Dune

Book one in the Dune Chronicles (Dune (1))

Paperback, 535 pages

English language

Published Sept. 1, 1990 by Ace Books.

ISBN:
9780441172719

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3 stars (3 reviews)

Contains appendices and extra material.

33 editions

expansive universe, exhausting writing style

4 stars

it took me ages to get through this. not because it's bad, probably mostly because i repaired my computer and had.. other things on my mind. but also partly because herbert's style reminds me of tolkien. like, a lot. at least in the sense that herbert really wants you to read his mediocre poetry too.

this isn't bad by any means, and i will surely read on in the future. probably around the time the second movie hits. the characters are fleshed-out and there's surprisingly little overt misogyny for a science fiction book that is, at this point, positively ancient. it's just the constant internal monologuing and then rushing through the actual happenings that gets exhausting after a while.

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Dune and the suck fairy (spoilers)

2 stars

Content warning spoilers, though, you know, it's a book older than me