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.
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.