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I watched Dune Part 2 last night. I rented it from the video rental store (yes, we still have those where I live). It sort of ends on a cliffhanger, so I imagine they are planning more movies. I haven't read the novel. I've had the novel for close to 30 years, but I'm such a faggot that I haven't read it yet. I don't know if this take is closer to the book or not, but it has Herbert's family members and Kevin J. Anderson involved with these movies. Like the aspect of using the prophecy and basically using the religion of hope to manipulate the Fremin to overtake the Harkonnen. Was that in the novel?
Now I want to read it. I finished up the Wheel of Time series a while ago my wife & life long friends (told me the TV series was the most egregious in terms of artistic lisence they have seen, many not making it past the first episode & some not even the first five minutes) encouraged me to read the series to figure out why so many hated it.
If you have time to dip into fantasy collections, even getting it on audio is a great way to enjoy the story.
Dune is likely to be my next fantasy series, though The Way of Kings by Sanderson (finished up the Wheel of Time at Robert Jordan's (author) wife's request) is what I was looking at too.
I had a hard time in my teenage years getting into the Dune movies. I should get a copy of Dune 2. Thanks for the reminder.
Oh my gosh. Wheel of Time is TOO LONG. One book is like a thousand pages or so, and there's about butthundred of those books. I cannot do that as I am a slow reader.
I completely understand. Each audio book is about 20-25 hours. I played them at 1.5 speed & that helped quite a bit.
That was the biggest reason I didn't start the series. Once I finished book one, I had to know how it progressed & ended.
I enjoyed many of the Drizzt series, though I haven't finished them. They were episodic vs an amazing epic that flowed. It was more like one almost 12k page book broken up into large chunks.
Audio with the ability to follow along with Kindle may be a good option. Though it is a hefty tale to tackle for sure.
I never thought I would have taken on these books until the last couple of years. Glad I did though.