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I finally completed my re-reading of A Darkness at Sethanon, the last book in the Riftwar series. I blame Everquest for slowing my reading down, but now I'm on to the next book, Prince of the Blood.
I think Dune is fantastic. The sequel (Dune Messiah) seemed disappointingly shallow in comparison, and the third one was a mess. They get worse from there...Now a question, should I continue on with the rest of the series? Does it get more interesting in regards to characters and intrigue, or is it more of the same?
Interesting. Seems the marketing department didn't realize Dune was never meant for kids in the first place. It was basically GOT in space with Herbert's philosophy.I was reading recently about the marketing campaign around the dreadful (although I like it) David Lynch version of Dune. Apparently the studio wanted to market it to kids in a similar way to Star Wars, so they developed action figures, colouring books, and games to sell to children. Of course, Dune doesn't exactly lend itself to those things, and the results were a bit bleaker than the studio were expecting…
Some examples from the children's colouring book:
There's an entertaining overview of the troubled history of bringing Dune to the big screen here:
https://mobile.twitter.com/PulpLibrarian/status/1289639618292441089
I just finished @Aubrielle;’s “Mary, Everything” and it exceeded my expectations - and as I said in my review on GoodReads it is perhaps my favorite book so far this year (and 14th book I finished in 2020).
“Mary, Everything” mixes romance, awakenings, fantasy, alternate timelines, feminism, love, magic, internal struggles, bone-crushing combat, good and evil and everything in-between, and it knits it all together into a compelling story that delivers a complete chapter but leaves plenty open to learn and explore in the next books.
Now I am reading “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” - which is the story of a 15 year old autistic (presumed but not stated) boy who seeks to solve the mystery of the murder of his neighbor’s dog. Very interesting narrative so far.
Given what you say - NO DON’T CONTINUEI tend to listen to a lot more books than I read these days, I hope that counts? After having thought about it but never getting around to it I've finally reached the end of Dune (the first book). I wasn't expecting too much going in, it's a book over 60 years old after all, and I find those seldom age well (I feel the same way when comparing LotR to modern Fantasy. Fantastic as a genre builder, but a pretty lackluster read).
Having reached the end I have to say it's an ok book, but nothing I would propose anyone outside nerd cycles to listen to. Now a question, should I continue on with the rest of the series? Does it get more interesting in regards to characters and intrigue, or is it more of the same?