Goodreads synopsis: Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family--and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.
A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.
My rating: 4 stars.
Content warnings: PG-13. Some death and blood, as well as implied homosexual rape.
Thoughts: The world is very clearly heavily thought out and developed, and I appreciate that very much. There is so much detail to the world, but it's not over explained, in fact some of it I wish was a bit more explained, but it worked within the world and the story, and I couldn't really complain that it under explained instead of over. It made the world seem so real to the author.
I am very curious about his inspirations, and the cultures and ideas he drew from in writing this. It's something I would like to read more about, as I found it very interesting, and neat in that it seemed very non-Western whereas most other sci-fi that I've read is mostly white Western inspired.
The one complaint I had is that the third division of the book seems almost unconnected to the rest of the story. It's such a whiplash-y change in the timeline, and a rapid skip of years without any warning or indication did strike me as hard to follow at first, and somewhat confusing. I would have liked to see Paul and Jessica adapting to their desert life a bit slower, and perhaps the third section have been its own sequel book.
But that may be a personal complaint, and this book has more than enough positives to outweigh that annoyance.
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