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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
I'll concur, but have a question: would you consider Dune Messiah and Children of Dune part of Dune, and stop after those? Or would you have just stopped after the original Dune?
(Herbert wrote the first three as one long book, split in three for publications, which is why I ask.)
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Dennis
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I didn't realize they were written as one book, but my opinion still stands. Dune was great, Dune Messiah not in the same class, Children of Dune better than Messiah but still not comparable to the original in my opinion. Everything afterwards shouldn't have been written.
The original Dune was great in large part because of Herbert's detailed world-building and the complexity of the associated societies. Once this was done in the first book, there was little left for the rest except for their respective plots and further character development; these were OK but unexceptional.