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Originally Posted by ahi
Also a big Dune fan. I have a question, in fact: do other Dune fans agree that Frank Herbert's son's prequels feel incongruous with the original books? I have not read all of them, but the few I have read left me feeling like the world he described doesn't seem like a world that could ever have given birth to the Dune universe.  |
You should read all of them. I do find they're less well written then the original 6, but then, no author writes the same. I didn't really like the three "prequels" (House Artreides, House Harkonnen, House Corrino), as I felt they strayed too much from the existing story at times.
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Originally Posted by Peadar Ó Guilín
Fantasy doesn't tend to fare so well on the originality front, but recently, I blogged about some of my favourites in a post entitled, 100 imaginary places to see before you die. Julain May, China Miéville, Robert Holdstock and others feature. |
I love the universe Julian May created. It's well thought out and complete. I find the best part how she tells of things that are yet to be written and when she finally did write them, it actually fits.
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Originally Posted by Polyglot27
Roger Zelazny wrote a multi-volume series called the Amber chronicles. It takes places in different dimensions where the laws of physics change. The characters slide from one dimension to another and find that guns don't fire because gunpowder does not ignite for example, because in that dimension the rouge in cosmetics is used in its place. Has anybody read this? I am asking because I find the last few volumes less interesting the the beginning volumes and wonder if others think so too.
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That it took so long for somebody to mention Zelazny's Amber! I think this is my favourite universe.