Dune sequels

I just finished reading Dune and was wondering if the sequels are worth reading as well?

no idea.

well, considering the fact that I havn't read dune. and im deliberately being a total newfag.

no idea? :D

loltopic?

The first 3 Dune books are pretty decent but it goes downhill fast afterwards. Stay away from any Dune books not written by Frank Herbert as well.

I could have sworn we did this thread mere days ago.

Yes. Dune was the hill you have to get over. The second book, at least, is very good and worth your time.

If you don't want to read, the Sci-fi channel did an an excellent adaptation of the second two books. Thousands of times better then the turd David Lynch dropped. Its called "Children of dune" after the third book, but the story actually covers both the second and third books.

I recommend reading them first though.

Yes:

Dune
Dune Messiah
Children of Dune
God Emperor of Dune
Heretics of Dune
Chapterhouse Dune

No:

Hunters of Dune
Sandworms of Dune

Also, indeed, read the books before watching the Sci-Fi Channel stuff. Their Children of Dune miniseries doesn't make a lot of sense on its own in many places because they left out much explanation, but it's enough to spoil the plot, ruining half of the fun of reading the books.

The Dune series is really good, but the original six by Frank Herbert excel.

The stuff by his son (Brian Herbert) is good as generic sci-fi, but he seems to leave out all of the depth that Frank was notorious for. So if you like the original Dune book, then give all of the rest a try - but don't judge the series by the newer books.

Although I liked Frank's work more than his son's, allegedly his son was writing from notes left by Frank. So if you want the whole story, go ahead and read the other books, but just pretend there were layers-within-layers of more content.

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allegedly his son was writing from notes left by Frank.
That goes only for Hunters and Sandworms though. For all the idiotic prequels, they had nothing to go on.

>>9 allegedly his son was writing from notes left by Frank.

Actually the notes are more of a piece of scratch paper where "Must write Dune 7" is scrawled.

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