I’ve owned this book for years, felt I ‘should’ read it as one of the big sci-fi classics, knew I liked the story from the (bizarre, hard-to-follow) film, and yet… Actually, I kept putting it off, thinking it was going to be one of those slogs through hard-going text, but that would be worth it in the end.

Well, I was half right – it was worth it! :)

There is a lot crammed into the 500-odd pages here – I imagine in this day and age, the one book would be done as a 12-volume series. This compression of story does mean you have to keep your wits about you a bit, but it’s really not that hard to follow. In fact, my biggest problem was trying to forget the stray bits of movie imagary stuck in my head, so I could actually focus on a more coherent version!

Story-wise, there is a feel that you’ve come into things halfway through (hence the sequels, prequels and everything else!), but that does up the tension. The start is still a bit slow, scene-setting, but the whole thing is just huge in scope of imagination.

How strange to realize how long ago this book was written—after several tries, I finally managed to make my way through this in the mid-90’s.

I read this book 3 times in the last 15 years. If that is not an indication of how good it is . I do not know what is

i’ve read it before, when i was a kid, but i figured i’d go back and do it again.

There’s some definite cheesy monologuing, but I guess that’s how they did it back then. Still compelling.

Read this ages ago. Even read a few of the sequels, but they didn’t grip me as much. Great adventure!

This is one of my favourites for sure! Herbert’s esoteric and philosophical writing that meanders through this compelly story is a true baptism into sci fi.

The conclusion approaches. I know how it ends, but it’s still exciting…