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Laddar... Arrakis - ökenplaneten (1965)av Frank Herbert
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I read this a long time ago and barely remember it, so I queued up the audiobook for a revisit. The audiobook is well done. There’s a full cast doing voices for the major characters, which makes it much easier to keep track of the dialogue. Dune is a sci-fi classic with lots to like. Unique world building, interesting constraints on technology that bring strategy and characters to the fore, and lyrical descriptions of desert life that really captured my attention. There’s also a lot of dated and offensive assumptions that I couldn’t help but notice. The world of Dune is built on colonialism, patriarchy, rigid gender roles, inherited social class, and a fair amount of condescension and racism expressed by the ruling class and their attendants towards the Fremen of Arrakis. Paul is the creation of generations of eugenic manipulation by the Bene Gesserit and he’s repeatedly described as a “born special” hero. Edit: I forgot to mention that Herbert describes the big villain of the story as a monstrously fat, gay pedophile. Just, ugh. It’s still an impressive work of imaginative fiction, but the dated elements are intrusive, and distracted me from the narrative. I remind myself that a lot has changed in the world since the book’s original publication in 1965. Finally re-read this after close to 30 years. Definitely had forgotten a lot of the main plot and am sure I appreciated the story a lot more this time around. But, still sticking to 3 stars. Maybe that says I'm not sophisticated enough to appreciate it, or not interested enough in the religious undertones, etc. Whatever. I rate the books purely on my own enjoyment, and had to rate this lower than my most recent reading. However, given that Dune Messiah is a fair bit thinner, I'll continue on with it and then make a decision after that. At this stage I doubt I'll complete the original 6 books or the prequel trilogy, but shall see. Second time reading after watching the new Dune films. Much more enjoyable read this time. I think the films helped me to picture the scenes as I read through the books, whereas the first time I read the books before watching the films, and struggled a bit to form a picture of the world and the worms and all the details. So I really recommend first watching the movies and then reading the book, where normally in other cases I'll recommend first reading the book and then watching the films. I'm not sure why I waited so late in life to read this book. Perhaps it's because I had vague recollections of the 1984 movie. I remember liking it, but being confused. Which makes sense, because this is an epic book. There are a lot of people, places, and things to learn and remember. The sheer fact that there are appendices about the ecology, religion, and more of Dune should tell you that. Anyway, I'm not an analyzer. I don't look at books and rate them based on technical merit, writing style, etc. I rate based on how much I enjoyed the book. I rarely give five stars because I save those for my favorites. I was so engrossed in this book and enjoyed the story so much I thought about it even while not reading it. I longed to find some free time so I could pick it up and escape. Maybe self-isolating during COVID-19 made me want to escape to Arrakis even more ... who knows. But I count this as one of my favorites now because it was an epic story with great fighting, love, technology, lore, and more. Ingår iInnehållerHar bearbetningenÄr avkortad iParodieras iHar ett svar iInspireradeHar som referensvägledning/bredvidläsningsbokStuderas iHar som instuderingsbokPriserPrestigefyllda urvalUppmärksammade listor
Hänvisningar till detta verk hos externa resurser. Wikipedia på engelska (18)Follows the adventures of Paul Atreides, the son of a betrayed duke given up for dead on a treacherous desert planet and adopted by its fierce, nomadic people, who help him unravel his most unexpected destiny. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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My own take though? As good as it is, I think the climaxes of the two film versions are improvements on the last twenty pages or so of the book. ( )