Thunder wrote:
You say that i defend the new books? Good... cite it in a new appropriate thread and let's discuss it. Open fire at will.
As you will:
Dumbnovels Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:33 pm Post subject: Re: Just gave in and read the Wikipedia Summary of SoD
A self-acclaimed weight-lifting martial arts philosopher posted:
"I think any great Dune fan lives for revelation in print, and this is why i read the end books.
I liked the end books much less than Classic Dune, but the end books are certainly was worth the read. To give up and read wiki is a sin and a big mistake for any Dune fan, imo."
Dumbnovels Posted: Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 11:42 pm
"I found the end books so straight forward that i never had to re-read them. Part of this is due to the concise way that it is written; a credit to the authors."
and again:
"But there are smaller parts that i thought were very concise, and i'm a big fan of that."
or Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 11:33 pm Post subject: Here goes nothing
"For me there are 2 Dune stories: FH’s Classic Dune, and BH and KJA’s Dune. I consider Classic Dune to be the real story of Dune. I like to consider the grand–finally-books to be based on FH’s Classic Dune. There are complications with this view.
To maintain this latter view, I must adopt a philosophy that something is better than nothing. That is to say that reading new books on Dune, though I think that the books are of lesser quality, are better than no books at all. I also have to accept the idea that no one can truly continue FH’s work. BH and KJA state at the beginning that no such effort would be attempted. Fair enough. However, I must state that this is really a generous view considering much of the great ideas in FH’s Classic Dune, which are the essence of Dune, are ignored, and drastically changed for the worse. I am disturbed by the lack of continuity of these ideas. I liked both Dune stories. I liked FH’s Dune far better.
After subsequent reads, I disagree with some of my initial comments.
Here are my impressions of SoD immediately after the first read in an enumerated format:
(I’ll post this tomorrow. I need to edit to shorten it because I wrote a book.)"
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:16 pm
"On a positive note, the writing in some sections was very smooth in transition of settings, clear and concise. Since i admire these qualities in writing, the end books appealed to me in this."
Is this enough for you Fuckturd?
"... the mystery of life isn't a problem to solve but a reality to experience."
“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
Sandrider: "Keith went to Bobo's for a weekend of drinking, watched some DVDs,
and wrote a Dune Novel."