I was inspired by my recent rereading of Dune to pick up the second novel in the series, which just served to remind me why I don’t read series. The plot was muddy and confusing, the characters little more than cardboard cutouts, and to be honest, not much of anything happened during the book. Let Dune remain a standalone novel, at least for me.

Just read it for the third time. Originally it was my least favorite of the original trilogy but it’s moving it’s way up… and thats pretty impressive considering how amazing the other two are.

I think I can appreciate the politics better now considering the state of the world. Although I’m definatly not comparing Bush to any of the Atriedes.

I enjoyed this story, although it’s not my favourite in the series.