Comments on: Doin’ Dune

By: SandChigger

SandChigger — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:44:55 +0000

Be very, very wary of the claim that Hunters and Sandworms were based on a "Dune 7" outline. (An outline which has amazingly yet steadily grown from "2 or 3 pages" to "over 30 pages" in the last decade.) I'm gradually adding a series of chapter-by-chapter synopses of the books to my website. On his blog, Anderson proclaims, "i adventure hard, so you don’t have to." Me, I wade through crap, so you at least know what you're getting into! (I rarely advise people not to read the books for themselves. There are, after all, people out there who appear to enjoy them.)

By: Al Billings

Al Billings — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:11:00 +0000

I finished God Emperor and was done. Dune was one of my favorite science fiction books as a kid too (I read it when I was 12, I think).

By: AlexJCavanaugh

AlexJCavanaugh — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:55:27 +0000

It’s been years since I read any of the books. I think I stalled out a hundred pages into God Emperor of Dune. Might try again, but I’ll have to start at the beginning to refresh my memory.

By: John C

John C — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:59:24 +0000

I thought Chapterhouse was one of the better ones written. I hope the new movie lives up to the books. And, the Bene Gerrist rule!
Regards to all.

By: Will Nourse

Will Nourse — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:43:02 +0000

It’s been years since I read them (I first read Dune in ’75 at the tender age of 9!)and it’s a good reminder to pick them (the originals) up again. I read Atreides and part of Harkonnen but disliked them intensely (DLE is right on) and won’t go there (unless I hear that Hunters and Sandworm are worth it).

Thanks for the reminder!

By: David Forbes

David Forbes — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:22:58 +0000

DW — yeah, it’s the execution I’m worried about. But I gotta dive in sometime!

By: David Williams

David Williams — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:18:31 +0000

Can’t wait to see the io9 series, DLE. That sounds great.

DF: The general outline of HUNTERS certainly *sounds* like FH . . the idea of a no-ship tearing ass around the galaxy strikes me as astoundingly cool. . . .but I’m kinda dreading the execution of it.

SK : let’s do it. Chapterhouse or #$# bust.

By: David Forbes

David Forbes — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:08:56 +0000

I have HUNTERS OF DUNE for the very same reason! I just want to know what the hell Herbert had planned! I haven’t read it yet (I’ve had it for at least a year) because I’m afraid of what might have been done to it. They’ve said it follows Frank’s outline, but they said HOUSE ATREIDES also followed his notes and there’s just no way I believe that.

Now I’m going to have to tear into it anyway to find out!

By: David Louis Edelman

David Louis Edelman — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:06:06 +0000

Great minds think alike. I, too, have recently caught Dune Fever. Just bought nice matching Ace hardcovers of the whole original series and am busy re-reading them for a planned six-part blog on the series on io9. After which I’ll tackle the Brian Herbert/Kevin Anderson HUNTERS OF DUNE and SANDWORMS OF DUNE, just because I really wanted to know where Frank was going at the end of CHAPTERHOUSE…

By: Indiana Jim

Indiana Jim — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:55:18 +0000

Clearly, you know what you must do next! Succeed, where Frank Herbert failed. Good luck with that.