Interview with EVeryone's Favourite Dictater
Posted: 13 Feb 2008 11:11
DUNE DISCUSSION FORUM FOR ORTHODOX HERBERTARIANS
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Um...otay, Erasmus?!For “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” we were more constrained than in the previous books because we had to follow Frank Herbert’s detailed outline. A lot of the things people were complaining about were the things Frank left for us to do. But we had to write the books in the way he intended for the grand finale to unfold.
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“Last Days of Krypton” was a dream project for me, and I still consider it one of my best novels.
Yeah, no shit. And don't give me that crap about "the things people were complaining about were the things Frank left for us to do" cuz that's a load of horse crap. If Frank had a retarded ghola of Waff making waterworms in his notes I'll eat my left shoeMr. Teg wrote:Um...otay, Erasmus?!For “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” we were more constrained than in the previous books because we had to follow Frank Herbert’s detailed outline. A lot of the things people were complaining about were the things Frank left for us to do. But we had to write the books in the way he intended for the grand finale to unfold.
Ugh. This fuckhead just does not stop, does he?Mr. Teg wrote:Um...otay, Erasmus?!For “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” we were more constrained than in the previous books because we had to follow Frank Herbert’s detailed outline. A lot of the things people were complaining about were the things Frank left for us to do. But we had to write the books in the way he intended for the grand finale to unfold.
I sense a fable somewhere in this whole ordeal.Omphalos wrote:Ugh. This fuckhead just does not stop, does he?Mr. Teg wrote:Um...otay, Erasmus?!For “Hunters of Dune” and “Sandworms of Dune” we were more constrained than in the previous books because we had to follow Frank Herbert’s detailed outline. A lot of the things people were complaining about were the things Frank left for us to do. But we had to write the books in the way he intended for the grand finale to unfold.
Oh, really? Sea monsters...waterworms...sea monsters....waterworms. OK, I see no connection.I’ve published something like 95 novels and hundreds of short stories. The ideas keep coming, and I keep developing my craft, pushing the envelope of what I can do (for example, the giant continuous story that ran over seven large volumes in Saga of Seven Suns)—which gives me a skill set so that I can try even more ambitious projects. I am just about to start a nautical fantasy trilogy with sailing ships and sea monsters, which takes me in a different direction. I love to write, and I hope to keep doing it for a long, long time.
Wait, do I sense repression? This speaks volumes about Kevin and his need to be in the center of everything! REVELATION!When I was a teenager, I was just the strange geek who read Sci Fi. Today, the biggest grossing films each year are science fiction, dozens of TV shows are SF, genre books regularly hit high on the bestseller lists. It’s become mainstream—and I’m thrilled about it. It’s good not to be the weirdo anymore!
Wow. Fail. Kevin just doesn't get it....how Paul Atreides gradually changes from hero to tyrant.
Telling. Very telling.I think my best solo work is probably my Saga of Seven Suns series—seven volumes, and I just finished the last one. That series sums up everything I love about the science fiction genre.
Wait. I thought it was just a very general plan, like a couple pages? Get your story straight, asshole....Frank Herbert’s detailed outline.
My least favorite too, but still miles away better than anything new. Honestly, Simon, if these books are ever remembered twenty years from now, it will be because people associete frivolous good times with them, kind of like how Warrant and Poison are played and remembered today. They will never be remembered for saying anything more prophetic than:Freakzilla wrote:I still don't care much for Dune Messiah.
Warrant wrote:She's my cherry pie
Cool drink of water
Such a sweet surprise
Tastes so good
Make a grown man cry
Sweet Cherry Pie
Yeah
Wow
Heh Heh
Of course I meant in relation to the other books in the series.Omphalos wrote:My least favorite too, but still miles away better than anything new. Honestly, Simon, if these books are ever remembered twenty years from now, it will be because people associete frivolous good times with them, kind of like how Warrant and Poison are played and remembered today. They will never be remembered for saying anything more prophetic than:Freakzilla wrote:I still don't care much for Dune Messiah.
Warrant wrote:She's my cherry pie
Cool drink of water
Such a sweet surprise
Tastes so good
Make a grown man cry
Sweet Cherry Pie
Yeah
Wow
Heh Heh
I still think Dune Messiah is probably the single best book in the series. Even when I first read it, I thought it was a near-equal to Dune, and I've just grown to like it more and more over time.Freakzilla wrote:I still don't care much for Dune Messiah.
(1) People complained about Frank Herbert's books when they first came out.I guess that's his new angle? (Is it new?) "People complained about Frank's books, too! So nyeh!"
OK, Phaedrus, what logical fallacy is that?
Hmmmmmmm....Omphalos wrote:False syllogism?