They didn't switch authors at book 4. Frank Herbert got old and like many didn't feel the need for an editor. The best thing that happened to the first one was it was serialized in Sci Fi magazines, forcing it to be edited for length and to adopt some episodic pacing. By book 8, this guy is a Sci Fi God and no one can tell him his writing sucks.
They didn't switch authors at book 4. Frank Herbert got old and like many didn't feel the need for an editor. The best thing that happened to the first one was it was serialized in Sci Fi magazines, forcing it to be edited for length and to adopt some episodic pacing. By book 8, this guy is a Sci Fi God and no one can tell him his writing sucks.
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