POLL: Have you read Dune?

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I read Dune just 2 months ago. It was quite good. I'm already in possession of the next two parts (messiah and children) which I happened to find in a bookshop for 3 francs, so I bought them. But they look so huge, and I am intimidated by huge books... And anyway, I have to get my Zelazny completely done before I can start with something in between.

 

I've read (and own) the original 6, the three "house" prequels, and the Legends of Dune trilogy, as well as the short on-line prequel "Hunting Harkonens".

I actually quite enjoyed the Legends of Dune trilogy, I found it well written and offered a good History lesson of how the Dune universe came about.
However they made the huge mistake of deciding that ALL of the new ideas seen in Dune must have come about at the same point of time, so we see the creation of the Guildsmen, Bene Gesserit, Bene Tleilaxu, Fremen, Suk Doctors, Mentats, Space Folding, Shield technology, Cloaking, Face-dancers, Cloning etc etc come about at the same time which is quite simply preposterous. I think they even had the discovery of soo-stones.

 

To my undying shame, I have not read Dune. It's on my "to read" list though, so If intentention counts for anything...


[edit] - bought it yesterday. Quit making those "Oh My God! What's Wrong With YOU!" faces behind my back.

[ November 11, 2005, 17:47: Message edited by: Falstaff ]

 

I've read it and really enjoyed it. I'd like to get hold of the sequels sometime. I guess a trip to the library is in order

 

I've read the original, but really haven't been inspired to read the rest. The Butlerian Jihad stuff piqued my interest, but not enough to buy or read them.

Oh, and the Dune PC games rocked (although the AI in Dune 2 REALLY sucked).

EDIT: The David Lynch movie was a bit weird, but I guess that's to be expected.

 

Hey, what else can you expect from a guy whose first movie was Eraserhead?

I think that if you've read the book, and can accept some odd deviations from the book, you can really enjoy the movie. I have the shooting script, and some original scenes in it which sadly did not make it into the movie are truly brilliant.

 

Yup, ahve read, repeatedly. Same goes for some of the sequlls.. i think I wtill have Chapterhouse; Dune sitting around waiting to be read...

liked the David Lynch movie. Saw it before I read he book, in fact...

 

I read the first three but I didn't find that they lived up to their reputation of being masterpieces. Overall I would say that they were good but not great.

 

I've read 5 of the original 6 books, IIRC they were pretty good but it's been a long time. Think I'll read them again next time I get bored and go sit and read in our local library... Mmm books!

 

Well what can I add about the dune books. The first 4 are masterpieces in the class like Lord of the rings, devilprinces by Jack Vance and Lords of darkness by Tanith Lee. The last two seem to be forced.

As with many prequels/sequels/ spin offs etc etc. it are just bleak copies. If it where not dune books they would be good enough to please many. But with the name Dune you expect something. If you cannot deliver, don't bother.

Lastly I can add that the dutch translations are reasonable. I know, a classic you read in the native tongue, like Das Boot in german, but for the masses it works.

 

Read every book in the series by both the father and the son. I read the books by the father for their excellent writing, I read the books by the son simply because I enjoy the Dune universe.

I've played many of the Dune games: Dune, Dune II, Dune 2000 (bleh!) and Emperor - Battle for Dune. Like Chev I see huge potential for a massive 'Dune' game that goes past the C&C basic type RTS.

 

I've read Dune and Dune Messiah now, but progress is hampered by the fact that I haven't been able to find a copy of Children of Dune anywhere.