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Just finished Heretics of Dune.
Wow!

Generally reading in the Modern Library editions, but tracking progress in this collection also.

Just finished The Captive. Not clear who was the captive.
Talk about an unreliable narrator. In fact it may be a battle of unreliable narrators: the first, very poetic to be sure, speaking directly to the reader; the second has the reporting of her voice filtered through the first.

Finished The God-Emperor of Dune.
I had quit following the Dune novels in the 1970s after reading Children of Dune. I enjoyed them a lot more on my recent reread. But I think this one has me more excited about the Dune Universe. A lot of hoogie-moogie to be sure, but a lot of renewed world-building reminding me somewhat of Alastair Reynolds.