10-23-2002, 09:28 PM | #1 |
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What's Dune?
Well, the title pretty much asks the question. I mean I saw the movie dune...is that what your talkin' about? *feels like an oblivious, out of date...person*
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10-23-2002, 11:29 PM | #2 |
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The film was based on a novel by Frank Herbert that spawned a lot of sequels. And I mean a lot.
Not that I've read them.
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10-24-2002, 01:26 AM | #3 |
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The sequels are well worth reading once you get past messiah, IP.
Dune is the best thing ever, and you're a heathen for never having heard of it, Aeryn.
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10-25-2002, 12:47 PM | #4 |
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I am also a Dune virgin. Could someone give a brief outline of the plot, please?
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10-25-2002, 04:08 PM | #5 |
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Yeah, a plot for the VIRGINS!....wait....that didn't sound right!
I meant the DUNE VIRGINS!
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10-25-2002, 04:27 PM | #6 |
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This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence.
The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the Harkonnen Noble House to House Atreides. The Harkonnens don't want to give up their privilege, though, and through sabotage and treachery they cast young Duke Paul Atreides out into the planet's harsh environment to die. There he falls in with the Fremen, a tribe of desert dwellers who become the basis of the army with which he will reclaim what's rightfully his. Paul Atreides, though, is far more than just a usurped duke. He might be the end product of a very long-term genetic experiment designed to breed a super human; he might be a messiah. His struggle is at the center of a nexus of powerful people and events, and the repercussions will be felt throughout the Imperium. Dune is one of the most famous science fiction novels ever written, and deservedly so. The setting is elaborate and ornate, the plot labyrinthine, the adventures exciting. Five sequels follow. --Brooks Peck
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11-06-2002, 10:29 PM | #7 |
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You didn't know about Dune? that is like saying "Who is Tolstoy?". sorry, that really didn't make very much sense.... Dune is a really good book once you get passed the first 100 pages or so.
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11-06-2002, 10:33 PM | #8 |
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11-06-2002, 11:30 PM | #9 |
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Dune sounds good, BoP. I have heard of it, but never read it. I am a big sci-fi fan and love AC Clarke and Asimov, but for some reason have never read dune. I will put it on the growing list of books I must read.
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11-07-2002, 01:14 AM | #10 |
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I can not recommend it high enough Cass. My BF finished last night - after months of nagging - and he now wants to read all the sequels; this from a purely non-fiction reader!!
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11-09-2002, 07:26 PM | #11 |
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THe series is really deep, it makes you think. I saw the movie too, the version I saw was really good, if really long (3 two hour tapes!)
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*bursts into tears at the thought of someone not even KNOWING what Dune is*
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02-22-2004, 08:47 PM | #15 |
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Dune is really worth reading. as you can probably gather from this thread, most people who read it add it to their favourites list. i haven't had a problem with the sequels i've read, although i've only read Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. eventually i'll get around to the next three, although i don't think i'll read the prequels written by Brian Herbert, nor the new trilogy currently being written.
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Well, now I'm quite intersted anyway. I finally got to Muad'Dib, too.
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I've just started this book, and I think it's great so far. I'm only 51 pages into it, so I can't really judge, but it does seem a bit too politicky to me. I really like Paul, he's such a neat, intelligent, and hard-working person. Arrakis also sounds exciting, and the Harkonnens are wonderful bad guys.
According to the front page of my copy of Dune, the sequels to Dune are: Dune Messiah Children of Dune God Emperor of Dune (My copy was only 65 cents at a Salvation Army thrift store! It's a bit beat up, but still - why let such a book go for such a small amount?)
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Woohoo! New converts.
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That's right! It's not hard to convert me to reading a new sci-fi book though, especially one so acclaimed as Dune.
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i enjoyed the dune series a lot... it does tend to be somewhat heavy-handed at times though... more in a philosophical than tech-sci/fi way
if you enjoy the first 100 pages or so, you'll love the series
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