I've been meaning to read Dune for awhile, and I finished recently now that I had some free time. I found the book enjoyable for the most part despite moments whens the politics and the precognitions became a little hard to swallow. But I liked Dune's attention to detail which made the world and characters feel solid.

That said, is the second book in the series, Dune Messiah, a good read too? What about the other books? I noticed my local library has a Dune mini-series (that aired on Sci-Fi?) in the video section, is it good for a whirl? I also heard there is another film adaption on the way.

I like the two different SciFi miniseries. The was an extended version of the first one that was better if you have the ability to see that one. It was better than the film, for sure. When I went back and rewatched Children of Dune I noticed that one of the main actors was the kid from Wanted (another naked AJ film)

I thoroughly enjoyed all of the dune books.

MOARDEEB! (or however its spelled)

I've read the first three and a couple of the prequels. IMO the first is the best. Dune Messiah is okay and it's short enough that it doesn't drag but I lost interest after Children of Dune. I started reading one of the later sequels, I think Heretics of Dune or something but I gave up on it.

I really liked the 3 books set way before Dune. They had baby killin' and everything.

There's also the Dune feature film made in 1984.

Dune is my favorite book of all time. Read it almost a half dozen times. Children of Dune is OK, but the rest are pretty terrible.

'Maud-dib'.

And the books are nothing special. In fact, they are pretty poorly written and the story is not compelling in the slightest. Paul never struggles, and he knows everything in advance. Herbert never shows you anything, he just announces how characters feel. The world is the main character, and the 'story' is just a series of set pieces to show it off.

The first three are pretty decent (Dune, Messiah, Children), but don't bother after that. God Emperor (#4) is weird, but an interesting read, but everything else is just crap.

Basically everyone has mixed feelings on #2 and 3, but everyone agrees anything after that is terrible.

I think you should watch the 1984 version (it has Patrick Stewart and Sting), and then watch the scifi miniseries. W

The first three are pretty decent (Dune, Messiah, Children), but don't bother after that. God Emperor (#4) is weird, but an interesting read, but everything else is just crap.

Basically everyone has mixed feelings on #2 and 3, but everyone agrees anything after that is terrible.

I think you should watch the 1984 version (it has Patrick Stewart and Sting), and then watch the scifi miniseries. Wookie is a bit off. They made a scifi remake of Dune, and then they made a Children of Dune sequel (which was Dune Messiah and Children). They're both very solid.

I agree. The feature film, as I said above, is not as good as the miniseries.



No I'm not. Maybe you misunderstood (understandable since there are extended versions of the feature film as well). There are two versions of the miniseries. I know because I have both of them. Then there is a second miniseries, Children of Dune. And, yes, I agree that they are "solid".

Ah, sorry. My bad.

My rule of thumb is that you should only watch 6-hour versions of Dune.

The '84 version made me wish I was made of drugs so I could smoke myself. I still have no idea what happened.

I assume the 2000 miniseries is "Frank Herbert's Dune"?

(Children of Dune came in 2003) [citation needed]

There you go. Lower budget but better story. Considering they at least used to be dirt cheap on Amazon they should be worth the risk.

For me they rate in the "need something different scifi to watch" category. If you happen to be interested in the title it's just a bonus.

I should say that I've never read any of the books although the miniseries makes me want to.

I thought you meant the 90/91 computer game. I could never finish that either, couldn't get enough fremen before the harkonnen helicopters would start blowing up my caves.

Would recommend Dune 2 though, has a tenuous connection to the original storyline, but good gameplay (except the harkonnen no-more-base-missile). Dune 2000 is pretty much Dune 2 in the Red Alert engine. Dune Emperor is good fun co-op, but terrible acting in the cutscenes.

My general recommendation is read the book, watch the '84 movie, the 6 hour miniseries and play Dune 2, in no particular order. A couple of the prequel books by his son are quite interesting as well (legends of dune, machine crusade). I have two of the "house of ... " books but haven't read them.

I enjoyed all of the books up until "Chapterhouse". It's rather boring & despite trying to read it 2-3 times, I could never stomach finishing it. All of the books prior to this are great. I enjoy David Lynch's "Dune" movie but it doesn't make much sense unless you've read the books (it's also very dated (more-so than something like Star Wars) & you sort of had to be there). Frank Herbert actually has books outside of the Dune universe that are actually quite good (e.g: The WorShip Novels).