Dune (Dune #1) in Geek Questioner Reading Room

Mar 22, 2015 meikoyim rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction

So okay, I cheated.

I have the Dune: The Gateway Collection instead of a singular volume of Dune. The Gateway collection is basically the six books Frank Herbert himself wrote, and is a (kindle) block of good 2000 some, close to 3000 pages.

In itself that's nothing. I've managed the G.R.R. Martin Ice and Fire saga (well, at least four books of them) in a month, 3000 pages shouldn't be too much.

Throughout the entire month during which I read Dune, though, I kept mistaking the progress percentage sh ...more

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Jul 17, 2013 Arturo rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I read this book because of my dad, in a more literal sense than what it may seem. He worked in the movie directed by David Lynch, working among the special effects crew in Mexico (this was a big production, so don't expect to find him on the credits).
Dune thus became a big part of my family's mythology. My dad would constantly tell us anecdotes about his time working in that movie. So when I finally came to age to read this book, I already had a big context to which to fit everything I saw, and ...more

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Feb 23, 2011 Traci Loudin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

Amazing. Wheels within wheels. Even though there are a lot of political machinations going on, he manages to keep the story very close to the characters. The world is so alive, so real. The only thing a bit odd about this book is the way some of the sentences and words are written... not in the traditional writing style. Still amazing.

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