9/3     New Dune book == thundering turd.  discuss.
        \_ How does it end?  I don't want to read the whole thing, but
           I'm interested in knowing what happens.  The Frank Herbert
           Dune books ended on a cliffhanger.
           \_ The two super powerful face dancers (with the odd names
              of Marty and Daniel I think?) at the end of the real
              Dune series books, turn out to be evil computer systems
              that everyone thought were destroyed in the Butlerian
              Jihad, and now they really want to wipe out the human
              race.  The Honored Matres turn out to be the remnants
              of the really pissed off female Tlexiau who weren't
              turned into axoltl tanks.
              \_ So does the human race get wiped out?  Or do the
                 \_ That's probably in book 2 of 2 (#1 is out now)
                 Bene Gesserit save the day?  Any more re-appearances
                 \_ There are 80 million more Honored Matres than
                    Bene Gesserit.  Actually they kind of merged.
                    Actually it's retarded, who cares.
                 of Duncan Idaho gholas or descendants?
        \_ Old Dune books == thundering turd as well. These books were
           about as good as that Lord of the Rings crap. Someone ought
           to teach these people how to write good sci-fi/fantasy, w/
           original plot lines like uploading a computer virus that
           exploits a buffer overflow in BlackMonolithOS to access
           supervisor mode and trigger the self-destruct sequence.
                 \_ why don't you just make up your own ending?  Frank Herbert
                    is dead.
                 \_ These sequels are all about resurrecting
                    Paul, Baron Harkonnen, and Duncan Idaho the
                    universal super stud as gholas.
                    \_ What about Lady Jessica?
                 \_ why don't you just make up your own ending?  Frank
                    Herbert is dead.
                    \_ Yeah, but supposedly his son discovered some old
                       outlines and extensive notes that Frank Herbert
                       was going to turn into this last Dune book.  Frank
                       Herbert died before he got to it, but his son has
                       turned it into this new book.  So at least the
                       basic plot outline is "authentic."
              \_ THANK YOU for spilling this. I read three of Herbert Jr.'s
                 "prequels," and I was utterly dreading how he would end up
                 ruining his father's legacy further.
                 \_ But you read *three* of them anyway?
                        \_ Get the hell out of my store! Thank you, come again!
                    \_ They broke it down in three-book chunks for easier
                       assimilation. More than three books and I would have
                       stopped after the first one. Cf. Robert Jordan.