[geeks] Dune novels

[Jonathan Groll]

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 11:59:33AM -0400, Andrew Jones wrote:
>On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 11:17:25PM -0400, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
>> There is the original Dune series written by Frank Herbert himself, and
>> a later set written by his son in collaboration with another writer.
>> 
>> Is it the case that the only ones worth reading are the ones written by
>> Frank Herbert, and that the rest should be considered in the same
>> category as the two follow-on movies to "The Matrix" ?
>> 
>
>Each successive Dune novel is worse than the previous.  If you stop after
>the first book, you're sitting in the best part of the price/performance
>curve.

Completely agree. I stopped reading the Frank Herbert series when Paul
started turning into a worm himself.

Cheers,
Jonathan