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Old 02-03-2004, 05:12 PM   #25
Slartibartfast
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Originally posted by Pi
[B Same for Dune. I read the Dune and started some of the prequels and sequels. Stopped reading after few chapters. [/b]
It was other people that wrote prequels to Dune, and while I did take out House:Harkonen and House:Atredies from the library, I never read them!
What are they like?

I have read every book in the Dune series written by Frank himself.
While the first one was far and away the best, the rest were at least interesting reading for a die-hard fan.


I read Frank Herbert's Destination:Void and don't know why I didn't pass out or give up. It was like reading a two hundred+ page mathematical proof in prose with characters and a sci-fi setting thrown in for no reason. I still don't understand what he wrote, but I was aware that he was deriving theorems from basic facts or axioms and building up to a giant conclusion, but it made no sense to me whatsoever.

After that, I find myself a bit afraid to read the other non-Dune Herbert books.
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