[tomsem]

A good book is a good book, a good movie is a good movie. A good story (in any form) is a good story.

I will happily read a book after seeing the movie adaptation, or vice versa. The movie adaptation does not have to be 'faithful' to the book as far as I'm concerned as long as it is good. Sometimes they are much better than the book.

Dune has been referenced several times. I have not read it in decades, I think I liked it, and I have been planning to re-read it and the entire series (at least the ones Frank Herbert wrote, and which are all ready in my digital library).

I liked the Lynch adaptation, and have seen it several times over the years. It's weird, of course. But I love Dune I/II. Rebecca Ferguson. Zendaya. Timothee Chalomet. I would watch any of them in anything. Great visuals. Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival are other favorites of mine (Arrival is also adapted screenplay). Have not started in on the HBO series yet.

I'm more likely than not to seek out a movie or series adaptation if I have read the book. The investment of time is far less in most cases than reading a book, so if it's not great, so what.

Going the other way is something I do as well but it's harder to find time for it. Dune has been on one of my Kindles for months, but other reading has kept it on-deck; I like discovering newer authors and books, while re-reads are more fraught, particularly a long book like Dune. I am not at all the same person I was when I last read it, and am a far more omnivorous reader now. Will I still enjoy it?

I do not like novelizations of movies.