You may've noticed that I'm a bit of a fan of the Dune novels. And you may've heard about a new adaptation of the first novel being planned, directed by Peter Berg (The Kingdom, Friday Night Lights, and The RundownI only know his work on Friday Night Lights, but from what I hear about his movies I am starting to dread his version of Dune. Listen to ( Read more... )

I'm feeling extremely antisocial and uncommunicative. Right now I'm watching youtube vids making fun of the NPD. Aww, nazi, why so dumb?

I'm going to try to read a few more pages of Butlerian Jihad later. Will it make me want to tear my hair out in frustration? y/y? I haven't touched the prequel books in nearly three years after I got so angry and ( Read more... )

I've just done a little net search on Dune stuff. I plan on making an index site with links to all the fanfiction related sites out there. Not much work to do sadly.

But I found some interesting official things.

Hunting Harkonnens. A set-alone story set prior to the 'Legends of Dune' triology. A free 143 kb pdf file. Haven't opened the file yet ( Read more... )

Obviously I felt compelled to write a review/critique after natasha1805 did not ask me to. I'm reposting it. It's not my fault I got rambly, LJ deleted my short comment so I had to redo.

( here be Dune prelude rant (anything spoilerish is kept very vague) )

I have no time, and it sucks.

Finished reading Dune:House Atreides. I'll spare you a review; I'm frustrated. They need a fucking beta to 1) cut out the redundencies, 2) get someone to check on canon, god damnit!

( mini spoiler for House Atreides )