Recently I decided to try reading the the Dune books in chronological order, including the extended universe books by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. I made it about 100 or so pages into the Butlerian Jihad before I couldn’t stand it. The story seemed epic and could have been interesting, but the writing was just so juvenile I couldn’t justify spending more time in the series.
So I satisfied my Dune craving by rewatching the Dune Extended Edition with Nick and Amanda. Despite the horribly dated effects, it is still awesome.
The new books with Brian and Kevin are atrociously painful. I’m impressed that you made it 100 pages in.
I’m satisfying my Dune craving my making an Avalon Hill Dune board game set.
Everyone seems to want to make their own copy of the game.
I have the VASSAL electronic version of the Avalon Hill game, but it isn’t quite the same as a physical copy.
I wish Fantasy Flight had also obtained the Dune rights instead of re-theming the game in the Twilight Imperium universe.