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KJA and my conversation… continued

by storiesbywilliams on December 6, 2011 in Books, Sci-Fi and tagged Brian Herbert, Butlerian Jihad, chapterhouse dune, daniel and marty, duncan idaho, Dune, dune 7, dune prequels, dune sequels, dune series, face dancers, Frank Herbert, gholas, hunters of dune, Kevin J Anderson, legends of dune, legends of dune series, no-ship, sandworms of dune, tachyon net, the old man and woman

Okay, yesterday, the conversation I mentioned in the previous post, between myself and KJA (and several of his fans) began. And here’s where it ended just now. All in all, the folks there aren’t bad, their opinions notwithstanding, so I intend to stick around on it and see if I convert anyone! In any case, […]

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Kevin J Anderson and I have a chat… Seriously!

by storiesbywilliams on December 6, 2011 in Novels, Sci-Fi and tagged Brian Herbert, chapterhouse dune, Dune, dune 7, dune prequels, dune sequels, dune series, erasmus, erasmus and omnius, face dancers, facebook, Frank Herbert, Goodreads, Heroes of Dune, hunters of dune, Kevin J Anderson, legends of dune, omnius, sandworms of dune, the bulterian jihad, the old man and woman

It’s a rare treat when you get to confront a person you’ve badmouthed for some time, isn’t it? Just think of James Reston Jr., the American journalist and author who was part of David Frost’s interview team. After years of slamming Nixon with his poison pen, and welcoming the opportunity to do a scathing interview, […]

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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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Legends of Dune Prequels

by storiesbywilliams on November 5, 2011 in Books, Reviews and tagged agamemnon, AI, Brian Herbert, Butlerian Jihad, cymeck, Dune, dune interquels, dune prequels, dune sequels, erasmus, evil the cat, fan fiction, foldspace, foldspace technology, Frank Herbert, fremen, geidi prime, ginaz, ginaz swordmasters, golden duck, guild highliners, holtzman engines, hunters of dune, iblis ginjo, Kevin J Anderson, KJA, legends of dune, machines, mentat, norma cenva, omnius, sandworms of dune, selusa secundus, serena butler, spice, spice harvesting, synchronized worlds, the fremen, the guild, the machine crusade, the spice, thinking machines, tio holtzman, titans, tleilaxu, vorian atreides, xavier harkonnen

Last time around, I made a big deal about prequels and why they aren’t so good. And of course, the Dune prequels were featured pretty prominently in that post. However, what I came to realize shortly after writing it was that I’ve never dedicated a post to the prequel work of Brian Herbert and Kevin […]

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