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

[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.

[James]

Yes. I suppose the money is worth more than his Dad's good name and the reputation/memory of a really respected Fictional Universe.

Perhaps he should leave his Dad's shadow and show he can write something else.

Originally Posted by 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!