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... 5. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury 6. Perdido Street Station by China Mieville 7. Dune by Frank Herbert 8. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 9. Foundation by Isaac Asimov 10. Stranger in a Strange Land by Rober ...

... that?) where a sort of humanist messiah is planning to overthrow the gods. Now that's different. I had visions of a Dune-like (or Watchmen-esque if you prefer) epic of innovative world-building. What would the Earth be like if the Egyptian pantheon (and by extension ancient E ...

... William Gibson & Bruce Sterling 2. Perdido Street Station by China Mieville 3. Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card 4. Dune by Frank Herbert 5. The Time Machine by H. G. Wells 6. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson 7. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 8. Doomsday Boo ...

... ones. I am a sucker for the early characters, so I will try this one. Always felt there was too much missing between Dune and Dune Messiah . Principles of Angels by Jaine Fenn, SF Story about a dystopian society on a floating platform above an uninhabitable planet. A society ...

... been mentioned: Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke Also, Ender's Game, Dune, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

... one to. Then again, I don't seem to NOT like books very often... lol. :-D Off to finish Marked now, then big, bad Dune is next. That book looks intimidating! Finished 32, 43 to go.

... one to. Then again, I don't seem to NOT like books very often... lol. :-D Off to finish Marked now, then big, bad Dune is next. That book looks intimidating! Finished 32, 43 to go.

Just left the planet of Arrakis in Dune, but should be revisiting as soon as I get to McKay's in a couple of hours to get the sequel. I have made myself *promise* I will grade papers and do planning for a while before I let myself get sucked into that world again! :)

Although I didn't vote for it, the very first suggestion for this thread, Dune by Frank Herbert is really a must read for a science fiction fan. I gave away a number of copies over the years to folks thinking this book would hook them for life, but I don't recall that it ever did. It is almost ...

... this is what it passed through and this is where it it's currently at. A few I'd include: Foundation by Asimov Dune by Herbert city by Simak Cyteen by Cherryh Foreigner cherryh chanur saga by cherryh revelation space by Reynolds sam gunn by Bova red dwarf Grant ...

... works. How many of the other Grandmasters had their work adapted!? How many Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke and freakin' Dunes have been made? Sexism, I tell ya. 12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie? Whatever that second Stephanie Meyer book is... so I don' ...

... I'd throw a couple of titles out. To Say Nothing of the Dog--Connie Willis (particularly if the reader likes romance) Dune--Frank Herbert Barrayar or The Warrior's Apprentice--Lois McMaster Bujold (whichever one everyone decides on) Hitchhikers's Guide to the Galaxy--Douglas Adams ...

... it seems this time out, the classics of science fiction, are classics for a reason counter to your own. I do note that Dune leads the list of recommendations and I have thought that you previously championed this book. Perhaps not as something to give to new science fiction readers, but if ...

... - Margaret Atwood 49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding 50 Atonement - Ian McEwan 51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel 52 Dune - Frank Herbert 53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons 54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen 55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth. 56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos R ...

... I had seen mentioned already by others. Many works mentioned by others are ones which I would include in a top 100 list: Dune, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, The Forever War, and so on and so forth.

... they were bad books. 93: bobmcconnaughey. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only person that only likes the original Dune. I never could get into any of the sequels (although I wanted to having enjoyed the first one so much)

... others Ted Chiang 5.the calcutta chromosome Ghosh 6. the difference engine gibson 7. Snow crash Stephenson 8. dune and ONLY #1. 9. years of rice and salt KSR 10. the golden nineties lisa mason 11. Fairyland Paul McAuley 12. of tangible ghosts Modesitt 13. left hand of ...

... Robinson - not the most exciting writer, but v. thoughtful. Maybe years of rice and salt for "Big Picture" SF. Also Dune - despite the vast differences in time/space the issues of man and environment are still germane and, again, grand scale SF. 3. for bio-engineering SF - Fairyland ...

... the following books to a new reader of SF, in no particular order: The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper Dune by Frank Herbert A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear The Doomsday Book ...

Here's a few more that I don't think were mentioned: Exodus The Winds of War (made as a mini-series for TV) Dune Clan of the Cave Bear Persuasion Sense and Sensibility Flags of Our Fathers Butterfield 8 Wonder Boys The Swimmer The Andromeda Strain Ragtime Th ...

Not in any order and I hope a wide range of taste; The Forever War by Joe Haldeman Dune by Frank Herbert Past Through Tommorrow by Robert Heinlein "City" by Clifford Simack Old Man's War by Scalzi Into the Storm: Destroyermen, Book I by Taylor Anderson Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robi ...

... by Walter M. Miller 9. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells 10. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 11. Dune by Frank Herbert 12. Tau Zero by Poul Anderson 13. Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon 14. Flatland by Edwin Abbott 15. 1984 by George Or ...

... - Samuel R Delany The Man Who Folded Himself - David Gerrold Jumper - Stephen Gould Forever War - Joe Haldeman Dune - Frank Herbert A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller Gateway - Frederik Pohl Hover Car Racer - Matthew Reilly Star Maker - Olaf Stapledon I'm ...

Off the top of my apical appendage: Neuromancer Solaris Blood Music Snowcrash Look to Windward Dune Altered Carbon Ringworld Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy Hothouse Crash Fahrenheit 451 Tiger! Tiger! (aka The Stars My Destination) Serpent's Reach Old Man ...

Dune Snow Crash Ringworld The man who folded himself The Guns of the South Starship Troopers

... a short list of a few 'classics' and may add more later. Red Mars Kim Stanley Robinson Dragon's Egg Robert Forward Dune Frank Herbert Hyperion Dan Simmons Blood Music Greg Bear West of Eden Harry Harrison The Fuzzy Papers H Beam Piper and The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bra ...

Dune by Frank Herbert (reread 2008) The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester (reread 2008) Solaris by Stanislaw Lem (reread 2006) The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (reread 2007) A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller (it's been awhile, but I remember much of it so vividly, ...

... tephenson Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein Hyperion by Dan Simmons Dune by Frank Herbert Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh

... gets the most votes and whether we can put together a top 100 list. Here's my suggestion to get things rolling: 1. Dune by Frank Herbert

... earlier sf novels still work because they embed their own time in their stories, making them effectively timeless. Like Dune. But much of the genre is not so lucky. At the very least, I'd set the earliest publication year of a book to recommend in mid-1990s, but would much prefer titles ...

... machine for some film or TV adaptation. But most have gone - Blish, Williamson, van Vogt, Smith... all out of print. Dune, and the execrable sequels by his son & KJA, has kindled interest in Herbert's other novels - although I'd be interested to know how well they've done. In the UK, Golla ...

... - Dan Brown 43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez 49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding 52 Dune - Frank Herbert 56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon 57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens 63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt 72 Dracula - Bra ...

Don't forget to add Herbet's Dune to the Speculative History list. And I second Star's Cherryh-Dunnett connection.

(1.) Dune by Frank Herbert Every once in a while, I reread Dune and --- it's not that i suddenly discover something new. it's more like my, i dunmo, perspective changed and i see the book in a different light. i doubt i'm the only one. (2.) Conqueror's Pride, Conqueror's Heritage & ...

... gonna throw in fiction too, I've gotta mention basically everything Orwell has ever written... Marx... Frank Herbert's Dune, all of Tolkien's works, and so on. Also, I would be remiss not to mention Asimovs (negative!!) impact on my early writing in high school; I absolutely loved his ...

... The End of Eternity, which do bear on history, however fancifully. Animal Farm, Jude the Obscure, War and Peace, Dune, Huxley’s The Doors of Perception and Island, No Exit, The Stranger, the syllabus of 11th grade AP American History, Shakespeare, The Old Testament, Carl Saga ...

I also really enjoyed Dune.

I really, really liked Dune. I never think of myself as a science fiction fan, and almost never choose a sci fi on my own. But I keep getting fed sci fi by my son-in-law and another young friend, and have really enjoyed some of them. In my opinion, Dune is the best.

... I couldn't find The Advance of the English Novel or Hope, an Anthology, so I am substituting 2 others I found downstairs, Dune by Frank Herbert, which is my husband's book, and Though Your Sins be as Scarlet, which I didn't even know I had!

... into a dystopian future. In reaction to this terrible setting, the main character founds a religion. I also recommend Dune, Calculating God, The Sparrow, Children of God and A Canticle for Liebowitz. I've read both the short story and novel A Case of Conscience. The short story ...

There are a lot of good religious-themed SF that is not Christian-themed. I barely need to mention Dune, which borrows heavily from Islamic mythology, and Lord of Light, which utilises Hindu mythology. One of my favourite books, Star Maker, could not possibly be categorised into any normal ...

... deux ou trois fois à la libraire, peut-être vais-je bientôt me laisser tenter. Pour le moment je suis plongée dans Dune, de Frank Herbert, j'ai presque fini le troisième tome. J'ai aussi lu deux bandes dessinées, je vais bientôt en mettre le compte-rendu.

... even begin to consider that Superman as a character has had religious overtones from his inception. He mentions Dune and Stranger in a Strange Land in passing, but seems to ignore the wide body of religiously influenced science fiction that surrounds them, and the wider ...

... when somebody who has it checked out of the library eventually gives it up. Anyway, I loved this series. 020. Dune by Frank Herbert (1991) Another classic I should have read in my childhood - except that I wouldn't have been old enough for it. I was surprised at the fact ...

... Leguin, both fiction and non-fiction, although I think I've probably read The Language of the Night the most frequently. Dune stands up to multiple readings. I also like the works of Suzette Haden Elgin, specifically Native Tongue and the rest of that trilogy. I'm stuck for a fifth though.

The movie Dune, while not perfect, was very close to the book.

... threads that could contain great information about BOOKS!!!! (Not personal agendas) My top rereads as of today are: Dune by Frank Herbert Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings (and the rest of the series) Eon by Greg Bear Dry Water by Eric S. Nylund Snow Crash by ...

... comic book series. Then there was Prince Caspian from Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis. Paul Atreides from Dune.

This is probably my top 5 re-read's: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Heinlein Dune by Frank Herbert Friday by Heinlein Chung Kuo by David Wingrove Pern series by Anne McCaffrey

... Gibson (3) I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman (3) Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlen (3) Dune - Frank Herbert (3) Earth Abides - George Stewart (3) Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon The Poll: http://www.vizu.com/poll-vote.html?n=152987 EDIT: Apolo ...

... (I nominated that one, and I'd love to reread it--it's been YEARS!) Of course, it's also been years since I read Dune, Stranger, and Neuromancer as well, but the first two I remember very well. I probably read the Stapledon at some point as well, but don't remember it either. It is ...

(3) Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon (3) Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlen (3) Dune - Frank Herbert (3) Neuromancer - William Gibson (2) I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman (2) A Dream Of Wessex - Christopher Priest (2) A Door Into Ocean - Joan Slonczewsk ...

I'm going to have to second Dune then. It's one of the few books I recognize from the list and, as a bonus, it's one I already own. Always a pro...

... when it comes to self-obsession. Let's not even get into the Freudian aspects of having sex with your clone... As for Dune, I think it's arguably the best SF book written and the sequels are arguably some of the worst. ;-) In fact, a number of my reviews refer to The Dune Syndrome—a ...

... older. Another classic that i suspect has aged well, though i haven't reread it for ~ 20yr would be Frank Herbert's Dune. In a way, Dune is to the SF corpus what the Lord of the Rings is to high fantasy. The creation of a comprehensive physical (geographic) environment, that is "world ...

... (Not sure where Bolano's rep would be if he hadn't died early?) On the whole, the sci fi and fantasy types -- Dune series, Wheel of Time, Kevin J. Anderson wizard scribe ;) -- just want to move more product and capitalize on a dead writer's imagination. "Hey Kev, William Gibs ...

(3) Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon (3) Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlen (2) Dune - Frank Herbert (2) Neuromancer - William Gibson (2) I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman (2) A Dream Of Wessex - Christopher Priest (2) A Door Into Ocean - Joan Slonczewsk ...

... novels of dense detail and history. Rats and Gargoyles by Mary Gentle. For science fiction, there's always the Dune series by Frank Herbert. Michael Stackpole has his Age of Discovery series that begins with A Secret Atlas. The True Game series by Sherri S. Teppe ...

... annoying in the first place, but loved the characters and story. The sarge is my favorite character so far. I've added Dune to my Books on Deck, but it's almost at the bottom of that stack, so it'll be a while before I get to it.

... the five books are: (3) Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon (2) Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlen (2) Dune - Frank Herbert (2) Earth Abides - George Stewart (2) I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman

I'm Reading Dune by Frank Herbert right now, I've never read any of the series before and thought it was time to get in on the debate - are they a worthy classic or not.

... a poll. Currently: (3) Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon (2) Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlen (2) Dune - Frank Herbert (2) Earth Abides - George Stewart A Million Open Doors - John Barnes The Lights in the Sky Are Stars - Fredric Brown The Stars My Destinati ...

... from the library. I find Herbert's 'galactography' and prose too dense for frequent re-immersions but I've read "Dune" a number of times.

... in that he recognised the critical importance of environmentalism long before 'tree-hugging' became bankable - and Dune illustrating a central human paradox: in terms of the timeless terrain of money, poltics, religion and the relationships thereof, plus ca change... So, while not ...

Having re-read a John Barnes' Finity & couple of the (original) Dune books, I'm taking a sciience fiction sabbatical and buffed up my on my Masters of Rome-ania and am completing the 2nd of Mary Renault's Alexander trilogy. So,like some others, I, too, am moving between the sublime ...

... nominations were finalised before we do secondments, but okay... (2) Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlen (2) Dune - Frank Herbert (2) Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon (2) Earth Abides - George Stewart A Million Open Doors - John Barnes The Lights in the Sky Are Star ...

... to finish a book that you just hate. To me reading should be fun, so go ahead and change books. :) I read some of the Dune books quite a while ago, and I found that the sequels did not hold my interest as much as the first book did. It was an interesting world that was created and thought- ...

I'll second Dune. My 3 suggestions are: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman The Engines of God by Jack McDevitt Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh

How about some classics. You know, those books I'm the only person here who has not read: Dune (just Dune) Stranger in a Strange Land The Stars My Destination

I read the first Dune novel a number of years ago, and felt much like you describe. It seemed to be much more a cultural icon than a novel with staying power to me.

4. I finally finished Dune. I'm not sure if this should really count as 2 books, because I actually finished read the first Dune trilogy. This was a book club pick in 2008, but I only got through the first book. He almost had me interested at the end of the first book. I wouldn't even ...

... inherited books from my husband (that were stored at his mother's), his mother, and HER mother. I've got two copies of Dune, three of The Catcher in the Rye, two of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, too many Bibles, all of which are on my shelves, and several copies of several books by Georget ...

... writing is media-tie-in level, and there is no depth or subtlety to their story telling. Definitely NOT Frank Herbert's Dune. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones YA book that is the start Howl's Castle series. A Lighter book for the month of August (vacations). Engin ...

1. Dune and sequels. Although this may be a bit too mature depending on the kid. 2. Modissett's Recluce series starting with The Magic of Recluse. 3. David Eddings' Belgariad series starting with Pawn of Prophecy 4. Edgar Allen Poe stories 5. Sherlock Holmes stories 6. Jules Verne Thes ...

... read, without being overly unintelligent at the same time. I have given books like Star Maker, Childhood's End and Dune five stars, all of which I consider to be intelligent and well-written, and I have also given John Grisham and Robert Ludlum books five stars, too.

... detriment. There are some sf novels whose universes seem to have no obvious links to the time of writing, however - such as Dune - and I suspect they will porve the longest-lived. Rendezvous with Rama isn't one of them - its opening chapter clearly dates it to the 1960s (although it was first ...

... Bear Burning Chrome by William Gibson A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem Dune by Frank Herbert Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (not including some of the sequels...) The Forever War by Joe Haldeman Generation P by Victor Pelevin Hyper ...

Dune by Frank Herbert I, Robot by Isaac Asimov Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Edited for touchstones and additions

... watched one of the movie versions a few times. *rolls eyes at MsD* I wonder how many people have read Persuasion and Dune though?

Within an inch of my life, but I wouldn't have guessed Paul... it's been to long since I read DUNE.

DUNE! I am the Kwisatz Haderach Paul Atreides.

... of the mass murder helped Bush's approval points. Funny how 3000 dead can make Monkey Boy look smarter. To quote Dune: "Fear is the little death. Fear is the mind-killer." 9/11 brought us 8 years of scared stupid. And we'll be paying for it for a long time to come. The horrible ...

I haven't read A Curse Dark as Gold, but I have read Dune

Ender's Game is a classic for this age. He might also like Dune by Frank Herbert.

... fiction list, run by Sterling Lanier, a sf writer and editor. So there's nothing particularly unusual about Chilton buying Dune. You specifically alluded that the author was crying about a conspiracy to prevent his book from being published The letter from the publisher states: " ...

... supposition, as it's contrary to industry practice. I actually know several people, whose opinions I respect, who think Dune is rubbish. And I've happily defended my liking of the book to them. Some of the posts on this thread have not exactly been on point, but that's the nature of ...

... gleaned from a few lines. As far as defense of the book, I wonder what your reaction would be if someone endlessly labeled Dune as rubbish, and whether you would defend it. I like the book Fe Fi FOE Comes. It is one of my favorites. Nothing you or anyone here will say will change that. 4. Y ...

Fair enough. Dune is also one of my favourite novels. I think its world-building is superb, but smoe of its writing is not very good. I also like the sequels, although they don't have the emotional appeal of the first. There's no denying Dune's achievements, but Herbert wrote a lot of other ...

I agree that popularity != quality. But I was responding to your comment that Dune was a significant "breakthrough" work and the others second-rate. However, longevity certainly is a good indicator of quality. And Dune is still in print now, 44 years after its initial book publication. Th ...

... all of them are still in print. Some of the writing in Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse Dune is better than that Dune - not unexpectedly, as they were written nearly two decades later. The Brian Herbert & Kevin J Anderson additions to the Dune series should be avoided at all costs.

... review of the Dune books, and perhaps filling in the gaps of the other Dune books with reviews if able. I myself have done Dune twice, Dune Messiah, and Children of Dune once each. But found that they were stuck in the mire for me when I read them 20+ years back. My thoughts then, if I ...

I would have loved to have seen Jodorowsky's take on Dune. Some of the preproduction design work is featured in 21st Century Foss, which I have. I also have the issue of Métal Hurlant which contains the article by Jodorwosky on the film - which includes sketches by Moebius. There was ...

... in books, I would much rather be hit with an outright ad than the dreaded 'product placement'. Imagine Paul in Dune having to apply Arid Extra Dry deoderant before donning his stillsuit.

I liked Hard Boiled Wonderland - I probably read it 15 years ago. I was more into science fiction then, such as Frank Herbert's Dune, which is probably just as far-fetched.

... admit to liking Vlad Taltos a great deal and wish this series would be written more quickly. As to classics, when I read Dune I did not know the history of Mohammed, but as an adult when it was taught to me, I recognized Paul Muad'Dib immediately. I found that I did not like the world that ...

... doesn't. But then I hated Brave New World and thought it poorly-done. Another sf classic which fits the pattern is Dune. As do the likes of, well, Ringworld. Except... the style in which Ringworld is written dates it, and I expect the language of many sf novels is going to cause ...

... story and book. As for Bradbury, both he and David Brin are graduates of my high school, and David introduced me to Dune very shortly after it came out. I enjoy David's short stories and the non-physics til you die novels, which explains Otherness. This was a tough ten to decide on-- ...

... I've read and continue to read: Foundation by Isaac Asimov Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne Dune by Frank Herbert Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Otherness by David Br ...

... One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Ken Kesey The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis Dune Frank Herbert Stranger in a Strange Land Robert Heinlein Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte The S ...

Read Dune, it was better than expected. I'll have to get the other five books now.

#115 TadAD "Hrmph! By that standard, I can consider Dune a stand-alone." I haven't read Dune yet--it's on my 999 list, but according to my older son I am supposed to consider it a "stand alone" although he concedes the second one is okay but not great.

Here's what my first cut might be...in no particular order other than what occurred to me: 1) Dune by Frank Herbert - Arguably the best single science fiction book written. 2) The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson - I like several of his books very much, but this one is the most accessible, ...

Tad, I would be glad to stand firmly with you in regarding Dune as a stand-alone!

... of [me] Volley'd and thunder'd; I'm being shouted down, I guess. Hrmph! By that standard, I can consider Dune a stand-alone. (Hehe, there, I'll bet I've ignited another furious argument!) ETA: However, I will concede that The Dragon and the George should have been ...

... But he still had a webpage, and that's how the agent tracked him down. The first book he wrote was a bad derivative of Dune by Frank Herbert. It had a desert.

Will take up Dune soon then, also have Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? in my this year's TBR list. Any other Philip K. Dick book you would recommend?

Hey Piyush, I read Dune last year for the first time and was so surprised. I didn't expect to like it and couldn't put it down. I have taken the advice of many other readers and not gotten into the sequels, letting the book stand on its own and not be whittled away by attempts to recapture ...

... In other words, Stars Wars: Clone Wars ;) I plan to do some rereading, when the opportunity arises. Specifically the Dune series and then read the Brian Herbert stuff. That's another inherent problem with genre books: Franchises refusing to die. Did we really need all the Dune ...

... Heinlein fan. I've read 3 of his works and I'm not exactly beating a path to read anything else. Luckily we both love Dune. She doesn't understand my fascination with Warhammer 40K When I told her it was "LOTR ... but in space," she completely lost all respect for it. But somehow we ...

... . I have to say, this was no exception. I really, really liked this book. From the enormous numbers of nerdly references (Dune, Lord of the Rings, Watchmen etc. etc.) to the pathos of the main character, to the narrator's easy arrogance, it was all just brilliant. I generally hate the tug-o ...

>35: MusicMom41 Many people would say that Dune will top it when you get to it. It generally wins the "best SF of all time" ranking in polls. I'm not sure how I'd come down on the question myself—they're so different. Both have a grand sweep to them, I'll say that. However, Doomsday B ...

... Douglas Adams: 2001: A Space Odyssey 2010: Odyssey Part Two War of the Worlds The Time Machine I have Dune, the first part, sitting on my shelf right now, but haven't started yet and have no idea what the series is all about. But if you think it good, will give it a try in ...

... series? Of course not. Author intent has everything to do with it. How many special edition/stand alone versions of Dune or Foundation have been published? Yet nobody says that those books should be removed from their series. There are many romance series here on LT where a ...

... has to be a classic. Of course, I use the term classic loosely; if something can be considered a classic of its genre (Dune for instance) that fulfills the requirement.

... can handle Blaze this year--you recommended it to me and now it's in my 999 challenge. I'm reading Dandelion Wine and Dune also this year. I have successfully avoided Margaret Atwood all these years, but if you think The Handmaid's Tale is that good I will have to break down and try ...

... 16 ER books: 8 Best Classics (My definition of classics may not meet with yours - but it's my thread!) Dune by Frank Herbert The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecra ...

This sounds like a fun idea. I'm looking forward to challenging myself to spend more reading the books in my backlog and less time cataloging them on LibraryThing. I've left some open slots and I'll certainly change around some of the books, but for now, here are my categories 1. Anthologies ...

... so far: The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand Iliad - Homer Odyssey - Homer Beyond Good and Evil - Freidrich Nietzsche Dune - Frank Herbert Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon Imagining the Tenth Dimension - Rob Bryanton The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri Catch 22 - Joseph Heller ...

... do it for me. It just felt too political for my tastes, and not the good kind of political like The King of Attolia or Dune. I finished The Great Divorce, which was just as fantastic as I remembered, though I'm sure I still haven't gotten everything out of it that I can. Next on the ...

Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition The disreputable history of Frankie Landau-Banks and what the heck's the constant problem with the touchstone on this one??? The Hunger Games

#32 Renee Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (which I will have to buy) Dune and Canticle for Liebowitz were all recommended by my older son--I would have the Heinlein here, too, if he could have found his copy to send home with me--all of these are his. He's MUCH more into fantasy than I am (even ...

... some point I'll probably purchase A Song for Arbonne and Last Light of the Sun (which have BEAUTIFUL covers). Tried Dune years ago, but I think it was a little too "dense" reading material for the age I was then. Of Heinlein I've only read Stranger in a Strange Land and, recently for ...

Since I'm a David Lynch snob, I liked the Dune adaptation. Overall, it was visually impressive, but it still felt like Frank Herbert's Cliff Notes to Dune. Anyone here see Inland Empire?

I thought De Niro did okay in Star Dust, but his was kind of a bit part. Dune the book is pretty darn good, although I think it's better because it's a launching point for a well-realized fictional universe than on its own. The feature film was questionable but not quite as bad as it's ...

... Common Knowledge page in the wiki.) If your copy of Dune isn't showing the series information, it may not have been "combined" with the copies owned by other users. Click the Editions link on the left and you'll be shown ...

... that seems like it would pollute the tag list beyond usability. Likewise, there are some series (e.g. Frank Herbert's "Dune" series) where the first few books are quite good but we have no intention of owning the rest; while the series would technically be incomplete, *our collection* of ...

Goodness knows the field is huge, but how about a classic like Dune by Frank Herbert (still one of my all-time favorites, though I'm not as fond of the many sequels); I, Robot by Asimov, or his terrific Foundation series; or one of my favorite authors, C.J. Cherryh, whose Foreigner series ...

Science Fiction 1. Frank Herbert - Duin (Dune) 2. Dan Simmons - Hyperion 3. Dan Simmons - The Fall of Hyperion 4. Orson Scott Card - Ender's Shadow 5. Lois McMaster Bujold - Shards of Honour 6. Lois McMaster Bujold - Barrayar 7. Robert Charles Wilson ...

>Le cycle de Dune, tome 1: Dune par Frank Herbert Ahh, c'est un de mes préférés! Tu l'as jamais lu?

... cience-fiction - Réalité partagée par Nancy Kress - Artefacts par Nancy Kress - Les faucheurs par Nancy Kress - Le cycle de Dune, tome 1: Dune par Frank Herbert - Le cycle de dune, tome 2: Dune par Frank Herbert - Le cycle de Dune, tome 3: Le messie de Dune par Frank Herbert - ...

... tion - Réalité partagée par Nancy Kress - Artefacts par Nancy Kress - Les faucheurs par Nancy Kress - Le cycle de Dune, tome 1: Dune par Frank Herbert - Le cycle de dune, tome 2: Dune par Frank Herbert - Le cycle de Dune, tome 3: Le messie de Dune par Frank ...

... and Dragon Doom But I'm really looking forward to these ten: 1. Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson 2. Dune by Frank Herbert 3. Hyperion by Dan Simmons 4. Through Wolf's Eyes by Jane Lindskold 5. Turning Point by Lisanne Norman 6. The Ultimate Hitch ...

Procrastinated into reading the book Angels and Demons, and Dune. Next on my list is Nineteen Eighty-Four.

... other suggestions. Ask your sons about their opinions, also. Science Fiction I think you're right to have Dune and The Martian Chronicles on the list. They are must-trys for anyone sampling science fiction. The Left Hand of Darkness is LeGuin's best science fiction, in my ...

... this year; younger son recommended)) Le Guin, Ursala: The Left Hand of Darkness (older son wants me to) Herbert, Frank: Dune (older son wants me to) Bradbury, Ray: The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury recommended to me and the first one I chose wasn't fantasy/scifi so I bought this one today) ...

Cousin Bette by Balzac. Excellent book, mediocre film. Dune by Frank Herbert. Great book, great film. Then again, I'm a sucker for David Lynch.

... urprising: Films 1. Blade Runner 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey 3. Serenity 4. Forbidden Planet 5. The Matrix Books 1. Dune 2. Foundation series 3. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 4. Ender's Game 5. Hyperion series Things worth noting:- - it takes a lot to dislodge the ...

... which edition is in my catalog. I want to know which ones I haven't read, so I can go look for them. If Ringworld and Dune aren't ticked, I don't want to be off searching for copies when I do own them. On the other hand, I think this usage is unusual, and perhaps only relevant to SF Mast ...

... "SF Masterworks" issue you then discuss -- so that it doesn't show up when it doesn't apply. I may have Ringworld and Dune, but I have no books in the SF Masterworks marketing line series, and I don't want to see my books showing up there.

... I loved the epic scope of these works. (I freely admit that I was a geek and mythology nut.) Unassigned - Frank Herbert's Dune novels and Lazarus Effect, and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. Again, I liked epic novels and tales of intellect and bravery. My least favorite ...

#17 ejj1995 My older son has been trying for years to get me to read Dune! I guess this is the time to break down and do it, huh? I think I even own a copy somewhere around here--which is another incentive.

And for category 5: Dune by Frank Herbert. Despite the many sequels, it stands on its own. Great book.

... want publisher lists Just so long as they're not lists of the editions specific to that publisher. I've read Dune and it doesn't matter to me that I haven't read the SF Masterworks edition (assuming that Dune is in the SF Masterworks series, which I don't know because someone ...

Finished Dune, then Dune Messiah and am currently reading Children of Dune - plan to read them all in order including the two new books. I had posted earlier in this thread - this is just a follow up on my progress I guess. As an aside, I remembered very little of book two and book 3 - I ...

30> But yesterday I was being told that my *paperback* copy of Dune was not only in the SF Masterworks series, but also in the Hardcover SF Masterworks series. And that's just wrong no matter how you look at it.

... and with slightly relaxed restrictions on what was allowed. 29> You just have to interpret it differently... If, say, Dune is in the SF Masterworks series, but you have a different edition, just read it to mean that you own that book that is considered to be a Masterwork. I'm happy to see ...

... Card or Willis. Personally, I like just about all of it, but many people don't. I had one friend who just didn't "get" Dune. However, he was still game, said he liked the Horatio Hornblower books, so I suggested Weber's On Basilisk Station. After reading a few of that series, he went on ...

TadAD and ronincats-- Thanks for all the suggestions! I have Dune and Ender's Game because my son has been wanting me to read them and he has always talked about Hitchhiker's Guide so I bought the "Ultimate" version a couple of weeks ago--5 novels and a short story-- I will read at ...

... is very funny) C. J. Cherryh - Downbelow Station (probably the best starting point for her universe) Frank Herbert - Dune (but none of the zillion sequels) Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game (I didn't care much for the sequels) Joe Haldeman - The Forever War William Gibson - Neuromanc ...

Hmmm, realized I responded with a list to MusicMom41, but this is blackdogbooks thread. :-) Putting it over in her thread.

... like something else which has been successful, then they're more likely to buy it. And neither Rowling nor Donaldson nor Dune were much like anything else at the time they were doing the rounds. So they would be more of a gamble. And publishers don't gamble any more. John tells me my time ...

Dune by Frank Herbert. I read it for 'pleasure' in high school. I forced myself to finish it by telling myself over and over "The first pages were good. It HAS to get better." It didn't. Then a few years later it was assigned for a class in college.

... the list again. Current status is 15 suggestions, one with 4 nominations, two with 3, and two with 2 nominations: Dune by Frank Herbert Cities in Flight by James Blish Necropath by Eric Brown Kethani by Eric Brown The Wreck of the River of Stars by Michael Flynn The Night ...

... under two titles - Dune World and Prophet of Dune. Yes, the market has definitely changed. I suspect Dune is as much the culprit as fat post-tolkien fantasies are...

Wow, I didn't know Chilton of Chilton's Auto Manuals was the original publisher of Dune. That's neat. We got to see Garrison Keillor once. He gave a talk here in Texas and then stood patiently in the lobby for hours afterward greeting each of the 200+ people that lined up to meet him or ...

... Arthur does have a point. Especially lately, there are 2-3 authors that get lambasted quite frequently along with any Dune not written by Daddy-o. As far as Armor goes I absolutely loved it and it inspired more reading into Sci-Fi. However I read it back in High School so if I read ...

... the conversation - I just cracked a joke about the sort of forums that would hold up Armor as being as good as Dune. And yes, I have read Armor. It was... ordinary. You opened the door by commenting that fans of military sf would love it, and then moaning that we here keep going ...

I must admit I was somewhat boggled to see it mentioned alongside Dune...

... If we are going to talk about re-reading classics, and thinking of the discussions going on in other threads, how about Dune? I'm sure I haven't re-read it in 20 years!

... I was reading sf since the 6th grade - some Scholastic books, the Doc Savage series, and later real sf - Asimov, Clement, Dune, Cities in Flight.

Dune is worth a read. It really is. Of the the list of SF books that are endlessly, endlessly, glowingly endorsed -Ender's Game, Armor, The Foundation -it is the one that really pays a return on investment. That it's prose is spotty shouldn't be a surprise, and definitely shouldn't be a ...

Dune *** Dune Messiah *** Children of Dune ** God Emperor of Dune ** Heretics of Dune ** Chapterhouse Dune ***

... Dune books) are they worth the time and effort to read? I know most books have a range of opinion, but I get the feel Dune is universally recommended, along with several, but not all of the others. Could someone here list the Dune books in sequence in which they are to be read along with a ...

Paul of Dune is set between Dune and Dune Messiah. It is not in anyway based upon the notes for "Dune 7". While FH contradicted himself many times in the Dune books - and in commentary elsewhere - not a single word he has written makes it seem likely that a) Daniel & Marty were cross-dressi ...

... SF and cultural/political/military ideas to interest me. What was especially ground-breaking at the time was that Dune was science-fiction with an ecological theme. In retrospect, it's hard to keep in mind that that was something relatively new to the genre.

>206 - not quite but getting there Original Poster here - received book (Dune in case anyone lost track) in the mail yesterday (a thank you to Lori on Bookmooch in case you're here). Currently on page 139... Oddly enough, when I started the book I realized "Hey, I've read this before..." ...

An interesting thread.... Dune is certainly worth reading. Opinions differ on the sequels. Me, I fell out half-way through the third book (God-Emperor of Dune) when I realized that my time would be better spent reading something else; on the other hand, I know a guy who has read ALL of ...

Ian, You have to get that monkey off your back. Those schmucks will continue to churn out new Dune books, crapping all over Frank Herbert's legacy as long as folks buy them. Once they finish the trilogy about the schools it will be a trilogy about the creation of the stillsuits. Th ...

Dune was excellent. The Five People You Meet in Heaven was good too The Famous Five series when I was a kid was good too The Chronicles of Narnia Tv Series when I was young was excellent Arabian Nights was good too. There were a few Hallmark productions that went well as ...

I enjoyed Dune (the first version). The Winnie the Pooh stories also translated well.

#174 - Michael, You aren't alone. I also love a good, garish cover. To me the most recent versions of Dune didn't really have pulpy covers, so Lola might want to pick one of those copies up. But whether it's a sign of my lowbrow tastes (I still like Isaac Asimov, so my tastes are ...

>169 Lola, Dune as a read is very much worth ignoring the hideous covers the publishers have slapped on it over the years. Tear it off, if it offends thee. (What is it about this thread that it makes me feel all Biblical and stuff?) But please don't deny yourself the chance to meet the REAL ( ...

... of the genre' rather than 'good reads' for my list. I started thinking about this after reading Lola's posts in the Dune thread and she seemed to be interested in the history of sci-fi so: 2001 - I love hard sci-fi. 2001 is pretty dated, but is still worth reading. I think it ...

... thing. (Though I didn't loathe him until post #25) Remember the good old days when we were dog-piling on those lousy-ass Dune sequels? The conversation is more interesting now, I admit.

Rummies by Peter Benchley Falconer by John Cheever Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Dune by Frank Herbert

... up! So.. I am following the grand, 20,000-year vision of Frank Herbert. You should at least take the first step with Dune. Then they discovered manuscripts and notes

Frank Herbert was the most thoughtful sf writer of that generation and it shows in his works. Dune is his best known and most popular book, but it's not his best one. Some people think the series tails off in quality, but it actually improves - although God Emperor of Dune is a book that ...

... by David Brin 15. Spacial Delivery by Gordon R. Dickson 16. The Familias Regnant series by Elizabeth Moon 17. Dune by Frank Herbert 18. Moving Mars by Greg Bear 19. The Stainless Steel Rat for President by Harry Harrison 20. The Weapon Makers and The Weapon Shops of Isher ...

... alternate worlds and fantasy more than hard core sci fi -- the hi tech stuff pretty much bores me. When I was in college, Dune by Frank Herbert was all the rage, and the Easter vacation that I spent on campus writing my senior thesis, I escaped into Vonnegut's Sirens of Titan. I loved Le Gui ...

... not on the shelves and bright young staffers who never heard of Edna Ferber or James Thurber. Shakespeare? No problem. Dune by Herbert? Lots of copies. The Santaroga Barrier by Herbert? Can you spell that?

I'd like to know what transpired between Dune and Dune Messiah, because I thought one was a very good story and the other stunk. However, I don't think Paul of Dune is likely to answer my questions. I did think the third book got better, but stopped at that point.

... I suspect, many other adolescent males back in the mid-sixties) aware of the concept of "ecology" was Frank Herbert's Dune.

... welcome, but regular). Mom read to all of us from A.A. Milne and Dr. Seuss, and I remember reading the opening chapters of Dune to a younger sister to get her interested. I can't imagine a house without books or some reading material being a home.

... the first 50 pages or so) The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein (read a very long time ago so its time) Dune by Frank Herbert (read a very long time ago, should be interesting to reread post-miniseries)

... Robot books Orson Scott Card - Ender Quartet, Treason, Wyrms Stephen R. Donaldson - Gap Cycle Frank Herbert - Dune Chronicles Matthew Woodring Stover - Acts of Caine Most reread fantasy: Richard Adams - Shardik, Maia Stephen R. Donaldson - Mordant's Need Steven Erik ...

... and is still horrified that I actually *want* to read Great Expectations...) He's currently having fun re-reading our Dune series... ETA: Oh, have you tried the Nursery Crime series by Jasper Fforde? Less literature-based, the first one The Big Over Easy is a bit slow as he has to set ...

... was not pleased with the writing. Perhaps it was because I was younger, but I never could get past the first chapter of Dune. Star Trek novels I tend to devour when I get a chance. (Working on the Day of Honor omnibus right now.) Star Wars never drew me as a fan, so I never grabbed the ...

The later Dune books are good and, I'd argue, in many ways better written than Dune itself. He goes a bit silly in some places - Miles Teg's super-speed, for example, or back-fitting in a Judaic underground. It's a shame so many people write off the books because they're not the same as Dune. Es ...

... by Chris Foss or Tony Roberts or Tim White. NEL, OTOH, seemed to like Bruce Pennington - and he did some good cover art for Dune and various Gene Wolfe novels... Chris Foss: (I remember ...

#25 - Rojse, Whatever else the movie may have gotten wrong, the David Lynch Dune Sandworms were pretty damn cool, weren't they? I have the paperback edition of Dune from way back when the movie was released. I like the 'two moon' cover it has.

#77 - Carlos, I did read all six original Dune novels, and was glad I stuck with them. I was tempted to quit after God Emperor because that was really laborious, but Heretics and Chapterhouse were so much better. The two by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson were a huge ...

... of my need to read unabridged versions of The Stand, It, or any of the various other doorstops he's put out. Isn't Dune kind of notorious for being oft-abandoned, if not in the first book, then later in the series? (The original series, not any of the non-Frank Herbert books.) I ...

... Delany 2. Always Coming Home, Ursula K. Le Guin 3. Out of the Everywhere, James Tiptree Jr (story collection) 4. Dune, Frank Herbert 5. Dreamsnake, Vonda McIntyre 6. The Unlimited Dream Company, J.G. Ballard 7. The Mars trilogy (Red/Green/Blue), Kim Stanley Robinson 8. Vir ...

#71 - I've had Dune on my to-be-read list a long time, but I didn't even get as far as you did. Didn't grab me. May try it again at some point. Sometimes the second time is the charm.

Although, upon second thought, reading that question was like the nth degree experience of my first reading of Dune, which I am doing right now for book club.

I'm usually leary of a family member continuing a series after the original published author dies. Dune is a very good example of why. Frank Herbert did great things with the story. His son Brian got a hold of it and now I can't read the series, except the original books.

... - Vonnegut Childhood's End - Clarke Day of the Triffids - Wyndham Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Dick Dune - Herbert Fahrenheit 451 - Bradbury Forever War - Haldeman Foundation - Asimov Frankenstein - Shelley Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Adams Kindred ...

... Also, some of the novels I loved 30 or 40 years ago and reread in the past few years just haven't held up (I'm thinking of Dune (!), Salem's Lot (!!), and Stranger in a Strange Land, though there've been others). But...your post reminded me how much I enjoyed the I, Claudius novels. Mayb ...

... : John Wyndham Foundation : Isaac Asimov Fahrenheit 451 : Ray Bradbury 2001: A Space Odyssey : Arthur C. Clarke Dune : Frank Herbert Tikkun : Gil Ilutovich The Invincible : Stanislaw Lem Hyperion : Dan Simmons Childhood's End : Arthur C. Clarke The Sparrow : Mary Dori ...

Be interesting to see how authors have fared. For example, while Frank Herbert is represented only by Dune, Silverberg and few others have more than one book.

VIII. Science Fiction 1. World War Z 2. Watchmen 3. Dune 4. Cloud Atlas 5. Gun, With Occasional Music 6. Jenna Starborn 7. Out of the Silent Planet 8. Ender's Game This will definitely ...

Someone should tally the mentions of titles up. For example, Dune is three out of three so far.

... Blish - A Case Of Conscience (1958) Walter M. Miller Jr - A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959) Frank Herbert - Dune (1965) Keith Roberts - Pavane (1968) Philip K. Dick - Ubik (1969) Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky - Roadside Picnic (1971) Ursula K. ...

In no particular order... 1 The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester 2 Dune, Frank Herbert 3 Take Back Plenty, Colin Greenland 4 Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson 5 Use of Weapons, Iain Banks 6 Life During Wartime, Lucius Shepard 7 The Time Ships, S ...

... does everyone agree that the most damnable disservice {though still enjoyable} to a SF classic have been the attempts at Dune? Had David Lynch made his version 10 hours long I would have been satisfied I think! ********Update************** I just found out Roger Zelazny continued ...

... editions of the book on the shelves of my local Waterstone's (including the Masterworks one). Didn't stop them including Dune, either...

Gone With the Wind Anne of Green Gables Trainspotting Lord of the Rings A Game of Thrones The Historian Dune The Dark Elf Trilogy

... Lucas for a Star Wars RPG. Part of that deal was that LUG would not publish any other science fiction products. So the Dune RPG was canned. A special promotional edition of around 2000 copies had already been launched at a GenCon, however. Those are the only editions available. They're ...

... not so much the fact they were merchandising, as the fact that they thought party hats and pillowcases were a good idea for Dune. They were appealing to entirely the wrong age group. Having said that, my nephew is a big fan of Batman and has toys from the Christopher Nolan film... but he's ...

Sadly, the collection is not complete... Still missing:- - true first edition of Dune (too expensive!) - true first edition of Dune Messiah (too expensive!) - first edition, first impression of Children of Dune (mine is 4th impression) - signed & numbered limited edition of Eye - ...

Ian, Do you have the Marvel Comics adaption of Dune? I've been curious about that just because they got Bill Sienkiewicz to do the art (though I read in an interview they had to restrain him from doing an expressionist adaptation). Even if you didn't like the David Lynch movie, his ...

The problem is probably with some version of Cycle de Dune, Tome 2 : Dune. It should be (and mostly is) combined with Dune, but is often miscombined with Dune Messiah. In the French version of the series, The Godmakers is considered Tome 1 of Le Cycle of Dune, and not Dune itself. Lon ...

Tim - The Trouble with Normal is still showing as "matched on Dune, tome 2", and Dune Messiah, Dune, and Cycle de Dune, Tome 2 : Dune are still showing as potential combinations on the debris page for The Trouble with Normal. I can't see how to get rid of this. Can you do it?

Welcome to the 75'ers!!!! Just this year I read Dune for the first time. I loved the book. How do the other novels hold up to the first?

... necessity. Paul felt he had been infected with terrible purpose. He did not know yet what the terrible purpose was. (Dune, Frank Herbert) Good The tunnel portal was set into a low, mounded hill. Beyond it the canal was fringed with low shrubs that blazed with smoky ...

I'm still pondering on what to read next. I want a book equal as good as my current read which is Dune by Frank Herbert and The book of five rings ny Miyamoto Musashi. Since I also want to be surprised by the story, I can't be too inquisitive or picky about my next read. I think I ...

Great thread idea! Here is my list, for what it is worth: 1. Dune - reread thirteen times. An amazing book, I always take away something new from it, after having learnt some things about religion, ecology, politics and a great deal of other subjects. 2. Last and First Men - reread five ...

... S. Tepper, but especially The Gate to Women's Country 2. The Dispossessed, and others by Ursula K. Le Guin 3. Dune 4. Califia's Daughters by Leigh Richardson 5. I have been thinking about re-reading Snow Crash and Diamond Age recently... 6. William Gibson, ...

In no particular order... * Dune, Frank Herbert * Undercover Aliens, A.E. van Vogt * Coelestis, Paul Park * Dahlgren, Samuel R. Delany * The Ophiuchi Hotline, John Varley

Hey, thanks for the welcome. Dune was actually a re-read for me (I forgot to * it until just now). I've read it a few times and I really enjoy it. I have read three of the prequels by Herbert's son (House Atreides, House Harkonnen and House Corrino) which certainly help with ...

... 88,209 SF 138,137 114,209 Now in the weighted number, books like Neuromancer and Dune are near the top, but The Left hand of Darkness is #1 in SF, #12 in science fiction, and #31 in sci-fi. Ender's Game is #1 in sci-fi, and #4 in science fiction, ...

... I tried to read it again when the film versions first came out, I just could not seem to get into it. Also recently reread Dune but found it less spectacular than I remembered it being 30 years ago. And Stranger in a Strange Land ~ talk about being disappointed! #23 I agree, A Moveable Fe ...

... Dog in the Night-time Slaughterhouse 5 * American Gods Fahrenheit 451 * Ender's Game * The Lovely Bones Dune (no touchstone??) * Beowulf: A New Verse Translation The Giver Alternative Cat Idea 1: Mystery Blacklist READ Brown-Eyed Girl READ Miss Pym Dispose ...

... Algorithm The Steel the Mist and the Blazing Sun Newton's Cannon Fahrenheit 451 Ender's Game Titan Ilium Dune (no touchstone??) 8. Chadbourn's Arthurian Modern Fiction (from thread ) Category Complete World's End READ Darkest Hour READ Always Forever READ The De ...

... current categories. Recommendations are always welcome. Here's what I have thus far: A. Science Fiction/Fantasy 1. Dune by Frank Herbert 2. Foundation by Isaac Asimov * 3. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin * 4. Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke * 5. I Am Legend, Richard ...

... 13: of course, after that most stuff seemed pretty palid. Depending upon the level of sophistication, I'd always recommend Dune, but that's pretty much kill or cure. Harry Harrison's The Stainless Steel Rat is a bit of knockabout. Consider Phlebas is a rip-roaring story, but maybe for ...

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>37 yes, concur that Amtep has the basics. 'soft science' hard SF candidates: Dune Starship Troopers (lots of hard science, too) Stranger In a Strange Land The Dispossessed anything by Cherryh Foundation The main themes of all these are religion/history/politics. With ...

Dune. It never particularly grabbed me.

I'd say my favorite book is either Dune or The Gate to Women's Country. Favorite author is difficult, but I like Sheri S. Tepper, Greg Bear, and Ursula K. Le Guin a lot.

65. Dune by Frank Herbert Fantastic! I can't believe I haven't read this in about 20 years. I love this book.

I believe that it's common knowledge that God Emperor of Dune is the best book (after Dune). Of course my knowledge is very common!!

I am currently re-reading one of my favorite books ever, Dune, so that will be my favorite, I am sure. I have read some good stuff, but that is such a great book! Oklahoma, I read Crime and Punishment in high school and enjoyed it--maybe I will have to re-read again sometime. Kell, I ...

... read it in high school, so about 20 years ago, but I still remember loving it. First I am re-reading another long classic, Dune by Frank Herbert and then I need to go buy a copy of the book--the one I read in high school was a paperback that I borrowed from my aunt with the front cover torn ...

I just finished The Maquisarde by Louise Marley, and now I am re-reading Dune. The thread on that one reminded me that I haven't read any of the Dune books for years and years--probably over 15 years. It was one of those books that felt very life-changing to me, and I still think of it as ...

... that had both a sci fi and advanced sci fi courses. I can't remember everything we read in adv. sci-fi, but I know we read Dune and Slaughter-House Five. We also read numerous short stories, including "I Have no Mouth but I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison (amazing short story). Imo, I'd ...

... for "Dune 7" (at least, as presented by Brian and Kevin), so I can't fault In my opinion, the most "Dune-like" writing was in those first three books. But, the Herbert estate was obviously happy enough with them; and they're the theoretical arbiters of quality.

I thought I would be obsessive on book covers, but I've only scanned one in. I have a trade paper version of Dune sitting nearby waiting to be scanned in as, unbelievably, my cover doesn't look like any of the covers provided. It's been sittng here for two months. What I did get obsessive ...

I'm not sure you can claim Dune saga, or the Foundation trilogy, as great writing, re-reading it years later it struck me as quite clunky in parts, (Asimov was at best a functional writer) but at best both deal with big ideas. From what I understood, Herbert spent seven years working on the ...

... go, man. To me no matter how well written they are, these ca$h in sequels not written by the original author just cheapen Dune's image. Dune 7 I can't fault him for writing. Frank's death resulted in an unfinished story. The others... *shrug* I enjoy them. But I can certainly ...

... do you quote somebody like that? Some time I need to learn how these message boards work... Anyway, I guess I feel like Dune is such a classic it should be left alone. I didn't mind Frank Herbert churning out the sequels. It was his private universe after all. But Brian, please let it ...

... gonna flog that horse? For at least three more books; Brian and Kevin are contracted for another trilogy set between Dune and Dune Messiah. I thought that the first trilogy they did, the House Atreides/Harkonnen/Corrino trilogy, was pretty good; not as good as the original Dune ...

Death Masks by Jim Butcher, Dune by Frank Herbert, and the Keys of Jeshua by Glenda Green.

... if you'd like something on the lighter side. McKie is a kick. God Emperor was the last one I really liked of the Dune series, and to me the end was THE END. I was satisfied that the story's loose ends had been tied up. Tried to read Heretics but the magic just wasn't there anymore.

I feel bad for Frank Herbert. Dune was such a milestone that his career just never got past it. He's a Grand Master of Sci Fi (isn't he?), but for the most part it's the Dune series that are in print any more. I wonder if his heart was in all the sequels or if after a while he felt they ...

Dune is a classic, but doesn't fall into the category I am describing as classic SF. Perhaps my definition is describing 'pulp magazine SF' - which is what largely existed before the 1950s, when you got publishers willing to print SF novels, allowing for a wider scope of imagination. Pulp ...

... concept, it seems to involve point 4. Does this set of 4 criteria exclude from Classic Sci-fi any of the following: Dune Farmer's Riverworld series Niven-Purnelle's The Mote in God's Eye. When I read Mote in God's Eye I was always thinking this would be a great Star Trek movie ...

... think classic SF - much of it - is - at the deepest level - escapist and fun. Neuromancer and Left Hand of Darkness and Dune are classics. All are better written in many ways than Asimov. But IMHO, none of these are as fun, and that's what Classic SF is all about. :) Asimov is 'nift ...

... End by Arthur C. Clarke City by Clifford D. Simak (wrong touchstone) Neuromancer by William Gibson Dune by Frank Herbert The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham **Edited ...

Hi every one, I'm back.... I'd like to read something shorter than Dune as I like being a part of the discussion and sometimes can not finish the book in time to get in on it. I'd rather not go too far back....Tarzan???? Twenty thousand leagues under the sea???? They would be short, but ...

... post-apocalypse treatment of genetic manipulation and its "cost" on "society" But, I would go with Caves of Steel, or Dune (first book only), or The Stars, My Destination, or Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement, or Forever War, or ... as well. Clamairy, as the initiator of this ...

... I might give it a go if I could find a copy at the library and if it were short enough. I don't think I'd mind a reread of Dune; it's been ten years now since I read it, and I remember really enjoying it until right near the end. But how about some really classic sci fi? Edgar Ric ...

I'm up for a re-read of Dune or pretty much anything else, sans Madeleine L'Engle. >73 Is there any good sci-fi that doesn't contain any of those things you mentioned? What are these worlds of the impossible or improbable for if not to show our own world through a funhouse mirror?

... a Harsh Mistress. No prior Heinlein reading necessary and a really good "classic" sci-fi read. People seem mixed on Dune, how about a different work by Herbert, The Jesus Incident. A synopsis from wikipedia: "The book takes place following the events in Destination: Void where the ...

... (Wizard of Earthsea perhaps?). Otherwise I would love to have a good reason (i.e. discussion group) to dive into Dune or pretty much anything by Asimov.

After trying to read Dune, getting bogged down, and watching the movie and Sci-Fi miniseries/movie (which I love!) I'm finally reading the book cover to cover, and loving it! Even in the 2.5 or 3 hour movie it feels like they left a lot out. In my mind Dune ranks up there with LotR, Chronicles ...

... not the first one, and eventually I threw it away, as I couldn't get a fix into it then. 15-20 years later, I rediscovered Dune and had to read everything.

I think original sections of the Dune novel by Frank Herbert were published in various issues of "Astounding Science Fiction" in the early 1960's. And I don't think they were linked novellas, but more like Charles Dickens.

61. Cinnamon Gardens by Shyam Selvadurai 62. Dune by Frank Herbert 63. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 64. The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin 65. Smoke and Shadows by Tanya Huff 66. The Brading Collection by Patricia Wentworth 67. ...

Dune The Borrowed House Wuthering Heights

... any with "The" first (The Gift, The Word, etc), I could only come up with three: Flight by Mikhail Bulgakov Dune by Frank Herbert Night by Elie Wiesel

Just as a sidelight on Dune, my cover doesn't look like any of the offerings. I must have purchased an off-beat printing way back in the early 1980's.

Wow, got it in one! It's from my copy of Dune. I actually hadn't written down which book this was from, I just collected "problem" entries so I could ask about them later. So I had to look at the book to check :)

... SciFi. Any recommendations? I've already read the left hand of darkness, enders game and fahrenheit 451 and I've got dune and the time machine on my to read pile. They don't neccesarily have to be old classics - just the "important" works. Thanks!

... book-The Number of the Beast author- Greg Benford 2000: book-Exile's Gate author - Gene Wolfe 2007: book-Dune author-C. J. Cherryh Lots of honorable mentions too, but..

... Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow. Frank Herbert's Whipping Star and Dosadi Experiment (more so than Dune). Actually, some philosophers have been more "watershed": Alfred North Whitehead, Richard Rorty, Friedrich Nietzsche.

... heart mightily. Here is more of a list: Rebecca by du Maurier One Hundred Years of Solitude Jane Eyre Dune Pride and Predjudice recently, I have been stunned by The Time Travelers Wife and Snow Falling on Cedars just to mention two. That's enough for now.

I'm glad you are reading and reviewing all the Dune prequels. I got kind of stuck on Dune the machine crusade, and haven't gone further.

it's quite difficult to pick any one book out... Dune by Frank Herbert - and all other books in the Duneverse Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Hitch-hiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, and E. E. 'Doc' Smith

... novels in there. But where is lord of the rings by J.R.R. Tolkien , foundation by Isaac Asimov, childhood's end, or dune?

... say, so do I. Here's a short list of my regulars, not including the 'escapist' stuff that I use to put me to sleep: Dune Cyrano de Bergerac The Moon is a Harsh Mistress The Book of Morgaine Mark Twain Jonathan Swift The Left Hand of Darkness Across the Sea of Suns ...

I read Dune for a book report when I was a junior in high school. It was right before the David Lynch movie came out. I remember explaining to my friends what was going on in the movie.

... science fiction. I like the original Star Wars trilogy a lot, but not any of the novels (I've tried several). I hated Dune, didn't like A Wrinkle in Time very much despite multiple reads, and generally gave up after that.

I am rereading the entire Dune series so that I can read Sandworms of Dune.

... the characters give a damn about. >6, WillSteed, "Longer fiction allows for epic storylines and longer time periods." Dune (without any sequels) is epic and it's right around 500 pages. Homer's The Odyssey is the definition of epic and my translation has 365 pages. Longer books tend to ...

I love Dune by Frank Herbert and the David Lynch Dune movie is very good. In the sci-fi genre this is pretty rare.

... or two positive reviews before you will pick up some books. If you have really really liked a book or a series, like Dune, then you might end up buying a book like Dune Encyclopedia. In science, if you really liked it, you might want to find another auhtor's book on the same or ...

It depends on the book, I have done critical studies on Dune by Frank Herbert. It took me about 1 year, I found the process to be fun.

... story from book 2 on happens in the old world there, and those arent even on the map at all. I never understood the map on Dune either. The WOT map is really useful, and I think distances are pretty important in WOT, so those maps help a lot to figure out who is where, and how far from someone ...

... Science Fiction... this is tough! I deal more heavily in social science science fiction, so while I love books like Dune and Stranger in a Strange Land, they wouldn't be on my top list. (Hey, I'm a linguistics and education major, what do you expect?) Here goes (in no particular ...

... amount of Ben Bova, especially the grand tour stuff, and there's not much hard science in those either. I consider Dune to be fantasy-SF crossover -- epic and excellent and a must read for any true SF fan but definitely not hard SF in my book. And I was pretty surprised to see John Sc ...

... in school, using them as bases to find periods/styles that i liked. finally though, i was encouraged by a friend to read dune and stranger in a strange land. i had already read authors like orwell and huxley, who seem to be taken more seriously by some as commentators on the human ...

... Hell's Chasm. The HP series will probably become a periodic re-read. Major re-reads for me have been/are Tolkien, Dune (and the other Dune books written by Frank Herbert), the Deryni books by Katherine Kurtz; the Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis. Someday I want to re-read the Chronicle ...

... in the mix. You're right about the line being fuzzy and some of my all time favorites sit right on that fuzzy line -- Dune, for example, and The Snow Queen. For more obvious fantasy, Tim Powers has achieved god-like status in my universe and I usually enjoy Neil Gaiman. When ...

... stuart mill anthem by ayn rand erewhon by samuel butler fiction... siddhartha by herman hesse dune by frank herbert falconer by john cheever shogun by james clavell aztec by gary jennings miscellaneous... identity by henry harris (icky ...

... publisher's entire list. Once a decade or so, a genre title breaks out into best-sellerdom, and sells in the millions: Dune in the 60s, Ender's Game in the 70s, Neuromancer in the 80s... Cryptonomicon, perhaps, for the 90s? But the genre chugs along even in years without runaway ...

my list, on top of my head Dune My JD Salinger books: Nine Stories, Raise High Your Roofbeams, Carpenters, The Catcher In the Rye Whit, or Isis Amongst the Unsaved by Iain Banks A Year in Provence and Toujours Provence by Peter Mayle Reel to Real by bell hooks

... cant find the book anymore. drat. anyway, is a wrinkle in time by madeleine l'engle sf? that and frank herbert's dune series cemented my love for the genre.

... in Time, The Book of Three, or Dealing with Dragons. Not strictly YA, but still recommendable: Dragonflight or Dune.

... taking these books with me: The Blind Assassin which I'm about halfway through. Book number four is Frank Herbert's The Great Dune Trilogy, which is consistently ranked as a great science fiction book in the research I've been doing. It's a heavy tome, but I'm going to count it as three ...

... continue one series he's writing Die Chronik der Unsterblichen. then some time ago I came across Frank Herbert's Dune and I was totally elated so I continued at least the Dune series ^.^ But besides those I am not that author dependent in my book choices (o: Though I owe multiple ...

the seven storey mountain by thomas merton dune by frank herbert mountain of black glass by tad williams the magic mountain by thomas mann brokeback mountain by annie proulx

... be those books that have been constantly in print for a while now, and which have had big budget TV/films made of them. Dune and The Day Of The Triffids. Ursula Le Guin is likely to be remembered, although it may be more for the Earthsea novels than the serious SF. Similarly Octavia Butle ...

Continuing, I tried Kushiel's Dart, but gave up on it. I would also list in my own top 50, the Dune series of Frank Herbert, and C S Lewis' Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength.

Interesting that so many mention Dune as their favourite. I must be in the minority because I don't much like it. I have never been a fan of political sci-fi or space opera. For the same reason, I am a big fan of Asimov except for Foundation et al. I like my sci-fi hard!

... though. Be sure to let us know what you choose. Best wishes, and Congratulations! P.S. I see that you are a fan of "Dune". How about "Chani?"

Some people enjoy being immersed in another world for a time (or a tome!), not much different, imo, than Dune or any other SF novel with a never-ending succession of sequels. And speaking of never-ending, I noticed that Christopher Tolkien has something new out in hardcover. I rarely even ...

... dubbele teksthaken voor schrijvers. Dat gaat, als we het boek en de schrijver uit uw voorbeeld gebruiken, zo: Dune van Frank Herbert. U ziet de teksthaken nu natuurlijk niet meer, omdat ze door LT zijn omgezet in koppelingen (wat ook de bedoeling was). In mijn ...

... like dragons" *Forrest Gump voice* FAVORITE AUTHOR(s): I'druther not pick FAVORITE BOOK(s): Stranger in a Strange Land, Dune, The Secret Garden, Ender's Game FAVORITE DRINK: water, Pepsi, iced tea, kool-aid FAVORITE CHEESE: sharp cheddar, mozzerella (haven't tried anything more exotic ...

... A first novel, with a very unique story and setting, while at the same time using aspects of beter known fantasy, such as Dune. The story focuses around a dead/dying city, known as Elantris, that used to be populated by godlike beings. Now, the Shaod, which was what created these gods, has ...

"A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct." Dune by Frank Herbert Perhaps not technically the first line of Dune since it a quote from "Manual of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan. However it is the first line on the page and I've always been ...

... BOOK(s): The Demon-Haunted World by Sagan, Victory by Conrad, Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, Cosmos by Sagan, Dune by Herbert, A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving FAVORITE DRINK: Cabernet Sauvignon, Single Malt Scotch, Guinness, or belgian trappist ale FAVORITE CHEESE: Saenka ...

... that I can say I do it almost religiously every year. For question #2...books that I sink into the most? Probably the Dune series. I read those and all of a sudden I'm thinking of everything in terms of that universe. For question #3...a book that I would take the time to memorize so ...

... Heinlein and Douglas Adams. I have to agree with you on the Hitchhiker's 'trilogy'. I also adore Frank Herbert's "Dune" books. Some individual titles in my personal lifetime sf Hall of Fame: "The Girl who was Plugged In" by James Tiptree, Jr. "Emergence" by David Palmer ...

"A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct." Frank Herbert - Dune "Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains." Jean-Jacques Rousseau - The Social Contract "The world is all that is the case." Ludwig Wittgenstein - Tracta ...

... to have as many Henry James or Conrad, books on there as you can think of off the top of your head, and not have Dune, especially if you feel like whacking in The Maltese Falcon?? Same thing with Joyce, anyone actually read Finnegan's Wake? Multiple multiple writers does ...

... earlier posts on this topic, I've read Eggers' How We Are Hungry and Gilgamesh and have The Time Traveler's Wife and Dune on my 'to read' list (along with about 500 other books). At my current reading rate, I've got 11 years of books on my reading list, but I keep buying books. What's ...

60 WPM, 2 mistakes, with 3 or 4 backspacings on my part The passage was from Dune. I had bizarre, apostrophed names in there! That's just not something I usually type! I get hung up on being perfect, so I know I do not type all that fast. I type fast enough for me, however, and that's ...

1. The Ultimate Hitchiker's Guide - Douglas Adams 2. Dune - Frank Herbert 3. Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds 4. Dragon Wing - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman 5. Animal Farm - George Orwell

... rain. (2) the fact that i still took that trip to my favorite used book store three days later, and ended up with dune, falconer, and kushiel's dart (although at least in this case, the total cost of the trip added up to less than the cost of one book at B&N!!)

Let's see, what I remember The Dune Series The Lensman Series The Vlad Taltos Series The Saga of Pliocene Exile The Lord of the Rings Dracula The Complete Sherlock Holmes 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Tarzan The Wild Cards Series A lot of the Eternal Champion - the older ...

I find hard to believe that Dune by Frank Herbert is not on this list.

... sci fi shouldn't be combined. Of the list of "most often tagged", those three tags have very many books in common, mainly Dune books and Hitchhiker's books. Whatever you personally think about the meaning of the terms, the majority of the taggers are using them the same way. What I ...

#395 - I agree about Dune. Very overrated, I tried to read it a couple of times as a teenager/young man, but never got beyond about page 100. The film is awful as well.

Dune and its sequels by Frank Herbert are all amazing. I personally think that Dune is the best story ever written, so I'm guessing your sister will at least think its 'good'.

Dune Series and I just love Duncan Idaho and Gurney Halleck.

#24- Dune, gawd yes! I finished the first two and quit in the middle of book three!

One more I did not manage - Dune. Read the first one, and liked it but could not manage to even bother with the rest. Two I continue with, good or bad (mostly good) - Discworld. Thud! and Monstrous Regiment - both a disappointment... well, I'll buy and read the next one as well, but ...

... it as a real book or find a edition with a different narrator. Seems a strange reason to me not to like a classic. Dune I quit, after book 3 or so. Amtrak wars I quit. Battlefield earth I quit. Note how I don't own any of these, they were library books so the option of quitting was ...

I tried to keep going with the Dune sequels. But it got to the point where I expected the next to be "Garbage Collectors of Dune" or something, and I gave up.

... I'm prepared to debate. Best SciFI - Space Opera = Alastair Reynolds Revelation Space. SF drama, very tricky Dune is in with a shout but none of the sequals. best SF series is Foreigner by Cherryh no question about it. There are a few groups discussing these sort of ...

... up. Not sure what a watershed novel is, but these are books that impacted on me for one reason or another. I suppose Dune would be one. At the time I thought it was the most mind-blowing thing ever, that a whole new world was opening up in front of me. Unfortunately, although I can still ...

This months best would be Dune followed very closely by Phillip Pullman's Northern Lights

1. Dune by Frank Herbert I had never read this before. I read the Robert Jordan Wheel of Time Series, and decided I wanted to explore the whole Fantasy Sci Fi genre more. Paul Atreides was a very cool character to follow, I liked the World created, I liked a lot of the characters ...

Strictly speaking, the "first" edition of Dune was when it was serialized in Analog magazine. But collectors vastly prefer the first book publication - the magazine version still goes for a song. Avaland - there are a few titles where the SFBC edition IS the true first. (Whi ...

I read Dune ages ago. I agree, it's an amazing book. I also read Dune Messiah and found it OK, but not very interesting. I stopped there. I've been under the impression that the rest of the series is more like Dune Messiah than like the first book.

While it may say first edition on the inside cover, the real first edition of Dune is published by Chilton and won't mention the SFBC. But it is still nice to have them!

... funny too. And pretty dark for a young adult type book. I than decided to go to a few of the older classics. I read Dune which was spectacular. Was not able to get the second book Dune Messiah immediately, so picked up Phillip Pullman's Northern Light which is called also The Golde ...

... with guns and not knowing what the hell is going on, then Michael Moorcock and Jerry Cornelius are your guys. Dune is all sorts of things. You can add ecological and superhuman themed SF to the list too. I Am Legend I would call sf and horror, sure.

... Pulp Heroes - Doc Savage,The Shadow Pulp Villains - Fu Manchu et. al. SF - Science fiction with a superman theme - Dune,More Than Human,Children of the Atom,Slan and bunches of others Space - Flash Gordon,Buck Rogers,Perry Rhodan etc. Spoof - Sendups and satires - The Phoe ...

... well. Specifically, City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams or Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card. Maybe Dune could work? I'll take suggestions for this one. And I'd throw in some short stories to cover any gaps and some scholarly works, too. Hope this reframing helps move ...

... combined into the series. I don't how how it would work when other authors contribute to the same series as in the case of dune or dragonlance.

... Green Mars and it's been a bit slow. I hear it's spectacular, but that the characters never change. That reminds me of Dune. All the books that came after it seemed to resurrect long dead characters.

... popular becomes less meaningful. It's sort of a case of a swarming mob effect and the few deciding for the many whether Dune counts as fantasy or sci-fi (for example), instead of the mob democratically deciding for itself through individual tagging. But, again, that's not an official ...

... Hamiltons Night's Dawn Trilogy: The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist and The Naked God. Prelude to Dune: House Atreides, House Harkonnen and House Corrino. Alastair Reynolds's Revelation Space, Redemption Ark and Absolution Gap. Michael Crichtons ...

... the poetry thread myself, I hope people will have things to add. I'm going to dive in with a passage from a book, Dune by Frank Herbert. Rather than from the main body of the Text, this is one of the metaquotes from the chapter headings ... "Muad'Dib learned rapidly because his ...

... the Sea - Ernest Hemingway The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath Dune - Frank Herbert The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera Hey Nostradamus! - Douglas Coupland The Nature of Blood - Caryl Phil ...

Hard to go past Dune as a teenage boy, that is for sure. James Bond, Sherlock Holmes The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper Piers Anthony Julian May Stephen Donaldson - The Illearth War etc. J.R.R. Tolkien Terry Brooks - The Sword of Shannara etc. That is a few off the ...

Absolutely. Dune is an outstanding book. Depending where you are, you should be able to get a cheap secondhand copy, too, most likely, if not one nearby, abebooks.com or somewhere will get you one. :)

Well, maybe I should give it (Dune) another try? I read it as a teen, and even tough I kind of liked it I never thought it good enough to buy (which is why I haven't re-read it later). :-)

... McCaffrey around the age of 8 or so. Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh was a favourite too. I remember re-reading Dune when I was 10. That's definitely a book that improves when reading as an adult!

... or, and especially, The Outlander (Le Survenant). Despite being strong on SF, I could never read my ass through dune either.

... hardcovers and paperbacks, and each group is alphabetized by author. Exceptions to that include my Anne Rice and Dune collections that take up a shelf each. Everything else is arrange by subject, alphabetized by author/editor, and in order of publication for each author. I also like ...

... Very dated, also rather boring. Like a poor man's Ringworld. Lots of SF name dropping, and oddly kidnapping one of Dune's worms. But the worst was the odd thread about sex, and nudity running through the book (lesbians, incest, rape). Poor characters, boring setting for 2/3 of the ...

... on science fantasy. Star Wars is a popular example, and I'd put Dune in this category as well.

... I saw? Hmmm. :) Here are a few: Joseph Conrad Victory Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities Frank Herbert Dune Carl Sagan The Demon Haunted World John Irving A Prayer for Owen Meany Shakespeare Macbeth Julius Caesar Elaine Pagels The Gnostic Gospels Jennifer Micha ...

The Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson prequels to Dune are dreadful on the literature scale, but I still snatch up the latest edition as soon as it comes out. I need my sci-fi fix, even if it's not good for me.

... etc) and technology(Asimov, Heinlen etc). Some authours do include both but many times such as the earlier example of Dune magic is called something other such as psi-powers, or mind magic Mercedes Lackey Also you see a difference in the supernatural characters used Tolkien's elves ...

... etc) and technology(Asimov, Heinlen etc). Some authours do include both but many times such as the earlier example of Dune magic is called something other such as psi-powers, or mind magic Mercedes Lackey Also you see a difference in the supernatural characters used Tolkien's elves ...

... etc) and technology(Asimov, Heinlen etc). Some authours do include both but many times such as the earlier example of Dune magic is called something other such as psi-powers, or mind magic Mercedes Lackey Also you see a difference in the supernatural characters used Tolkien's elves ...

... the allure of good SF is not what is, but what might be. It's been a long while since I read Frank Herbert's Dune, but what I recall of the political intrigues and machinations for control of Arrakis spice is eerily reminiscent of today's action in the Middle East. When it ...

... supernatural element as the causal root of capabilities - the creator of the magic. Science fiction typically does not. So Dune and Stranger in a Strange Land are science fiction to me. A Wrinkle in Time is a fantasy - even though it contains space travel. Star Trek holodecks are ...

... which wasn't bad. The why of that is just a non-specific interest in desert ecology, geography, and anthropology. I read Dune at a very impressionable age and never got over it, I suppose. Prior to that was Lord Rochester's Monkey by Graham Greene, which was inspired a) by my recent Rest ...

... such. Certainly Robert Heinlein's works I would label strictly SciFi... wouldn't I? But what about Frank Herbert's Dune? That has a duality in my mind. Yes, there's space travel involved, and other worlds and weapons & technology beyond ours, but there is also what appears to be magic ...

I really enjoyed the Dune books. But aren't they SciFi? Hmmm. That would make a good topic for another thread. :o)

Frank Herbert's Dune.

... fiction which is more "romantic" in tone typically less libertarian, or more. The first that comes to mind for me is Dune, which fits the romantic mode nicely (and has Dukes, Emperors, and all that jazz). Are there others?

... and Piers Anthony, (boy is *that* a weird pair), then Douglas Adams, and a little later Frank Herbert's Dune and the ConSentiency books (Whipping Star and Dosadi Experiment), and that not too much later someone had the wisdom to drop a large box of Roger Zelazny ...

... read in the past few years has been The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. But, my all-time favorite book is probably Dune, followed closely by The Long Goodbye.