DUNE--anyone a fan?

[gurneyhalleck1]

My screen name says it all. Anyone else a fan? Dune doesn't get ANY love in my Orthodox universe nor my former Catholic one. Anybody out there able to show some love for Frank Herbert and this series?

 

[Steve Petersen]

My screen name says it all. Anyone else a fan? Dune doesn't get ANY love in my Orthodox universe nor my former Catholic one. Anybody out there able to show some love for Frank Herbert and this series?

I really enjoyed the Dune series when I read them as a teen.

Pretty mind-expanding.

 

[freezerman2000]

I really enjoyed the Dune series when I read them as a teen.

Pretty mind-expanding.

Me too!
Isn't it the "Spice" and "Water of Life" that are the things that expand the mind?

 

[Steve Petersen]

Yes.

What was interesting to me was the most of the Fremen words and concepts are found in Islam, but were expanded by Herbert.

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

In Orthodox or Catholic forums, everyone is a hater with Dune thinking Dune is a mockery of religion and prophecy, chiding God, etc. I just don't feel they understood the series. It was nothing of the sort, Whether Herbert was a believer or not, the series was about ecology, court intrigue, exploring the ideas of messiahship (more in an Islamic vein than a Christian one, as others here pointed out), and how people fall victim to their own legend, etc.

 

[Adam Warlock]

My screen name says it all. Anyone else a fan? Dune doesn't get ANY love in my Orthodox universe nor my former Catholic one. Anybody out there able to show some love for Frank Herbert and this series?

Dune rocketh the house.

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

I always knew my pal Adam was the Kwisatz Haderach...I just knew

Dune rocketh the house.

 

[Wayward Wanderer]

I love Dune, I read it for the first time when I was about 14 and it was mind blowing. I went back read it again a year or so ago and then went on a bender and read the rest of the series.

 

[Rion]

I like the ones Frank wrote. That's it.

 

[LoganTH]

Whether Herbert was a believer or not, the series was about ecology, court intrigue, exploring the ideas of messiahship (more in an Islamic vein than a Christian one, as others here pointed out), and how people fall victim to their own legend, etc.

Frank Herbert was a Catholic turned Buddhist.

Though I'm certain this wasn't intentional, I think Dune speaks well about religion and where Christianity is heading culturally-speaking. The novel mentions religions which are combinations of preexisting ones, i.e. Zensunni, Mahayana Christianity, etc. It's very prophetic of what's going on now with Christians starting to bend to the whims of people and becoming diluted and, eventually, far-removed from what Christianity truly is.

Personally, I'm glad that it criticizes religion. It's justified. True Christianity isn't religion, it's beyond religion.

All that aside, I love Dune. I love it. The novel and the '84 movie. Don't like the sequels, though.

EDIT: Boss name, by the way, Gurneyhalleck1.

 

[RaisinOatmeal]

I read the series, not sure if I liked it. A bit too slow and ponderous for me perhaps, and a little depressing. I often found myself pushing on mainly for the sake of finishing.

 

[Shieldmaiden4Christ]

My screen name says it all. Anyone else a fan? Dune doesn't get ANY love in my Orthodox universe nor my former Catholic one. Anybody out there able to show some love for Frank Herbert and this series?

I adore Frank Herbert's works. Dune was and is, in my mind, a masterpiece.