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Originally Posted by Hamlet53
Upon strong reccomendations from a friend I also attempted the Gormenghast trilogy by Mervyn Peake, starting with the first novel Titus Groan. She and I are still friends, but I (groan  ) have ever since discounted her book recommendations. A couple of hundred pages of the depressing and simultaneously dense and incomprehensible Titus Groan was quite enough for me. |
Titus Groan is one of my favorites! It's definitely different, though. Oddly enough, I've never gotten around to reading the rest of the trilogy.
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Originally Posted by DrNefario
Dune Messiah I have tried a couple of times, and failed to get anywhere with. I loved Dune, but this just seems to overcomplicate it.
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I'm a big fan of Frank Herbert's work and I consider the
Dune series his masterpiece, yet I find
Dune Messiah to be rather boring. Essential filler bridging
Dune and
Children of Dune. IMHO, one should either read
Dune and stop, or read
Dune and slog their way through
Dune Messiah to get to the rest of the series.