Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Denis Villeneuve is a Genius

Dune by Frank Herbert

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I’m not a big reader of science-fiction, generally. I haven’t read many of the classic sci-fi novels that it seems like everyone who was a nerd in high school has read. (I was definitely a nerd, just of a different sort.) So Dune is a bit of a departure for me. But I loved both of Denis Villeneuve’s movies, especially Part Two. Therefore, I decided I would try to get caught up on the books before the next film in the series. The problem with […]

1st half was better

Dune by Frank Herbert

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CBR 16 Bingo – Part 2: The 2nd 2 sections of Dune (the last approximately 300 pages) I already reviewed the 1st half of Dune for Part 1, this is the 2nd half. To start, I would like to warn anyone that hasn’t read this yet that between Dune and Muad’dib there is a time jump, so that you don’t spend 50+ pages being confused since it doesn’t say that there was any sort of time jump. Looking back, I probably should have known given […]

Well that was a lot… and there’s still more

Dune by Frank Herbert

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CBR 16 Bingo – Part 1 I could have used this book for at least 50% of the bingo squares, but given how long it took me to read it, and that I have different opinions about the first and second halves, I chose to do the part 1/part 2. Also its kind of perfect since its almost exactly 600 pages. The book is divided into 3 sections (Dune, Muad’Dib, and The Prophet). The first one, Dune, is roughly 400 pages so I’ll focus on […]

Timothy Chalamet with nose plugs is gross

Dune by Frank Herbert

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I can’t say if I liked the movie or the book better. I fell asleep during the first (new) movie and I’m just meh about the book. I don’t know, the story was fine. It’s grand in scope, literally spanning the universe, but dealing mostly with one planet, the sand planet of Arrakis, inhabited by the Fremen and spaceship eating sandworms that produce something called, spice, which is necessary for interplanetary travel. Herbert writes about the struggle for power over Arrakis between two powerful families, […]

I stopped reading the Dune books for a reason, who let me start again???

(Dune #4) God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert

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Man did I review these books in a whack order. I think I’ve read about seven books since this one, but it’s somehow my latest review. Well, whatever it takes to get them all written! Like I said in the title, I stopped reading the Dune Chronicles books maybe last year. I loved Dune, I liked Dune Messiah, and I tolerated Children of Dune. God Emperor of Dune was a slog. If this wasn’t an audiobook, I think I would have given up and not […]

Dune Is a Classic For a Reason

Dune by Frank Herbert

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It’s hard to know what to say in reviewing Dune since it is such a classic and a cultural monolith at this point but I’ll do my best! This was my second time reading it with the first time being somewhere during college. Instead of throwing out the book again, I’ve kept this new copy since my personal rule is any book I buy twice I should keep the second copy of rather than keep buying books infinitely. Dune is a fast read for me […]



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