The other night, I had one of those moments. It was a moment where I found myself thinking about a cool concept and realized that it would make a damn fine post. It’s also one that interests me quite a bit and has even influenced my own writing. So as quickly as I could, I […]
Worlds of Dune
by storiesbywilliams on April 3, 2012 in Books, Sci-Fi, Series and tagged arrakeen, arrakis, axlotl tank, baron harkonnen, bene gesserit, bene tleilax, caladan, chani, chapterhouse, chapterhouse dune, children of dune, dr yueh, duke leto, duncan idaho, Dune, dune messiah, dune novels, face dancer, feyd rathau, Frank Herbert, fremen, geidi prime, ghola, gholas, god emperor of dune, golden lion throne, gurney halleck, hagal quartz, heretics of dune, honored matres, house atreides, house corrino, house harkonnen, hwi noree, Ix, Ixian, Jessica, kaitain, leto II, malky, miles teg, no-cell, no-field, no-ship, old empire, old imperium, Paul Atreides, planets of dune, sandworms, sardaukar, selusa secundus, shai-hulud, spacing guild, the maker, the spice, The Tyrant Leto II, tleilax, tleilaxu, wallach IX, whalefur
Hello all and welcome back. Starting today, I thought I’d get into a cheerier aspect of science fiction. Not that I don’t looooove dystopian stuff, but after days and days of romping through endless examples of totalitarian, cyberpunk and just generally dark futures, I thought it might be time for a break. And it just […]
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Hunters of Dune, part II
by storiesbywilliams on November 19, 2011 in Books, Reviews and tagged arrakis, axlotl, axlotl tanks, baron harkonnen, baron vladimir harkonnen, bene gesserit, bene tleilax, caladan, chani, chapterhouse, chapterhouse dune, dan, duncan idaho, Dune, dune: house corrino, face dancers, fan fiction, fanfic, fremen, gammu, geidi prime, ghola, gholas, guild, guild navigators, gurney halleck, honored matres, hunters of dune, Ix, Ixian, Jessica, khrone, kwisatz haderach, lady jessica, melange, murbella, oracle of infinity, oracle of time, paul, Paul Atreides, rakis, richesse, sandworms of dune, Sci-Fi, science fiction, scytale, serena butler, sheeana, sisterhood, spacing guild, spice, spice melange, stilgar, thufir hawat, tleilaxu, uxtal, vladimir harkonnen, waff, xavier harkonnen
Okay, now that I’ve managed to sum up the book, let’s get down to why it sucked! In addition to the usual weakness one can expect out of a book by these two – bad characters, bad story, cliches, and a general feeling of exploitation – there were several other glaring points. As usual, I’ve […]
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Hunters of Dune, a review
by storiesbywilliams on November 17, 2011 in Books, Reviews and tagged arrakis, axlotl, axlotl tanks, baron harkonnen, baron vladimir harkonnen, bene gesserit, bene tleilax, caladan, chani, chapterhouse, chapterhouse dune, dan, duncan idaho, Dune, dune: house corrino, face dancers, fan fiction, fanfic, fremen, gammu, geidi prime, ghola, gholas, guild, guild navigators, gurney halleck, honored matres, hunters of dune, Ix, Ixian, Jessica, khrone, kwisatz haderach, lady jessica, melange, murbella, oracle of infinity, oracle of time, paul, Paul Atreides, rakis, richesse, sandworms of dune, Sci-Fi, science fiction, scytale, serena butler, sheeana, sisterhood, spacing guild, spice, spice melange, stilgar, thufir hawat, tleilaxu, uxtal, vladimir harkonnen, waff, xavier harkonnen
Oh boy, it’s finally here! After years of waiting and having to endure those horrible prequels, the long-awaited conclusion is finally here! Yes, that’s what I thought when I first heard the news. After years of making us wait and spend our hard earned money on a sleuth of teaser prequels and filler, Brian Herbert […]
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Dune Miniseries (best lines, revisited)
by storiesbywilliams on August 5, 2011 in Movies, Reviews and tagged baron harkonnen, bene gesserit, chani, classic sci-fi, Dune, Dune 2000, Dune miniseries, emperor, fenrig, feyd, Frank Herbert, frank herberts dune, guild, irulan, kwisatz hadderach, Leto, Maker, Paul Atreides, plyometric, princess irulan, Sci-Fi, science fiction, spice, taekwon-do
Yesterday, more lines were coming to me as I busted my butt to get through Taekwon-Do class. I don’t know, it seems plyometric exercises are all the rage these days. Did I mention I hate them? I hate em, I HATE EM! But my aching shins and stiff muscles aside, it was good in that […]
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“Fear is the Mind-Killer…”
by storiesbywilliams on August 3, 2011 in Books, Movies, Sci-Fi and tagged bene gesserit, david lynch, Dune, Dune miniseries, dune movie, dune movie 1984, fear is the little death that brings complete obliteration, fear is the mindkiller, I must not fear, I will face my fear, john harrison, litany, litany against fear, Paul Atreides
Recently, when looking back at the best Dune lines from the miniseries, I forgot all about one, very important one. How could I? It’s only one of the most important lines in the Dune series, one that gets repeated in just about every book. And that line is… The Litany Against Fear! For those who […]
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Dune, the miniseries (Part III)
by storiesbywilliams on July 18, 2011 in Movies, Reviews and tagged arrakeen, Atreides, baron harkonnen, bene gesserit, chani, duke leto, Dune, Dune 2000, Dune miniseries, emperor, fedaykin, fenrig, feyd, fremen, guild, gurney, harkonnen, irulan, Jessica, lady jessica, Leto, Muad'Dib, naib, othyem, princess irulan, sandworms, sardaukar, Sci-Fi, science fiction, sietch, spacing guild, water of life, yueh
We come at last to Part III and the final act of the Dune miniseries! Been a long time in coming, and funny thing is, I tried to do all in one post. Now here I am breaking it into four just so I can cover the original movie and the miniseries faithfully. But as […]
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Dune, the miniseries (Part II)
by storiesbywilliams on July 16, 2011 in Movies, Reviews and tagged baron harkonnen, bene gesserit, chani, classic sci-fi, desert, doctor kynes, doctor yueh, duke leto, Dune, Dune 2000, Dune miniseries, emperor, fedaykin, feyd, geidi prime, Health, irulan, jamis, Jessica, Kwizats Haderach, kynes, lady jessica, liet, naib, padisha emperor, Paul Atreides, princess irulan, rabban, reverend mother, sandworms, sardaukar, Sci-Fi, science fiction, sietch, sietch tabr, spice, thufir hawat, tribe, water of life, weirding way, yueh
Okay, in my last post, I tried to cover Dune the miniseries and everything that made it work. I tried to do this in one post… and failed! Going over that six hour beast is like trying to devour an elephant. You can’t do it all at once, no matter how hard you try. I’m […]
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Dune, the miniseries (Part I)
by storiesbywilliams on July 16, 2011 in Movies, Reviews and tagged alia, arrakis, Atreides, baron harkonnen, bene gesserit, Butlerian Jihad, caladan, chani, classic sci-fi, doctor kynes, doctor yueh, duke leto, duncan idaho, Dune, Dune 2000, dune fansites, Dune franchise, Dune miniseries, Dune universe, feyd, Frank Herbert, frank herberts dune, geidi prime, harkonnen, irulan, Jessica, kaitain, Kwizats Haderach, Leto, lyet kynes, mahdi, Muad'Dib, padisha emperor, Paul Atreides, piter de vries, princess irulan, rabban, reverend mother, sandworm, sardaukar, sci fi channel, Sci-Fi, science fiction, selusa secundus, spice, stilgar, thufir hawat
In my previous post, I think I made it pretty clear that the Dune movie was a flop. And I mean this in every sense of the word: commercially, critically – hell, even Lynch distanced himself from it! But that was to be expected, since Dune is just not something that translates into a movie […]
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Of Dune and its Descendents
by storiesbywilliams on March 28, 2011 in Books, Reviews and tagged Arakis, Atreides, baron, bene gesserit, classic sci-fi, duke, Dune, dune sextet, dune trilogy, Frank Herbert, fremen, harkonnens, Jessica, Leto, Paul Atreides, Philip k dick, sardaukar, Sci-Fi, science fiction, spice
I could never create a blog about science fiction without mentioning the man who is by most standards the greatest sci-fi author of all time. Frank Herbert, author of the Dune sextet, was not only a master at creating detailed universes and realistic characters, he was also the man who literally wrote the book on […]
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