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I am enjoying the backstory of Dune - one of my favorite series. Learning the history of the great houses and the agenda of the B.G. has certainly changed my perception of the original novel.
Watching the decline of the Baron has given me a perverse pleasure - The man that embodies everything horrible about house Harkonnen. It will be interesting to read the next book and determine how a house that started from heroes of the Jihad has declined to such a cruel, perverse bunch of psychotics.
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Watching the decline of the Baron has given me a perverse pleasure - The man that embodies everything horrible about house Harkonnen. It will be interesting to read the next book and determine how a house that started from heroes of the Jihad has declined to such a cruel, perverse bunch of psychotics.
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This book series and indeed the dune series seems not to be for everyone. It seems to me that books can be compared to videogames. Dune books are generally not Role playing games where we follow a main character doing stuffs. It's more of grand strategy, something more akin to 4x civilization games. Where you don't just get to see how one player plays, but many players altogether, not all of them have the same starting points or ending goals for winning. It's simply amazing.
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