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I read it aged about 11

git gud OP

Because it gets boring after the palace intrigue concludes

Who gives a fuck about worms n shit

How? The first half is just court intrigue and the second half is a pretty basic adventure story. I agree that it's kinda boring though, I expected something wilder out of the premise.

Would you say it is dry?

>>13077529
ever read the sequel? thats when the real boring shit starts

>>13077559
Have a (you).

>>13077534
I can't imagine how someone could find it difficult but it seems that people have difficulty with the made up sci-fi lingo.

>>13077739
This whole concept is hard to grasp tbph. I mean, inferring the meaning of words from context is a pretty huge part of learning to read. If you're literate enough to read a book in the first place, surely you shouldn't be confused at the notion of unfamiliar words?

I'd make an exception for non-native speakers, mind you, because they'll have a harder time spotting the words that are Dune-specific and might just assume their vocabulary isn't big enough.

Does your copy not include the fremen dictionary?

>>13077573
I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought this, I bought Dune Messiah years after reading Dune and couldn't finish it because I thought it was so boring. I was positive that Dune was not this slow but it had been long enough since I read it that I couldn't be sure.

>>13077861
I liked the first dune a lot, but just got lost reading the sequel. It's all over the place, only after finishing the book do you actually understand what the fuck was going on the entire time. Little bit excessive for like 800-1000 pp book.

>>13077884
Eh? Pretty sure it was about 300 at the most. Shorter than the first for sure.

The first book is just standard adventure schlock. Interesting concepts are explored in the sequels, but they go over the heads of low IQ readers.

>>13077559
Boo!

>>13077516
Wait for the movie, idiot.

>>13077516
It sucked like most classics recommended by reddit.

>>13077516
It's just the HRE in space, with mentats. What's so hard about that?

>>13077516
Read some other, less complex stuff first. You know, LotR, Lovecraft, ASoIaF. Cultivate a bit of reading comprehension, and you'll be able to read Dune. You still wont get it all, but thats part of the series' magic.

>>13078472
>Director: Denis Villeneuve

>>13077516
start off with something easier.

>>13077516
Chapter summaries online helped me understand Asimov's Foundation at least partially. Try:
https://www.shmoop.com/dune/book-i-chapter-1-summary.html

>>13079512
It's actually a good thing, as long as this time they hire a good screenwriter and force villeneuve to listen to him.

>>13077529
the palace intrigue was the boring part

i loved the real desert shit. except chani. fuck chani.

put a bookmark at the end so you can look up words

>>13077516
I've dropped it twice. It's not HARD as much as it is a pain in the ass to remember every single faggot's name.

The names aren't even remotely memorable, they're all alien nonsense that blur together, making it even harder to keep track of the cast, elements of the environment, etc.

I like to think Sci-Fi just sucks, but I know the real problem is that their reality is too different from mine to be relatable and I can't stretch my imagination far enough to resonate with it.

>>13077516
you are a brainlet rofl

>>13081930
Don't ever read anything by a Russian.

>>13081930
The problem is you.

>>13081952
I read Master & Margarita well enough. That was a cake walk compared to Dune.

>>13082132
No shit, you dumbass weeb.

>>13081382
That's the best cover I've seen of it

>>13082208
Master & Margarita is very different to most famous russian works

>>13077559
keked

Play the hentai game instead.

>>13077516
Then just watch the movie :)

>>13081930
Yep. Paul and Jessica. Such nonsensical names. I could hardly remember them either.