His style doesn't appeal to me as much, unfortunately
Larry Send a noteboard - 22/04/2010 09:17:21 PM
I like his style - it reminds me of a symphony, especially Gustav Holsts' the planets. Each thought and POV occurs in a greater context, but each instrument contributes to this meta-level context.
It's not as jarring as "One POV per character per chapter" or some other similarly straight-forward arrangements.
I especially appreciate this with characters that seem so incredibly MINOR but whose contributions become amazingly important in the fullness of time in future volumes, such as Reverend Mother Tertius Eileen Anteac or Sister Quintinius Violet Chenoeh.
This series taught me that sci-fi can be more than just sword and sorcery shlock fiction.
It's not as jarring as "One POV per character per chapter" or some other similarly straight-forward arrangements.
I especially appreciate this with characters that seem so incredibly MINOR but whose contributions become amazingly important in the fullness of time in future volumes, such as Reverend Mother Tertius Eileen Anteac or Sister Quintinius Violet Chenoeh.
This series taught me that sci-fi can be more than just sword and sorcery shlock fiction.
However, I won't argue that the overall effect is to create a story that despite its annoying mechanical elements is drawing me in more and more. Partway into God-Emperor of Dune and I am reminded why I had decided that one might have been co-equal at least to the first in terms of interesting motifs.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
Frank Herbert, Dune Chronicles (series reviews within)
- 16/04/2010 04:11:40 AM
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Not all themes are intended by the author. That doesn't mean they aren't there.
- 17/04/2010 06:54:14 PM
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- 17/04/2010 10:44:18 PM
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I was using a fairly precise term when I said "ecological"
- 18/04/2010 12:13:14 AM
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- 18/04/2010 03:34:33 AM
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Please read linked interview...as I call bullshit. Also, why are your walls white?
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- 19/04/2010 06:15:26 PM
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That was most of my issue.
- 21/04/2010 12:12:56 AM
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Just because something plays a dominate role doesn't make it a theme
- 21/04/2010 02:09:42 PM
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Thank you for saying concisely the point I have been trying to make. *NM*
- 21/04/2010 06:34:12 PM
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A theme is merely a dominant strain in a story; there can be more than one theme present
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- 22/04/2010 04:08:28 PM
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Texts have different interpretations and Readers emphasize different aspects
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- 29/04/2010 11:36:45 PM
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Not really sure how Larry's definition is archaic.
- 19/04/2010 07:52:27 PM
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- 20/04/2010 07:04:40 PM
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Your patronizing manner aside, that's not "archaic" at all.
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- 21/04/2010 06:23:24 PM
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People who see this as an ecological book are missing the point of the book
- 16/04/2010 06:28:40 PM
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Books can have more than one theme. Great books almost always do. *NM*
- 16/04/2010 07:15:11 PM
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I agree with that I just never really the ecological theme to Dune
- 16/04/2010 10:12:26 PM
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There are several points to the book/series
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Everyone get something different from a book
- 19/04/2010 07:01:51 PM
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I believe those themes become more pronounced later in the series
- 20/04/2010 10:09:36 PM
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I remember having hated every single character of this book. Some random thoughts
- 17/04/2010 05:08:25 PM
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Well, I enjoyed more of the characters this time around, if that helps
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I guess we'll have a few disagreements here, Dom 
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I thought all of Dune had begun as a serial in a SF magazine. *NM*
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Dune Messiah (2001 initial read; 2010 re-read)
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I didn't see that in Alia
- 21/04/2010 11:27:22 PM
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There were a few scenes displaying Alia's abilities/mindset. (spoilers)
- 22/04/2010 03:54:32 PM
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OK, that makes a bit more sense, as I wasn't for sure what you were arguing at first
- 22/04/2010 09:14:46 PM
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One of my favorite series!
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I didn't "miss it" as much as I chose to deemphasize it
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His style doesn't appeal to me as much, unfortunately
- 22/04/2010 09:17:21 PM
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Heretics of Dune (2001 initial read; 2010 re-read)
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