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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 1175 Views
The movie is vastly different from the book Wibble - 04/10/2009 02:58:04 AM 1036 Views
SciFi Channel's version was much much better IMO *NM* imlad - 05/10/2009 06:23:18 PM 440 Views
and it cover much more of the story random thoughts - 09/10/2009 08:15:02 PM 876 Views
i just re-read dune recently... temeraire - 04/10/2009 03:17:24 AM 928 Views
because it's gooooooooooooooooooood *NM* Jessie - 04/10/2009 07:50:20 AM 375 Views
The movie was terrible. Spriteling - 04/10/2009 01:07:00 PM 939 Views
The worst part was, Herbert actually had a major role in writing the script imlad - 05/10/2009 06:22:42 PM 849 Views
Because it's a genre-defining classic, of course! Craig - 05/10/2009 12:43:48 AM 953 Views
It's a beautiful weaving of... Great Lord of Chaos - 05/10/2009 02:47:53 AM 1005 Views
Because I said so. *NM* Joker - 05/10/2009 07:07:37 AM 371 Views
Re: Why should I read "Dune"? Mad Cow Bomber - 05/10/2009 09:12:12 AM 1019 Views
because it was about the limits of power and the danger of religious fanatics random thoughts - 05/10/2009 06:14:03 PM 863 Views
not just the Middle East (plus other thoughts) imlad - 05/10/2009 06:30:14 PM 887 Views
Dune is pretty clearly inspired by Islam and the Arab world. Joker - 05/10/2009 07:24:00 PM 903 Views
I didn't say that the book dealt directly with America imlad - 06/10/2009 05:11:12 PM 882 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 902 Views
I didn't see much about environmental impact random thoughts - 07/10/2009 06:10:05 PM 952 Views
I'm not the first to point out the environmental themes imlad - 08/10/2009 03:18:58 PM 963 Views
I guess if you want to squint hard enough you can see it random thoughts - 08/10/2009 07:24:26 PM 910 Views
it wasn't JUST that wiki article imlad - 09/10/2009 04:43:17 PM 1125 Views
It is possible your right random thoughts - 09/10/2009 08:14:14 PM 1041 Views
Of course I am right, I'm me!! imlad - 10/10/2009 05:11:02 PM 1011 Views
and because I went to the trouble of double posting about it random thoughts - 05/10/2009 06:14:08 PM 801 Views
1. Because you want to. Rebekah - 05/10/2009 06:49:51 PM 857 Views
Meh. rebelaessedai - 05/10/2009 07:45:14 PM 932 Views
It gets better in the second half, i love the first part though *NM* Asharak - 07/10/2009 07:41:07 AM 344 Views
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