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Offline an0n

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Dune
on: September 23, 2004, 06:29:23 pm
I'm about to spent £28.74 on the following books:

Dune
Dune Messiah
Children of Dune
God Emperor of Dune
Heretics of Dune
Chapter House Dune


Worth it?
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Reply #1 on: September 23, 2004, 06:33:03 pm
Oh and:

Star Trek - Tales of the Dominion War
"I.....don't.....CARE!!!!!" ---- an0n
"an0n's right. He's crazy, an asshole, not to be trusted, rarely to be taken seriously, and never to be allowed near your mother. But, he's got a knack for being right. In the worst possible way he can find." ---- Yuppygoat
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Offline mrfun

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Reply #2 on: September 23, 2004, 07:35:00 pm
Dune is the greatest sci-fi novel ever written.

The rest of the dune books, though very popular, I personally didn't like at all.  The were good reasing but I hated the plotline.
 

Offline Corsair

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Reply #3 on: September 23, 2004, 07:35:23 pm
I liked Dune, although I had a hard time getting into it. I couldn't get into the second one at all...

Try them. You'lll like them I think. I was too young when I read them.
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Mal: Define "interesting".
Wash: *shrug* "Oh God, oh God, we're all gonna die"?
Mal: This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then... explode.
 

Offline Antares

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Dune
Reply #4 on: September 23, 2004, 08:01:13 pm
Holy crap, man.  Don't go beyond the first Dune novel unless you want a serious headache.  The first one is screwed-up enough as it is, laden with politics and philosophy and general weird, and they only get stranger as they go along.  Around the third of the original titles, they stop making any sense at all.
We have returned to continue our purification of this galaxy. It is again your turn to be crushed beneath the great force that is the Antaran army. All your petty squabbling with the other beings in this galaxy is meaningless. The Antaran fleet will destroy you all, one by one. You may not surrender. You cannot win. Your only option is death.
 

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Reply #5 on: September 23, 2004, 08:07:19 pm
Righto, I've done some editting:

Dune
Dune Messiah
Star Trek: Tales of the Dominion War
Human Traffic (DVD)
"I.....don't.....CARE!!!!!" ---- an0n
"an0n's right. He's crazy, an asshole, not to be trusted, rarely to be taken seriously, and never to be allowed near your mother. But, he's got a knack for being right. In the worst possible way he can find." ---- Yuppygoat
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Offline Corsair

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Reply #6 on: September 23, 2004, 08:08:00 pm
that sounds very good.
Wash: This landing's gonna get pretty interesting.
Mal: Define "interesting".
Wash: *shrug* "Oh God, oh God, we're all gonna die"?
Mal: This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then... explode.
 

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Reply #7 on: September 23, 2004, 08:18:11 pm
Hmmm. I can pay ~£4 and get them First Class. Which, with the dispatch delay, means Monday morning - maybe Tuesday.

Or I can use the Super Saver delivery, c'z I ordered more than £20 of stuff, and get them in 4-6 business days, which means probably Saturday or the following Monday.

Whaddaya think?
"I.....don't.....CARE!!!!!" ---- an0n
"an0n's right. He's crazy, an asshole, not to be trusted, rarely to be taken seriously, and never to be allowed near your mother. But, he's got a knack for being right. In the worst possible way he can find." ---- Yuppygoat
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Offline Rictor

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Dune
Reply #8 on: September 23, 2004, 08:18:59 pm
the Dune miniseries rocked, though it was a bit long for one sitting. Great for those who haven't read the books, and they stand as good movies in their own right.

that is all.
 

Offline Nuke

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Dune
Reply #9 on: September 23, 2004, 08:54:27 pm
i liked the 80s movie better, a darker more evil looking version.
I can no longer sit back and allow communist infiltration, communist indoctrination, communist subversion, and the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

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Reply #10 on: September 23, 2004, 09:00:34 pm
Me too. That and Patrick Stewart as Gurney Hallek is *****in. :D
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Offline Stealth

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Reply #11 on: September 23, 2004, 10:36:20 pm
yeah i went through a "Dune" stage once, in which i bought the books, the movie, and the miniseries.  this was about 3 years ago or so.

great story
 

Offline Antares

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Reply #12 on: September 23, 2004, 10:42:35 pm
Use whatever option costs you less.  If it doesn't matter either way, get first class.
We have returned to continue our purification of this galaxy. It is again your turn to be crushed beneath the great force that is the Antaran army. All your petty squabbling with the other beings in this galaxy is meaningless. The Antaran fleet will destroy you all, one by one. You may not surrender. You cannot win. Your only option is death.
 

Offline an0n

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Reply #13 on: September 23, 2004, 11:35:09 pm
I paid the extra ~£4.

I can't be bothered waiting a ****ing week for them to get here.
"I.....don't.....CARE!!!!!" ---- an0n
"an0n's right. He's crazy, an asshole, not to be trusted, rarely to be taken seriously, and never to be allowed near your mother. But, he's got a knack for being right. In the worst possible way he can find." ---- Yuppygoat
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Offline Zarax

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Reply #14 on: September 24, 2004, 03:06:46 am
Dune is an amazing series which is a match even for LOTR, once you get inside it will take you like few books will ever do...
The Best is Yet to Come
 

Offline Bri_Dog

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Reply #15 on: September 24, 2004, 03:17:03 am
The Dune series rules....except for the abominations written by kevin anderson.

That's pretty fricken cool that you got the entire series for that price. I'm assuming they're softcover books?
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Offline kasperl

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Reply #16 on: September 24, 2004, 03:29:41 am
I've been looking all over for Dune (book 1)  in the bookstores, but I couldn't find it. So instead, I spent my book money on a Roman era novell, a Roman era detective (Lindsey Davis' Falco series is awesome), Dante's Devine Comedy, and a few Penguin classics. (Call me a cheapass, but 3 euro for Gullivers Travels is nice.)
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Offline Zarax

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Reply #17 on: September 24, 2004, 04:32:48 am
Err... e-book anyone? :D
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Offline kasperl

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Reply #18 on: September 24, 2004, 07:30:55 am
'twas for the holiday reading. Right now, everything but Dutch is banned, since I need to get my litarature list for school filled. English is easy enough to read, I've got that covered, but Dutch is a *****. Too much artsy writers, not enough plot.
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Re: Dune
Reply #19 on: September 24, 2004, 08:15:00 am
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Originally posted by an0n

Worth it?

yes.
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