Does anyone have a reading order which makes the most sense for someone who's never read or watched anything Dune? Thank you in advance!
Does anyone have a reading order which makes the most sense for someone who's never read or watched anything Dune? Thank you in advance!
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A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
Dune
Dune Messiah
Children of Dune
God Emperor of Dune
Anything beyond that is extremely optional
Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
"extremely optional" lol very true
Enkrod@feddit.org · 2 pts · 10d
I support this. God Emperor of Dune is a near perfect capstone for the series, in stark contrast to everything after that.
Heretics and Chapterhouse start a new, unfinished storyline that, in my humble opinion, does not find a satisfying conclusion in the books not written by Frank, because the subsequent novels completely miss the mark on the philosophical themes.
CrayonRosary@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
The published order. Always.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 1y
As someone currently reading the books for the first time I chose publication order.
karashta@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
The original 6
The House trilogy
The Butlerian Jihad
Hunters of Dune
Sandworms of Dune
After a first read through, I started just reading them chronologically.
I know there's at least one more trilogy that you can throw after The Butlerian Jihad. I found it more forgettable than the rest of these.
Nutteman@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Unless you're REALLY jonesing for more Dune and can stomach books written at a 3rd grade level and missing the point of the originals, you can stop after the original 6.