I thought they suffered too much from "scope creep". The scope of the first book was nicely limited, but the later books made the story's consequences so far-r

I thought they suffered too much from "scope creep". The scope of the first book was nicely limited, but the later books made the story's consequences so far-reaching I couldn't take them seriously. As regards deconstruction, I think Gene Wolfe does it so much better than Herbert that I don't really consider it a selling point that Herbert tries to do it.