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Depends Larry Send a noteboard - 22/04/2010 08:01:39 AM
I was in the middle of reading Hyperion and forgot it at home on the way to the airport....so I was stuck reading Dune. This led to some unfair comparisons in quality between Dune and Hyperion (I considered Hyperion to be a much much better book than Dune).

So now I'm a bit stuck...do I re-read Dune to give it another chance (because my opinion of the book was not very favorable at all, in fact I walked away saying "That is supposed to be one of the best sci-fi books of all time??" ) or do I just say screw the whole series and go read some more John Scalzi? :P


I found I enjoyed the books more on a re-read, so maybe it'd work for you if you have the patience to deal with the sorts of issues I mention in passing that are staples of Herbert's prose?

Also, I haven't re-read any of the Hyperion Cantos since 2004, so I'm tempted to do a re-read/review of those books after ones dealing with Dune, WoT, SOIAF, Bakker's fantasy novels, and maybe Erikson's works as well. Seems this will be the Spring/Summer of re-reads/review commentaries. Would me doing one on Simmons' series interest you?
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Frank Herbert, Dune Chronicles (series reviews within) Larry - 16/04/2010 04:11:40 AM 2019 Views
Re: Frank Herbert, Dune HyogaRott - 16/04/2010 06:09:49 PM 1124 Views
Re: Frank Herbert, Dune Larry - 17/04/2010 12:08:06 AM 1316 Views
Re: Frank Herbert, Dune HyogaRott - 17/04/2010 02:33:38 PM 1249 Views
Not all themes are intended by the author. That doesn't mean they aren't there. lord-of-shadow - 17/04/2010 06:54:14 PM 1289 Views
Re: Not all themes are intended by the author. That doesn't mean they aren't there. HyogaRott - 17/04/2010 10:44:18 PM 1124 Views
I was using a fairly precise term when I said "ecological" Larry - 18/04/2010 12:13:14 AM 1242 Views
Re: I was using a fairly precise term when I said "ecological" HyogaRott - 18/04/2010 03:34:33 AM 1300 Views
Please read linked interview...as I call bullshit. Also, why are your walls white? Chas - 18/04/2010 05:18:07 AM 1100 Views
Re: Please read linked interview...as I call bullshit. Also, why are your walls white? HyogaRott - 19/04/2010 06:15:26 PM 1156 Views
That was most of my issue. Chas - 21/04/2010 12:12:56 AM 1021 Views
Re: That was most of my issue. HyogaRott - 21/04/2010 06:33:14 PM 980 Views
Re: That was most of my issue. Chas - 29/04/2010 11:38:26 PM 958 Views
Just because something plays a dominate role doesn't make it a theme random thoughts - 21/04/2010 02:09:42 PM 1103 Views
Thank you for saying concisely the point I have been trying to make. *NM* HyogaRott - 21/04/2010 06:34:12 PM 468 Views
A theme is merely a dominant strain in a story; there can be more than one theme present Larry - 21/04/2010 11:21:38 PM 1032 Views
Re: A theme is merely a dominant strain in a story; there can be more than one theme present DomA - 22/04/2010 04:58:01 AM 1014 Views
Good points Larry - 22/04/2010 09:19:45 PM 1068 Views
Re: Good points DomA - 22/04/2010 10:55:21 PM 1010 Views
when you call it human ecology I come much closer to agreeing random thoughts - 22/04/2010 02:16:58 PM 1024 Views
Re: A theme is merely a dominant strain in a story; there can be more than one theme present HyogaRott - 22/04/2010 04:08:28 PM 953 Views
Texts have different interpretations and Readers emphasize different aspects Larry - 22/04/2010 09:28:05 PM 1077 Views
Re: Texts have different interpretations and Readers emphasize different aspects HyogaRott - 23/04/2010 05:22:22 PM 986 Views
Re: Just because something plays a dominate role doesn't make it a theme Chas - 29/04/2010 11:36:45 PM 1078 Views
Not really sure how Larry's definition is archaic. Ghavrel - 19/04/2010 07:52:27 PM 1123 Views
Re: Not really sure how Larry's definition is archaic. HyogaRott - 20/04/2010 07:04:40 PM 993 Views
You're not using "archaic" correctly Larry - 20/04/2010 10:07:31 PM 988 Views
Your patronizing manner aside, that's not "archaic" at all. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 01:46:50 AM 881 Views
doesn't that regulate the point down to interesting trivia? random thoughts - 21/04/2010 02:36:38 PM 1040 Views
Re: Your patronizing manner aside, that's not "archaic" at all. HyogaRott - 21/04/2010 06:23:24 PM 1134 Views
Funny the things people focus on Larry - 21/04/2010 11:24:59 PM 1007 Views
Re: Funny the things people focus on HyogaRott - 23/04/2010 05:28:54 PM 1004 Views
People who see this as an ecological book are missing the point of the book random thoughts - 16/04/2010 06:28:40 PM 1508 Views
Books can have more than one theme. Great books almost always do. *NM* Ghavrel - 16/04/2010 07:15:11 PM 496 Views
I agree with that I just never really the ecological theme to Dune random thoughts - 16/04/2010 10:12:26 PM 1182 Views
Ecology goes more than one way Larry - 17/04/2010 12:12:45 AM 1138 Views
There are several points to the book/series Larry - 17/04/2010 12:11:38 AM 1219 Views
Everyone get something different from a book random thoughts - 19/04/2010 07:01:51 PM 1400 Views
I believe those themes become more pronounced later in the series Larry - 20/04/2010 10:09:36 PM 1149 Views
I remember having hated every single character of this book. Some random thoughts Lordling - 17/04/2010 05:08:25 PM 1328 Views
Well, I enjoyed more of the characters this time around, if that helps Larry - 18/04/2010 12:14:43 AM 1216 Views
I hope you got to Darwi Odrade RugbyPlayingAshaman - 21/04/2010 03:44:27 PM 1028 Views
Re: Frank Herbert, Dune DomA - 17/04/2010 08:05:16 PM 1608 Views
I guess we'll have a few disagreements here, Dom Larry - 17/04/2010 10:22:27 PM 1410 Views
Re: I guess we'll have a few disagreements here, Dom DomA - 18/04/2010 04:38:10 AM 1348 Views
Re: I guess we'll have a few disagreements here, Dom Macharius - 19/04/2010 04:04:43 AM 1268 Views
Re: I guess we'll have a few disagreements here, Dom DomA - 22/04/2010 04:31:26 AM 1031 Views
I thought all of Dune had begun as a serial in a SF magazine. *NM* Macharius - 22/04/2010 01:58:22 PM 441 Views
And Dune Messiah as well was serialized at first, in Galaxy *NM* Larry - 22/04/2010 09:31:54 PM 446 Views
Dune Messiah (2001 initial read; 2010 re-read) Larry - 19/04/2010 08:42:18 AM 1290 Views
Re: Dune Messiah (2001 initial read; 2010 re-read) RugbyPlayingAshaman - 21/04/2010 03:33:46 PM 986 Views
I didn't see that in Alia Larry - 21/04/2010 11:27:22 PM 931 Views
There were a few scenes displaying Alia's abilities/mindset. (spoilers) RugbyPlayingAshaman - 22/04/2010 03:54:32 PM 931 Views
OK, that makes a bit more sense, as I wasn't for sure what you were arguing at first Larry - 22/04/2010 09:14:46 PM 1045 Views
One of my favorite series! RugbyPlayingAshaman - 21/04/2010 03:30:57 PM 938 Views
I didn't "miss it" as much as I chose to deemphasize it Larry - 21/04/2010 11:29:50 PM 864 Views
Re: I didn't "miss it" as much as I chose to deemphasize it RugbyPlayingAshaman - 22/04/2010 04:02:26 PM 970 Views
His style doesn't appeal to me as much, unfortunately Larry - 22/04/2010 09:17:21 PM 885 Views
You might want to track down his short stories one day... DomA - 23/04/2010 02:06:09 PM 1083 Views
Children of Dune (2001 initial read; 2010 re-read) Larry - 22/04/2010 06:47:04 AM 1066 Views
See...I think I made a mistake in my reading of Dune Brian - 22/04/2010 07:26:28 AM 1039 Views
Depends Larry - 22/04/2010 08:01:39 AM 932 Views
Re: Depends Brian - 22/04/2010 11:12:15 PM 1296 Views
read something else random thoughts - 23/04/2010 07:49:34 PM 930 Views
LA Times article on Dune (4/18/2010) Larry - 23/04/2010 10:59:00 AM 878 Views
God Emperor of Dune (2001 initial read; 2010 re-read) Larry - 25/04/2010 02:03:37 AM 1172 Views
Heretics of Dune (2001 initial read; 2010 re-read) Larry - 28/04/2010 06:02:54 AM 908 Views
Re: Heretics of Dune (2001 initial read; 2010 re-read) DomA - 29/04/2010 03:26:28 PM 986 Views
I read the wiki synopses of those two books Larry - 29/04/2010 09:44:07 PM 925 Views
Re: I read the wiki synopses of those two books DomA - 10/05/2010 04:10:49 AM 1284 Views
Chapterhouse: Dune (2001 initial read; 2010 re-read) Larry - 30/04/2010 02:31:10 PM 1094 Views
Re: Chapterhouse: Dune (2001 initial read; 2010 re-read) DomA - 10/05/2010 01:24:33 AM 1133 Views
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