Dune by Frank Herbert
It’s hard to know what to say in reviewing Dune since it is such a classic and a cultural monolith at this point but I’ll do my best! This was my second time reading it with the first time being somewhere during college. Instead of throwing out the book again, I’ve kept this new copy since my personal rule is any book I buy twice I should keep the second copy of rather than keep buying books infinitely. Dune is a fast read for me […]
Children of Dune, Dune #3 by Frank Herbert
We’re not that far ahead in time after Dune Messiah. For a recap – at the end of Messiah Paul kinda just wandered away into the desert after Chani died in childbirth. It’s not a spoiler for Children of Dune, but totally for Messiah. If you’re reading this review, I really hope you’ve read Messiah, or just don’t care if you’re spoiled! Paul Muad’Dib’s kids Leto and Ghanima are under the care of their aunt Alia. She’s kinda crazy though. She is the same “type” […]
Dune Messiah (Dune #2) by Frank Herbert
Ok maybe that title is a little provocative. After I loved Dune so much, I was excited about the second Dune book. I’m not sure if I’m just not smart enough, or what, but I did not enjoy this nearly as much as the first Dune. I think we all fell in love with Paul Atreides / Muad’Dib in Dune as he’s built up throughout the book. Then in Messiah Mr. Herbert wanted to make us all dislike him? Paul has been Emperor for about […]
Dune by Frank Herbert
When the Atreides family is betrayed, the heir Paul and his mother Jessica are sent on the run – and into the path that leads to his ultimate destiny. About three quarters through this book, I texted my friend M, who loves this book, the following: Arrakis is the Middle East. Melange is oil. Is Paul a white savior? That’s a very flippant way of looking at a book that carries a lot more within itself than that. Dune is about environmentalism, about religion, about […]
Dune by Frank Herbert
I re-read Dune by Frank Herbert this year because a member of my work book club selected it. The rules of work book club are: we pick a book that has a movie or television adaptation, so that we can still hang out and gossip with the folks in the book club who inevitably don’t read the book. Those of us who do always read the book get to discuss what we liked or didn’t like about the adaptation. We rotate between who chooses the […]
Dune (Dune #1) by Frank Herbert
My dad read this book a long time ago. It was originally published in 1965, but he read it in 1983. I’m sure he told me about it later (I was only 2 in 1983), because I remember him talking about it. I also have vague memories of watching the original movie. They aren’t good memories. I guess they’re not necessarily bad, they’re just weird. I remember the worms, and I remember a very large bad man. I guess I also remember the blue eyes. […]
