Dune Messiah
11-18-02 | 04:06 AM
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Dune Messiah
I am about to read Dune Messiah. I tried to read it before, but it didn't captivate me. It's time to give it a second chance. wish me luck. 
11-18-02 | 05:15 AM
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What a co-inky-dinky!
I had starting reading "HERETICS OF DUNE" a few years ago and I couldn't finish it and I started reading it again a few weeks ago.
I'm liking it better this time and I may even get to "DUNE CHAPTERHOUSE"
11-18-02 | 09:54 PM
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Originally posted by bishop2knight
I'm on God of Dune, the best book since the original. The two between weren't all that exciting.
I'm on God of Dune, the best book since the original. The two between weren't all that exciting.
God Emporer is WILD.
Leto II is a FREAK!!
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11-19-02 | 10:20 AM
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I finished the first Dune last night, btw.
11-19-02 | 02:17 PM
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Originally posted by Tom Banjo
Crap, so he's not really dead, then.
I finished the first Dune last night, btw.
Crap, so he's not really dead, then.
I finished the first Dune last night, btw.
11-19-02 | 03:52 PM
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Originally posted by tor_greg
If you've only read the first book, it's not the Leto you're thinking about. This one is Paul's son.
If you've only read the first book, it's not the Leto you're thinking about. This one is Paul's son.
11-19-02 | 08:43 PM
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Originally posted by Tom Banjo
The son was in the first book, but was (supposedly) killed.
The son was in the first book, but was (supposedly) killed.
Leto II became what I posted in that pic...at the end of God Emperor, something big happens to him.
11-20-02 | 01:18 AM
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Read all the original Dune books then read Dune: The Butlerian Jihad.
It's good, it's damn good. They should have never even bothered with the first 3 prequels.
It's good, it's damn good. They should have never even bothered with the first 3 prequels.
11-20-02 | 04:49 AM
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Originally posted by Eric F
...They should have never even bothered with the first 3 prequels.
...They should have never even bothered with the first 3 prequels.
With all due respect, although your opinion of "BJ" may be on target....or off for that matter....either way, some of us thouroughly enjoyed the 3 prequels.
Sorry you wasted your time with them.
11-20-02 | 04:57 AM
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I couldn't get past the first or so chapter of the second Dune book. And after Dune was such a great read. 
I've always meant to give it another shot, but I'll probably have to read Dune again before I do.
I've always meant to give it another shot, but I'll probably have to read Dune again before I do.
11-20-02 | 09:47 AM
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Where did I say not to read anything?
I'm not saying the prequels were bad, they're just not as good as Jihad. I wish they had written the Jihad series first, and from what I heard they were.
I didn't know you took your reading so seriously. A million pardons.
I'm not saying the prequels were bad, they're just not as good as Jihad. I wish they had written the Jihad series first, and from what I heard they were.
I didn't know you took your reading so seriously. A million pardons.
11-20-02 | 08:52 PM
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Originally posted by Eric F
Where did I say not to read anything?
I'm not saying the prequels were bad, they're just not as good as Jihad. I wish they had written the Jihad series first, and from what I heard they were.
I didn't know you took your reading so seriously. A million pardons.
Where did I say not to read anything?
I'm not saying the prequels were bad, they're just not as good as Jihad. I wish they had written the Jihad series first, and from what I heard they were.
I didn't know you took your reading so seriously. A million pardons.
I didn't say you said that.
...and yes powindah,I take DUNE seriously
11-22-02 | 08:23 PM
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Originally posted by Giantrobo
I didn't say you said that.
...and yes powindah,I take DUNE seriously
I didn't say you said that.
...and yes powindah,I take DUNE seriously
11-22-02 | 11:49 PM
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Originally posted by Goblincat
Me too... As far as I know, you and I are the only people here that own the Dune Encyclopedia.
Me too... As far as I know, you and I are the only people here that own the Dune Encyclopedia.
That's probably true.
11-22-02 | 11:53 PM
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Originally posted by Giantrobo
That's probably true.
That's probably true.
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11-23-02 | 10:21 AM
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Originally posted by Tuan Jim
Not quite, but I need to crack mine open a lot more often to make it worth the $$$ I paid for it.
Not quite, but I need to crack mine open a lot more often to make it worth the $$$ I paid for it.
Mine is odd, because it is a hard cover, but doesn't look exactly like the ones on Ebay. It doesn't have any writing under the "Compiled by Dr. Willis E. McNelly" on the cover. I don't see anything inside that would appear to make it a later edition. I wonder if the libraries got an earlier or different version.
11-25-02 | 08:48 PM
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Originally posted by Goblincat
I got mine for somewhere around 10 cents. It was at a library book sale about 12-13 years ago that sold the books for 10 cents per pound.
Mine is odd, because it is a hard cover, but doesn't look exactly like the ones on Ebay. It doesn't have any writing under the "Compiled by Dr. Willis E. McNelly" on the cover. I don't see anything inside that would appear to make it a later edition. I wonder if the libraries got an earlier or different version.
I got mine for somewhere around 10 cents. It was at a library book sale about 12-13 years ago that sold the books for 10 cents per pound.
Mine is odd, because it is a hard cover, but doesn't look exactly like the ones on Ebay. It doesn't have any writing under the "Compiled by Dr. Willis E. McNelly" on the cover. I don't see anything inside that would appear to make it a later edition. I wonder if the libraries got an earlier or different version.
Tuan Jim
11-25-02 | 11:48 PM
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To be honest... since the "HOUSE TRILOGY" came out, parts of the DUNE ENCYCLOPEDIA have become non issues.
i.e.
1. How Lady Jessica was conceived
2. What happens to Anural
i.e.
1. How Lady Jessica was conceived
2. What happens to Anural
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11-26-02 | 08:06 AM
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Originally posted by Tuan Jim
Sounds like one of those books that the library would send out to be hardbound -- like most library books. Virtually all the books in the campus libraries are hardbound, though you can tell many were originally paperbacks.
Sounds like one of those books that the library would send out to be hardbound -- like most library books. Virtually all the books in the campus libraries are hardbound, though you can tell many were originally paperbacks.
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11-27-02 | 08:20 PM
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OK, I looked at my copy, and there is no way that it could have ever been a soft cover. It even has the $19.95 price on the inside of the dust jacket.
Could some one check this with theirs...
On the back inside part of the dust jacket it says that mine was published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Is that what everyone else has?
Could some one check this with theirs...
On the back inside part of the dust jacket it says that mine was published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Is that what everyone else has?
11-27-02 | 08:55 PM
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Large paperback here