I really didn’t like Dune at all either. I was so excited to read it as it was highly recommended but before I got half way through I knew I hated it. It was

I really didn’t like Dune at all either. I was so excited to read it as it was highly recommended but before I got half way through I knew I hated it. It was boring and a bit pretentious to boot. I also don’t tend to like settings that just project some past era unto a far future as I feel it’s a bit lame and uncreative. I originally planned to read all three just to be sure until I found out it ends with his son as a giant worm. I’ll stick with the Culture series where even if it’s crazy it seems like how a truly futuristic society would govern themselves. That said there are things I like about the setting and I applaud Herbert for trying to deconstruct the whole great man schtick.