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Extract from Dune by Frank Hurbet (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Los@beehaw.org to c/literature@beehaw.org

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I remember the salt smoke from a beach fire
And shadows under the pines- 
Solid, clean… fixed-
Seagulls perched at the tip of land,
White upon green…
And a wind comes through the pines
To sway the shadows;
The seagulls spread their wings,
Lift
And fill the sky with screeches.
And I hear the wind
Blowing across the beach,
And the surf,
And I see that our fire
Has scorched the seaweed.

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[–] Icarus@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dune is phenomenal but it's a product of its time (Golden age of scifi). Characters are obtuse archetypes with no agency whatsoever. Plot is used as a hammer in order to convey the authors message. Women are either passive and helpless, or essentially a male character in women's clothing. With all that said, the world building is PHENOMENAL.

I couldn't make it through Dune 2. Stopped about halfway through. I loved every second of Prelude,which is a trilogy written by Frank Herbert's son and I HIGHLY recommend it.

[–] davefischer@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. Dune is the only book I praise highly that doesn't have interesting writing, characters, character development, plot... really ANYTHING other than the world it takes place in.