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Are any books beyond the first "Dune" novel worth reading?

Really enjoyed "dune" and don't want to spoil it if the sequels are no good.

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    I've read Messiah, which I thought was good. The Children of Dune miniseries came out before I got around to reading the book. I thought the miniseries was great, so I might not even bother reading the book.

    The accepted wisdom among sci fi fans seems to be that the first three books are good; anything after that is crap and only gets worse as you get into the books written by Frank Herbert's son.

    keshmeshi answered in General Book Discussion about 1 year ago | Report
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    Someone asked a similar question 9 months ago - see here.

    You can read my response (which got a shroom, I might add). My basic answer was "yes" they are worth reading, in my opinion. They are not bad, but they are nothing like the first Dune.

    I doubt trying them would spoil Dune for you, you just might not finish them.

    I will add, though, that I'm referring to Frank Herbert's books. The sequels by his son are suposed to suck, but I have not read them.

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    Yes! I've read nearly all of them, including the works finished by Herbert's son. If you think the story is interesting in Dune just wait and see what happens afterward, and before!

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    They aren't as good but probably worth reading a few. His other stuff though, I've only read some of his short fiction and the ConSentient novels but The Dosadi Experiment was great (worth reading Whipping Star first, it's short), and I should read some more!

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    I enjoyed the first three because it has the characters from the original, by God Emperor of Dune 3,500 years has passed so I never could get into it.

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