Re: Dune trivia

On 25/07/12 05:47, Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Kris Howell <aneerieangle@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> NPR has a list of YA titles up for folks to vote on in order to make a list
>> of the 100 best YA books. Dune is one of them. There was some discussion
>> on facebook about the appropriateness of that choice, but Dune is, amongst
>> many other things, a coming of age novel. I think it belongs in that list.
> I think so, too. It's one of those books that tends to read
> differently depending on how old you are when you first read it; I
> first read it in eighth grade (so I guess I was around 12?) and
> thought it was a good adventure story. I've picked up more of the
> other themes every time I've re-read it since then.
>
> I probably wouldn't recommend the sequels to younger teens;

Personally I wouldn't recommend any of the sequels to anyone, regardless
of age. Herbert wrote some very good stuff but most of his work is dire.
I'd recommend Dune and Dragon in the Sea (vt: Under Pressure) but can't
recall anything else worth reading.


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