After reading all the posts in this thread, I feel like an old man. I saw the movie in the theater in 84; I was thirteen. Then I was excited to read the book. It was too much and I stopped after 80 or so pages. I tried again six months later, and failed. A few months after that, I finally made it to the dinner party - that's when the book took off for me, and I devoured it. Since then, I've read the whole series 10 or so times, and Dune itself so many times that I've lost count. I'll often pick it up and just read a favorite chapter. I'm on my second copy of the book, since the first fell apart. After reading Dune, I grew to hate the movie. Weirding modules? Give me a break. I tried the mini-series, but turned it off after an hour. Now, B. Herbert is trashing Dune. Of all the people to co-write with, why did he choose the author of a series of rubbish X-Wing novels? Oh well. Dune is my favorite book in the whole world, so I'll just keep on reading it.
