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Felix
What are you currently reading? I need inspirations
3y, 42w
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🧞 Bit
Dune. It's a great book and the time I spend at home now made me feel less intimidated at the size
3y, 42w
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🟩 Koralatov
'Dune' is excellent, and works perfectly as a standalone book. Depending how much you like it, the sequels are well worth a read. I think 'God Emperor of Dune' the best of the entire series, with 'Dune' itself a close second, but 'God Emperor' is very love-it or hate-it.
3y, 42w
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Joseph Gilmore
For me it was a pretty linear decrease in quality across the series. God Emperor and whatever the next one was we're good but it makes them seems worse because the first is so amazing
3y, 41w
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🟩 Koralatov
I can see that side of it too. I think, as
@ow
says below, Herbert is a better philosopher than writer (I wouldn't say he's "terrible", though). I think a reader's enjoyment of the following books hinges on whether they're interested in the *philosophy* Herbert explores, or the *universe* he built; when it's the latter, they're much weaker books.
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