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> The Brian Herbert/Kevin J. Anderson novels are more like poor fanfiction than sequels.

Thank you. I read one book by Brian H. and every chapter filled me with rage, for destroying the magic of one of my most loved books.

One of the most enjoyable things about Dune is that all factions/entities have shades of grey and plans within their plan. The way Brian H. books change them to a linear story and put entities in a black/white divide is infuriating.



I read a lot of them because I'm a sucker.

Very few authors can break my concentration, snap me out of the story and make me think "oh, that was cheap..." like the the Herbert/Anderson collaboration.


[Eg.]

In the original books even Tleilaxu are not evil. Loathsome and power hungry, yes. But not evil. They are chaotic-neutral.

There are no real antagonists, except the past and the future.

Yet in Legends of Dune Herbert/Anderson books they turn into slave/traders and organ harvesters.

I just put down sometime after that. I was worried someone will start singing the litany against fear with pop music.




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