Hello all,
Wormrider here, LOVE the original Dune cycle. Have done for years, the scope and imagination of Frank Herberts work stunned me. I was running low on reading material, and hadnt looked at Dune for quite a while so i picked up Winds of Dune, i am about two thirds through and struggling a bit to be honest. Its not that its rubbish, its just.....bleh. nothing seems to have happened. Oh wait, Paul ran away from home *yawn* and joined a...a.......a..circus ? I dont even, i mean..a circus? Cmon! Other than that, i may as well have been staring at a piece of cardboard because nothing of any note or importance seems to have transpired. Or did i just miss it? Wheres the intrigue, wheres the politics, wheres the memorable characters ? And i dont mean the ones that Frank Herbert created. I think im going to finish this book, and then re read the originals from thei start. Anyway rant over, im a bit of a newbie at forums so i tend to just lurk and watch. If youll have me.
Permission to come aboard, captain ?
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I recommend not soiling your mind with the trash from those hacks. Rubbish is too good a word for it.
Paul of Dune was so bad it gave me a seizure that dislocated both of my shoulders and prolapsed my anus.
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Re: Permission to come aboard, captain ?
Welcome Wormrider.
As Freak says, don't bother with those books - it's not worth it, not even for the reason to quench your curiosity. If you're short on reading material I can instead recommend you to take a look at Frank's other stories.
As Freak says, don't bother with those books - it's not worth it, not even for the reason to quench your curiosity. If you're short on reading material I can instead recommend you to take a look at Frank's other stories.
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Welcome Home!
I am sure you're not "Wormrider", from http://www.wormsscifi.com/haven/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... correct?
I am sure you're not "Wormrider", from http://www.wormsscifi.com/haven/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... correct?
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“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
Sandrider: "Keith went to Bobo's for a weekend of drinking, watched some DVDs,
and wrote a Dune Novel."
“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
Sandrider: "Keith went to Bobo's for a weekend of drinking, watched some DVDs,
and wrote a Dune Novel."
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Re: Permission to come aboard, captain ?
No, thats not me. I used to lurk on Dunenovels, but its pretty dead over there and google directed me here. i'll finish Winds, simply because i dislike leaving a book unfinished. But i'll probably erase it from my memory once done. Franks books are calling me, im going to have to start with DM because i have lent Dune to a friend. Cant wait to hear what he thinks of it.
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Re: Permission to come aboard, captain ?
Wormrider wrote:No, thats not me. I used to lurk on Dunenovels, but its pretty dead over there and google directed me here. i'll finish Winds, simply because i dislike leaving a book unfinished. But i'll probably erase it from my memory once done. Franks books are calling me, im going to have to start with DM because i have lent Dune to a friend. Cant wait to hear what he thinks of it.
Follow along in the Reading Group!
Paul of Dune was so bad it gave me a seizure that dislocated both of my shoulders and prolapsed my anus.
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Welcome twice welcome!
You didn't miss anything, because if you saw nothing you saw everything there was to see.
It tastes like cardboard too.Wormrider wrote:Other than that, i may as well have been staring at a piece of cardboard because nothing of any note or importance seems to have transpired. Or did i just miss it?
You didn't miss anything, because if you saw nothing you saw everything there was to see.
Spice is the worm's gonads.
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As others have said it is best to steer clear of McDune. It taints all and no one remains unscathed.
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As others have said it is best to steer clear of McDune. It taints all and no one remains unscathed.
DUNE, as interpreted by a blue man with a green tushie