Dune 7 spoiler (I've read the draft)

[nampigai]

holy freakin' crap! this is even worse that I have imagined in my worst nightmares!

I don't care if they are using Frank's notes or not, if so he must've been loosing it BIG time - the "end" of Dune should have been open to the fans' imagination not this crap!

to me it's not canon and my soul will not rest until the two heretics are burned alive ontop of their crappy piece of shit books!

[Mahdi]

Welcome, guests from the Trekbbs.

[nampigai]

don't post when you're stoned Mahdi...

[driftingcloud]

Two words....

Space Opera!

[gunner154]

I cannot help but be sceptical. 'Nuff said.

[Dante]

New infomation was enough for me to read the spoilers. I feel hate! :)

[Colonel_Worf]

That sounds way too complicated. I don't even know where to start. I'm sure I would enjoy it though. I, for one, don't even think about Frank Herbert when I'm reading Herbert & Anderson books. No matter what happens, Dune, the original novel in all its glory, will never change.

[NeoDevilbane]

This thread should be un-stickied and allowed to drift into the past ... it's ALL FALSE. I brought this to KJA's attention and he says : "Nobody has read a draft of either HUNTERS or SANDWORMS yet, NOBODY -- not our editors, not even my wife.

[gholafrank]

True or false, I think Brian and Kevin should have their hands cut off. What they have done to literature is akin to what Yoko Ono has done to music.

If I wanted to read Roddenberry-caliber (read as: awful) writing I'd grab some Star Trek fan fiction. That's where their prosaic prose belongs. And much like fan fiction, Brian and Kevin's Dune books are contradictory to Frank's in almost every conceivable way. It seems like they derive most of their inspiration from David Lynch and crack.

The news is in. Talent is not hereditary. It's no wonder that less people are reading Dune, when they are led to believe that these recent crimes against humanity are a fair sample of it.

Now join me in burning every copy of House Atreides, House Harkonnen, House Corrino, Butlerian Jihad, and everything else they have written or will write. Let their names be erased from the book of life. Let their pens chip and shatter.

[Andrew]

@ gholafrank

Did you read Dreamer of Dune?

I actually enjoyed that book. Very informative. Don't burn that book. :)

[gunner154]

What they have done to literature is akin to what Yoko Ono has done to music.

LOL! ;D John Lennon will always remain in my memory...

[Egeides]

What did Yoko Ono do to music?

[Andrew]

What did Yoko Ono do to music?

I believe she broke up the Beatles. Or brain washed John.

[driftingcloud]

What they have done to literature is akin to what Yoko Ono has done to music.

Now don't go knocking Yoko Ono. She was an accomplished artist long before she met John Lennon. And she did not break up the Beatles.

[gunner154]

It's all of the above, actually. Breaking up of The Beatles might be inadvertent, so let's not go into that.

Now back on topic... (if there was a main topic anyway... or if it deserves discussions at all..)

[Vor]

now, i may be new to the forums, but im not sharing the same opinions as the rest (well most) of you guys, as i am looking forward to the new novels (need to finish the original series first, of course ;D). I understand that the prequels and legends of Dune arent, ah, in the same class together. thats not to say one is better, though DUNE is, well, DUNE. what im trying to get at is authors, no matter who says what, write about what intrests/affects/etc them and they are influenced by numerous things, such as the time period. in 1965, was even half (quite generous, i know) of the stuff in house atreides concieveable? or even in the Butlerian Jihad? prolly not. I myself am a huge fan of anything DUNE, including Brian/Kevin J.A. stuff, so i have a bit of a bias, but i am also a huge reader of everything, espcially sci fi. i read it for what its worth. and Dune and all its forms is worth a considerable bit. While the themes changed, the weight of the novels remains the same. Ever consider the ramifications of the Legends and its characters? being as young as i am, i recognize the validity of the arguments ofthe machines, as well as the politics at play in the human society. Dont read it to measure up to the orginal(s), because you all, and i, arent privy to both sets of authors, so who knows what they had in mind. read it for the novels they are, and then connect it to the rest.while there may be a few discrepancies, all have the intrcricies that make DUNE, well, DUNE. other than that, i look forward to DUNE 7 and 8. =D

[Hanmya]

This thread should be un-stickied and allowed to drift into the past ... it's ALL FALSE. I brought this to KJA's attention and he says : "Nobody has read a draft of either HUNTERS or SANDWORMS yet, NOBODY -- not our editors, not even my wife

I've read numeros drafts about Hunters, so they're all hoaxes? :O Seems you can'be sure of anything until the book comes out  ::)

[gunner154]

Reading it for what it's worth? When most of the people here who have read it have condemned the book? That says a lot about what it's worth.