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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
I'm not a fan of series books. I much prefer standalone novels. I don't mind trilogies, provided they stop after three books. That said, Dune is one of my all-time favorite books and I've made a onetime only exception for this series. I will complete it. I've been collecting the audiobooks for three years now and currently have 13 (soon to be 16) of the 18 in the series.
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Originally Posted by DrNefario
Also, there is no Highlander 2, no Star Wars prequel trilogy, and only one Dune novel.  |
I think you're both wrong about
Dune. I say read up to
God Emperor, which along with
Messiah stand right up to and possibly surpass the original.
Heretics and
Chapterhouse are forgettable, and all of the posthumous dross looks execrable, though I haven't read it. Sadly, the poor reputation of the son's Dunesploitation work seems to have overshadowed the father's quite good, almost essential sequels. I would almost say you haven't read
Dune if you haven't at least read
Messiah. The whole original trilogy (let's just call
Children of Dune connective tissue) through
God Emperor was an epic mythic tale the likes of which we don't often see.