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Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1)
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Update 2 March 2024
I saw Dune 2 and the first one is nothing compared with it. Actually, most movies are nothing compared to Dune 2. Maybe Villeneuve is the real Kwisatz Haderach.
Update! Just wanted to say how much I loved the movie. Go see it. It was probably good that there was a gap between the time I read this and the movie.
Read 2015
Amazing! A masterpiece of SF with which I will probably compare all SF books that I’ll read in the future. It goes in my favorites shelf.
This is my 3rd attempt to read Dune and I am really grateful that I did not succeed the first two times I tried as I was too young to understand all the subtleties. I would have probably enjoyed it as a very well written adventure novel but nothing more. That would have been a pity as Dune is so much more than a story about space travel and epic battles between good and evil. It presents complex philosophical ideas, explores ecological issues, cultural identity and differences. Also a major theme is represented by religion and religious leadership.
The disturbing part about this book, taken in the current political context, is how easily the Fremen can be identified with an Arab nation. The spice can be seen as “oil” and the Harkonnens as evil westerners/Russians that are exploiting the natural resources without thinking about the locals and the environment. I saw that others reviewers saw this as well.
I saw Dune 2 and the first one is nothing compared with it. Actually, most movies are nothing compared to Dune 2. Maybe Villeneuve is the real Kwisatz Haderach.
Update! Just wanted to say how much I loved the movie. Go see it. It was probably good that there was a gap between the time I read this and the movie.
Read 2015
Amazing! A masterpiece of SF with which I will probably compare all SF books that I’ll read in the future. It goes in my favorites shelf.
This is my 3rd attempt to read Dune and I am really grateful that I did not succeed the first two times I tried as I was too young to understand all the subtleties. I would have probably enjoyed it as a very well written adventure novel but nothing more. That would have been a pity as Dune is so much more than a story about space travel and epic battles between good and evil. It presents complex philosophical ideas, explores ecological issues, cultural identity and differences. Also a major theme is represented by religion and religious leadership.
The disturbing part about this book, taken in the current political context, is how easily the Fremen can be identified with an Arab nation. The spice can be seen as “oil” and the Harkonnens as evil westerners/Russians that are exploiting the natural resources without thinking about the locals and the environment. I saw that others reviewers saw this as well.
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Reading Progress
July 9, 2015
– Shelved as:
to-read
July 9, 2015
– Shelved
July 9, 2015
– Shelved as:
fantasy-sf
July 9, 2015
– Shelved as:
classics
July 21, 2015
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Started Reading
August 4, 2015
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48.53%
"Still loving it. However, it is quite a different experience to read the book now with all the IS problems. Reading about the word jihad in the book was a bit disturbing."
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330
August 11, 2015
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Finished Reading
October 29, 2018
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1001
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I have the physical edition of "The Great Dune Trilogy" with the blue cover, thick and gorgeous!
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I have t..." The movie made me want to read the sequels. I am still undecided about that. Your edition sounds so good.
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Oh, you will have to make up your own mind, Adina! I will be interested in your views, I may be wrong, it was decades ago I read them.
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I think the brilliance of the political metaphors is in how relevant it is even today. We have wars in the middle-east because of oil. We have religious extremism rising as a backlash against western colonialism.
As well the ecological and environmental questions asked. How relevant such questions are even today in 2022.
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I think the brilliance of the political metaphors is in how relevant it is even today. We have wars i..." I agree it is still very much valid with the exception of the negatives you mentioned in your review.
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Have you thought of reading Messiah? I'll be going straight onto that with Nastya after I finish my reread of this.
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Have you thought of reading Messiah? I'll be going straight onto that with Nastya after I..." No, I haven't. I am planning to at some point. I can;t wait for the 2nd part of the movie. I think I've see the 1st one enough times already so i will probably go directly to the new one.
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