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I'm like halfway though "House Atreides" and I'm getting a fan fiction type vibe. It's a lot of fan service and over explanation of character motives. Over all seems rather weak. Maybe I'm not giving it a fair shake. I've put it down.

I'm like halfway though "House Atreides" and I'm getting a fan fiction type vibe. It's a lot of fan service and over explanation of character motives. Over all seems rather weak. Maybe I'm not giving it a fair shake. I've put it down.

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[–] • 2 pts 2mo

Nothing after Chapterhouse: Dune is worth reading. I've read almost all of it, so I'm speaking from experience.

[–] • 1 pt 2mo

Shame, the ending left a lot to be explored, would have liked to see where that could have gone if developed by a decent author.

[–] • 1 pt 2mo

Amen. Instead, they mined the franchise for everything they could.

[–] • 1 pt 2mo

Rather rude of Frank for dying before finishing it.

[–] • 2 pts 2mo

Kevin J Anderson is the sort of fanboy who was responsible for the beshitting of Star Wars EU. I would guess his Dune work isn’t better.

[–] • 1 pt 2mo

Oh wow, I didn't realize he was responsible for some of the Star Wars Ass'fuckery!

[–] • 1 pt 2mo

He did the Jedi Academy Trilogy with Admiral Dullard and the novel DorkSaber . Guy loved his super weapons. Then he and his partner Rebecca Moesta did the Young Jedi Knights series that was painful. Later he was given a job as “editor” of the Tales From series of Star Wars anthologies. They weren’t great and he wasn’t even the author.

[–] • 1 pt 2mo

Egh...

Was disappointing for me as I really enjoyed Dune Chapter House and then this was offered next. I know there is a ton of other Dune books out there, I don't know maybe some are good, but House Atreides isn't it.

[–] • 1 pt 2mo

Dosadi Experiment and the Santaroga Barrier by Frank. Not Dune and recommendable. You need to try another wave/node.