I have to agree. When I was younger I read the Dune series cover to cover, and it was almost transcending for my young self.
I tried the prequels, book 1, never finished. I guess magic does not transcend the human flesh.
interesting to contrast Christopher Tolkien and Brian Herbert in their treatment of their fathers' literary inheritance
Re:The Butlerian Jihad
by red-iron-pine on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @09:30AM
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Chris Tolkien didn't really write anything new from whole cloth, he mostly deleted or married his father's notes and short writings; more editing than creating.
Brian Herbert wrote multiple books from scratch. His father left notes too, but nothing that would give him the ability to write multiple novels.
Nah, Brian seemingly put his name on it and outsourced the writing to Kevin Anderson. From the quality of story, it looks like he outsourced it to the highest bidder.
According to his bio notes, Brian is an “acclaimed author” in his own right. Why then outsource to the likes of Kevin Anderson?
He absolutely ruined the books and turned them into “churn them out” fiction.
Seriously, all the dune prequels are just so bad.
If you read the first 2, 3, 4 dune books and enjoyed the (5 and 6 get really weird), and pick up one of the books published after Herbert's death, you will be very disappointed.