Complete reading the Dune series

Finished.

Have now finished both Messiah and Children, and am just away to start God Emperor.

I finished the first Dune a couple of days ago – what a book. Incredible.

I’m now about quarter the way through Dune Messiah – I’m enjoying it even more. Despite it being much shorter, I would say it’s the superior novel.

I finished reading Dune Messiah few weeks ago and started reading the third book – Children of Dune.

I have completed the first (original “dune”) dune book which I really loved.

Now I’m reading the second book (“dune messiah”). But I haven’t
touched the book for multiple months. Hopefully I will find some time for it soon. Need to be more organized!!!

Great books, must read.

Excellent! Don’t forget to read Frank Herbert’s essay about his wife, which was published at the end of one of the books… I think it was “Children of Dune”. So beautiful, it made me cry!

I loved the books so much! I want to read them again!

I read the first 2 Frank Herbert Dune books last year, but I’ve decided to start my journey through the series with Brian’s prequels. I’m sure ya’ll will think this is complete blasphemy, but I’m liking Brian’s better so far. I read Butlerian Jihad and I’m about halfway through Machine crusade.

Although this novel does give some insight into the grounding events that shaped the world Paul Atreides is born into, I found myself disappointed with this novel.

The chapters were so short, you often got the feeling you were being bounced around, and I found myself ultimately frustrated by the middle of the book.

It seemed as though the writing lacked punch, and all the Dune prequels written by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, suffer from the same problems. They lack the kind of deep thought that Frank Herbert brought to all of his Dune novels… there was something substantiative missing.

Now I enjoyed The Butlerian Jihad, House Harkonnen, House Atreides, which although didn’t have the kind of esoteric fibre that Frank Herbert’s other Dune novels did, were entertaining.

This novel I found immensely boring. It is only because I found it intriguing to read about the Origins of the hatred between the Harkonnens and the Atreides, the origins of the Spacing Guild, of the wild Fremen, of Mentats and the absolute law, “Thou shall not make a machine in the likeness of a Human mind”.

If you’re not a fan of the Dune Universe, take my word for it and give it a skip.