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I'm probabally a bit below the age of most of this forum's users... I'm 16 years old and for my sophmore year I did book reports on both Dune and Dune Messiah... I'm currently reading Children of Dune now. I've haven't read any science fiction that has been so thought-provoking, save Huxley's Brave New World.

I found another person at my school who read the original Dune, but preferred the prequels better... From what I've seen that's not a popular opinion among most fans. I'm going to read through Herbert's books before I check out the prequels and sequels... From what I've heard, it may not be worth my time.

Anywho, I look forward to discussing the Dune series with you all!

-EDX

Welcome! Don't worry, 16 is a good age.

Oh, and kill the infidel prequelite in you school, the sooner the better.

You're off to an excellent start in life Welcome to the forums. I'm currently on Children of Dune myself (only my second reading in about 15 years) and I enjoyed Dune Messiah much more than the first time I read it long ago. I can't remember how old I was when I first read "Dune" but it was somewhere around high school/early college.

Welcome.

Just so you know, many of us have read and reread FH's works several times, and still wonder what he really was trying to say.

Ahh, to be 16 again...

If you absolutely have to read Dune Lite (aka the prequels, sequels, inquels, or anything with KJA on the cover), just make sure you remove all blunt objects out of arms reach before doing so. A padded room might help as well.

Seriously though, enjoy the journey as there is nothing else like it.

Helloooooooooooo!!!!

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE! COME, ADD YOUR UNIQUENESS TO OUR....



Oh, sorry, cued the Borg greeting by mistake.

Achlan wasachlan!

Welcome! You picked the good stuff to start out with

Rob

As you can see from the other posts, there is a very good reason to my signature.

Hi and welcome aboard.

Hi EDX, looking forward to reading your posts.

Welcome!

Check out the reading group and comment on the chapters in Children of Dune if you get a chance.

Welcome. I was about 15 when I read Dune for the first time and have been an addict for 25 years now. Enjoy the ride!

Welcome to Jacurutu EDX. I wish I was reading Dune again for the first time.

I haven't bothered with any of the new crap. I don't feel like banging my head against the wall.

Welcome! Good decision on the Originals first

Crysknife wrote:Good decision on the Originals first

OMG, no! Now he's ruined his chronology! He should've read the Legends novels, followed by the House, originals and sequels!

Or waited reading it all until P&B finished wiping the "interquels" off their asses so he could read them all in order.

Heh... seems like the prequels aren't that popular. What I've read so far has I loved, and I love how thought-prevoking this stuff is. I really like the idea of gholas, the concept had led me to have many philisophical arguments within myself.

Dune's probabally the only book where I can't answer the question, "What's it about?" And that's a good thing.

It's about... everything

Everything except giant robots you mean.

EDX wrote:I'm probabally a bit below the age of most of this forum's users... I'm 16 years old and for my sophmore year I did book reports on both Dune and Dune Messiah... I'm currently reading Children of Dune now. I've haven't read any science fiction that has been so thought-provoking, save Huxley's Brave New World.

I found another person at my school who read the original Dune, but preferred the prequels better... From what I've seen that's not a popular opinion among most fans. I'm going to read through Herbert's books before I check out the prequels and sequels... From what I've heard, it may not be worth my time.

Anywho, I look forward to discussing the Dune series with you all!

-EDX

Welcome!! I'm not quite as harsh as Orald (A great deal more treacherous though ), but you should take your prequelite friend out behind the school and beat the crud out of him

Seriously though, as Crys said, good call on reading the originals first! And welcome to our humble community!

TMB wrote:I'm not quite as harsh as Orald

You are no true Fremen!
We Fremen know how to make cruel choices! We know how to judge!

There are other methods of punishment for the crimes of young preeks.

orald wrote:

TMB wrote:I'm not quite as harsh as Orald

You are no true Fremen!
We Fremen know how to make cruel choices! We know how to judge!

There are other methods of punishment for the crimes of young preeks.

Fremen are just pownidah scum like the rest of ya. They'll fall just like everyone else with the Ascendancy!!

(Now, if you'll excuse me I have to abase myself in Ghufran for even responding to you )

We know what you sick lil' pointy-toothed bastards do in your "ghufran". *pukes*