Dune

[JadeTiger]

I love Dune so much. I'm one of the few people I know that reads it. At my job there was a handfull of people who read it and I was one of only 2 girls. I read it and fell in love. Anyone else love Dune?

 

[Jehane]

I love Dune so much. I'm one of the few people I know that reads it. At my job there was a handfull of people who read it and I was one of only 2 girls. I read it and fell in love. Anyone else love Dune?

Me. I thought Dune was brilliant & really well realised. I was less keen on the sequels but the first book was awsome.

 

[futuredoc]

I liked it too and even read a couple of the sequals.

 

[Tariel]

Haven't gotten ahold of the sequels yet, but Dune itself was a very fun read

 

[Nienor]

I'm very sad when I meet people who haven't read it. I want to lock them in a room and not let them out until they have. Its one of the few books I think you should read before you die.

ANd I am slightly obsessed with it, as you may have been able to tell from my character and avatar. And at one point I had the fear mantra in my signature, but no more...

 

[Solomon Kane]

Dune is one of the great works of science fiction.
In its own way it is the equivlent of the LotR trilogy.

I first read it over 20 years ago and have re-read it several times since then. Each time I discover some new aspect of the material.

 

[Jehane]

Mm. I know it's sci-fi but I think I really liked it because it incorporates so many good fantasy elements & I can't resist good fantasy.

 

[futuredoc]

Anyone Else

 

[Rion]

Liked the first 3. Second 3 are all right, and his kid's books are junk.

 

[inzone]

best of all time

 

[Sphinx777]

Dune is a science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert, published in 1965. It won the Hugo Award in 1966, and also the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel. Dune is frequently cited as the world's best-selling science fiction novel.

Set in the far future amidst a sprawling feudal interstellar empire where planetary fiefdoms are controlled by noble houses that owe an allegiance to the Imperial House Corrino, Dune tells the story of young Paul Atreides (the heir apparent to Duke Leto Atreides and the scion of House Atreides) as he and his family accept control of the desert planet Arrakis, the only source of the "spice" melange, the most important and valuable substance in the universe. The story explores the complex and multi-layered interactions of politics, religion, ecology, technology, and human emotion, as the forces of the Empire confront each other for control of Arrakis and its "spice".

Herbert wrote five sequels to the novel Dune: Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, and Chapterhouse: Dune. The first novel also inspired a 1984 film adaptation by David Lynch, a 2000 Sci Fi Channel miniseries and its 2003 sequel, computer games, a board game, a song, and a series of prequels, interquels, and sequels that were co-written by Kevin J. Anderson and the author's son, Brian Herbert, starting in 1999.

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[Autumnleaf]

Dune is a great book. I like the sequels too.

 

[Sphinx777]

I like the sequels too.

Children of Dune
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[indigo tree]

One of those books that has been in the back of mind my to read but have never gotten around to it.

 

[Sphinx777]

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Dune 2000: Introduction Part 1
Dune 2000: Introduction Part 2

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[inconsequential]

I'm ashamed to say that I've never read it, though I have been meaning to for many years. I'll hit the library tomorrow and see if they have it in.

 

[Digibunny]

Dune is easily one of the books I'll be encouraging any of my future nieces, nephews, or children should they come about. I could compare it to being the Shakespeare of today; fictional and complex, but it delves into aspects of society today ( Though not in a direct manner, of course. ), and yet STILL manages to wedge in the Sci-Fi goodness I read that genre of books for.

I have yet to read House Harkonnen and... one more book? I believe it was a new release. The cover had a picture of a woman in the sands. Something about a Gurney x Jessica plot continuity?

 

[laconicstudent]

I'm ashamed to say that I've never read it, though I have been meaning to for many years. I'll hit the library tomorrow and see if they have it in.

Do it. Dune is brilliant. Its basically the Lord of the Rings for science-fiction.

 

[Beechwell]

I loved the first book. Probably the second best SciFi book I ever read.
I struggled through the second book,
and never got past the beginning of the third.

Maybe I'm a too impatient reader for the long winded philosophical contemplations of the later books.

 

[The-Doctor]

I've read all the original stories of Dune and all the prequels but not yet read the new sequels to the sequels yet.