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Re: Why should I read "Dune"? Mad Cow Bomber Send a noteboard - 05/10/2009 09:12:12 AM
The book incorporates factors of politics, religion, history, ecology, spirituality, economy, genetic manipulation, freedom-fighting and giant worms into a pretty great story that bears deeper thought.
"The rent we pay for the little space we occupy on earth is the service we render to others."
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Why should I read "Dune"? Danu - 04/10/2009 01:23:46 AM 1058 Views
The movie is vastly different from the book Wibble - 04/10/2009 02:58:04 AM 936 Views
SciFi Channel's version was much much better IMO *NM* imlad - 05/10/2009 06:23:18 PM 391 Views
and it cover much more of the story random thoughts - 09/10/2009 08:15:02 PM 751 Views
i just re-read dune recently... temeraire - 04/10/2009 03:17:24 AM 815 Views
because it's gooooooooooooooooooood *NM* Jessie - 04/10/2009 07:50:20 AM 325 Views
The movie was terrible. Spriteling - 04/10/2009 01:07:00 PM 822 Views
The worst part was, Herbert actually had a major role in writing the script imlad - 05/10/2009 06:22:42 PM 747 Views
Because it's a genre-defining classic, of course! Craig - 05/10/2009 12:43:48 AM 841 Views
It's a beautiful weaving of... Great Lord of Chaos - 05/10/2009 02:47:53 AM 897 Views
Because I said so. *NM* Joker - 05/10/2009 07:07:37 AM 320 Views
Re: Why should I read "Dune"? Mad Cow Bomber - 05/10/2009 09:12:12 AM 910 Views
because it was about the limits of power and the danger of religious fanatics random thoughts - 05/10/2009 06:14:03 PM 752 Views
not just the Middle East (plus other thoughts) imlad - 05/10/2009 06:30:14 PM 777 Views
Dune is pretty clearly inspired by Islam and the Arab world. Joker - 05/10/2009 07:24:00 PM 791 Views
I didn't say that the book dealt directly with America imlad - 06/10/2009 05:11:12 PM 770 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 795 Views
I didn't see much about environmental impact random thoughts - 07/10/2009 06:10:05 PM 839 Views
I'm not the first to point out the environmental themes imlad - 08/10/2009 03:18:58 PM 828 Views
I guess if you want to squint hard enough you can see it random thoughts - 08/10/2009 07:24:26 PM 791 Views
it wasn't JUST that wiki article imlad - 09/10/2009 04:43:17 PM 1017 Views
It is possible your right random thoughts - 09/10/2009 08:14:14 PM 908 Views
Of course I am right, I'm me!! imlad - 10/10/2009 05:11:02 PM 896 Views
and because I went to the trouble of double posting about it random thoughts - 05/10/2009 06:14:08 PM 686 Views
1. Because you want to. Rebekah - 05/10/2009 06:49:51 PM 760 Views
Meh. rebelaessedai - 05/10/2009 07:45:14 PM 807 Views
It gets better in the second half, i love the first part though *NM* Asharak - 07/10/2009 07:41:07 AM 297 Views
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