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23004626 No.23004626 [Reply] [Original]

>Hated Frank Herbert's Dune
>Loved Isaac Asimov's Foundation

Wonder why

>> No.23004633

>>23004626
Love and hate are strong words. Did he actually express such feelings or are you exaggerating?

>> No.23004795

Dune is too post-human while tolkien loved humanism and pre-humanism even. There's just no coherent human identity in dune.

>> No.23004813

>>23004626
Tolkien was a big fan of landscape, trees, forests, lakes, rivers, hills, etc. A desert planet is a very boring landscape.

>> No.23004896

Tolkien sucks ass

>> No.23005559

>>23004633
Yes for Herbert but it's fairly self-explanatory.

Dune is an extremely cynical book, basically the opposite of LotR and Tolkien's entire worldview

>> No.23005565

>>23004626
Because Dune is often boring and has terrible pacing and Foundation is actually interesting, novel and doesn’t waste your time.

>> No.23005593

>>23004896
That's quite the accusation. Tolkien was a devout roman catholic and as such wouldn't participate in oral sodomy. You have to provide a source for that otherwise I recommend you delete your post disrespecting the dead.

>> No.23005730

That's right. I Frodo Baggins. I strangled Smeagol when he tried to steal the ring. I convinced Samwise to drive the unloyal half of the Shire to Dagad-Gul. I discovered the ring placed on stings blade would strike a mortal blow on Sauron. I hold the one ring and all the others. Bow before me middle earth.