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user-inactivated  ·  2903 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: December 14, 2016

i have been pants at the scifi club lately and the guilt i feel in that direction is stronger than any other current feeling i have





OftenBen  ·  2903 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm in the middle of re-reading every Dune book I own, including the definitely-not-as-good prequels.

user-inactivated  ·  2903 days ago  ·  link  ·  

tell me which of those i should read aside from the first one

OftenBen  ·  2903 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The ones that Frank Herbert actually wrote. Ignore the ones written by his son and Kevin Anderson.

user-inactivated  ·  2903 days ago  ·  link  ·  

oh i thought he only wrote one for some reason ok

OftenBen  ·  2903 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Nope!

The Duniverse is really really dense. Back in highschool I heard that his son had found a lockbox with notes in it that allowed him to 'finish' the series and write the prequels, but I've come to learn that's most likely hogwash.

The 'Extended Universe' books aren't terrible. They scratch my sand-textured itch. But they don't live up to the majesty of Dune.