Sisterhood of Dune

[Dunenewt]

Kevin J. Anderson has announced that the next Dune book will be Sisterhood of Dune, which will be released in early 2012.  This novel will take place after the Legends of Dune series, and will be the first of a trilogy.

From KJA's blog:

"Over the course of three novels, we

[Dante]

Every time I think they couldn't sink any lower, they prove me wrong.

[Dunenewt]

I thought about mentioning Chig's competition in the same post, but I realised how many jokes there'd be, so I thought I'd leave it to a separate post ;)

[MrFlibble]

Every time I think they couldn't sink any lower, they prove me wrong.

And that's even when Dunenewt forgot to mention that the Heroes of Dune series is not a series anymore - it's "standalone inquels" (Lisa Simpson: "That's not even a word!") now, no more, and no less.

The creepy thing is, KJA/HLP seem to have become really, really fond of retconning everything, Orwellian style. He who controls the past... ::)

[Dante]

The sad thing is, each successive release pushes me more and more towards the hardcore "he has no understanding or respect for his father's work or perhaps even his father" crowd. I started out as quite a moderate critic, prepared to accept the House prequels despite their... indelicacies. But over time the sheer lack of anything remotely praiseworthy about the books has made the suggestion that they are deliberately awful harder to ignore.

[athanasios]

Superb! I 'll read all three books!

[Dante]

They certainly know their target audience, I'll give them that.

[MrFlibble]

But over time the sheer lack of anything remotely praiseworthy about the books has made the suggestion that they are deliberately awful harder to ignore.

SandChigger will be happy to welcome you in the conspiracy theory camp :) Personally I'm for the more pragmatic explanation: they're milking the cash cow, trying to gain as much profit as possible with as little effort. Therefore, I'm inclined to believe that the books aren't deliberately awful, but rather, the production costs have been deliberately cut down to the minimum; besides, they seem to be working for the "lowest common denominator" target audience, and it tells on the quality of the outcome as well.

[ErasOmnius]

Superb! I 'll read all three books!

From the Library, maybe Online...but don't BUY the Books.

If you buy a book like Winds, you'll wish that you had the U$27.99 back.

[athanasios]

Agreed!