"Wheel of Time" author, Robert Jordan, dead at 58

[lovelyivy84]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Ripped off King Arthur like you wouldn't believe as well.

Here's hoping he finished them but was just holding it back so that his fans can toast him while reading whatever really happens to the Dragon Reborn.

I, however, made it to the 8th book before I just couldn't get through it anymore.

I read the last one and it didn't suck! I was really happy about that until I realised how underwhelming an achievement that is. Apparently he spent a good amount of his last days dictating the book to others so SOMEONE will be writing book 12.

Honestly, it's not like Brian Herbert taking up for Frank- the new authors on this one have a lot to work with and can write something better than his output of the last few years.

RIP to the author, even if I stopped liking his books.

[James]

the new Dune books . . well I didn't like them.

Dune. Great.

Dune Messiah, Children of Dune . . . Even God emperor of Dune. I suppose he needed mortgage money badly.

Heretics and Chapter House though . . really good stuff.

Originally Posted by lovelyivy84

I read the last one and it didn't suck! I was really happy about that until I realised how underwhelming an achievement that is. Apparently he spent a good amount of his last days dictating the book to others so SOMEONE will be writing book 12.

Honestly, it's not like Brian Herbert taking up for Frank- the new authors on this one have a lot to work with and can write something better than his output of the last few years.

RIP to the author, even if I stopped liking his books.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by James

the new Dune books . . well I didn't like them.

Dune. Great.

Dune Messiah, Children of Dune . . . Even God emperor of Dune. I suppose he needed mortgage money badly.

Heretics and Chapter House though . . really good stuff.

Ditto. I liked Dune, but I realized I was reading the sequels for the sake of the first one. In a "it has to get better, I should get through this" sort of way. And it got WEIRD(er). But I haven't picked up the newer ones. I'll have to check them out.

[James]

Did you read heretics or chapterhouse? They were more in the tradition of the first dune book, but better written I thought.

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Ditto. I liked Dune, but I realized I was reading the sequels for the sake of the first one. In a "it has to get better, I should get through this" sort of way. And it got WEIRD(er). But I haven't picked up the newer ones. I'll have to check them out.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by James

Did you read heretics or chapterhouse? They were more in the tradition of the first dune book, but better written I thought.

Nope, haven't read anything by his son.

[James]

No no no.

Heretics and chapterhouse were written by Frank Herbert (the dad) and take place maybe . . 1-2 (or so) thousand years after God Emperor of Dune.

But they are much better written than the previous dune sequels. More like the original Dune.

http://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Dune-...072469&sr=8-12

http://www.amazon.com/Chapterhouse-D...0072511&sr=8-1

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Nope, haven't read anything by his son.

[lovelyivy84]

Yeah the last 3 Frank wrote were... interesting.

The ones his son wrote almost all suck (the prequel books are truly awful). So it's just a bummer all round, lol.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by James

No no no.

Heretics and chapterhouse were written by Frank Herbert (the dad) and take place maybe . . 1-2 (or so) thousand years after God Emperor of Dune.

But they are much better written than the previous dune sequels. More like the original Dune.

http://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Dune-...072469&sr=8-12

http://www.amazon.com/Chapterhouse-D...0072511&sr=8-1

Doh. I guess I just stopped paying attention after not being able to finish... I think it was God Emperor of Dune. I'll check them out!