![]() ![]() It felt more like the traditional sci-fi novels that I usually stay clear off. To me, the sequel didn't feel as fresh or new or even original. ![]() Whereas in Dune Messiah, albeit the world has changed, it still feels oddly familiar. I was introduced to Arrakis, to the Atreides, the Harkonnens I saw the ornithopters, the Fremen stillsuits and the sandworms for the first time I started to grasp the complexity of this world that Frank Herbert created. Dune had the big advantage of everything being new. I didn't nearly love it as much as I loved Dune. Therefore, I knew that I had to give Dune Messiah a shot, to piece the puzzle together, and to get more answers. What would happen to Arrakis under his rule? To the Fremen? To the whole universe? I've heard many interesting takes on the series as a whole, and I am mainly interested in the philosophical questions of power, worship and human control over nature that it raises. It is when they have become established that aims are lost and replaced by vague ritual.And even though Dune had a somewhat closed ending, I was still curious to see where Paul Muad'Dib would end up. Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. ![]() It had been such a long time since I've read a chunky sci-fi/fantasy novel and I seriously didn't expect to love that book, its characters, the world building, and its plot as much as I did. Oh, man, where the fuck do I really even start? When I've read Dune last year I fell head over heels in love with it. ![]()
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