Ginnie's review
Dune (Dune Chronicles #1) by Frank Herbert
Sine qua non - all science fiction with an environmental and religious hook started here. Interesting back story in The Writer's Almanac for October 8, 2008 about Frank Herbert. "...he got asked to write a feature article about an ecological project: a government-sponsored project to halt the spread of sand dunes on the Oregon coast. Herbert was so fascinated by this topic that he ended up with way too much material and never wrote the article. But he kept researching for six years, and then he wrote a novel that got rejected by 23 publishers. But finally it was accepted by Chilton, a minor publishing house in Philadelphia known mainly for its auto-repair manuals, and Dune was published in 1965. It's a science fiction novel about a desert planet, but also about ecology, politics, and religion. Dune has sold more than 12 million copies."
As many other people have commented, this is a book to reread and relish over time. Somehow the numerous sequels n...more
As many other people have commented, this is a book to reread and relish over time. Somehow the numerous sequels n...more
do you specifically mean environmental AND religious? 'cause, otherwise, you give 'im too much credit. i'm not saying it's not an important novel, i'm just saying.
I think Ruth didn't like this. It's one of a handful of Sci-Fi books I've been able to read, and glad I did so I could have some concept of what the 'h' was going on in the movie! What exactly was it's environmental/religious message?
well, it's set on a desert planet, where people have to recycle their own body wastes to survive, so there's that. the religion of the fremen is based on islam. the super short version!
no i didn't. cr read this a few years ago, that's the reason i even picked it up. i'm just not enamored of sf in general and this did nothing to change my mind
Like so many books, I wonder if I would like it so much if I read it now, rather than when I was 17.
it definitely took me more than one try.
