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Originally Posted by JD Gumby
Really, avoid anything of his that isn't Dune. They're quite 60s & 70s and the best you can call them is schlock, I think.
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I have a high tolerance for "schlock" but DUNE MESSIAH is just a mess.
UNDER PRESSURE, on the other hand, I found to be a cut above everything of his but DUNE. (And, being a glutton for punishment, I have a fairly deep Herbert library.) At the time it was highly regarded, too.
Bradbury I just never got into. A matter of style and taste. Most poetry doesn't do much for me either.
I just prefer lean prose (Asimov over Bradbury, Donaldson over Tolkien, etc)