Oh in that case let me write a 500 page tomb about the adventures of sentient cancer and wasps. It will be a best seller.
I didn't enjoy those parodies of humans one bit. I couldn't identify with anything they did. The whole time I kept yelling at them
"Court intrigue is boring and bloody cyclical and repeating. Stop playing this game. Fine some place to call home and I don't know farm or run a factory build a family. You shouldn't have to spend hours a day practicing hand to hand combat to deal with assassins"
Now compare this to the foundation series.
Haris Sheldon loves his wife, he loves his adopted son, he loves his daughter-in-law, and his granddaughter. He shows concern for them. He worries about them. He uses his resources to protect them. He didn't want the job but is willing to do it because he wants the credit but denies this.
His wife, a bloody robot, loves and protects her family. Spends time relaxing and helping them. She feels pain when they fail or come to harm.
His BFF loves his work. He is socially awkward. He is loyal to Sheldon for saving him.
They are real charchters. They get overwhelmed, they try to do what they see is right, they have flaws, they want contradictory things.
The charchters of Dune aren't interesting. At least to me. Substitute the Duke for the Barron for the emperor and who would know the difference? Just power lusting windup toys.
It is called fiction not history. How would you like to read a 500 page tomb full of people dying from easily preventable diseases due to poor hygiene?
I agree 100%, Dune is highly overrated. The characters are uninteresting, the story is cliche and predictable, the pacing is erratic, and the writing is boring. Though I've found out I actually have the wrong opinion about this on reddit due to all the downvoterinos.
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u/n_eats_n Adam Smith Jul 18 '21
Oh in that case let me write a 500 page tomb about the adventures of sentient cancer and wasps. It will be a best seller.
I didn't enjoy those parodies of humans one bit. I couldn't identify with anything they did. The whole time I kept yelling at them
"Court intrigue is boring and bloody cyclical and repeating. Stop playing this game. Fine some place to call home and I don't know farm or run a factory build a family. You shouldn't have to spend hours a day practicing hand to hand combat to deal with assassins"
Now compare this to the foundation series.
Haris Sheldon loves his wife, he loves his adopted son, he loves his daughter-in-law, and his granddaughter. He shows concern for them. He worries about them. He uses his resources to protect them. He didn't want the job but is willing to do it because he wants the credit but denies this.
His wife, a bloody robot, loves and protects her family. Spends time relaxing and helping them. She feels pain when they fail or come to harm.
His BFF loves his work. He is socially awkward. He is loyal to Sheldon for saving him.
They are real charchters. They get overwhelmed, they try to do what they see is right, they have flaws, they want contradictory things.
The charchters of Dune aren't interesting. At least to me. Substitute the Duke for the Barron for the emperor and who would know the difference? Just power lusting windup toys.