what next

[Moose212]

I just finished reading the novel "Dune". Which of the Dune series should I read next? Can someone tell me the chronolgical order for the books? Thanks :)

[Mahdi]

Dune

DuneMessiah (to me at least, almost as good as the original)

Children of Dune

God Emperor of Dune

Heretics of Dune

Chapterhouse Dune

Prequels (written by different authors than the original):

The Prelude to Dune trilogy:

House Atreides

House Harkonnen

House Corrino

The Legends of Dune Trilogy(one of which has been released)

The Butlerian Jihad

Other books: The Songs of Maud'dib

The Dune Encyclopeadea

Eye (contains short story)

Dogged Pursuit (contains shor story)

And there is also another shrot story available on the official website, www.dunenovels.com

[Frodo]

yes, dune messiah was good, but it looked at the story from a more political stand-point.

[Anathema]

Hey, I like Dune Messiah to http://www.dune2k.com/forum/attachments/sunglassez.gif. But I thought most people hated it :(.

[Frodo]

i liked it, but no, i don't think most people did.

[Colonel_Worf]

Well... I thought Messiah was pretty good... not as good as Dune or any of the prequels though (braces for punches)

[Anathema]

*Punches*

[Duke_Atreides]

I think that any of F.Herbert

[Dante]

True, but we'll have to take what we can get until it gets so bad that even we dedicated fans can't stand it.

[Mahdi]

Change your colours man,I can't read a word you typed.

[Twin-Head]

Yea change it to light purple, not the darkest purple that you can find.

[Colonel_Worf]

Dune

Dune Messiah (to me at least, almost as good as the original)

Children of Dune

God Emperor of Dune

Heretics of Dune

Chapterhouse Dune

Prequels (written by different authors than the original):

The Prelude to Dune trilogy:

House Atreides

House Harkonnen

House Corrino

The Legends of Dune Trilogy(one of which has been released)

The Butlerian Jihad

Other books: The Songs of Maud'dib

The Dune Encyclopeadea

Eye (contains short story)

Dogged Pursuit (contains shor story)

And there is also another shrot story available on the official website, www.dunenovels.com

Hmm... well... the Dune Encyclopedia is not official, and a lot of it is contradicted in novels. The title of the book is Dogged Persistence and it's by Kevin J. Anderson, and contains the short story "Whisper of Caladan Seas"

I haven't heard of Eye... but I do know that Hunting Harkonnens is avaialable for free online and takes place before The Butlerian Jihad.

[ordos45]

Or in other words, whatever you want to read, be it the prequels, or Butlerian Jihad, or the actual way they came out.

[Mahdi]

Well, there are many of use out there who don't consider the prequels to be "official" either ;)

I was just listing many of the books for him. There are more out there, but these are the bigger ones.Why I included songs of maud'dib, I don't know. It's even harder to find than the encyclopedea.

Eye is a collection of short stories by Frank Herbert where he talks quit a bit about the movie,and contains his walking tour of arrakeen.

[Colonel_Worf]

Oooh... I'll have to check Eye out.

[Mahdi]

Its available in most larger bookstores, like Chapters. I've never read it myself.