• Asetru@feddit.org
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    21 hours ago

    “The Fremen are the good guys. I’ve only read book one though.”

    Me:

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        20 hours ago

        Let’s put it this way. “Dune” was originally supposed to cover the events of “Dune” and “Dune: Messiah”, but the publisher said it was too long and needs to be two separate books.

        Let’s put it another way: if you cut out all the foreshadowing in “Dune” that hasn’t paid off by the end, the book could be like 1/3 shorter.

        Actually I was surprised it ended with a conventional happy ending (more or less) for our protagonists when I read it the first time.