Dune is a book read by many, and read time and time again. It is and stays facinating. Taking us to a world far beyond the present time, but yet so similar to our own. Although the desert environement is different from existing desert, and there are no worms here, much of what happens in the book, can be seen as a methaphor for things that have happened time and time and time again, and still do in or own time.
If you are looking for a post about the story, then this may not be the right article, and I can only give you one advice: Read them, all 6 books of the orignal story, and the rest if you want to. They are great books, and will give you a lot of reading pleasure, time and time again.
Dune tells a human story, and although parts are not so detailed as some would want to, it is a human story never the less. Of courage, betrayal, danger, war, finding one self, believing, fighting, Love, adapting, strugling for survival. It was one of the first series of books I read, and it took many years more before I read but If I want to really dive into the universe, I'll go for Dune or The Foundation Trilogy.
The cruelty of the baron, who as can be seen as not only a disgusting person from the way he looks in the film and is described in the book and what he does, can also be seen as evil, and house Artreides can be seen as good. Of course this black and white view isn't really like it may be seen by somebody else. And when reading the book, presumably most people won't analyze it. At school I never liked that part, found that it kept you away of the story. There is the royal surgeon who received imperial training, and thus deemed to be not capable of betrayal yet does so, out of love for his wife, and possible revenge for her disapearance.
Article comments
1 - alpha
I agree on the first "Dune"; but, as they progressed like movie sequels the energy and the story got a bit weak and lost -- not that I made it through all 6. The movie was fun with Sting but totally incomprehensible without having read at least one or two of them.
"Foundation and Empire" is another story (pun). The whole series stays strong and together and who knows how many times I have read it since I was young?.
"Great books". No! Great fun. Yes!.
2 - Victor Plenty
If you didn't finish the first 6 volumes, you can't fully appreciate what Frank Herbert achieved with this series. Of course Dune itself can stand alone, but if you go beyond that you really owe it to yourself to finish all six.
I'll readily admit, reading volume 4 (God Emperor of Dune) can be a bit of a chore, but after that the remaining two volumes get really good again. Marvelously intricate plot lines and great compelling characters.
I can't speak to the quality of the extended series, not having read any of the books beyond the first six myself.
3 - Eric Olsen
the spice must flow - that's all I know
4 - Floris Vermeir
I've only read the 6 original books, a couple of times, but I have noticed that there are other books now, belonging to the same series.
Has anyone of you read them, and what do you think about them ?
5 - Bob A. Booey
I would never read this crap, but Dune was David Lynch's worst movie ever. The weird Oedipal thing, the weird dialogue, the weirder story, ugh. The only memorable thing was the really blue eyes.
That is all.
6 - anna gorski
You need to go over your peices before submitting them. You have a lot of grammatical errors.
7 - rendiki
you suck at writing english