Maybe I am alone in this, but a book that 'reads like an encyclopedia article with a slow moving plot tacked onto the side' sounds amazing to me. I am unashamed

Maybe I am alone in this, but a book that 'reads like an encyclopedia article with a slow moving plot tacked onto the side' sounds amazing to me. I am unashamedly fond of the book and I feel like it is perfectly framed and paced. I also put Tolkien's The Silmarillion as my favorite Middle-Earth material. But even with my admitted love of the material and the particular style and presentation of Dune, I think the story of Dune (and the rest of Herbert's Dune works) is well told and captivating for people who like more traditional narratives as well. As a follow-on thought, I might be more correct in saying I enjoy 'post-structural' stories, since Steven Erikson's Malazan novels are often at the top of my personal GOAT lists.