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Just getting into Dune and I know I have a shit ton of books to read.
so I'm wondering, is there any other series of sci-fi books with this deep of a philosophical edge to it and as intricate in it's storyline?

>> No.22620383

Malazan Book of the Fallen

>> No.22620406

>>22620383
>Malazan Book of the Fallen
Thanks anon, I've added it to my list.
Any other series any other anon's would suggest.

>> No.22620561

>>22620379
The Book of the New Sun
The Second Apocalypse

>> No.22621515

>>22620379

seriously, the only thing that makes this book outstanding are irulan's paragraphs. everything else is bland af.

>> No.22621571

What's that arab one that's similar to Dune called? Swords of the Sun, Sabres of Dawn something along those lines

>> No.22621575

>>22620379
Reverend Insanity, unfinished but mogs all the shitty western fantasy/sci-fi

>> No.22621582

>>22620379
New Sun
Long Sun
Short Sun

>> No.22623213

So far,
>Malazan Book of the Fallen
>The Book of the New Sun
>The Second Apocalypse
>>22621515
Didn't ask for your review.
>Reverend Insanity
anything else?

>> No.22623341

>>22620379
Late 2001 Space Odyssey novels with precursor civilizations could comfortably coexist with Dune history. Olaf Stapleton's Star Marker (an influence on the former) as well. Like for like Gene Wolf's Book of the New Sun probably. Might enjoy Hyperion or Wheel of Time as well.

>> No.22623403

>>22623213
The Gap Cycle
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

>> No.22623912

>>22621582
>Malazan Book of the Fallen
>The Book of the New Sun
>The Second Apocalypse
>Reverend Insanity
>New Sun
>Long Sun
>Short Sun
>>22623341
I have read them except the 3001 book.
>Olaf Stapleton's Star Marker
>Hyperion
>Wheel of Time
>The Gap Cycle
>The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

I appreciate the title suggestion.

>> No.22623916

>>22620379
Hyperion

>> No.22623936

is Dune the American LOTR?

>> No.22623953

>>22623916
There was so much dead space in this. I put up with the lewis in clark's diary portion (the priest's story) which admittedly finally came to an amazing conclusion after a load of boring bullshit. Then we moved on to some fucking black hawk down military drama shit in the next story and I just gave up as I came to this novel thinking I was gonna get deep ideas rather than austistic nerd shit about commandos. Does it get better / more dense?

>> No.22623955

>>22623953
*lewis & clark

>> No.22624108

>>22623936
No that's ASOIAF

>> No.22624122

>>22624108
"No it doesn't get better" or "no the autistic nerd books are asoiaf"?

>> No.22624317

>>22623936
Far from it.
LOTR = Fantasy Middle Earth
Dune = Space Opera Sci-Fi Action Philosophy

>> No.22624337

>>22623936
Insofar as trying to create a new basis of myth for a nation in a way yes. Though for Tolkein that was an explicit aim whereas Herbert I assume was just exploring psychedelics and eastern religions himself and put it in his book because that was his interest rather than explicitly trying to create a new mythos. But the hippies failed so ultimately no Dune doesn't play that role. Also there's no way Dune was as influential to subsequent writers as lotr.

>> No.22624725

>>22621732