>Dune is only 200,000 words longJesus Christ, that's impressive. It must be heavily condensed then, but you hardly feel it. It's as though it's bigger on the inside. It feels like a 400k epic but is only a little longer than Jane Eyre or something. Crazy skills by Old Herb'
>>25010856Nice blog post faggot.
>>25010856Yeah it's genuinely impressive how efficient the world building and philosophical themes are conveyed. The first book excels at leaving just enough vague to be mysterious while telling you a still compelling universal story. Unfortunately some of the magic is lost in the sequels in this regard as they all feel small in comparison, despite the scale of the story being technically larger. I like God Emperor but honestly think heretics of dune might be the worst book I've ever read and genuinely made me realise Frank might not have understood the concepts he referenced as much as he had previously led on.
>>25010987What was especially bad about Heretics?
>>25010856I don't care for dune
>>25012274>coolstorybro
>>25010856>>Dune is only 200,000 words longHoly fuck and it sure feels like it. The book is more than half interlocutions. It's incredibly tedious. Yeah cool worldbuilding and DUDE SHROOMS are cool but the delivery is just abysmal.
>>25010856Not really, the climax is way too rushed. Felt like the end of an Asimov novel not a epic battle.
>>25010916is this a new meme where you reply with this to every thread
>>25012451The climax is, and was intended to be, Dune Messiah.
