdune

David · Post by **David** » 2002-07-12 12:21am

Come on people!!!!!

master_yoda · Post by **master_yoda** » 2002-07-12 01:18am

I wouldn't know,I've never read it.

Typhonis 1 · Post by **Typhonis 1** » 2002-07-12 01:40am

*tries to hide his Sardukar uniform*Debate??

David · Post by **David** » 2002-07-12 01:50am

You've never read Dune!!!!

*passes out*

fgalkin2 · Post by **fgalkin2** » 2002-07-12 04:48pm

No. Couldn't get past the first book, and even then thought it was boring.

David · Post by **David** » 2002-07-12 08:48pm

I kinda skipped over what I thought was boring the first time I read it, but the story made a lot more sense when I went back and read it all.

Needa · Post by **Needa** » 2002-07-13 09:36am

100% agree with you David. Sure, Dune Messiah might not have the best action plot, but if you are patient to read until God Emperor of Dune and The Herectics of Dune you will be rewarded

Dune isn't as easy to read than your average KJA book, but definitively worth to be discovered.

IDMR · Post by **IDMR** » 2002-07-13 09:54am

No!

::brandishes Asimov's Robot series::

David · Post by **David** » 2002-07-13 12:22pm

::slaps IDMR with some of Dunes pseudo-psycho-mumbo-jumbo:::

I beg to differ. ::zaps Dave with force lightning::

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » 2002-07-13 03:48pm

Silence! Or a Guild interdict and a Legion of Sardaukar on both your homeworlds.......

Seriously though the Dune books are awesome, I've yet to find a series that is more involved, detailed, and fascinatng. Read them all

David · Post by **David** » 2002-07-13 04:02pm

Again the abuse of mod powers, Oh the humanity!

Post by **NecronLord** » 2002-07-13 04:09pm

The film was totally awful though.

Kree Sokar, She'l poc Conrek Apophis!!

IDMR · Post by **IDMR** » 2002-07-13 09:47pm

David wrote:Again the abuse of mod powers, Oh the humanity!

Bwahahahaha!

The power of the Dark Side is too strong, even for me...

LordChaos · Post by **LordChaos** » 2002-07-13 10:00pm

I too couldn't read the damn books... Ick to all things dune.

David · Post by **David** » 2002-07-14 12:11am

::slaps the ever-absent LC::

Shallow fool

Typhonis 1 · Post by **Typhonis 1** » 2002-07-14 02:09am

What did you think of the Precual trillogy for Dune?

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » 2002-07-14 02:28am

They are actually quite good , but they lack the slightly mystical edge that the original books , written solely by Frank Herbert, have. Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson(I know , I know but give him a chance with this one) do a good job at setting up the world that exists at the beginning of Dune , plus they provide some important background material on each of the Major players.I've especially enjoyed the sequences with Pardot Kynes(Father of Liet Kynes and grandfather to Chani from the original trilogy) and the developement of the Fremen. The fleshing out of Duke Leto Atraides as a young man is especially well done and explaines alot of his attitudes toward his cousin the Emperor, and his burning, yet controlled, hatred for the Harkonnens. All the players come in at one point or another , Duncan Idaho, Gurney Halleck, Rabban and even a very young Feyed Rautha plus the Guild, the Bene Gesserit and some new players from Ix. The sequences with Baron Harkonnen are eapecially chilling and villanous. I've yet to read "House Corrino" (Waiting for the paperback , Im a broke college student

) But I would reccomend them to any fan of the series , just dont try to compare them to the master work that is Dune.

Post by **Dalton** » 2002-07-14 02:54am

Chapterhouse: Dune fucked me up. Seriously. I thought things got weird in Heretics of Dune, but goddamn was I ever wrong. Even more fucked up than Card's Xenocide and Children of the Mind.

David · Post by **David** » 2002-07-14 09:43am

The next prequel will be set during the Butlerian Jihad, long before the other prequels.

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » 2002-07-15 12:34am

That should be fascinating....We'll get to see the end of the Jihad and possibly trhe Emperor Wars where the reputations of Houses , Corrino , Atradies and Harkonnen were made

David · Post by **David** » 2002-07-15 12:42am

This will most likely be set close to the end of the war of humans against intelligent machines. It is hinted at throughout the books that the Harkonnen betrayed the Atradies at the final battle, and the last prequel will be about that. It will be written by both KJA and Brain Herbert.

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » 2002-07-15 01:46am

That would be consistent, from what I remember of the archive at the end of my ancient copy of dune , there is mention that the Harkonnens attmpt to double cross the nascent Corrino Emperor , and a young Lt. in the Corrino fleet with the last name Atradies manages to save the First Padasha Emperors hide and secure his throne , as a reward , the Atradies are elevated to a Noble House of the New Landsraad and given the backwater world of Caladan, thus earning the enminty of the long sunnering*snicker* Harkonnens.
I just love this stuff

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2002-07-15 04:09am

I've never read this Dune either and sorry I can't stand those EZboards anymore, it's popup after popup.

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2002-07-15 02:54pm

I read Dune here:

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Dune Messiah

Children of Dune

God Emperor of Dune

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Dune~ Greatest Sci-Fi saga ever written?

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