[geeks] Dune novels

[Andrew Jones]

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.