Comments on: “Dune” by Frank Herbert http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5782 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:18:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5782&cpage=1#comment-41350 girldetective Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:15:54 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5782#comment-41350 Sherry, there were several people in our book group who revisited it after many years, and who said it did indeed stand up as a good story with many themes worth exploring. There is an afterward by the author's son Brian who took over the series, full of good information, but sad for its between the lines longing for a present dad figure as a child. Sherry, there were several people in our book group who revisited it after many years, and who said it did indeed stand up as a good story with many themes worth exploring. There is an afterward by the author’s son Brian who took over the series, full of good information, but sad for its between the lines longing for a present dad figure as a child.

]]> By: Kate http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5782&cpage=1#comment-41345 Kate Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:09:46 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5782#comment-41345 Yep. I had a very similar reply to this book when I read it years ago. If you read any of the other books in the series, I think the issues with women characters gets even worse. Yep. I had a very similar reply to this book when I read it years ago. If you read any of the other books in the series, I think the issues with women characters gets even worse.

]]> By: Sherry http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5782&cpage=1#comment-41342 Sherry Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:23:52 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5782#comment-41342 I read Dune probably thirty or even forty years ago, and I remember (as a teenager or young adult) thinking that it had a "lot going on" as you said, and even that it was profound in its philosophical speculations. I didn't notice any of the faults you mention, but I would have been unlikely to do so back then. I did think the sequels got worse and worse until they were almost unreadable. I'm not sure I finished more than one or two., but I think there were more than that. I wonder how Dune would read for me if I were to find time to reread it. I'm not sure it would hold up to a second visit. I read Dune probably thirty or even forty years ago, and I remember (as a teenager or young adult) thinking that it had a “lot going on” as you said, and even that it was profound in its philosophical speculations. I didn’t notice any of the faults you mention, but I would have been unlikely to do so back then. I did think the sequels got worse and worse until they were almost unreadable. I’m not sure I finished more than one or two., but I think there were more than that.

I wonder how Dune would read for me if I were to find time to reread it. I’m not sure it would hold up to a second visit.

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