> sithdan wrote
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> I've not picked up a Dune novel since the early 1990s, when I finished
> Chapterhouse: Dune.
Then I'd suggest your time would be better spent re-reading the
original "Dune" series and rediscovering what a fantastic story it is.
I re-read the series once every year and it never gets boring.
> From what I've read in various online reviews, these newer books are
> entertaining but don't hold a candle to the original six.
I've read "House Atreides", "House Harkonnen" and "Butlerian Jihad"
by those two hacks and the experience became progressively worse
the further I went.
Like night and day compared to Frank Herbert's original story.
The prequels read like books for juveniles, except where violence
and *** is tossed in, presumably give them some kinda adult patina.
As I read them, I found myself saying "WTF?" repeatedly....
> Do I have to read any of the prequel books to follow it or is it a
> direct continuation of Chapterhouse?
I haven't read any of the sequels (and have no intention of doing so)
but if they're anything like the prequels, they have absolutely no
logical
connection to the original story and are nothing more then a scam
designed to cash in Frank Herbert's legacy.
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