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Because it's a genre-defining classic, of course! Craig Send a noteboard - 05/10/2009 12:43:48 AM
There's plenty of action and intrigue, but it's written in a more deliberate and "weightier" style. Ironically I'd probably describe it as the antithesis of Kevin J. Anderson's writing style, if that makes any sense, or tells you what you're getting in to.

I think it's quite good, but it's not everyone's cup of tea. I've heard people describe it as "boring," but I tend to think they're reacting to the style rather than the substance.
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Why should I read "Dune"? Danu - 04/10/2009 01:23:46 AM 1101 Views
The movie is vastly different from the book Wibble - 04/10/2009 02:58:04 AM 976 Views
SciFi Channel's version was much much better IMO *NM* imlad - 05/10/2009 06:23:18 PM 410 Views
and it cover much more of the story random thoughts - 09/10/2009 08:15:02 PM 792 Views
i just re-read dune recently... temeraire - 04/10/2009 03:17:24 AM 851 Views
because it's gooooooooooooooooooood *NM* Jessie - 04/10/2009 07:50:20 AM 345 Views
The movie was terrible. Spriteling - 04/10/2009 01:07:00 PM 863 Views
The worst part was, Herbert actually had a major role in writing the script imlad - 05/10/2009 06:22:42 PM 789 Views
Because it's a genre-defining classic, of course! Craig - 05/10/2009 12:43:48 AM 883 Views
It's a beautiful weaving of... Great Lord of Chaos - 05/10/2009 02:47:53 AM 937 Views
Because I said so. *NM* Joker - 05/10/2009 07:07:37 AM 342 Views
Re: Why should I read "Dune"? Mad Cow Bomber - 05/10/2009 09:12:12 AM 955 Views
because it was about the limits of power and the danger of religious fanatics random thoughts - 05/10/2009 06:14:03 PM 793 Views
not just the Middle East (plus other thoughts) imlad - 05/10/2009 06:30:14 PM 814 Views
Dune is pretty clearly inspired by Islam and the Arab world. Joker - 05/10/2009 07:24:00 PM 834 Views
I didn't say that the book dealt directly with America imlad - 06/10/2009 05:11:12 PM 816 Views
How very clever and relevant to the discussion of whether or not the OP should read Dune! Joker - 06/10/2009 09:24:17 PM 836 Views
I didn't see much about environmental impact random thoughts - 07/10/2009 06:10:05 PM 874 Views
I'm not the first to point out the environmental themes imlad - 08/10/2009 03:18:58 PM 885 Views
I guess if you want to squint hard enough you can see it random thoughts - 08/10/2009 07:24:26 PM 829 Views
it wasn't JUST that wiki article imlad - 09/10/2009 04:43:17 PM 1060 Views
It is possible your right random thoughts - 09/10/2009 08:14:14 PM 958 Views
Of course I am right, I'm me!! imlad - 10/10/2009 05:11:02 PM 933 Views
and because I went to the trouble of double posting about it random thoughts - 05/10/2009 06:14:08 PM 733 Views
1. Because you want to. Rebekah - 05/10/2009 06:49:51 PM 800 Views
Meh. rebelaessedai - 05/10/2009 07:45:14 PM 853 Views
It gets better in the second half, i love the first part though *NM* Asharak - 07/10/2009 07:41:07 AM 313 Views
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