A_Kalisandra_M
Posted: 27 Mar 2008 00:22
Hallo,
I've been searching for a good Dune forum, and a person on amazon.com in 'new' Dune topics recommended this one.
When I was what, 14 I read Children of Dune. It was while I was staying in hospital. Such a wonderful way to take my mind off all the things that I had to do for my health!
Fictional tragedy, instead of real life. A perfect distraction!
Alia's character moved, and saddened me. It felt good to cry over something that wasn't real, and that book will always have a special place in my heart.
Later I discovered that I made a grave mistake, by reading the 3rd book first. Oops! I then tracked down the whole series, and started from the begining.
I had never read anything quite like Dune. It was interesting: A story that was led by the plot. Fine character's, but plot driven. I couldn't put the first down!
Dune Messiah, felt as though a doomed love story at a time when I prefered the tragic to weird happy-ending's.
God Emperor of Dune, was difficult for me to get into. I lost a few of my favorite character's in Children, and the last had been dead for such a long time by the start of the novel that it felt so odd to read.
Heritics of Dune, while different suited my taste. Chapterhouse: Dune, allowed me to discover the last piece of the story.
Currently, I've read all of the new Dune books, except Hunter's of Dune and of course, Paul of Dune. They're as bad as loathesome fan-fiction to me. Too much was changed. I felt like I was reading work by somebody who: Never read the originals, and just made things up as they went along even if it didn't make any sense.
The style for the first 'trilogy' that I read --- The House Books was readable. The story: *Growns*
The legend trilogy was just plain bad. Machines that are like every silly villain in modern sci-fi! Where was the art in that?
And finally the book I had waited for Book 7 (Part 1): Hunter's of Dune --- Surely this would be excellent.... Ah, no! I found it to be unreadable. I couldn't even understand it. There wasn't any flow. Not even a hint of proper english.
What had gone so horridly wrong?
I never expected any new Dune to be like the master, but I foolishly expected them to be readble, enjoyable. I was most saddened to discover my error.
Still the original's shall always be placed in a favored spot of my bedroom library. Nothing will ever change my love for them.
~ Kali ~
I've been searching for a good Dune forum, and a person on amazon.com in 'new' Dune topics recommended this one.
When I was what, 14 I read Children of Dune. It was while I was staying in hospital. Such a wonderful way to take my mind off all the things that I had to do for my health!
Fictional tragedy, instead of real life. A perfect distraction!
Alia's character moved, and saddened me. It felt good to cry over something that wasn't real, and that book will always have a special place in my heart.
Later I discovered that I made a grave mistake, by reading the 3rd book first. Oops! I then tracked down the whole series, and started from the begining.
I had never read anything quite like Dune. It was interesting: A story that was led by the plot. Fine character's, but plot driven. I couldn't put the first down!
Dune Messiah, felt as though a doomed love story at a time when I prefered the tragic to weird happy-ending's.
God Emperor of Dune, was difficult for me to get into. I lost a few of my favorite character's in Children, and the last had been dead for such a long time by the start of the novel that it felt so odd to read.
Heritics of Dune, while different suited my taste. Chapterhouse: Dune, allowed me to discover the last piece of the story.
Currently, I've read all of the new Dune books, except Hunter's of Dune and of course, Paul of Dune. They're as bad as loathesome fan-fiction to me. Too much was changed. I felt like I was reading work by somebody who: Never read the originals, and just made things up as they went along even if it didn't make any sense.
The style for the first 'trilogy' that I read --- The House Books was readable. The story: *Growns*
The legend trilogy was just plain bad. Machines that are like every silly villain in modern sci-fi! Where was the art in that?
And finally the book I had waited for Book 7 (Part 1): Hunter's of Dune --- Surely this would be excellent.... Ah, no! I found it to be unreadable. I couldn't even understand it. There wasn't any flow. Not even a hint of proper english.
What had gone so horridly wrong?
I never expected any new Dune to be like the master, but I foolishly expected them to be readble, enjoyable. I was most saddened to discover my error.
Still the original's shall always be placed in a favored spot of my bedroom library. Nothing will ever change my love for them.
~ Kali ~