10-12-2003, 05:12 AM
Quark,Oct 9 2003, 01:42 PM Wrote:One-sided? Blundering Fools? I'd like to find out how you came to those interpretations, because I didn't see that anywhere.I have to say I completely agree with his characterization of 'blundering fools' and 'one-sided' (by which I assume he means flat). I really enjoyed the original Dune series (although I gave up partway through Heretics and God Emperor was not my favorite).
But I can't stomach Brian's work. I tried for weeks to get through the second one, and finally just tossed it in the trash in disgust, even though I was only about 20 pages from the end.
The characterization is _awful_. The story lines are unbelievable--every time something happened I had to shake my head in complete disbelief. Even Robert Jordan does a better job with characters, and his are pretty bad.
More power to you if you like them though--gives you a lot of options of stuff that you'll enjoy, because pretty much everything out there is better :)