[clovis-man]

This is a very long-running thread. My assumption has to be that there is really some interest in the stories being generated or there would be no reason for discussion, except to bash them.

I've read all 6 of the original Dune books (long ago) and finally was intrigued enough by the prospect of delving into supposed prior events leading to mentats, the Bene Tleilax, Guild navigators, etc. that I read "The Machine Crusade". And I stopped right there. The story and characters were so juvenile and melodramatic that there was no semblance of "revelation" to anything contained therein. In other words, I was not at all enlightened and, worse, wasn't entertained either.

Are any of the others any good? Or is that too much to hope for?

Jim